September 2023
Welcome Students!
For new and returning students, faculty, and staff at the Roanoke Higher Education Center; WELCOME! We're glad you're here! We look forward to serving you and helping to make this school year amazing.
Back to School Night
All students, faculty, and staff of the Roanoke Higher Education Center (RHEC) are invited to attend a Back-to-School Night in the RHEC Courtyard from 4:30 - 6:30 PM on Tuesday, September 12th.

The RHEC will provide free vouchers for a food truck on-site, and there will be games, giveaways, and prizes. Most importantly, booths representing Student Services at the RHEC will be present, including the Library! So come say hi!
Library Card Sign-Up Month
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!

What do you get with an RHEC Library Card?
Apply for a (new) library card during the month of September and receive a free 17-month ALA Recommended Reads planner!

Current students, faculty, and staff of RHEC Member Institutions can apply in-person or online for a library card.
New Print Books
New Popular Reading
Featured new additions to our popular fiction and non-fiction:
New Ebooks
Featured new titles to our ebook collections:

  • Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools by Kass Minor | Access via O'Reilly

  • Mindfulness for the Wandering Mind: Life-Changing Tools for Managing Stress and Improving Mental Health at Work and in Life by Pandit Dasa | Access via O'Reilly

  • All Pride, No Ego: A Queer Executive's Journey to Living and Leading Authentically by Jim Fielding | Access via O'Reilly

  • Wild Learning: Practical Ideas to Bring Teaching Outdoors by Rachel Tidd | Access via O'Reilly

  • Educating with Passion and Purpose: Keep the Fire Going without Burning Out by Meredith Matson | Access via O'Reilly

How to access: To access O'Reilly titles select your institution as "Not Listed" and enter your academic email address ending in .edu. OSO, Wiley, Springer, and Taylor & Francis titles are available while connected to the RHEC network.
Featured Resource:
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides robust, quality research solutions in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 390 journals, and selected coverage of 200 more, for a combined coverage of nearly 600 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for more than 285 journals.

CMMC contains a sophisticated Communication Thesaurus and comprehensive reference browsing. In addition, CMMC features over 3,000 Author Profiles, providing biographical data and bibliographic information, and covering the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched for authors in the database.

How to access: if you're using the RHEC network, via wired connection or wi-fi, you automatically have access. If you would like to use this database at home, you may create an account by clicking the Sign In link at the top while connected to the RHEC network. Sign in with your account at home to have full access!
This Month's Book Display:
Back-to-School Basics
This month, the library will feature titles to help students start the 2023-2024 academic year off strong. Whether you need a crash course in college-level writing, a guide on how to cite sources, information on financing your education, or advice on how to keep yourself mentally and physically well throughout the year, the library has resources for your needs!