November is Native American Heritage Month

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In observance of Native American Heritage month, iCONN is offering free access to EBSCO’s Native American Archive.

You will find the link here, as well as links to Native American research guides from the Connecticut State Library and the Library of Congress. Both libraries offer access to extensive digital collections (links are included in the guides)

For further reading, be sure to check out some of the Native American books in the TRCC collection!

Laptops, and iPads, and Kindles: Oh My!

Have you ever come into the library during peak time to get some work done on a computer, but find that every single station is full?

Don’t panic, our shiny new laptops are here! They are fast, clean, and the keyboard even lights up. Laptops are also great for working on group projects. Just hook it up to the monitor in one of our study rooms, and the whole group will be able to see what’s going on.

Because these laptops are so new, we unfortunately cannot allow them out of the library. However, our older laptops can still be checked out of the library for 75 days.

And that’s not all! We also have iPads and Kindles that may be checked out for 14 days.

Interested? Head on over to the circulation desk!

R is for Research

By now, your classes are in full swing. This means that many of you are probably in the early stages of some sort of paper or project that requires research. Whether you are new to research, or just need a boost, we have a few tools that you might find useful.

Research Guides

New to research? Check out The Research Process in 8 Easy Steps for a research strategy that will take you from start to finish. Or, if you are already familiar with the research process, you may want to take a look at our guide titled How to Identify Resources and Formulate Search Strategies may be useful. Learn about primary and secondary sources, databases, and searching on the web. Those guides and more may be found here.

Video Tutorials

Want to know how to search the library catalog? How about finding a peer-reviewed journal article? If you can’t get to the library to ask one of our reference librarians, our video tutorials are the next best thing! All of our videos are available on the library website under Video Tutorials, or subscribe to our YouTube channel: trcclibrary




As always, if you are stuck or just have a question about research, one of the reference librians will be happy to help you. Stop in or give us a call during library hours. We are also available via email: Pam Williams - PWilliams@trcc.commnet.edu Kyle Lynes - KLynes@trcc.commnet.edu

Happy Researching!

9/11 Books

Ebrary is offering free and open access for the month of September to books relevant to the anniversary of 9/11. You may find the collection at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/september11/.

One Book, One Region Kickoff

The tenth annual “One Book, One Region” kickoff will take place on Sunday, May 1, at 4:00 p.m. at the Mystic Arts Center. The 2011 “one book,” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer will be introduced to readers at the event. The afternoon event will feature a look back at the ten-year-history of “One Book, One Region” with special messages from former “one book” authors. Copies of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close will be available for purchase courtesy of Bank Square Books. Refreshments will be served.

Library Hours this weekend

The library will be closed Friday, April 22nd and Saturday, April 23rd. We will resume our regular hours on Monday, April 25th.

Library Hours

The library will be closed Monday, January 17th for Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday.
On Tuesday and Wednesday (January 18th-19th), the library will be open 8am - 4pm.
We will resume our regular schedule on Thursday, January 20th.