It's a new semester, and enrollment is up, so let's get a quick overview of what the library offers!
- Thousands of books and ebooks to support your research (and leisure!)
- Millions of articles contained in 50+ databases, covering every subject from anatomy to zoology
- Textbooks reserved by instructors so you can do homework on campus
- Librarians to help you find the information you need
- Computers and free printing
- Laptops and wi-fi hotspots for loan (limited supplies; we're working on it!)
- Online guides to help you with research, citations, and classes
- Quick video tutorials showing you how to search, use databases, and much more
In other news, every January 1, all the copyrighted items from 95 years before come into the public domain. Anything produced in 1927 is now free for your use, which includes thousands of books, periodicals, pieces of music, and films. Artists like to dig through these items for inspiration, as in this book of Art Deco patterns. And those of you interested in early animation and special effects may enjoy this short film, in which Koko the clown visits the far future of 1999: