Dakota County Technical College Library

LGBT Pride Month

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, a celebration of LGBT culture and history and a call to end prejudice and discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and identity. Learn more with books, ebooks, and videos from our collection and check out these sites for more information:

June 4, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 1664

AccessScience update

AccessScience added new content in April. There are updated articles on insect flight muscles and the marine worms Siboglinidae and Sipuncula. New briefings include:

New videos and animations include:

May 28, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 96

Opposing Viewpoints in Context update

Opposing Viewpoints in Context is constantly adding and updating coverage of current events and controversial subjects, perfect for students writing argument papers. Here are some new and recently updated topics:

May 22, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 4650

Summer hours

The Library’s summer hours are:

Monday – Thursday: 8 AM to 1 PM
Friday: CLOSED

Whether you’re traveling, gardening, or looking for some good fiction to read this summer, we’ve got you covered. And don’t forget, our Online Resources are always open.

May 21, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 39171

Gardening resources

It’s warming up outside – time to start gardening! We’ve got lots of books on all kinds of gardening, which you can find in our catalog or currently on display in the Library.

There are also 35 titles in the Ebooks Minnesota gardening collection, where you’ll find ebooks on gardening for kids, attracting butterflies, indoor gardening, landscaping with native plants, square foot gardening, and more.

And finally, our Gale databases include the Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection, which includes articles on the scientific aspects of horticulture as well as practical gardening information.

May 17, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 368

Free books

Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Naomi if you’d like any of them for your department.

May 15, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 314

Films On Demand update

Films On Demand added 325 new videos in April. Take a look!

May 10, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 155

Mental Health Month 2019

Did you know that 1 out of 5 American adults will experience some form of mental illness in any given year? May is Mental Health Month and this year, Mental Health America is encouraging people to explore different ways of improving mental health and general wellness, including animal companionship, spirituality, humor, work-life balance, and social connections and recreation. You can learn more about mental health and illness with books and videos from our collection.

See these sites for more information:

And check out these infographics from Mental Health America:

May 6, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 187

New titles

Take a look at the new books we’ve added to our collection since March. You can find these and everything else in our collection through our catalog, OneSearch. Here are just a few of the new titles. Check them out!