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  • Neurodiversity Celebration Week

    Neurodiversity Celebration Week March 18-24 is Neurodiversity Celebration Week! Please join us in recognizing and celebrating different ways of thinking, including autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, and Tourette Syndrome. Did you know approximately 15-20% of the population is neurodivergent? People with neurodifferences bring unique strengths and talents to our communities, workplaces, and society. Learn more with books, ebooks, and videos from our collection and these sites:

    Check out our Neurodiversity Celebration Week display and explore our collection!

    March 18, 2024 • Uncategorized • Views: 915

  • Magazines in the Library

    Make a New Year’s resolution to take more breaks from screens in ’24! Stop by the Library and enjoy the simple pleasure of flipping through the pages of a magazine. We have the following subscriptions to choose from:

    • Atlantic Monthly
    • Better Homes and Gardens
    • Computers in Libraries
    • Consumer Reports
    • Discover
    • Entrepreneur
    • Fast Company
    • Hot Rod
    • House Beautiful
    • IQ: Initiative Quarterly
    • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA)
    • Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
    • Library Journal
    • Midwest Living
    • Minnesota History
    • Motor Trend
    • Mpls St Paul
    • National Geographic
    • OfficePro
    • People
    • Prevention
    • Psychology Today
    • Reader’s Digest
    • Real Simple
    • Rolling Stone
    • Southern Living
    • Time
    • Twin Cities Business
    • Wired

    We’ve got comfy spaces to kick back and read, or you can check out a few issues and take them home. Enjoy!

    January 23, 2024 • Uncategorized • Views: 1823

  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2023

    Advancing Access & Equity, National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and this year’s theme is Advancing Access and Equity. In the words of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, NDEAM “celebrates the contributions of America’s workers with disabilities past and present and showcases supportive, inclusive employment policies and practices that benefit employers and employees.” According to the Department of Labor, the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities is 24.2%, compared with 68.3% for people without disabilities.

    Learn more with books and ebooks from our collection and visit these sites for more information:

    Stop by the Library and check out a book from our display on disabilities!

    DCTC Library NDEAM book display

    If you want to get involved, DCTC’s Educational Access and Disability Resources, Unified Club, and Student Life are celebrating Disability in Action Month by hosting these upcoming events:

    WHAT: Progress Through Inclusion: Disabilities and Professional Achievement (Panel Event)
    WHEN: Thursday, October 26, 2023 • 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
    WHERE: Dakota Room w/ Virtual Option

    WHAT: Crip Camp Movie Showing
    WHEN: Monday, October 30, 2023 • 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
    WHERE: Dakota Room

    We hope to see you there!

    October 12, 2023 • Uncategorized • Views: 1078

  • Explore Minnesota

    This month’s display theme is Explore Minnesota. We have a plethora of books to help you learn more about our state’s communities, history, and natural resources… maybe even plan a day trip or your next vacation. Visit in person or take a gander at our virtual Minnesota collection!

    May 2, 2023 • Uncategorized • Views: 978

  • Magazines in the Library

    Need a break from screens? Stop by the Library and enjoy the simple pleasure of flipping through the pages of a magazine. We have the following subscriptions to choose from:

    • Atlantic Monthly
    • Better Homes and Gardens
    • Computers in Libraries
    • Consumer Reports
    • Discover
    • Entrepreneur
    • Fast Company
    • Hot Rod
    • House Beautiful
    • IQ: Initiative Quarterly
    • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA)
    • Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
    • Library Journal
    • Midwest Living
    • Minnesota History
    • Motor Trend
    • Mpls St Paul
    • National Geographic
    • OfficePro
    • People
    • Prevention
    • Psychology Today
    • Reader’s Digest
    • Real Simple
    • Rolling Stone
    • Southern Living
    • Time
    • Twin Cities Business
    • Wired

    We’ve got comfy spaces to kick back and read, or you can check out a few issues and take them home. Enjoy!

    January 30, 2023 • Uncategorized • Views: 1597

  • Consumer Health Complete update

    EBSCO recently released new and updated content on its Consumer Health Complete database, as well as an improved interface. Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content covering all areas of health and wellness, including addiction, aging, fitness, nutrition, and relationships. It includes over 300 health reference ebooks and encyclopedias, over 400 full-text journals and magazines, over 2,600 evidence-based health reports, and hundreds of animations, medical images, and pamphlets. The new interface allows enhanced search filtering and the ability to browse trending topics, health reports, drug information, natural and alternative treatments, and medical images and diagrams. The new interface also features Google Drive integration, text-to-speech for HTML articles, and new citation export options.

    Take a look! And thanks to Beth Staats at Minitex for letting us know about these changes.

    September 9, 2022 • Uncategorized • Views: 1266

  • Star Tribune

    Exciting news! The Star Tribune is now providing everyone at DCTC with free digital access through their News in Education program. That’s right, everyone at DCTC, for free. Just e-mail library@dctc.edu and we’ll send you the link and our username and password (we can’t share these publicly, of course).

    If you’re looking for older articles, ProQuest U.S. Newsstream has full text from the Star Tribune from 1986 through yesterday’s edition.

    Enjoy daily world, national, and state news from a trusted source!

    August 30, 2022 • Uncategorized • Views: 1042

  • Summer reading

    There’s still plenty of time for summer reading! We’ve got hundreds of books filled with adventure, mystery, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, humor, horror, and more. Find them in our Fiction collection or currently on display in the Library.

    July 7, 2022 • Uncategorized • Views: 1250

  • 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 18, 2022 • Uncategorized • Views: 41448

  • Gardening resources

    It’s May in Minnesota, which means it’s time to start planning our gardens! We’ve got hundreds of books and ebooks on all kinds of gardening, which you can also find in our virtual Gardening & Landscaping collection or currently on display in the Library.


    Ebooks Minnesota offers ebooks on gardening for kids, attracting butterflies, indoor gardening, landscaping with native plants, square foot gardening, and more.


    Gardening and Horticulture is one of our Gale databases, with millions of articles on the scientific aspects of horticulture as well as practical gardening information.

    May 2, 2022 • Uncategorized • Views: 3020