The inventor and early aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) wrote about the unnatural invention of the wheel. In his book My Air Ships he imagines how people who had grown up surrounded by nature would understand how they could carry things, and how animals could carry burdens. Both people and animals have legs and backs so …
Tomorrow, June 16, you can learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver. All you need to do is register and you will be welcome in the Media Lab. The Media Lab is inside the library’s Media Center at the south end of level 4 of the library. That is one floor up from the floor where …
It can be tough to find something in the library. When you are just starting out you may not even be sure what you are supposed to be looking for. Your research efforts may feel more like a fishing expedition than a well planned scholarly project. Try as we might to make things easy, there …
On Thursday, July 7 the library will be hosting a Library Service Fair. From 10:00 am until 2:00 pm you can walk through level 3 of the library and learn about library services. If you think you know everything we can do for you in the library you might just be surprised at other services …
Okay, we know that a lot of people start their research on Google. Its easy and its fast. It is also a great way to learn search terms that you can plug into more scholarly search systems. We have another suggestion for starting your research. Try our list of background resources. They are easy to …
The Harold B. Lee Library has millions of books and photographs. There are rows of journals and periodicals. There are rooms filled with recordings and music scores. But we know that none of that matters when you are looking for one simple thing. That is why we work hard to provide you with strong search …
The library has added a new database to our collections. Recently we subscribed to the SMART Imagebase. SMART is short for Scientific & Medical Art. This is a great resource for visual tools to help you learn or teach complex concepts. You can find SMART in our list of databases. For a quick look you …
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the library during devotional? It is one of those tricky questions because you are always at devotional so you can’t see what you might be missing. (Okay, the question is the college equivalent of looking around to see if anyone has their eyes open during a prayer.) …
The library has a growing string of videos, from the Scholar Lee videos, the the viral New Spice video and the more recent Jimmer videos. There is a good reason for the videos. We need to teach a wide group of patrons about some very specialized services. For example, for years our librarians have worked …
The library has a music area on level 2. At the south end of the library there is a study area with quiet, classical public music for patrons who enjoy a little sound while they study. Our programmers have set up a new web page with that shows the playlist. They did this because they …