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FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER


Please enjoy some of the New Books and the Services the Library is offering this month.

What's New This Month!


NON-FICTION


EARTH'S DEEP HISTORY
Martin J.S. Rudwick

DEEP
James Nestor

THE SOUND BOOK
Trevor Cox

DO ZOMBIES DREAM OF UNDEAD SHEEP
Timothy Verstynen

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Piper Kerman

THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTFIT
Louis Corsino

VACCINE NATION
Elena Conis

REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS
Jonathan Israel

SCIENCE ... FOR HER!
Megan Amram


FICTION


ELEANOR & PARK
Rainbow Rowell

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
Anthony Doeer

A MAP OF BETRAYAL
Ha Jin

THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
M.R. Carey

THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS
Michael Faber

THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
Brock Clark


BLOG POST


Hot Topics: Library Resources on Climate Change

The (political) results are in…climate change does exist!

At least according to the Senate’s overwhelming response to amendment this past Wednesday that “climate change is real and is not a hoax.” Obama even mentioned climate change in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, stating “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations.”  Politicians are starting to agree with what scientists have been saying for years.

While the Senate passed the amendment on the existence of climate change it did not pass a second amendment concerning whether human emissions are the cause.

So where do you stand on this issue? As the 2016 election draws close, we are sure to hear more about climate change and their political stances. Use the books below among other resources at PSC to determine fact from fiction. Continue Reading ...


LIBRARY RESOURCES


OneSearch

Did you know that faculty and students no longer have to worry about missing out on research items because they weren't using the appropriate database?

With the Library's new search option, OneSearch, you can now find most resources provided by the Prairie State College Library, including books, ebooks, magazines, journals, newspapers, DVDs, streaming videos, streaming music, CDs, and reference sources such as encyclopedias and dictionaries, all in one spot.

Try it out here, or, find it on the Library's homepage.


SPOTLIGHT: BOOKS AND THE OSCARS


INHERENT VICE
Thomas Pynchon

AMERICAN SNIPER
Chris Kyle

GONE GIRL
Gillian Flynn

THE HOBBIT
J.R.R. Tolkien

UNBROKEN
Laura Hillenbrand

Check out some more books that were turned into movies
with the 3M CLOUD APP

     
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