Library Newsletter - Summer 2020
The library will remain closed until further notice. Please email the library if you have any questions.
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Curbside Technology Pickup and Return
CCC has a technology loan program to help you successfully complete your online courses this summer. We will be checking out laptops, calculators, and headphones on June 22 (10 am to 2 pm) & 23 (2 pm to 6 pm) and July 6 & 7 (times TBA). You can also return library items during this time.
For more information, go to our Technology Loan Program Page. To check out these resources, you must register ahead of time.
Chat with a Librarian
If you need research or reference help, our librarians are ready to assist you. One of our CCC librarians will be running the new 24/7 chat service during regular library hours: Monday - Thursday, from 9 am to 4 pm. After hours, your questions will be answered by other librarians who can access CCC resources.
If you want more in-depth research help, you can make a Book-a-Librarian appointment to meet with a librarian online. Please complete the request form at least 2 days in advance. A librarian will contact you by email with instructions for your online Zoom meeting appointment.
New Library Tools
If you have any questions about the library, you can find the answers through our new FAQ search box. You’ll find a list of topics such as policies, fines, citation help, and many more.
The library has an extensive LGBTQ guide with a variety of resources for research, as well as links to information and support for the LGBTQ community and allies.
Online Library Resources – Overdrive eBooks and audiobooks
You will need to log in using your single sign-on to access these library resources.
How to Be an Antiracist
(Overdrive eBook & audiobook)
by Ibram X. Kendi
Interdisciplinary and personal, Kendi presents antiracist ideas to expose all forms of racism and its consequences, and to engage the reader in the work to oppose racism.
Over the Top
(Overdrive eBook and audiobook)
by Jonathan Van Ness
This memoir reveals the early struggles of Van Ness in a Midwestern town before he became a model of self-love and acceptance in the LGBTQ community.
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
(Overdrive audiobook)
by Ocean Vuong
Casting a truly literary spell, this enrapturing first novel by poet Vuong explores how race, masculinity, addiction and poverty are seen in our country.
Me and White Supremacy
(Overdrive eBook and audiobook)
by Layla F. Saad
Saad takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations.
March
(Overdrive eBooks)
by John Lewis
This graphic novel trilogy is Congressman John Lewis' first-hand account of his lifelong struggle for civil and human rights. It also reflects the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement.
The Productive Online and Offline Professor
(Overdrive eBook)
by Bonni Stachowiak
Stachowiak shares a variety of tools and strategies that can be used by higher education instructors to productively manage their time and professional responsibilities.
In the Dream House: A Memoir
(Overdrive audiobook)
by Carmen Maria Machado
An LGBTQ memoir of domestic abuse, filled with a chilling and precise look at human relationships at their worst. Uniquely written, each chapter takes on a different form of genre, persona, or trope.
Spanish: Level 1: Lessons 1-5
(Overdrive audiobook)
by Pimsleur
Learn to speak and understand Latin American Spanish. This Pimsleur audiobook features native speakers and a conversation-based method. Lessons 6 - 25 are also available.
The Splendid and the Vile
(Overdrive eBook)
by Erik Larson
Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and intelligence reports, Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the daily experiences of Churchill and his family during the Blitz.
