Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Read All About It!

Get the full story when you search for articles–ask for full text.
Thousands of articles are available for free through the library’s EBSCO databases, but you have to know how to ask for them.
To find the entire article when searching, click the Full Text box in the main search page. (Check here for an example–the [...]

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Scholarly journals….what’s THAT!

Scholarly Journals are magazines that publish new findings, research and commentary from people in the academic field of study. Unlike popular magazines (like People or Sports Illustrated) scholarly journals have few photographs, have longer articles with in-depth analysis, and often treat a narrow element of a larger subject. Articles like this are excellent sources for [...]

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Welcome to John Tyler Community College’s Library Blog!

The library is not just books! John Tyler’s Libraries have Google, but we also have databases, audio books, eBooks, WiFi and live chat help. John Tyler’s Librarians are happy to help you with your research, formatting your paper, or even issues with your laptop.
Plus, we can help prevent accidents like this one:

Google vs. The Library
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