Most people living in Virginia have visited Colonial Williamsburg. Some were dragged as fourth graders, others visited as amateur historians, others breezed through on the way to the outlet malls. But Williamsburg is not just the Governor’s Mansion and Duke of Gloucester Street; the foundation also owns a large collection of antiques which are rarely [...]
JSTOR (Journal Storage) is an electronic archive of academic journals. JTCC subscribes to four of JSTOR’s collections, which gives students and faculty to approximately 550 journals. The collections are particularly strong in the humanities, notably history, language, literature, political science, art, and philosophy. JSTOR journals work on a moving wall system; there is a time [...]
The Midlothian library has been open for nearly two months and is even more popular than the old library. The new library is located on the second floor of the new Science Building, in room C202. The new space features:
120 networked computers, all with Vista and Office 2007
Comfortable seating
More open study tables
Four [...]
Part memoir, part biopic, At Work allows the photographer Annie Leibovitz to speak through and about her work…simultaneously. Instead of separating photography from commentary, the artist from the art, At Work allows both to tell their tale.
At Work follows a straight biographical timeline, and pairs Leibovitz’s photographs with her own words and interpretations-which reads like [...]
The Midlothian Campus Library is moving to the new science building.
The library will be closed during the move, from July 27-August 22.
Return books to book drops in first floor hall of Academic Building or on traffic circle next to the Academic Building.
Need to pay fines or pay for lost materials? Check with the business office [...]
Subtitled “two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future,” Greasy Rider mixes the adventure of a cross country road trip with stories from the ecological side of America.
Author Greg Melville converts his 1995 Mercedes diesel to run on used cooking oil. So enthralled with his “new” vehicle, he enlists his [...]
The Modern Language Association published a major update of the manual this year. MLA style is a popular citation style at John Tyler; this change will affect multiple disciplines.
This 7th edition has changed the rules for citing sources to make things clearer in electronic sources and bibliographies.
No underlining. MLA now asks for italicizing the titiles [...]
All summer we will be highlighting some winners from the collection for summer reading. Try some new authors, explore some new topics, enjoy the pace of summer with the library.
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
In 2002 Rory Stewart, a British national and diplomat, set out to walk across Afghanistan. Accompanied by the dog Babur, [...]
Songbirds are more than just a chirping morning symphony-they may be the alarm clock for climate change. Songbird populations are dropping; scientists speculate that we have already lost half the population of US birds.
Biologist and ecologist Bridget Stuchbury outlines what this loss means to the health of our ecosystem-and to us. Stuchbury encourages individuals to [...]
Who says fun has to cost a lot? Children use their imagination to make their world come alive!
The Midlothian Bookworms (the Midlothian library staff) built a fully furnished gingerboard dollhouse entirely from recycled materials for the upcoming Fool For Art festival. Beginning with a cardboard box, file folders and packing tape, a two-story townhouse was [...]