Tuesday's Tip

Deets Library is now on Twitter! Follow jinxlibrarian to find out what's going on in the library. Tweet at us to renew your materials! Make suggestions for us, ask a question. We will still continue Tuesday's Tips, only shorter.

Reference room reserved

The reference room is reserved for the Belarusian Symposium now through Wednesday. Take advantage of our quiet study zones upstairs and downstairs. Ask at the circulation to reserve a conference room or a classroom for group studies.

Thank you SC community for being flexible this week!

Banned Books Week

Why does the library celebrate Banned Books Week? Banned Books Week bring attention to book challenges--that is, books some people think should be banned or restricted. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech--that includes freedom to read whatever you like.

What books have been challenged? See a list of challenged classics.

Why are books challenged? American Library Association lists people's reasons, which vary from sexual content to showing a state in an unfavorable light. Does art reflect life or does life reflect art? Whatever the answer may be, books show a different perspective, a reality we haven't experienced. Banning books can only lead to limited ideas and restricted freedom.

If you don't like the idea of someone dictating what is and isn't freely available, keep reading all kinds of books. Fight for free ideas. Support the library.

Tuesday's Tip

Did you know you can help make changes in the library? Tell us what works for you, what doesn't work, where you think the library can improve! Visit our homepage or click here to take a quick anonymous survey about the library. You can also email the librarians anytime--even after the survey is over! We want to hear from you!

Library event!

Students are invited to a murder mystery event in the library!

The library wanted to throw Professor Dodgson of the Jabberwocky Studies Department a fancy party to welcome him to SC, but something went horribly wrong! Help Marian the Librarian, Sam the Circulation Desk worker, and more solve the mystery of his death!

Limited to the first 50 participants. The first three teams to solve the mystery will win prizes. Sponsored by Deets Library and SC Campus Life.

Tuesday's Tip

When searching in a database, do you find an article that sounds just about perfect for your paper, only to find that Deets Library does not have it?

Here is a way to work around it.

Open a database and start your search.



Find an article you'd like to use and click on the green 360 Link to Full Text.



Here you can see if Google Scholar has the article available or submit your request for ILL.



Google Scholar is a under-appreciated resource. Google searches the entire web and may pull up Some Guy's Blog for your results. Google Scholar searches more scholarly sources--exactly what you need.

Contact the library with any questions!

Music!

Can't make it to the festival this weekend? Deets Library has CDs for you to recreate your own music festival. Check out John McCutcheon's CDs!