How to Check Out Items Video

Last week, we released our second Welcome to the Library video! Have you ever wondered what those numbers on the spines of books are? What the Curriculum Collection is? Where you can find the movies? This video, How to Check Out Items, answers all these questions and more!

At Our Libraries, You\’re WORTH IT!

After tours of the Dick Smith Library on August 18 and 19, we asked the incoming Class of 2019 and their group leaders to show off their best dance moves. Transition Week 2015 was a lot of hard work for everyone on campus, but you students are WORTH IT!

New Music Databases

The library added 10 new music databases this week! These databases contain streaming music files, videos, scores, discographies, and musician biographies, as well as more traditional reference materials. They cover a variety of genres from throughout time and around the world, from medieval motets and early american folk music to jazz and hip-hop. There are

Films on Demand

Have you checked out Films on Demand lately? We\’ve added thousands of new videos, including videos from PBS, TEDtalks, History Channel and more! You might find something that will give you background on a research topic, or entertain and inspire you. Check them out today!

Need Help with Debt?

If you\’re like me, you\’re struggling with debt. When I was growing up, my parents\’ always had money problems (and, to this day, they are still living paycheck to paycheck). I tried to use them as an example and go a different route, but, alas, credit cards and school loans came along, and I got

Films on Demand

Like to watch videos?  The library has a new resource for you – Films on Demand. It covers all kinds of subjects from anthropology to world languages.  You can embed the videos in presentations, web pages, and much more!  Take a look. This is video about college graduates and jobs: 

How books are made

This is kind of mesmerizing to watch. The bottom more recent video doesn\’t show quite the same stages, but there\’s still enough overlap to see some of the ways the process has remained the same or changed. 

Need a News Video for a Presentation?

Dick Smith Library can help! Choose Newsbank from the library\’s database page. If you\’re off-campus, log in with your NTNET username and password. Click \”Access World News.\” Click the \”Source Types\” tab. Mark the checkbox for video (uncheck other types if desired). Enter your search terms and choose search fields (headline, caption, etc.). Click \”Search.\”

YouTube Offers Online Video Editor

The post \”Edit Video in the Cloud with the YouTube Video Editor\” on Broadcasting Ourselves recently announced YouTube\’s launch of its online video editor, which lets users Combine multiple uploaded video. Trim the beginning and/or ending of videos. Add soundtracks using YouTube\’s AudioSwap song library. Create videos and easily publish them to YouTube. Available in

Video Lectures from Top Colleges

As final exams hurry toward us, everyone is going to be busy reviewing the semester\’s work, looking over their class notes, locating study partners, participating in help/review sessions, and trying to remember it all. To help prepare for finals, you can also listen to lecture notes from other universities.Guy McDowell at MakeUseOf lists 5 Great