Posted on July 25th, 2012 by Brown Library Blogger
Do you know what you want to do when you grow up? Or are you a grown-up looking for a new career path? I’ve been there and done that in both cases. A great resource available here at Brown Library to help you answer these questions is The Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Published by the federal government, … Read the rest
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Posted on March 9th, 2012 by ddulaney
You may know that Brown Library has eBooks. Did you know we have eAudiobooks, too? Access them by searching in the Brown Library catalog or go to the VCCS OverDrive site
Here are the top 10 eAudiobooks circulating among Virginia’s community college students.
See OverDrive’s “Quick Start Guide” for how to check out and … Read the rest
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Posted on August 23rd, 2011 by Brown Library Blogger
Events ought to expand our experiences, right? So the shimmy and shake we felt in the Roanoke Valley Tuesday should send us searching for more information about earthquakes. A good place to start is in Brown Library.
Plate Tectonics : an Insider’s History of the Modern Theory of the Earth and Earthshaking Science: What we Know (and … Read the rest
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Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Brown Library Blogger
Available for checkout at Brown Library (in book and e-book format) and at your local public libraries.
The Banned Book Club’s next selection is Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Published in 1963, Cat’s Cradle is a classic sci-fi novel, satirically taking on the subjects of religion, science, morality, and technology. Nominated for a Hugo award… Read the rest
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Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Brown Library Blogger
Available for checkout at Brown Library and at your local public libraries.
The Banned Book Club’s next selection is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt.
Published in 1994, this was his first book, and it immediately became a New York Times bestseller. It is considered a “non-fiction novel,” in the tradition … Read the rest
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