This is where Pellissippi Library posts its latest news about resources and services.

March is Women’s History Month

Posted by Peter Nerzak

March is Women’s History month and to celebrate, we are featuring the  Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000, Scholar’s Edition.
 
 
To access Women and Social Movements, Scholar’s Edition,  visit the Library’s homepage:
 
http://www.pstcc.edu/library
 
There, select the “Databases” icon at top, second from left.
At the Databases A-Z page, select “W”, then click on the “Women’s and Social [...]

Happy New Year

Posted by Peter Nerzak

It’s 2010 and Pellissippi continued to grow this decade. As did the Library!  Over 70,000 books and over 70,000 ebooks can be found in the Library and online.  Three hundred journals in the Library and over 20,00 journals online via the Library’s databases.
 
Check out our growing collection of books and ebooks at http://lib.pstcc.edu/books.
Check out journals available for reading in the library [...]

John Updike is gone

Posted by Peter Nerzak

John Updike passed away yesterday at age 76. See New York Times article.
More pics @ NYT .
Check out and read John Updike’s novels, short stories and poems  from the Library.

New eBook: Unknown Quantity

Posted by Peter Nerzak

John Derbyshire’s book Unknown Quantity: A Real And Imaginary History of Algebra has received excellent reviews and has just become available as a NetLibrary eBook.
Ben Longstaff in New Scientist writes: This really is a history of algebra, but don’t be scared. The story of algebra is the story of civilisation itself: like [...]