Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Tuesday Tips May 23, 2017

TECH TIP:  Library Databases and TurnItIn
As you begin to plan end-of-year projects, papers, and presentations, a reminder about the databases available through the library website.  In this time of fake news and questioning sources, databases take a lot of the guess work out of it for students as these are compilations of vetted sources.  Check out the full list of databases, or stop in the library and together we can plan out what your class needs.
The library also subscribes to TurnItIn, which can check for plagiarism on student papers, and it also has a grammar check part that can be very helpful in the draft writing process.  Stop in and I'll help you set up a class.
BOOK TIP:  The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
This book is pretty dark, but yet, I couldn't put it down, read it in two days.  If any of you remember Flowers in the Attic, this is the grown up version.  Lane Roanake's mother commits suicide, and she goes to live with her grandparents and her cousin, but all is not good in the house.  And when Lane returns ten years later after her cousin disappears, the family secrets start to come out.  

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