Announcements and Highlights from the SMC Library
Sign-up for an upcoming library workshop to sharpen those research skills!
An introduction to tools for evaluating resources useful for research.
In-person Workshop (Lib 192): October 10, 11:30 a.m.
Online Workshop: October 18, 11:30 a.m.
Retrieving and citing sources in MLA.
In-person Workshop (Lib 192): November 06, 2:30 p.m.
Online Workshop: November 13, 2:30 p.m.
In-person Workshop (Lib 192): November 14, 8:00 a.m.
Online Workshop: November 21, 8:00 a.m.
Unable to make it to a workshop? Visit the SMC Library YouTube Channel to view workshop recordings.
Join us for conversations with nationally best-selling authors online every month!
Join us in kicking off October as we welcome three Smithsonian-affiliated scientists to teach us about the remarkable world of tropical bats!
For decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have studied the remarkable biodiversity of bats on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, where an astonishing seventy-six species coexist. Now, for the first time, Smithsonian scientists’ expertise pairs with the stunning photography of National Geographic contributor Christian Ziegler for a captivating visual journey into the fascinating world of these elusive night creatures, to bring you the book Bat Island: A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels, including Gods of Jade and Shadow (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Ignyte Award), Mexican Gothic (Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, Aurora Award, Goodreads Award), Velvet Was the Night (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award), The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, and The Seventh Veil of Salome. She writes in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, noir and historical.
Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which has sold over two million copies and is currently being adapted as a television series starring Kristen Bell. In addition to her clinical practice, she co-hosts the popular “Dear Therapists” podcast produced by Katie Couric and writes The Atlantic’s “Dear Therapist” advice column. She is a sought-after expert in media such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, CNN, and NPR’s “Fresh Air” and her TED Talk was one of the Top 10 Most Watched of the Year.
Looking for a good scare? Take a look at this collection of scary, horror, and suspense books!
Looking for a book written by a Latinx author? Select a title from this growing collection!
Looking for a textbook? You can easily access print textbooks and eTextbooks from the Textbook Commons. Please check your syllabus for the title of the book that your class is using.
Take a look at the new books that have been added to the library!
The library is excited to announce the following event!
Thursday, October 31st at 11 am
LIB Room 192
The SMC Library will be hosting a movie screening of a contemporary horror/suspense film from the collection in celebration of Halloween. No registration necessary. Students may stop by any time during the screening and enjoy the film. Snacks will be available.
In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, check out these select films from the library's streaming video collections.
The peninsula of Araya in northeastern Venezuela, is one of the most arid places on earth. For five hundred years, since its discovery by the Spanish, the region’s salt has been exploited manually. A 17th-century fortress built to protect against pirate raids stands as a reminder of the days when salt was worth almost as much as gold and great fortunes were made. Benacerraf captures the life of the salineros and their back-breaking work in breathtaking images.
The National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico is a site of festivity unlike any other in the world. In celebration of San Juan de Dios, patron saint of firework makers, revelry engulfs the town for ten days. Artisans show off their technical virtuosity, up-and-comers create their own rowdy, lo-fi combustibles, and dozens of teams build larger-than- life papier-mâché bulls to parade into the town square, adorned with fireworks that blow up in all directions.
Argentina explores the heart of traditional Argentine folklore via a series of choreographed tableaux retracing a history rich in original culture. The unique mise en scène of the dance mixed with awe-inspiring traditional songs performed by the musicians make it unique. Poetic, riveting and moving, this live performance choreographed by Carlos Saura calls on the entire history of a country set to the tune of guitars and accordions.
After 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts in the ring, Cassandro, the star of the gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestlers known as the Exoticos, is far from retiring. But with dozens of broken bones and metal pins in his body, he must now reinvent himself.
Best Actress nominee Salma Hayek stars as Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo in this biopic, which chronicles her turbulent marriage to Diego Rivera, her political activism and the severe pain she experienced following a bus accident.
BOTERO is a poetic documentary of one of the world's most prolific living artists, Fernando Botero. Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1932 to a poor family, Botero witnessed the death of his father at an early age and experienced a violent and tumultuous political landscape in his youth during the Colombian civil war which had a profound impact on his art and humanitarianism. The film is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the life and art of the 88-year-old master artist whom the art world has compared to Picasso.
International in scope, Pressreader provides access to more than 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Times, UK’s The Guardian, Mexico’s El Universal, Rolling Stone, Forbes, the Smithsonian, and more! It is also available as an app on your mobile devices.
Example publication from Pressreader:
The Economist, 28 Sep 2024, https://www-pressreader-com.smx.idm.oclc.org/magazines/m/the-economist
This issue of The Economist (North America) brought to you by SMC Library.
