Monday, December 10, 2012


Laptops in the Library!


Did you know you can now check out a laptop to use in Holman Library?

You can borrow a laptop to collaborate with classmates on a presentation, find a quiet corner of the library to work in, or use when other library computers are busy.

They’re available downstairs at the circulation desk. You can use them in the library for four hours at a time.

Want more details? Click on Library Services.

Let us know what you think!

Monday, December 3, 2012

Have You Tried an eBook Lately?

EBooks can provide a big boost to your research … and you don’t need to come to the Library to use them!


Holman Library has about 50000 eBooks from two different vendors: Ebsco and ebrary. You can search for eBooks in the catalog, or in either ebrary or Ebsco. Start your search on our eBooks page - http://www.greenriver.edu/academics/library/search-and-find/ebooks.htm.

When you search using ebrary or Ebsco, you are searching the full text of their eBooks. Searching the text within an eBook can be very  helpful. You can see the search term highlighted and relevance ranking for the full text search in this example from ebrary:

ebrary eBook: Playing with the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports