April 2021
New Books
Featured new additions to our print collection:

  • Klara and the Sun: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro

  • Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder

  • The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

  • What is Life? Five Great Ideas in Biology by Paul Nurse

  • Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don't Even Exist Yet by Michelle R. Weisz

  • Interior Chinatown: A Novel by Charles Yu

  • Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman

  • Black Hole Survival Guide by Janna Levin
Featured Resource:
ProQuest Poetry Databases
The RHEC Library subscribes to three extensive poetry databases through ProQuest. These include:

American Poetry Database - American Poetry contains over 40,000 poems by more than 200 poets, covering the Colonial period to the early twentieth century, and drawn from over 1,200 printed sources.

African-American Poetry Database - African American Poetry contains nearly 3,000 poems by African American poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It provides a comprehensive survey of the early history of African American poetry.

English Poetry Database - Essentially comprising the complete canon of English poetry of the British Isles and the British Empire from the 8th century to the early 20th, this database contains over 183,000 poems, drawn from nearly 4,900 printed sources and representing more than 2,700 poets.

How to access: if you're using the RHEC network, via wired connection or wi-fi, you automatically have access.
This Month's Book Display:
National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month! The library is celebrating by displaying some of the best poetry in our collection.

If you enjoyed Amanda Gorman's performance of The Hill We Climb during the presidential inauguration, come take a look at the just released print version, available to check out now!
National Library Week:
April 4-10
National Library Week will be here soon! Here are all the ways the RHEC Library will be celebrating.

Giveaways

Stop by the library anytime April 5-9 to pick up free swag! We will be offering goodies such as tote bags, notebooks, and flash drives (hurry, they go fast!)

Information
In addition to swag, the library will also be handing out folders of information about the library and the services we offer. Staff will be on hand to answer any questions and show you around. Stop in and see what we're all about!

Contests

Now for the fun part. The library will be running four contests between April 5-9.



  • Find the Golden Ticket!: Be the first to find a ticket hidden inside a library book to win a Fire 7 Tablet. Daily clues will be given out via digital signage and flyers displayed in the building and library. Keep on the lookout!

  • Guess how many books are in the library? Submit your guess at the circulation desk. Whoever submits the closest guess before April 9th will win a $25 gift certificate to Book No Further!
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