What's New at the UCC Library?

Come visit us and bring home a few treasures!

We're finally ready to part with some of our older library titles, we'd love for you to visit the library and peruse this selection of gently used materials.

Prices are as follows:

Hardcover books: $1.00/ea
Paperback books: $0.50/ea
Other items (DVDs, etc...): $1.00/ea
 

It is cash only, and there are no refunds or returns. 

The Library is open Monday - Thursday 8am -5pm during summer term.

Welcome to Summer Term at the UCC Library! 

During this term, the library will have the following hours:

Monday - Thursday: 8:00am - 5:00pm

We will be closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

What the Library Offers You

As a student you have access to our computer lab and reserve collection. You can also reserve a study pod and ask for reference help from our library staff. 

Need a computer and/or calculator for class? The library has you covered with term-long check outs! 

Need help with citations? Try NoodleTools by clicking here. 

Did you know that you have access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films with Kanopy? Find out more here. 

The library will also host the Library Olympics on July 24th. Who will take home the gold? Find out by registering here.  

There is a lot happening this term at your library! 

We look forward to seeing you!

This week's hints:

• A celestial event that occurs twice a year, once in the southern hemisphere, and once in the northern hemisphere on Earth.
• During this event, it is the longest day of the year. 
• Culturally, there are variations on how to celebrate this da, but most cultures recognize this event around the theme of fertility.

• Hint 1: A human-powered or motor-assisted vehicle with two wheels.
• Hint 2: Invented in Europe during the 19th century.
• Hint 3: A popular physical activity as well as a sustainable alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles.

Bonus: The UN promotes the usage of this vehicle on June 3rd, for it’s benefits to both human and environmental health.

All UCC Library Items Are Due

June 14th, 2024.

Do you have a ECE textbook, calculator, and/or laptop computer? Do you hate being charged fees? Then return your library items by June 14th, 2024.

• Hint 1: This insect has five eyes, one on either side of their head and three on top.
• Hint 2: These insects communicate with each other through dance.
• Hint 3: A variety of this insect pollinates approximately one third of the food we eat.

Bonus: The U.N. proclaimed May 20th as a day to acknowledge the role this insect has on our ecosystems.

This week's hints:

• The protector of the dead in ancient Egypt. 
• Credited in mythology for creating embalming and mummification. 
• In Egyptian mythology, would escort the deceased into the afterlife. 

With week's hints

• A Roman general and statesman
• Became a dictator in 49 BCE until his assassination in 44 BCE, which was made famous in a Shakespearean play. 
• When he was dictator of Rome, he created a calendar and named it after himself. It  would be used in Europe until 1582, but is still used by the Eastern Orthodox Church. 

This week's hints:

• A Greek poet who is credited to have authored two well known epics.
• Both of his epic poems feature a legendary king named Odysseus. 
• In Dante's Inferno, he is referred to as the "Poet Sovereign" and Alexander Pope considered him to be the "greatest of poets."

Library Poetry Hour

April 25th at 3pm at the UCC Library 

Click here to register.

In ancient Rome, recitationes were a literary practice that involved one or more public readings of a text by the author.

Tomorrow, April 25th at 3pm, the UCC Library will be hosting our own recitationes with our second poetry hour. Come to recite your own work or a favorite. Don't want to share? Come and listen. This event is not exclusive to poetry, come and share a short story or essay instead. 

Need help finding a poem? Click here to access the LitFinder database. Simply type in an author or the word "poetry" and start exploring. 

Above painting: Catullus Reading His Poems to Friends by Stephan Bakalowicz