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Just on time for National Cookbooks Month! Our latest guide is Cookbooks & Recipes. Get cookbooks, recipes, books from chefs that include recipes and watch how it's done videos. Here are a few examples of what you can find in the guide. Some resources must be accessed on campus or login with your COM account to access campus. * The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (eBook) * Texas Eats: the new lone star heritage cookbook, with more than 200 recipes (print book) * Try Thai Tonight Series (Season 1-5) (stream it on AVON) * How to Make Martha Stewart's Chicken Pot Pies (YouTube)   http://dlvr.it/TNf8QP

The issue of book banning is making headlines again now that school is back in session. Supporters of book challenges argue that schools should not expose children to sex, violence, drug use, race, or other topics they deem inappropriate for certain age levels. They argue that pulling books out of the school library is not book banning because students can get these books outside of school. Opponents of book challenges argue that removing books from schools is censorship and un-American. They say that reading controversial books and discussing controversial topics promotes critical thinking, encourages empathy, and provides a wider understanding of the world. What do you think?  Should certain books ever be banned in school? Watch the debate on Films on Demand (49:40). With 27 documented viewpoints, the library's Opposing Viewpoints database is a great place to get more information on what people think about this hot topic.   For more articles, videos and books/eBoo...

October is American Archives Month. Check out our collection of classic periodicals and streaming media. Read full text, full image top magazines: The Atlantic, Ebony, Jet, Life, The Nation, National Geographic, Newsweek, Time and Vanity Fair, or Texas newspapers El Paso Times and The Austin American Statesman. Stream archival films and newsreels from Films on Demand and AVON. Go to the Archives Collection.  Featured from the Collection * The Awakening of the Negro by Booker T. Washington, The Atlantic 1896 * Troubles of Mitchell (Stock market Crash), Time 1929 * Evolution of the speakeasy, Vanity Fair 1932 * The McCarthy Method, The Nation, 1950 * THE KING PLAN FOR FREEDOM: Protest leader M. L. King, Jr., stresses eight points to speed equality fight, Ebony 1956 * Apollo’s Great Leap for the Moon, Life 1969 * 'My God! They're Killing US' (Kent State), Newsweek 1970 * America’s New Beginning: Barack Obama Sworn In 44th President, Jet...

Did you know the library has a "library of things" that we can check-out to persons with a COM ID? The next time it's pouring rain outside, duck into the library and check out an umbrella to get around campus. Did your phone die and you forget your phone charger at home?  While in the library, check-out a phone charger to charge it. Math homework require a graphing calculator you don't have with you today?  Do your homework in the library and check one out from us. We have what you need to succeed!  We are here to help. Read more about COM library here. http://dlvr.it/TNYFSJ

Kicking off Academic Success Month, COM Library will be hosting the session, Leveraging AI in Library Databases to Make Your Research Easier. You'll find out how to use database AI to:  * Get summaries and key takeaways of books and articles  * Get direct links to sources that answer your research question * Help with brainstorming  your questions A light meal will be provided.  * Tuesday, October 14, 2025 12:30pm-1:15pm, ICB 121  Meanwhile, here is the companion guide if you'd like to get started now: How to Use Library Database AI.  http://dlvr.it/TNXYG0

Classic Banned Books Interestingly, many books that are now considered classics have been banned in the past and some continue to be banned or challenged today. We've compiled a few lists of these books so you can see why these classics were banned or challenged. You can also check out the print or eBook versions of many of these books and decide for yourself... * Award Winning Books That Have Been Banned or Challenged This list has books that have won major awards such as the Pulitzer Prize or the Nobel Prize that have been banned like The Color Purple by Alice Walker, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.  * Modern Library's 100 Best Novels These are books chosen as the best novels published since 1900. This includes novels like The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell * More Banned Classics There are even more classics...