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Most of our library database platforms are working on beta versions of AI enhancements to make research easier for students. For many, these features have already been enabled. See all our AI enabled databases. ASK Britannica basically works like ChatGPT. Students can ask questions and get answers but instead of getting answers created from random sites on the Internet or AI hallucinations, student get answered based on the content from Britannica, long considered one of the most reliable and accurate sources of information. These relevant insights sourced from Britannica content, are presented as article summaries alongside the linked sources.  You can see how to get started below. For even more go to How to Use Britannica Academic or check out Britannica's ASK Britannica FAQ.  If you'd like to try it out, you can access ASK Britannica on the homepage of Britannica Academic: Once on the ASK Britannica page, you can ask your question as you would ChatGPT: ...

This current bestseller has been described as haunting, chilling, genre-defying, gripping, evocative, beautiful. gorgeous, tragic.  Sounds like a must read to us!  For a synopsis of the book, click here. Get this and other fresh, top selling titles from COM library's bestseller section.  We have what you want to read! For more leisure read options, both books and eBooks, check out the library's Leisure Collection guide. http://dlvr.it/TJpVl7

Our latest guide is Help for Students. The guide points COM students to the great resources available to COM students from the library, the College and even our community.  Get Quick Access to Help or find all the resources that can help you with academics, mental health, financially and lots more!  Want More? See all our guides on student success.  http://dlvr.it/TJnLgp

The newest N.Y. Times bestsellers are in the library, ready to be checked out.  YA, non-fiction, romance and fantasy - there's something for everyone!  These bestsellers rotate in and out of the library, to ensure you have access to the most recent top selling novels on the market.  Don't wait too long to check out what's here and take something home with you to enjoy.   The library has lots of physical and eBook reading options in all genres.  For more leisure reading options, check out the library Leisure Collection guide.  http://dlvr.it/TJm7rR

Conspiracy Culture   Contemporary Russia stands apart as one of the most prolific generators of conspiracy theories and paranoid rhetoric. Conspiracy Culture traces the roots of the phenomenon within the sphere of culture and history, examining the long arc of Russian paranoia from the present moment back to earlier nineteenth-century sources, such as Dostoevsky's anti-nihilist novel Demons.   Conspiracy Culture examines the use of conspiracy tropes by contemporary Russian authors and filmmakers including the postmodernist writer Viktor Pelevin, the conservative author and pundit Aleksandr Prokhanov, and the popular director Timur Bekmambetov. It also explores paranoia as an instrument within contemporary Russian political rhetoric, as well as in pseudo-historical works.   What stands out is the manner in which popular paranoia is utilized to express broadly shared fears not only of a long-standing anti-Russian conspiracy undertaken by the West, but also about the destru...

Our latest guide is Online Study Skills.  Get Tips and tricks to be successful in your online course. 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. * Online Learning for Dummies (eBook) * A Student's Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Online Classes (print book) * Top 10 Tips for Online Courses (02:59) (stream it on YouTube) http://dlvr.it/TJjrVr

Thank you for showing common courtesy to your fellow human beings today. http://dlvr.it/TJg9gB

Have the urge to create something?  Let COM library help you explore your creative side with eBooks from O'Reilly.  Any faculty, staff member or student can access O'Reilly anytime from home, using your COM credentials.  Click on the eBook title below to link to the eBook on O'Reilly. Creative Embroidery and Beyond Diamond Painting Easy Drawing The Art of Lego Design Papier Mache Share Your Joy: Mixed Media Shareable Art Want to see what other crafting/hobby books they have in O'Reilly?  Click on Explore Skills at the top of the database and use the skills filter on the left to scroll through various options.  For more information on using the O'Reilly database, visit the O'Reilly library guide. Happy crafting! http://dlvr.it/TJcpMS

Did you know? Hoopla has a great selection of audiobooks. Sign up and get the app.  Want to know how to get started with Hoopla? Start here: How to Use Hoopla.  http://dlvr.it/TJZT6J

COM Library is closed for Spring Break, but you can still: stream a movie on Swank, read a great eBook in Libby, or listen to an audiobook on Hoopla. All free to COM students, faculty and staff, available 24/7! And all our great online academic eBooks, streaming videos from great producers like A&E, HBO or PBS and article databases are still there if you need them. :) http://dlvr.it/TJWxM2

Handel’s 18th-century masterpiece, “The Messiah,” has been reimagined and infused with Gospel, Jazz, and R&B. The result is an uplifting reinterpretation of this seasonal favorite, captured at its European premiere at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The BBC Concert Orchestra is joined by The BBC Symphony Chorus and The London Adventist Chorale, and soloists Vanessa Haynes and Zwakele Tshabalala. Watch Too Hot to Handel (1:26:06). Did you know COM library has 16 guides with recommended books/eBooks, online videos and articles on different music topics, including Kendrick Lamar, Country Music, Latin Music, Hip Hop, R&B and more.  You can access any of the music guides through COM Library's music resources link.  If you just want to hear more great music, hoopla has an extensive music collection you can access.  If you are new to hoopla, you will need to register once and then can check-out up to five albums per month to listen to for free, 24/7. We have what you w...

To check out a model, bring your COM ID to the library circulation desk.  Full skeletons, kidneys, and the muscular system are also available. All models are for library use only. The library has what you need to succeed! http://dlvr.it/TJTVhx

Need to take a breather from studying and paper writing?  Check out a DVD from COM Library. Click here to browse the titles available in the library's collection.  We have over 500 titles from which to choose. DVD's can be checked out for one week with a valid COM ID.  If you check one out the Friday before spring break, it won't be due back until after the break.  No worries about late fees!  We have what you want to watch - check out our DVD collection today! http://dlvr.it/TJNhJV

Happy Women's HERSTORY month! For the month of March, the library is spotlighting books on women's history as well as engaging fiction reads by female authors.  Come by the library between classes to take a look at what's on display.  Be sure to bring your COM ID so you can take something home with you.  Great eBooks by women writers are available online 24/7 in the library's Libby Collection.  Click here to access the women authors collection. Also on display this month, Who is She?  Entertaining and engrossing autobiographies about various women you may not have heard of before.  Make sure you come by to check them out! For more books/eBook, video and article suggestions on related topics, take a look at the library's guides on women's history, women's rights & suffrage movements, American women's history & women's suffrage around the world. http://dlvr.it/TJLLQP

Country Music by Dayton Duncan; Ken Burns A gorgeously illustrated and hugely entertaining story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century--based on the eight-part film series.   This fascinating history begins where country music itself emerged: the American South, where people sang to themselves and to their families at home and in church, and where they danced to fiddle tunes on Saturday nights. With the birth of radio in the 1920s, the songs moved from small towns, mountain hollers, and the wide-open West to become the music of an entire nation--a diverse range of sounds and styles from honky tonk to gospel to bluegrass to rockabilly, leading up through the decades to the music's massive commercial success today.   But above all, Country Music is the story of the musicians. Here is Hank Williams's tragic honky tonk life, Dolly Parton rising to fame from a ...

We have some great guides on the history of women and issues women face today. Go to the Women's History guide. Featured Resources * Stream Swank feature films Harriet, free to COM students, faculty & staff! How to Use Swank. * Stream Iron Jawed Angels, Unbreakable: One Girl Changing the World—The Story of Malala, or RBG. How to Use Academic Videos Online (AVON), How to Use Films on Demand (FOD). * Read one of our great eBooks in our Women Authors collection in OverDrive like The Radium Girls by Kate Moore, She Said by Jodi Kantor or Violeta by Isabel Allende or classics like And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood or Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. How to Use OverDrive eBooks. * Get print books like D-Day Girls, Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet, or Mother Tongue: the surprising history of women's words. How to use OneSearch.  Mor...