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Election Day is Coming Up! How to Vote

Get election information, voting guides, sample ballots, Galveston & Harris County polling places, times and more before you go vote on November 4th, 2025. Go to the Election Time guide.  Register by October 6th To be registered in time for any Texas election, your voter registration application must be received or postmarked at least 30 days before Election Day. This year that means that the deadline to register is Monday, October 6th.  Pick up a voter registration application at your local public library, any government office, or fill one out online. Mail your completed application to the Voter Registrar in your county. Galveston County or Harris County voter registration contact information. Where Can You Register?  * The Galveston County Voter Registration office * Public libraries * Most U.S. post offices * High schools * The Texas Secretary of State website, where you can fill out an application to print and mail Feature...

Highly Anticipated Releases Coming to the Library

These books are on their way to COM library!  Look for them on the bestsellers bookshelves very soon! For more ways to access leisure reading through COM library, check out the library's leisure collection guide. http://dlvr.it/TNJY9P

How Are You Celebrating National Comic Book Day?

Did you know tomorrow is national comic book day?  Let COM library help you celebrate the art and stories comic books bring to the world!  We have over 100 physical graphic novel titles to check out or you can read one of the popular titles on hoopla for free using your COM student, staff or faculty status.  Never used hoopla?  No worries!  It's easy to register using your COM ID.  Through hoopla you have access to thousands of movies, TV shows, graphic novels/manga, eBooks, audiobooks and more.  Get more information on hoopla in our hoopla library guide. Happy Comic Book Day!   http://dlvr.it/TNGKNF

Hispanic Heritage - Now on Display

Books and eBooks are now on display until October 15th for Hispanic Heritage month on the main library display.  Come by and check it out.  Both fiction and non-fiction titles are available. For more suggested books, videos and articles on Hispanic and Latin culture, visit the library's Great Reads for Hispanic Heritage Month guide. http://dlvr.it/TN9Tvx

New Database! ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect provides access to millions of peer reviewed articles, and book chapters, with a digital archives that date back to 1823. Topics covered include physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities. * Browse All Available Publications * Browse by Topic You can access ScienceDirect and other great databases from our A-Z Databases page. Login with your COM account for off campus access. Want More? Try How to Use ScienceDirect.  http://dlvr.it/TN8MVm

Great Reads for Hispanic Heritage!

Go to Great Reads for Hispanic Heritage Month for virtual book displays of great reads. These great reads are curated print books and eBooks include award winning Hispanic authors of true stories, fiction, poetry, and young adult. From the Virtual book displays you can get direct links to the eBooks, or links to the print books in OneSearch to get the call numbers to find them on the shelves in the library, or place them on hold when you login to your COM account.  There's More! You'll also find the latest news on Hispanic culture and links to multiple related guides from the library that have Hispanic, Latin & Spanish content.  The library will have a physical book display of books and eBook posters with QR codes to link to eBooks. Book posters with QR codes will also be on display in the student center.  http://dlvr.it/TN7LPK

Did You Know? We've Got Earphones & Earplugs

Finding it a little loud in the library today?  Check out some earphones with your COM ID or ask for some disposable ear plugs.  We also have individual study rooms that you can reserve online if you need to study alone in a quiet space.  We're here for you. http://dlvr.it/TN7Frz

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