Truman College

Upcoming Event

One Book, One Truman is a program designed to bring our college together in the reading of a single book. This year's selection, Bodies in Motion: Stories by Mary Anne Mohanraj, concerns the clash of tradition and modernity in two Sri Lankan families.

One Book, One Truman will conclude with a group discussion moderated by Professor Joanne Kalnitz. The discussion will focus on the story "A Gentle Man," which depicts the tensions between a father and his Westernized children. If you would like to participate but don't have the book, you can still read A Gentle Man online. Links to stories, interviews, reviews, and more can be found in the Reader's Resources for Bodies in Motion. All are welcome to attend this event.

For more information, contact Leone McDermott at lmcdermott@ccc.edu.

What's New in the Library

The Library now has textbooks for many courses taught at Truman College. These are kept in a separate collection at the front of the Library behind the Circulation Desk. You can read these textbooks within the Library but cannot borrow them to take home. In order to read a textbook, you must take the following steps:

1. Find out the author's name and title for your textbook. You can usually get this information from your course syllabus, a copy of which is available on Blackboard.

2. Look up your textbook in the Course Textbook Collection List to find its Item Number. Within this list, textbooks are first grouped by general subject area (such as Social Sciences or Communication), then listed alphabetically by the author's last name. Printed copies of the Course Textbook Collection List are available at the Circulation Desk and the Reference Desk. A PDF copy is also posted under "Resources" at this web site.

3. Write down your textbook's Item Number on a slip of paper, then take it and your Truman I.D. to the Circulation Desk. A library staff member will loan you the book for a period of two hours, after which you must return it.

If you have any questions about the Course Textbook Collection, please ask for help from a librarian or the library staff.