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Library Renovation Updates  


 

 New This Semester!

The new staircase in the library lobby is open! This provides a much better connection between the main level and the new lower-level library spaces and some extra seating along the right-hand side of the stairs on the built-in benches!

Library Lower-Level


Here is a look at the new lower level of the library where you'll find all the reference books formerly located from upstairs situated in their new homes along with plenty more study spaces!

 

    

Meanwhile upstairs, the large reference room is closed off for renovations but we've added tables to use for studying in the small reference room for the semester! More of the “request-only collections” is available for use again, including print journals, local history, and storage books (now called Special Collections). These items have returned from off-site storage and can again be requested at the main desk starting in late January.

 

Document Delivery Services


Document Delivery services allow faculty, staff, and students of the college to borrow resources not available at Buhl Library. These are available for current GCC students, faculty, staff, and Emeritus faculty. Using this service you can obtain copies of journal articles and/or conference proceedings that are not available via our online databases or journal subscriptions through the library. 

For students: You MUST have your professor's signature for the request to be filled.  All items are subject to copyright permission and you must agree to copyright compliance on the request form. We will NOT process requests without this.

For faculty and staff: We will accept document delivery and interlibrary loan requests by email as long as you submit a full citation. Each time you request a document delivery by email, remember to indicate your agreement with the copyright compliance statement. We will NOT process your request without it.

Please double-check Buhl's A to Z List of Journals to be sure we do not have access to the journal you need.  

Guidelines and Restrictions:

  • Fill out the request form and send it to your professor. (For students)
  • Professors will forward the approved request to the library.
  • This is a free service but your professor must approve and submit the request on your behalf for the order to be filled. No documents will be ordered without this approval.
  • Only individual articles may be requested. You may NOT request an entire journal issue.

You can access the forms with these links:

Student Document Delivery Request Form

Faculty/Staff Document Delivery Request Form

If you have any questions, contact 

Joyce Kebert, x3821, kebertjm@gcc.edu

Celebrate Charles Dickens's Birthday


Celebrate Charles Dickens turning 210 this February with some of his memorable works!

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

Buhl - Open Stacks : PR4571.A2 D68 2020

Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens

Buhl - Open Stacks : PR4567.A2 K35 1993

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

Curr. - Classics : Classic D555gr 2000

Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens

Buhl - eBook

Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

Buhl - Open Stacks : PR4561.A2 K36 2017

Little Dorrit

by Charles Dickens

Buhl - Open Stacks : PR4562 .A1 2010

Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

Buhl - Open Stacks : PPR4568 .A1 1955

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

Buhl - Open Stacks : PR4558 .A1 1980

New Faculty Publication


Professor Caleb Fuller has a new publication, No Free Lunch: Six Economic Lies You've Been Taught and Probably Believe, published by Freiling Publishing in 2021. Dr. Fuller discusses common economic misconceptions while relaying to the reader how important an understanding of economics is to everybody. 

Buhl - Open Stacks : HB171 .F85 2021

Stockings for Veterans  


Stockings for Veterans

This year’s Stockings for Veterans drive was our most successful one yet with 200 stockings donated. 

From Buhl Library and GCC Mortarboard, thank you for your help supporting the region’s homeless veterans!

 

 

Try Our Map Challenge!


Looking for an opportunity to challenge your arts & crafts skills with your knowledge of US geography? Give our map challenge a try! You can find copies of the map at the circulation desk in the library and then try your best to draw in all the states. (Bonus points if you can add Alaska and Hawaii too) Once you're finished creating your masterpiece, we'd love to see your work so you can either hand it in at the circulation desk or share it with us on social media!

Meet the Newest Member of the Buhl Library Staff


We have a new member to the library staff at Buhl Library. David Roberts recently joined us as the Public and Outreach Services Librarian. He arrives here after starting his career working in public libraries working as a research and social media librarian. As part of his role at Grove City College, he will be assisting with reference work and handling our outreach services.

Get To Know Your Librarians: What was a favorite class you took in school?


Kim Marks - My favorite class in college was called Culture, Illness, and Curing. It was a course in medical anthropology where we studied how different cultures see and treat illness. It was fascinating and made me want to get a second masters in anthropology.

Gretchen Maxeiner - My favorite class in college was on Icelandic Sagas. I knew nothing about them, but that's what I felt electives were for--exploring something totally new and different! I loved that class and still read the sagas sometimes.

Amy Cavanaugh - Favorite class (undergrad) was Material Culture (History). Material Culture is the study of objects, images, spaces, consumption. Most fascinating to me was learning how architecture and houses changed over time to accommodate modern society.

Janet Elder I loved all the business courses in high school!  My 2 favorite classes were Shorthand and Typing.  I enjoyed being able to decipher what all those squiggly lines meant! Who knew typing would become such a vital course in the computer area and that shorthand would become nearly obsolete.  I think the reason I liked these 2 subjects was the ability to set yourself goals to improve your words per minute and your accuracy.

David Roberts - My favorite class in college was a Wine Tasting honors seminar. We had a few meetings where we discussed the history of wine-making, the science behind the process, and the terminology involved in both the creation and tasting of wine. Afterward, we took a field trip to a local winery to view their operations and try their wine, and in our last class, we tried to identify different kinds of wine by taste. It just felt like an outside-of-the-box course offering and I really appreciated the uniqueness of it.

Conni ShawI would say that as an elementary education major here at GCC that I remember the Science Methods class for teachers was really fun. We got to do lots of science experiments in class such as playing with handheld microscopes to investigate items up close and making oobleck which is a combination of corn starch and water which has both solid and liquid properties. It was fun to be a kid again and experiment and also to build a repertoire of ideas for teaching.

Barbra Munnell - I think my fave classes were Social Problems and Sociological Research Methods because as part of research methods we had the opportunity to conduct a research project on a social issue on campus.

Featured Database: Engineering Village


 

Engineering Village is a helpful database for research and information related to applied engineering and physical science domains. It features both current and archival as well as disciplinary content from a variety of journals, conferences, trade publications, dissertations, books, and technical manuals.

Within Engineering Village is access to 14 different databases that are curated and indexed with abstracts for search and discovery with a link to full-text articles. For assistance navigating the database, Elsevier created a helpful LibGuide to walk you through getting the most from this resource.

What's New?


 

Here is a sampling of new resources in Buhl Library. Be sure to also check out the new book display in the library lobby.

Hover over a book's title to view a summary.

Christianity Today's 2022 Book Awards


Professor Jeffrey Bilbro's recently published book Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into The News was selected for the Award of Merit under Culture & The Arts by Christianity Today for their 2022 Book Awards. A reviewer had this to say about Bilbro's work: "This book is like the best class you ever took in college. Big ideas are delivered in a winsome and enticing way. We all know we are consuming bad news and it is eroding our society. Bilbro identifies the problem, shows how it’s likely worse than you imagined, and offers hope. Reading the Times helps us think about time itself and how beauty, faith, and simple human practices can shift our perspective in healthy, God-honoring ways that will, in the end, enable us to read and respond to news wisely." —Ned Bustard, author, illustrator, and founder of World’s End Images

Professor Carl Trueman's recent book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution was recognized as a finalist for Christianity Today's 2022 Book Awards for Award of Merit under Politics & Private Life. One reviewer describes Dr. Trueman's work this way: "...The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self is a signal achievement of cultural analysis. Readers wishing to understand the cultural convulsions and social upheavals taking place in the West will find this an indispensable book. It’s a masterclass on the fact that, while all ideas have consequences, some ideas are more consequential than others. Trueman shows that the consequences arising from ideas about human nature and identity can be especially revolutionary." - Timothy Kleiser is a teacher and writer from Louisville, Kentucky. His writing has appeared in National Review, The American Conservative, Modern Age, The Boston Globe, Front Porch Republic, and elsewhere.

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