Meet the author!

In The Darkness Under the Water, author Beth Kanell explores a little known side of 1920s American history: the eugenics project that took place in Vermont. The book is a fictionalized account of life just over the NH border, in Waterford, Vermont, focusing on those of Abenaki and French Canadian heritage, and gives us a glimpse of what life was like during the construction of Moore Dam.

On Tuesday, January 5, at noon, the author will be on campus to answer questions and discuss the book.

Copies of the book are available for loan in the library.

Finals and Winter Break Hours

For your cramming pleasure, during the week before finals (Monday through Thursday Dec. 7-10), the library will be open until 10 p.m.

During the WMCC winter break (December 19th through January 18th), the library's hours will be as follows:

Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Fridays: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed Saturdays and Holidays (Dec. 25, Jan. 1 & 18)

Have a safe & happy holiday season!

A book of a different color

Set in Norway in the 1940s, Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson is a reflection of youth, and how one event can shape a lifetime.

Copies of the book are available in the library.

The lunchtime book discussion will take place on Wednesday, December 9th from 12:10-1. Bring your lunch!

The Perfect Storm

Join us on Wednesday, November 4th at noon in the library for our lunchtime book group meeting, when we will be discussing Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm.

New books!

This summer and fall, the WMCC Fortier Library has added over 350 new books to our collection, ranging from business, to culinary, child care, education, the environment and everything in between. If you're looking for something by title, author, or by subject, check out our catalog, or browse our shelves. And if we don't have what you're looking for, chances are we can get it from another library. Just ask!

Introducing ProQuest

The WMCC library is pleased to announce a new addition to our databases family: ProQuest.

ProQuest is a research database with over 8,000 titles in full text. You can search by entering a key word(s), by topic, or by publication. Resulting hits can be narrowed down by scholarly journals, dissertations, books, newspapers, trade publications, and magazines as well as by clicking on suggested subject headings.

Listed with our other research tools, a link to ProQuest may be found on the Library's homepage, using the Databases link. The username and password necessary to access it remotely are available from the library staff.

New Laptops in the Library

Thanks to the WMCC Student Senate, the library now has 2 new Dell Latitude E5400 laptops!

These two laptops are wireless, and print to the HP LaserJet P4014 printer (outside the library office), have Office 2007 and Open Office 3.1, CD/DVD burners, and even have SD card slots. They will be available to WMCC students to use in the library only, and will have to be checked out, the same way reserve materials are. They'll be available on a first-come, first served basis.

When all other library computers are busy, ask a member of the library staff if you can check out a laptop!