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Changing Work, Changing Workers Streaming Video from AVON
GRCC licenses thousands of streaming videos through Academic Video Online (AVON) from ProQuest / Alexander Street Press, and titles are regularly added to keep the database fresh. Editor’s Picks for January 2022 are available now! They include:
The award-winning History Detectives Grand Rapids program sponsored by local heritage organizations is back! This year, History Detectives will launch their new Youtube Channel on January 22, 2022!
Eight pre-recorded programs ranging from the shores of Lake Michigan through Grand Rapids to the State Library in Lansing. You will be able to view these programs starting January 22, 2022 at whatever time is convenient to you!
Members of the Greater Grand Rapids Womens History Council will be presenting Unearthing an Army of Women: Diversity in Our WWI Women’s Registration Cards. Join Ruth Stevens, GRCC’s own Sophia Brewer, Andrea Riley Mukavetz, and Sue Thoms to learn about the historical nuggets that can be found in an astonishing new resource. Collected in 1918, Kent County’s 23,000 WWI women’s registration cards are available on a searchable database, ready to reveal the diversity of women volunteers who crossed class, religious, racial, and ethnic boundaries to create, inadvertently, a mine of treasures not limited to Grand Rapids. Sociological, historical, and geographic veins remain largely unexplored. The presenters will highlight individuals and clusters of African American, Native American, and working women to illustrate what the cards can provide state- and nation-wide researchers; as well as fascinating tips on searching: “journalist” was not used, but “Indian” was. Tune in to explore the skills, held or desired, of a forgotten front line.
Click the brochure pages below to learn more about other programs premiering that same day.
History Detectives Grand Rapids 2022 brochure page 1History Detectives Grand Rapids 2022 brochure page 2
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GRCC’s Library provides FREE access to the New York Times Online. NY Times Online is used in classes across campus, including: Business; Culinary Arts; Economics; History; Political Science; Theater; and more!
If you’re new to GRCC, then follow the directions on our NYT Subject Guide to create your account to activate your logon today. If you’ve already created your logon (it’s good for one year) – take time to stay on top of national and world news.
GRCC has some “extras” in our New York Times Online license that you will want to try. New York Times Cooking isn’t included in all Passes but it is included in GRCC’s to support the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education students and faculty, as well as other foodies on campus.
New York Times Times Machineis a HUGE archive of issues dating back to September 1851. View world history as it happened through the lens of the New York Times. It is used across campus when readers need to find out what people knew about a topic during a certain era.
Times Machine from GRCC’s New York Times!
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GRCC’s NewsBank America’s News database provides Hot Topics – the “most popular trending news headlines and topics.” Hot Topics provide links to pre-researched subjects of interest.
January Hot Topicscover: Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s passing; the omicron Covid variant; deadly tornadoes; the James Webb Space Telescope; worker shortage; and the Chinese Dinosaur Embryo discovery; and more. Logon with your last name and 7-digit Raider number.
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