Get your news from reputable sources – not from social media! During this week’s Critical Issues Symposium keynote address “How to Engage in Important Debates” by Thomas Chatterton Williams, a student asked Mr. Williams what reputable news sources he uses for “selective media consumption.” Mr. Williams encouraged the audience to seek wide-ranging, reputable news sources …
Category Archives: Our Collection
Hope College Digital Commons 10-Year Birthday
Hope College Digital Commons, the college’s Van Wylen Library-supported institutional repository, celebrates its 10th birthday this March.* Hope College Digital Commons was established to collect, preserve, and make available scholarly and creative work generated by the college’s faculty, staff, and students, and to provide access to materials held by the Joint Archives of Holland. The …
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Hope College Library Remote Services
Until further notice, the Van Wylen Library and Theil Research Center are closed to the public, including to students, faculty and staff. We are committed to supporting both students and faculty remotely as classes move online. A large amount of our material is already online. Search Primo and limit results to “available online”. Remember that …
National Hispanic Heritage Month
To help celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) we enlisted help from a few campus partners! English professors Dr. Jesus Montaño and Dr. Regan Postma-Montaño made a list of the “25 books by Latinx and Latin American Authors That Every College Student Should Know!” All the books have been gathered at the display …
Google Scholar & Library Holdings
What’s in Your Library ToolKit? Google Scholar & Van Wylen Library Holdings We probably don’t need to remind you about Google Scholar, a great supplement to the hundreds of databases that Van Wylen librarians license for the Hope Community. What you may not know is that we send Google Scholar our journal holdings on a …
Senior Library Student Worker Purchases for the Collection 2018
In appreciation for all they do for the Library, every spring, graduating senior student workers are able to choose an item (book, CD, or DVD) to add to our collection. That item might be in the student’s discipline of study or from a different area of interest. The Class of 2018’s choices: technical services …
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Hope College Digital Commons Redesign
The Digital Commons @ Hope College institutional repository, a digital collection of scholarship, creative work, and history at Hope College, was recently redesigned with a fresh new look and renamed. Digital Commons @ Hope College is now Hope College Digital Commons! (Please note: It may be necessary for you to clear your web …
Laptops, Cameras and Calculators, Oh My!
What equipment can you borrow from the library? Are you wondering if there is a Macbook, Chromebook, or GoPro camera available right now? Did you know we lend graphing calculators as well as headphones? The NEW Equipment Lending LibGuide shows exactly what equipment we have at the Media Deskon the second floor and also what …
New Check Out Periods at the Library
We simplified the check out periods of our library’s items this summer. Highlights from some of our most-used items are below. Don’t worry, you don’t have to memorize this! You will receive due dates upon checkout and you can also check your account 24/7 online using your 1Hope username and password! Hope students Hope faculty Hope …
Graphic Novels at the Library
Graphic novels aren’t just about superheroes anymore. They comment on culture, politics, relationships, historical events and much more. We have a fantastic LibGuide by our Metadata and Digital Collections Librarian, Jeremy Barney which really highlights our collection. You can find many of our graphic novels in the browsing section across from our current periodicals on …