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Bilingual Children's Books in the EMC
Bilingual books in Arabic, Hmong and Spanish are some of the languages you'll find represented in the children's book collection in the EMC. read more...
Murder Mystery is this Friday
10 Years and 11 Bodies! And you thought a library was a safe place to be. This Friday, September 7th, Polk Library will host its 10th Annual Murder Mystery at 9:15PM. Bring your friends to help figure out various clues around the building and be the first to solve a murder set in the city's vas... read more...
Multicultural Picture Books in the EMC
If you need multicultural picture books, the EMC is the place to go. read more...
Folktales from Around the World
The EMC has folktales from over 50 cultures. read more...
Meet Polk’s newest rockstar!
Through the University’s Student Technology Program, Polk Library is purchasing two walk-up, super-fast scanners as a FREE alternative to photocopying or monkeying around with traditional flatbed scanners. Unlike those devices, the KIC operates with a touch-screen interface and featu... read more...
Polk Library goes YouTube’n
Tired of “Charlie bit my finger” and Annoying Orange videos? Kahn Institute not specific enough for you? Well, good news: Polk Library has started a YouTube channel as a convenient way to access instructional and informational videos regarding library resources. Polk Libr... read more...
ARTstor Adds Guggenheim Images
ARTstor and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation have released more than 750 images of major artworks from the permanent collection in the Digital Library. The images document the Guggenheim Museum's superb holdings in modern and contemporary art by such significant artists as Louise Bourgeois... read more...
Titan-Made Children's Books on Display
English class writes and illustrates kids' picture books. read more...
Polk's website focus group
by: Kim Parsons, Communications Intern The creation of a brand new website for Polk Library has been a series of trials and errors. Along with creating the website, the team conducted a focus group to see if the website was fulfilling its purpose of being easier to navigate than the old site. ... read more...
Spring 2012 Polk Library Newsletter Now Available
Check out the latest issue of the Polk Library Newsletter... read more...
