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Can you believe that 2021 is almost over? Here are ten of the best books of the year -- and you can find them all at the DSLCC Library! Come check one out today! 😊 The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion: Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—some still in their teens—helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these “ghetto girls” paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with German soldiers, bribed them with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, used their Aryan looks to seduce them, and shot and killed them. They bombed German train lines and blew up a town’s water supply. They also nursed the sick and taught children. Yet...

This time of the semester finds many students working on research projects for various classes. Don't forget that the DSLCC Library is here to help! We have a large variety of databases available to you to assist in your research. Read on to learn more! From the main DSLCC Library page, you can access our databases from the "In This Section" sidebar. If you prefer to search our databases by subject, you may do so here. Or, to view our entire list of databases, click on the red A-Z Database List link. Here, you can see all the databases we have available, as well as a brief description of each. Tip: Academic Search Complete and EBSCOhost are wonderful options to begin your database research! When beginning your research within a database, make sure that your topic isn't too broad. If it's not narrow enough, you could potentially have thousands of articles to sift through. It helps to limit your search to scholarly or peer reviewed journals to ensure that you h...