According to Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Southern Gothic is a genre that covers literature written about the American South and covers works written by authors who are from the South. These novels focus on a variety of subjects concerning a whole branch of Southern issues ranging from politics and racism to religion. Like any genre, it has evolved over…
Welcome (or welcome back)! We are glad to have you here for the 2017 summer sessions. All the great library people and services that you know and love (textbooks, study rooms, research help and more) are here to make your summer at CSN great! Stop by any of our campus locations or chat with us online…
The week of May 22, CSN’s Office of Technology Services will be working on a refresh of all student computers at the West Charleston Campus Library. The good news: we’ll have new computers for you to use when summer classes start! The bad news: these computers will not be available during our hours of operation…
Congratulations to all CSN graduates this semester! Your library is proud of you! It turns out that this year is not only the 45th Commencement Ceremony that CSN has ever had, but it will be CSN’s largest graduating class ever with 3,440 students! This is preliminary data, and official numbers for spring will be announced…
The spring semester might be over, but that doesn’t mean the library’s packing up shop–we’ll be open during the intersession for limited hours, and then longer during the summer class sessions. From May 15 until June 4, our hours for all three campus libraries will be: Monday-Friday: 10am to 2pm All campuses will be closed:…
Did you know that May is National Photo Month? Aspiring photographers, take advantage of these contests: Smithsonian Magazine: From March 28 through November 30, 2017, Smithsonian Magazine invites photographers age 18 and up to enter in the following six contest categories: Natural World, Travel, People, The American Experience, Altered Images, and Mobile. Photographs must have…
It’s that time of year once again–Finals Week! The stress awakens! While that’s not quite as exciting as a Star Wars movie, it does mean that the asteroid field of homework and tests you’ve been navigating through all semester is almost behind you. And as you stay on target, the library is here to help you…
The 2017 March for Science movement held events at locations across the world on April 22, which was also Earth Day. Large marches with over 40,000 attendees each occurred in Washington D.C. and Chicago. In Las Vegas, the “march” was held in the downtown arts district and gathered about 500 people to support science and scientific…
Ever wonder what your libraries do all day? You might come in to use our computers and study, or find quality sources for your research papers on our website, and get a brief glimpse at what we do. But even when you’re not here, we’re constantly working to help students like you! Sometimes the best…
When looking at all of CSN’s initiatives, projects, and goals across the campus, student success is the most prominent and most important. Everything the college does is to help our students succeed in their classes, their degrees, and future careers. So in order to make sure that those success initiatives are known, CSN hosted a…