DID YOU
KNOW
that Palomar College Library has...
atlases | art folios
| book repair area |
children's books | ghost
| globe | legal books | newspapers on
microfilm | nursing reserve |
old magazines | Palomar College scrapbooks |
print
indexes | rare books | skeleton |
specialized encyclopedias |
the Telescope archive |
topographic maps | World War posters
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Did you know that watching too much television can rot your body and mind? So if you don't want to turn out like our friend Sam, Read Read Read. When you have the urge to grab that remote to visit Sam in the Resource Center on the 1st floor at Palomar Library. He will be waiting in his body bag. |
| Skeleton Sam and his young gal pals Kim and Marilyn getting jiggy together by blasting tunes on the CD and cassette player provided by Palomar Library Resource Center. |
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"Seeing is believing"...at Palomar Library you can join Skeleton Sam as he takes a look at body parts he and many others once admired. Like Sam, you can use one of the microscopes conveniently located in the Learning Resource Center on the 1st floor of the Library. Enjoy the view! |
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rare books and other materials?
Brigid in the rare book room,
located behind the circulation desk.
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Laurie noticing an interesting
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Staff member P.J. assisting
the patron. . |
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The Rare Book Room has a very unique collection of materials ranging from a
Holy Bible, King James Version, printed in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1791
to a paperback of John Steinbeck's Cup of Gold printed in 1929 to a
folio of Jackson's Famous Pictures dated 1895 from Chicago and series
of Punch dated 1860-1922. The room is kept locked and permission must be obtained by a staff member to enter the room. Lights are kept off until the room is used. A staff member will remove the desired book from the shelf. Users may bring only a piece of paper and a pen/pencil into the room. |
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a wide
variety of books--
from children's to legal to religious?
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Spend some time on the third floor of the library where you will find a good selection of children's books and the legal reserve section on the southwest end of the floor and an extensive religious section in the first few stacks of the northwest section. Unique titles range from Wombat Divine (a children's Christmas story), to The Joy of Sects and Great Religions of the World to Family Law.
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Bone up on sects, take a trip down under or through memory lane and explore your legal issues all in one trip to the Palomar College Library!
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 Cullette holding books from diverse areas. |
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posters
from World War I, World War II,
and the War of 1812?
| The posters are located in metal cabinets on top of the microfilm cabinets near the Reference Desk on the 2nd Floor. They give you a sense of what the conditions were during the various wars. (click to enlarge) |
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the New York Times and London Times beginning at their originating dates?
| Palomar College Library holds a large
collection of newspapers on microfilm, including The London Times
from 1785 to 1971 and The New York Times from 1851 to current. Stop
in and take a look at the actual front pages covering the sinking of the
Titanic! (click to enlarge pictures below) |
 Kimi is holding microfilm boxes. |
 Tamara shows the microfilm. |
 NYT story of the Titanic. |
 London Times story. |
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Chris and Lynn found this to be an uplifting experience! |
| Atlases aren't just about geography! Look at some of the things Debbie and Chris found. |
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Want to take a hike? Check out the topo maps. Debbie and Lynn are going to Warner Ranch! |
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| GOT ART? If you don't, you're in luck. Palomar
College Library has an interesting and unique collection. Not only does it
have art books for checking out, it also has a large selection of art
portfolios which you can browse and check out. (click to enlarge pictures below) |
 The oversize collection is located on the 3rd floor of the library.... |
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 Darilynn is looking at the art portfolios which are located in the oversize section. |
 Tammie is searching the art portfolio collection. |
 The portfolios are loose prints of art masterpieces. |
 Many classic artists are represented. |
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hundreds of specialized encyclopedias?
| Palomar College Library has 868 specialized encyclopedias covering a variety of subjects. |
 Agnery displaying a specialized encyclopedia. |
 Martin looking at an astronomy book. |
 Terry has an encyclopedia on women's sports. |
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many print indexes to search for periodical articles?
| The Index Tables are centrally located for patron convenience near the Reference Desk. Some of the titles: Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Art Index, Education Index. |
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scrapbooks, old Telescopes,
old schedules and catalogs
of Palomar College?
| In the Palomar Library, on the second floor near the
Circulation Desk, there is a fabulous scrapbook file of Palomar's history
dating back to its beginning in 1946.
There are also binders full of all the old Telescopes, Palomar's student paper, dating back to 1947. This is a wonderful in-depth collection of Palomar College's history. |
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An old Telescope. |
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Feeling nostalgic for the 90's? Take a look at Palomar Library's collection of old class schedules and catalogs, dating back to 1990.
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reserve areas for nursing and legal materials?
| The Nursing Reserve is a small, select collection including the latest and greatest nursing resources. It's located in the SE corner of the 2nd floor. |
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| Need some legal advice? Take a look at the "Legal Reserve" area located in the SW corner of the 3rd floor. There is a large collection of donated legal books and serials, such as Deering California Codes and California Forms & Pleadings & Practice. | |
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| Hidden away on the third floor, behind a locked door, is a storage area for old periodicals, i.e., National Geographic 1914-; Scribners Monthly 1879-; Ladies Home Journal 1900-; Lippincott's Magazine 1877-. Also tucked away, in disarray, are old ILL drawers; a portable microfilm reader; tattle tape; Christmas lights; Hawaiian decorations; dummy books; books to be bound or discarded; patriotic posters; and a power stapler. Doug is holding a newspaper issue of the death of F.D.Roosevelt and JanetLynn shows a 1900 issue of Ladies Home Journal. Not shown is the Ghost of the Library who is quite adept at taking digital pictures. | |
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| The bound issues of the Literary Digest (1914-1936) are shelved in the far back corner of the periodical stacks on the 2nd floor. See what Americans were reading when great grandma was still playing with dolls. Also in the periodical area are issues of Colliers (1927-1956). See what America was reading when your grandparents were still in diapers. | |
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an "out of sight" area for book repair and donations?
| Donation area near loading dock, 1st floor. |
 Dan standing near books waiting to be repaired. |
 Seth demonstrating book clamp used in book repair. |
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a ghost?
There is a rumor that there is a ghost in
technical services...
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