Our January Library Question of the Month was:  What milestone event do Presidents Millard Fillmore, William McKinley, Richard Nixon, and Franklin D. Roosevelt share? A search of the Academic World Book provides the answer:  All were born in the month of January!We received 4 correct submissions and selected our winner by lottery.  Congratulations to Sarah Sutphin!  Thank you [...]

To raise awareness of the many contributions of African Americans to history, scholar Carter Godwin Woodson launched Negro History Week during the second week of February in 1926. (This event became an annual celebration and was expanded to the entire month of February in 1950.)Our February Library Question of the Month is: What is the significance of [...]

Got questions? Get Answers! Teen Health & Wellness provides information on alcohol, nutrition, mental health, diversity, and hotlines for teens in crisis. Good news! The new Teen Hotline App also includes access to the library’s subscription to this online resource.

Visit the library’s Moodle site and discover Streaming Videos, an Environmental Online Research Database, & a treasure trove of Primary Documents!

Are you looking for inspiration as you prepare your poem for DA’s “MLK Poetry Contest for Change”?Would you like to learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr? If so, be sure to review the physical – and the virtual – collection of the Boyden Library.

Our January Library Question of the Month is: What milestone event do Presidents Millard Fillmore, William McKinley, Richard Nixon, and Franklin D. Roosevelt share? Be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of the Boyden Library. Good luck! From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn [...]

The word “guetapens” made the news last year. Our December Library Question of the Month was: What does “quetapens” mean and why was it newsworthy in 2012?We received 5 correct submissions and selected our winner by lottery.  Congratulations to Bella Hutchins!  Thank you to everyone who participated in this contest.A search of the Academic OneFile [...]

The word “guetapens” made the news in 2012. Our December Library Question of the Month is …What does it mean and why was it newsworthy? Be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of our library. Good luck! From all the correct answers, a winner will [...]

Our November Library Question of the Month was something of a riddle …. The oldest book in the library can be found in one of our newest acquisitions. Can you identify the Boyden Library’s oldest book?The oldest book in the library can be found in one of our newest acquisitions – Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A [...]

Congratulations to Claire Collins ’15 and Rich Caputo ’14, who were listed this month by Rowing Magazine as two of the top 20 rowers under 20! The article is printed on page 42 of the November issue, now in the periodicals section at the Boyden Library.