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2021 Audie Award Winners and Finalists in OverDrive

By Lisa Curtin

The 26th annual Audie Awards – the Oscars of the audiobook industry – were awarded by the Audio Publishers Association on March 22, 2021. Many of the 2021 award-winners and finalists are now available to download from the library's digital audiobook collection in OverDrive!

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Database(s) of the Month: Gale's Diversity Studies and Gender Studies

By Matthew Van Sleet
Gale Diversity Studies and Gender Studies Databases

This month the Bentley Library is highlighting two notable selections from our Gale OneFile collection of databases: Diversity Studies and Gender Studies.

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Status Update: Online Library Services & Resources

By Lisa Curtin

The Bentley Library is following the University health and safety guidelines announced on March 11. The building is not currently accessible for browsing or studying, but library staff will continue to provide services and resources online to the Bentley community. We will continue to post updates here and on the Library Status and Services page.

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Planned Outage: Library Website Offline Thurs. 3/4, 7:00-7:30 a.m. ET

By Lisa Curtin

The library's website, library.bentley.edu, will be offline for an important server update on Thursday, March 4, from 7:00-7:30 a.m. ET.  We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have questions or need assistance please contact the Reference Desk at refdesk@bentley.edu.

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Planned Outage: Library Website Offline Wed. 3/3, 7:00-7:30 a.m. ET

By Lisa Curtin

The library's website, library.bentley.edu, will be offline for an important server update on Wednesday, March 3, from 7:00-7:30 a.m. ET.  We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have questions or need assistance please contact the Reference Desk at refdesk@bentley.edu.

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Check out February's New Arrivals!

By Lisa Curtin

We added more than 200 new items to the library last month! Visit the New Books & DVDs page to browse our most recent book, audiobook, DVD, and e-book arrivals.

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Database of the Month: Gale EBooks

By Dominique Winn

Gale EBooks is an excellent assist for online education, especially for those working remotely. Instructors can embed content on a website or in a Blackboard site. Gale EBooks needs no special downloads or apps, making it a friendly resource for various types of device and student skill levels. There is no limit to the number of people who can view the item at one time, and users can access the book without a checkout. 

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Celebrating Black History Month

By Anne Jorgensen

Bentley Library is proud to celebrate Black History Month!  This month, we are highlighting books, audiobooks, and films that honor Black Voices and Black Stories. Whether ebooks or print books, streaming films or DVDs, or digital audiobooks or CDs we have the resources to help inspire and educate you.

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Online Display: Best Books of 2020

By Lisa Curtin

We're celebrating the best of 2020 - best books, that is! This year's display features more than 190 titles that appeared on 17 year-end best books lists.* Visit the Best Books of 2020 display website to browse by category (fiction or nonfiction) and format (print or electronic). From the display website you can view a book's current availability and/or place holds.

Curious to know about the "best of the best"? There were 20 books that appeared on five or more lists:

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New Arrivals! Books, E-Books, Audiobooks & Films

By Lisa Curtin

Check out the 111 new titles we added in December and January! Visit the New Books & DVDs page to browse our most recent book, audiobook, DVD, and e-book arrivals.

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