Persevering in the home stretch

It's the last few weeks of the fall term. Write papers, make PowerPoint presentations, and study. Remember the online assignment calculator if you need some help tracking deadlines. Your campus librarian or ASC tutor can help as well. We can review APA formatting, find scholarly articles, or assist with something you have questions about.

There are many places to look for encouragement, but here's a quote to remember for the finish of this term:

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another."

-Walter Elliott

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's almost here: Thanksgiving! 

You have worked really hard this term and you're finally in the home stretch. Keep working, but remember to take a few moments on the 22nd and 23rd to unwind and be thankful for everything you have.

Read a Thanksgiving story with your children (or nieces and nephews), do some shopping, and show off everything you're learning at Southwest Florida College to your friends and family.

We look forward to wrapping up the last few weeks of this term with you!

Free eBooks!

As a student or faculty member at SWFC, you already have free access to tens of thousands of eBooks by accessing our EBSCOhost eBook collection with the username swfc and the password online.

We understand that you may want to download some books for pleasure reading, too. The books on Open Culture's "375 Free eBooks" list include classic fiction and non-fiction titles. They can be downloaded onto your Nook, Kindle, iPad / iPhone or read on your computer (just like the EBSCOhost eBooks!). 

Another resource is Classic Books for kids, the readable archive at the Library of Congress, which has books like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Peter Rabbit. 

If you feel like appreciating culture, the Guggenheim has made 100 modern art books available from its archives to read at your computer.

 You don't need an expensive reader to download a title. Start searching!