Rescuing History at the Portal to Texas History

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The Portal to Texas History (2025). About – endowment. Retrieved from https://texashistory.unt.edu/media/pth/public/images/about/endowment.png Written By: Haiden Scheffrin The Portal to Texas History (PTH) is an online repository of digitized items and documents maintained by the UNT Digital Libraries Department. Named among the top online resources for humanities education by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the… Read more »

Bored? Games at the Media Library

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Written By: Jerrin Duty  Located on the second floor of Willis Library, the UNT Media Library offers many incredible resources for students, staff, and faculty. They offer not only video games and board games but also gaming consoles, controllers, PC gaming spaces, movies, and more. With the many different materials available through the Media Library,… Read more »

Getting Past the Distance

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Written By: Cheyenne King  In the past few years, online learning has become a greater part of university students’ lives.  Now it is very common for entire classes to take place remotely, so students only interact with their classmates and professors digitally. While such courses have many benefits, distance learning students may miss the opportunity… Read more »

Supporting Families at Willis Library

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Written by: Emma Ramos Student-Parents – According to Urban Institute, the term ‘student-parent’ is defined as “someone who is enrolled in any level of education or training and is concurrently responsible for providing for a child of any age,” (Urban Institute, 2023). This includes being a biological parent, stepparent, unmarried co-parent, adoptive parent, foster parent, legal… Read more »

Student Veterans and the Library

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Written by: Valerie Cummins One student population that is regularly underserved and receives little support is the student veteran population; university life and coursework is vastly different from the experiences veterans of all branches have from their time in, and joining university after military service can require a great deal of adjustment, even for veterans… Read more »

UNT Libraries Combat National Book Ban Crisis

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Written by: Zoë (Abbie) Teel  Academic libraries have been a target of the national book ban crisis. There has been a proliferation of books that have been subjected to censorship in the last few years, especially books that deal with imperative topics such as gender identity, race, abortion, and sexuality. Books authored by individuals who… Read more »

Thesis & Dissertation Resources

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Written By: Abby Stovall Writing a thesis or dissertation can seem like a daunting task. Regardless of your area of study, taking on a major project can feel overwhelming and intense. However, UNT Libraries has a variety of resources graduate students can use when writing these papers. LibGuides  If you are wondering where to even… Read more »

First-generation Graduate Students and Resources

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Written by: Valerie Cummins  Today’s post is concerning first-generation university students in graduate school and goes into resources and opportunities that are available to them from the UNT Libraries.  First-generation students experience new challenges upon entering university, and many universities, including UNT, recognize this, and attempt to provide resource centers that are meant for their… Read more »

Recent Updates to Willis Library

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Written by Sierra Dahl Willis Library has recently undergone some changes to make the library better equipped to serve students. These improvements include renovations to the building, modern furniture, new reservable spaces, and additional borrowable equipment and materials.   New Reservable Spaces  The first addition to Willis Library is study pods, reservable spaces designed for… Read more »
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