New Tool for Young Consumers

The Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs has created a special web site - ConsumerEd.com- designed to help Georgians become smarter consumers.Created especially with young adults in mind, the website has a colorful, dynamic design featuring a friendly, redheaded guide named Consumer Ed, who walks consumers through major purchasing and financial decisions, such as buying a car, purchasing a house, renting an apartment, dealing with credit and debt, managing money, and avoiding foreclosure. In addition to comprehensive information in key topic areas (Car, Home, Credit & Debt, Finances 101), the site features current consumer news, financial calculators, and the option to join a Consumer Alert List, whereby subscribers can have important consumer news emailed to them each month. ConsumerEd.com is a valuable tool that can help consumers learn to make wise purchasing and financial decisions, know their rights, and avoid becoming victims of scams or deceptive practices in the marketplace.

Flu Resources on Galileo

As many of us begin to deal with the H1N1 pandemic within our institutions and homes, we wanted to bring to your attention some flu related resources available to you through GALILEO.
H1N1 Pandemic Flu Information (EBSCO)*: This complimentary resource from EBSCO brings together information on the H1N1 Flu virus from DynaMed, Nursing Resource Center, and Patient Reference Center. The site will be continually updated and offer both evidence-based clinical information and patient education. Patient information is offered in 17 languages.

Help with Test Preparation

New tool for test preparation - Learning Express Library - provides access to SAT, CLEP, GMAT, TOEFL and other practice tests and study materials. Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of the Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. You can access LearningExpress Library on campus and from home. You'll need you GPC user name/password for off-campus access.

Remembering Michael...

Stop by the Decatur library to see our display tribute to the "King of Pop," Michael Joseph Jackson (1958-2009). Check out books that illustrate his life in music, his love of dance and his humanitarian efforts.

New ebooks

Tired of not being able to check out reference books. Now you can access some of the reference titles online in full-text.

ABC-CLIO - Greenwood Publishing Group offers access to
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia
Politics and Society in Ancient Greece
Race Relations in the United States, 1900-2000
Significant Gestures: A History of American Sign Language

On-campus access is provided through IP recognition. Off-campus access will require the current semester's GALILEO password, which can be obtained online.

Summer Semester Hours

Welcome to GPC for Summer Semester.
Come visit us in the Decatur Campus Library for all your research and study needs. Please note that our hours are slightly different this year!
During Summer Semester we will be open:

Monday - Thursday: 7:45am - 9:00pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday - Sunday: CLOSED

Clarkston campus library will be open on Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.,
Dunwoody library will be open on Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Please go to the library web page for a complete schedule.

Summer Intersession Hours

The library will be open the following hours during Summer Intersession (May 18 - June 7):
Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Friday, Saturday, Sunday - CLOSED
Regular summer hours resume on Monday, June 8.

Have a great break.