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Dogwood Digital Library

Isothermal Community College is pleased to announce our newest online offering, the Dogwood Digital Library (dogwood.overdrive.com) 

About Dogwood Digital Library

The consortium behind Dogwood is made up of several North Carolina community college libraries. We are using a platform called Overdrive, and if you have ever used the North Carolina Digital Library’s reading app Libby, this will be very familiar.  In fact, on your phone or tablet, the Libby by Overdrive is the app you will use to access this collection. 

The database already has thousands of titles that are ready for use, and we will be adding more frequently. 

Here’s how to start using it on your computer now:

1.  Visit Dogwood (dogwood.overdrive.com)
2.  Look for the orange [Sign In] button on the right side of the page
3.  In the “Select your library” drop-down choose “Isothermal Community College”
4. Click the big orange [Sign in] button below
5. You will be redirected to the proxy login page, just like any other library database
6. Log in using your Patriot Port credentials
7. Enjoy Dogwood Digital

Here is how to start using it on your smartphone or tablet now: 

1.  Download the Libby by Overdrive app
2.  Select Isothermal Community College as your library
3.  You will be redirected to the Patriot Port proxy login access point
4.  Enter your Patriot Port credentials
5.  Enjoy Dogwood Digital

Frequently Asked Questions
(library.isothermal.edu/online/dogwood_faq)

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SAVE THE DATE!
Wednesday, December 7, 2023, 5:30 pm
ICC Library Auditorium
History Matters: From the Bridge of Ice to the Trail of Tears

Presented by Roger Michael Jenkins

Researcher of the Native American culture, Roger Michael Jenkins, will share fascinating facts and artifacts he’s collected for over twenty-five years. Jenkins has appeared on WSPA in Spartanburg, SC, and on NC Educational TV. A portion of his Native American artifacts are on permanent loan to the Cherokee County History & Arts Museum in South Carolina. Come learn more about the Native American culture and view numerous artifacts.

Jenkins will present significant facts from the Ice Age, Stone Age, and Iron Age as follows:

• Paleo – 12,000 to 10,000 BP (years before present)
  • Early Explorers
• Archaic – 10,000 to 2,000 BP
  • Growth and Expansion of the Culture
• Woodland – 2,000 BP to the Present
  • Formation of the Great Tribes

The program will conclude with a time for questions and answers.