Electronic Texts of H.P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft was an American poet and author of macabre short novels, who was virtually unknown most of his career. Lovecraft's posthumous fame, particularly in America and France, rests on his 'Cthulhu Mythos' stories, referring to a "race who, in practicing black magic, lost their foothold and were expelled, yet live on outside ever ready to take possession of this earth again."
 Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades, and he is now regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. According to  Joyce Carol Oates, Lovecraft — as with Edgar Allen Poe in the 19th century — has exerted "an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction". Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale"
What better time than the spooky month of October to celebrate this author.
The electronic edition of all  of H.P. Lovecraft's fiction is available here.

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Seminole State via Google Scholar

Did you know that you could locate resources available from the Seminole State Library's databases by searching in Google Scholar? Well, I won't blame you if you didn't- it only started a few days ago! This is how it works:

1. Create a Google Account (or just log in, if you already have one)
2. Go to Google Scholar
3. In the top right corner, you will then see an icon that resembles a gear, directly next to your Google ID. Click that link.
4. You may then choose the "Scholar Preferences" option from the menu.
5. Halfway down the screen, you'll find a section titled "Library Links". Type Seminole State College of Florida into the box and click the "Find Library" button. It will then offer you option to select the Seminole State College Library. Choose that box.
6. When you perform your search, if you find something available from the Seminole State Library, your search results will look like this:



If you click the Full Text via Seminole State link as highlighted above, you will be directed to our library's journal linker. This will locate the article in one of our databases.
On that screen, click the "Go" button and you will be prompted to log into the Seminole State databases using your Borrower ID and PIN number. Once you've logged in, it will open the article- pretty cool!

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Today I'm proud to report that the Seminole State Library (in conjunction with the Seminole State Career Development Center) has added Ferguson's Career Guidance Center to our 120+ other library databases!



Ferguson's provides users with job/industry profiles, job-hunting and workplace skills advice and tips, resume and cover letter guides, directories to 55,000 career and industry resources, links to schools specializing in different fields, and even a Career Interest Assessment to see occupations you might like to explore! This is truly one of the best career resources available- log in and check it out for yourself!