Featured Collections

  • Global Connections and International Education

    Tuesday, November 04, 2025 | By

    Enjoy this curated collection of books and ebooks focusing on international education, studying abroad, and global connections. International Education Week (IEW) is celebrated globally on the third week of November each year. IEW highlights the importance of a globally oriented learning experience and showcases the impact that international education has on preparing students for the world. 

    International Education Week events, held November 17-21, are a great opportunity to get involved, expand your knowledge and connect with the world. 

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  • National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

    Monday, September 29, 2025 | By

    On September 30, we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.  

    Learn more about the impact of residential schools by exploring our newly updated virtual book display, a mixture of print titles, ebooks, and streaming video.

    Image credit: The Survivors’ flag was designed during six weeks of consultation, discussion and collaboration with Survivors from across Canada. Inuit, Mi’kmaq, Atikamekw, Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Mohawk, Dene, Nuu-chah-nulth, Secwepemc, Métis Survivors brought the flag to life by sharing their thoughts, ideas and lived experience to identify the important symbolism you see. The NCTR (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation) ensured the Survivors’ wishes and ideas were conveyed to Vincent Design to complete the flag.

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  • Celluloid Crazy

    Tuesday, September 02, 2025 | By

    Film festival season is here!

    This month’s featured collection is all about cinema. Explore some of the titles, which range from film history, film criticism, and special topics.

    Come by the Ask Us Desk and check it out!

    Follow this link to see the entire collection, including a collection of eBooks:

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  • Cosmic Reads

    Friday, August 01, 2025 | By

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    “Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.” – Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)

    Astronomy, astrophysics, astronauts, rockets, and space. This month’s Featured Collection is all about outer space! Grab a book and read, but don’t forget to look up and wonder what is beyond. 

    Browse our physical collection at the Ask Us Desk in the Matheson Learning Commons, or explore our eBooks and Space Films collections.

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  • Display: Keep calm and succeed at Brock

    Thursday, July 31, 2025 | By

    Isaac Brock statue at Brock University

    Brock Library thanks Kristina Saltarelli, Mohawk College Library Technician intern for this display and blog post. Visit the display in the Matheson Learning Commons through September. 

    University life is more than lectures…it’s about finding balance. Keep Calm and Succeed at Brock is a collection of books that offer tips and inspiration for managing stress, eating well on a budget, building strong friendships, improving study habits, and taking care of your mental and physical health. Whether you’re entering your first year or your last, these reads are here to help you feel your best!

     

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  • The Write Tools

    Wednesday, July 02, 2025 | By

    Whether you’re new to Brock or back for another term, this month’s Featured Collection is here to sharpen your writing and research game.

    Need help tackling essays, research papers, or thematic analyses? Find books on academic writing, research methods, and discipline-specific strategies on display near the Ask Us desk – plus a curated selection of eBooks.

    Looking for more tools? Check out LIB101: Library & Research Foundations on Brightspace, or the Omni Search Tips guide.

    And if you’re after program-specific help, explore Brock’s full set of Research Guides – including ones tailored to your courses.

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  • Gettin’ outdoors

    Friday, May 30, 2025 | By

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    In honor of the start of summer and the spirit of going outdoors during the warm days ahead, this month’s featured collection is all about nature and “The Great Outdoors”. Reconnect and rediscover nature by grabbing one of the books off of the Featured Collection shelf at the Matheson Learning Commons. From bird watching, foraging, plant identification and hiking, there is a little bit of something for everyone! The collection also features a series of eBooks and several film and video resources as well.

    We would also like to take this opportunity to highlight the NaturePlus Pass. The NaturePlus pass gives you access to a dozen conservation areas and parks across Niagara courtesy of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority. NaturePlus passes are available at the Ask Us Desk!

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  • In the Garden

    Thursday, May 01, 2025 | By

    A pathway wends its way through a spring garden

    This month the Library presents you with a seasonal selection of titles designed to give some garden inspiration.

    In the Garden includes books on growing and pruning plants and vegetables, soil science, and attracting birds, butterflies and bees to your garden. Titles on the history and economics of gardens, medicinal plants, insects, and fungi round out the collection.

    Browse and borrow the print items located next to the Ask Us desk and view online titles.

     

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  • Comic(s) Relief

    Friday, March 28, 2025 | By

    Women drawn in a pop-art style express surprise and delight at a graphic reading 'Comic(s) Relief

    As students scramble to complete assignments & prepare for exams, and instructors retreat into marking mode, we get it. There’s not a lot of free time to read. With this in mind, our April featured collection offers some ‘comic relief’.

    This selection of 31 graphic novels includes non-fiction titles like Direct Action Gets the Goods, a history of the Canadian labour movement, Won’t Get Fooled Again: a Graphic Guide to Fake News, and This Place: 150 Years Retold. For straight up relaxation, check out The Prince and the Dressmaker or a special 30th anniversary edition of the classic V for Vendetta.

    The Comic(s) Relief display features print-only titles. Find them on the display shelves next to the Ask Us desk until April 30.

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  • Sustainable Development Goals

    Friday, February 28, 2025 | By

    Sustainable Development Goals stylized logo

    The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.

    This month, the Library presents a range of titles – print and electronic, which provide context, food for thought, and a path forward for all 17 goals. Browse them online, and in-person on the Library main floor.

    Learn more about the Brock University commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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