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• Books, DVDs, and CDs

  Click Library Search to find books, DVDs, CDs, and other materials at Anoka-Ramsey and other Minnesota state colleges and universities. Use your StarID and password to log into Library Search when requesting items.

  Library Search

  Click MnLINK to find books, DVDs, CDs, and other materials at public libraries and private colleges in Minnesota. Use the barcode from the back of your Anoka-Ramsey ID card to log into MnLINK when requesting items. Leave the password blank, and leave "My Library" in the pickup location.

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• Scholarly Journals and Newspaper Databases

  Browse magazines & journals by subject with BrowZine
  How to use BrowZine - a short tutorial

  FREE TRIAL: ProQuest LGBT Magazine Archive Collections 1 & 2
  Active 3/27/23 - 4/26/23

  Databases
  ARTSTOR: Art images - ArtStor Quickstart Guide BREPOLIS: International Medieval Bibliography--(on-campus use only) Brepolis Guide BRITANNICA ACADEMIC EDITION: Encyclopedia content; articles, multimedia, biographies, and research tools BRITANNICA ORIGINAL SOURCES: Over 420,000 primary source documents, complete books, and authentic images eHRAF: World Cultures eHRAF User Guide EBSCO: Contains multiple databases on topics like academics, art, business, allied health (CINAHL), psychology (PsycArticles), etc. EBSCO Tutorial **If you have trouble accessing EBSCO from off campus, try this link: eLibraryMN GALE: Academic databases including Opposing Viewpoints, etc. Gale Tutorials GROVE MUSIC ONLINE: Comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship Grove Music Help Page JSTOR: Arts & Sciences and Music Collection JSTOR Tutorials LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY: Create your own account for this resource, where you will find test preparation materials (tutorials, eBooks, practice tests, etc.) for various exams: Accuplacer, ACT, NCLEX, PTA, SAT, TEAS, and more. How to create a free Learning Express Library Account Historical Minnesota Newspapers ProQuest U.S. Newspaper database  ProQuest Help
  Journals
  Please see a librarian if a year you need is not listed below. Annual Review of Medicine (2016 to present) Annual Review of Psychology (2015 to present) Annual Review of Public Health (2015 to present) Contemporary Literature (from on-campus PCs only) Geography Teacher Journal of Chemical Education (1924 to present)  Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (2011 to present) Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition (2018 to present) Journal of Geography Journal of Music Therapy (1996-current) Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) (1979 to present) Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (2014 to present)  Music Therapy Perspectives (1996-current) Resurgence & Ecologist (1966 to present)

  • What is a scholarly journal (sometimes referred to a "peer-reviewed")?
  • Why shouldn't I just "google" my research...what's the big difference?
  • How can I determine if a website is credible?

• Streaming Videos

  Search Films-On-Demand, providing high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content. You'll need your StarID and password when viewing from off campus.

  Search Kanopy, an on-demand streaming video platform that offers viewers a large collection of award-winning films and documentaries. You will need to create a free Kanopy account and sign in to access the collection. You'll need your StarID and password when viewing from off campus.

• Library Video Tutorials

  Videos

  Films on Demand - Finding videos in Films on Demand (2:33 min. running time)

  Interlibrary Loan--Requesting Articles A brief tutorial of how to request a journal article through interlibrary loan (4:10 min. running time)  Downloadable instructions for accessing scholarly articles

  JSTOR Database  Using JSTOR, a digital library containing academic journals and primary sources (2:44 min running time)

  Kanopy--Part 1: Creating an Account Creating a Kanopy account in order to view streaming videos (1:52 min.running time)

  Kanopy--Part 2: Searching in Kanopy How to find videos in Kanopy; search tips; accessing citations (4:19 min. running time)

  LearningExpress Library Find practice tests and study materials for TEAS, NCLEX, Accuplacer and more in the LearningExpress Library(6:49 min. running time)

  Library Intro and Finding Online Journal Articles for Communication Studies, with additional information for concurrent students (14:54 min. running time)

  Opposing Viewpoints How to find information in the Opposing Viewpoint database (4:08 min. running time)

  Popular Magazines, Trade Journals and Peer-reviewed Journals A brief explanation of their differences (2:50 min. running time)

  Searching for Newspaper Articles in Proquest  Basic instructions about searching in ProQuest (7:56 min running time)

  Interactive Tutorials

  Adding LibKey to your browser -- a brief tutorial about activating LibKey to easily locate articles accessible through Anoka-Ramsey library resources

  BrowZine - a brief tutorial about browsing online magazines and journals by subject with BrowZine

  Evaluating Online Resources

  Finding Current Journal Articles in Library Databases

  Finding Newspaper Articles in ProQuest

  Introduction to Library Services and Resources

  Using Academic Search Premier

  Using CINAHL (nursing/allied health database)

  Using JSTOR

  Using Library Search

• Library Vocabulary

  Do you speak "library"? Use these links to learn about commonly used library terms and what they mean.

  Library Multilingual Glossary

  Library Term Definitions

  ELL Library Vocabulary

• Pro & Con Sources

  Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to violent video games. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions. 

  CQ Researcher provides in-depth analysis on newsworthy social and political issues, including background information, chronologies and pro/con features in its coverage. For more information, see the CQ ResearcherTutorial.

• Topic Ideas

   Just getting started with ideas or need ways to develop your topic?

  • Roam the shelves in the library. Books are categorized by the Library of Congress Classification system (LC chart), a subject-based alpha-numeric convention.
  • Encyclopedias (try Britannica Academic) cover the entire range of human knowledge in brief. A search for a basic concept recalls every mention of that concept in the encyclopedia, indicating different contexts for it and some of the fields of study that have explored it. Subject specific encyclopedias cover the knowledge base of a single discipline in brief.
  • Check your textbook for a bibliography of books and articles consulted.
  • Browse topics in a library database:
    • CQ Researcher has a "hot topics" section at the far right on the homepage.
    • Opposing Viewpoints categorizes their topics by subject overview at the homepage.
  • Government Information: Scan by topic to find government information and services on USA.gov.

• Other Resources for Research

  Agricola  USDA National Agriculture Library	Minnesota Statutes Minnesota Statutes, Session Laws, and Rules
  Britannica Academic  An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners	NASA PubSpace  Public access to peer-reviewed papers from NASA-funded research
  CIA World Factbook  Information on 267 countries/entities	National Library of Medicine  Access to PubMed, MedLine, MeSH, and more
  Federal Digital System  US government information	Occupational Outlook Handbook  Information about careers, employment, salaries & more
  Global Climate Change  Vital signs of our planet	Science  U.S. government science information
  Khan Academy (Subject Tutorials)  Free tutorials and personalized learning	Statistical Abstracts  Information from the U.S. Census Bureau
  Minnesota Compass  Trends and data on the topics that impact Minnesotans' quality of life	United Nations Demographic Yearbook  Demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sources
  Minnesota Court Forms  Downloadable court forms from the Minnesota Judicial Branch website	United Nations Statistical Yearbook  Downloadable yearbook - an annual publication
  Minnesota Legislative Manual  From the Secretary of State website - downloadable MN Blue Book	USA.gov  Official website of the United States Government
  State of Minnesota  Official Minnesota state website	U.S. Census  Census Bureau data about the nation's people and economy
  Minnesota Reflections  Over 50,000 Minnesota-specific primary sources & items	White House  Official website of the White House

• Citation Guides

  Citation Help

  Tutors in the ARCC Writing Center can help you with citations and references.

  • Website: http://www.anokaramsey.edu/resources/tutoring-services/
  • Email: writing.tutoring@anokaramsey.edu

  Style Guides

  After using any of these resources, always double-check your citations against the most current published guide. Below you will find resources for the most commonly used citation styles from the style guide homepages, as well as, the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL).

  • APA - American Psychological Association style is most commonly used to cite sources within the sciences. APA Tutorial
  • MLA - Modern Language Association style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
  • CMS - Chicago Manual of Style covers a variety of topics from manuscript preparation and publication to grammar, usage, and documentation. CMS Quick Chart
  • Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)  provides writing resources and instructional material for MLA and APA styles.

  Frequently Asked Questions How do I cite a Tweet or other social media? Or YouTube? What is plagiarism and how do I determine if I'm at risk of doing it? Which websites are considered credible and how can I evaluate my results? What is the difference between scholarly journals and popular magazines?

  pla·gia·rize: to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source Source: Merriam-Webster.com, 2017

   

• OER Resources

  What Are OER Textbooks?

  Click to read the MinnState guides about OER:
  Quick Guide to OER for Students
  Using OER Through Covid-19
  Minnesota State Guide to OER

  If You're Creating an OER:
  UDL On Campus: Creating Accessible Open Educational Resources
  The OER Starter Kit

  Where to Begin Searching for OER

  Minnesota State Opendora - OER materials created by MinnState faculty

  Community College Consortium for OER - open texts for community colleges in a variety of subjects

  Mason OER Metafinder

  MERLOT Project, advanced search by material type

  OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search)

  OER Commons - links to texts in Biology, Business, Math, and Psychology

  Open Textbook Library - University of Minnesota’s OER textbook library

  OpenStax - peer-reviewed texts for students

  Directory of Open Access Journals - search or browse for free journal articles

  CORA: Community of Online Research Assignments - an open access resource for faculty and librarians, intended to be a collaborative space for adapting and experimenting with research assignments.
  
  

  OER Resources by Discipline

  CHEM: CLUE - Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything

  ENGL: 88 Open Essays - Google Docs 

  GEOG: Open Geography Education

  GEOG: Syllabus, Quizzes and Exams | OER Repository  

  MATH: Getting Started with Math OER 

  MATH: MyOpenMath - self-study sources for students; pre-built courses based on open texts for instructors

  MATH: Stitz Zeager Open Source Mathematics 

  PSYC: Noba Project - Psychology OERs 

  STEM: PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations 

• New Books

  NEW ACQUISITIONS
  OERs

  African American History and Culture

  Building Academic Writing Skills

  Criminal Procedure: Undergraduate Edition

  Foundational Sight Singing

  Français inclusif: an Interactive Textbook for French 101

  Fundamentals of Human Geography

  Introduction to Earth Science

  Let's Chat Arabic

  Let's Chat Korean

  Mental Health is a Verb: a Pocket Guide to Mental Health for Nursing Students

  Principles of Managerial Accounting

  Principles of Marketing

  Reading and Writing Successfully in College: a Guide for Students

  #Theatre Appreciation

  World Religions: the Spirit Searching

  E-BOOKS

  Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World, c. 400 – 1000 CE
  Everyone's Democracy: Confronting Political Inequality in America
  Exit West
  How High We Go in the Dark
  Parable of the Sower
  Russia in the 1740s
  Sea of Tranquility
  When Women Were Dragons

  COON RAPIDS - PRINT
  

  ART

  Wild Things are Happening: the Art of Maurice Sendak, edited by Jonathan Weinberg

   

  BEST SELLERS

  Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver

  The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, by Michelle Obama

   

  CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

  Caleb and Kit, by Beth Vrabel

  The Place Between Breaths, by An Na

   

  ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

  Easy English Grammar Step-by-Step: Master Grammar Skills and Boost Your Writing…Quickly! by Phyllis Dutwin

   

  HISTORY

  The Bhutto Dynasty: the Struggle for Power in Pakistan, by Owen Bennett-Jones

  A Brief History of Vietnam: Colonialism, War and Renewal: the Story of a Nation Transformed, by Bill Hayton

  A Concise History of Greece, by Richard Clogg

  The Confucian-Legalist State: a New Theory of Chinese History, by Dingxin Zhao

  The Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities, by David C. Mauk

  Historical Dictionary of Canada

  Historical Dictionary of Cuba

  Historical Dictionary of Haiti

  The History of Croatia and Slovenia, by Christopher Deliso

  The Jiankang-Empire in Chinese and World History, by Andrew Chittick

  The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire,, by Ryan Gingeras

  The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 CE, by Robin Fleming

  Power and Public Finance at Rome, 264-49 BCE, by James Tan

  Reign of Arrows: the Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East, by Nikolaus Leo Overtoom

  Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires, edited by Walter Scheidel

   

  LITERATURE

  The Best American Short Stories 2022, edited by Andrew Sean Greer

  The Cambridge Companion to Early American Literature, edited by Bryce Traister

  Fuzzy Mud, by Louis Sachar (donation)

  The Philippines is a Stage, by Cecile Guidote Alvarez, illustrated by Beth Parrocha (donation)

   

  MUSIC

  It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World that Made Him, by Justin Tinsley

   

  NURSING

  Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, by Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob

  Fast Facts about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nursing: Building Competencies for an Antiracism Practice, by Sandra Davis and Anne-Marie O’Brien

  Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients, by Kathleen Perrin

   

  PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT

  Physical Therapist Assistant Examination: Review & Test-Taking Skills

   

  SOCIAL SCIENCE

  Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers our Lives, by Siddharth Kara

  Immigrant Agency: Hmong American Movements and the Politics of Racialized Incorporation, by Yang Sao Xiong

  The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic, by Dr. Jillian Peterson and Dr. James Densley

   

  WRITING

  On Becoming an American Writer: Essays & Nonfiction, by James Alan McPherson

  Write a Poem, Save Your Life: a Guide for Teens, Teachers, and Writers of All Ages, by Meredith Heller

   

  CAMBRIDGE – PRINT 

   

  PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION

  All About Love, by bell hooks

  Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization, by Neil deGrasse Tyson

   

  HISTORY

  The Splendid and the Vile, by Erik Larson

  The Daughter of Auschwitz, by Tova Friedman

  The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, by Stacy Schiff

  The Light We Carry, by Michelle Obama

  How Innovation Works, by Matt Ridley

   

  SOCIAL SCIENCES

  Think Like a Rocket Scientist, by Ozan O. Varol

  The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World, by Max Fisher

  Settler Colonial City: Racism and Inequity in Postwar Minneapolis, by David Hugill

   

  POLITICAL SCIENCE

  The Spymaster of Baghdad, by Margaret Coker

  Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, by Jacob Soboroff

   

  LAW

  The January 6th Report: Findings from the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

   

  LANGUAGE, LITERATURE

  Desolation Mountain, by William Kent Krueger (Minnesota author)

  Fox Creek, by William Kent Krueger (Minnesota author)

  Lucy by the Sea, by Elizabeth Strout

  The Book Hater’s Book Club, by Gretchen Anthony (Minnesota author)

  Inciting Joy, by Ross Gay

  What Napoleon Could Not Do, by DK Nnuro

   

  SCIENCE

  Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology, by Rana El Kaliouby

  Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World, by Matt Parker

  An Immense World, by Ed Yong

  The Song of the Cell, by Siddhartha Mukherjee

   

  MEDICINE

  The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture, by Gabor Maté

  Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 21st ed.

  Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family, by Robert Kolker

• Contact the Library

  Coon Rapids 763-433-1150
  Cambridge 763-433-1950

  Email the Library
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  Library Hours

  Faculty Librarians

  Gina Pancerella-Willis 
  Coon Rapids
  763-433-1197
  MS, Drexel University
  BA, Franklin and Marshall College

  Barbara Lynn 
  Coon Rapids
  763-433-1466
  MLIS, St. Catherine University
  BA, Mount Mary College

  Juliana Boner
  Cambridge
  763-433-1358
  MLIS, Dominican University
  BA, St. Catherine University

  Library Staff

  TJ Guiney
  Coon Rapids
  763-433-1279
  MLIS, St. Catherine University

  Sara Carman
  Cambridge
  763-433-1883
  MLIS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign