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  The catalog, called MnPALS, is a searchable database for books and materials. There are two different interfaces for this database (MnPALS Classic or MnPALS Plus).

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  MnPALS Plus

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• Scholarly Journals and Newspaper Databases

  Databases
  ARTSTOR: Art images - ArtStor Quickstart Guide BREPOLIS: International Medieval Bibliography--(on-campus use only) Brepolis Guide eHRAF: World Cultures eHRAF User Guide EBSCO: Academic, Art, Business, CINAHL, PsycArticles, etc. EBSCO Tutorial GALE: Academic, Opposing Viewpoints, Science, etc. Gale Tutorials GROVE MUSIC ONLINE 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 tutorials and eBooks, and practice tests for various exams: Accuplacer, ACT, NCLEX, PTA, and more. ProQuest 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) Journal of Chemical Education (1924 to present) Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (2011 to present) Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) (1979 to present) Journal of Sport Management (on-campus use only) (1987 to present) Sociology of Sport Journal (on-campus use only) (1984 to present) The Sport Psychologist (on-campus use only) (1987 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?
  • EBSCO Journal Database Tutorial (an external link)

   

• Films on Demand

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• 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. For more information, see the Opposing Viewpoints Tutorial.

  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

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  • Roam the shelves in the library. Books are categorized by the Library of Congress Classification system (LC chart), a subject-based alpha-numeric convention. In the reference section of the library you'll find:
    
    • Encyclopedias 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. A search here can familiarize you with some of the different contexts within which your topic has been discussed in a discipline. Reference materials cannot be checked out of the library, but you are welcome to make photocopies or take notes.

  • Your textbook introduces a topic to non-specialists and generally includes 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.

• New Books

  NEW ACQUISITIONS
  SEPTEMBER 2018
  COON RAPIDS

  ANTHROPOLOGY
  Lost Worlds of South America, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)

  ART
  Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner
  A History of European Art, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)

  BUSINESS
  Assessment Strategies in Business Education (National Business Education Association series)

  EDUCATION
  Peterson’s Guide to Four-Year Colleges, 2019

  FRENCH
  The Oxford History of the French Revolution

  GERMAN
  When in Germany, Do as the Germans Do: The Clued-In Guide to German Life, Language, and Culture

  HISTORY
  The American Civil War, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  The Foundations of Western Civilization, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Lost Worlds of South America, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  The Oxford History of the French Revolution

  INTEGRATIVE HEALTH AND HEALING
  The Science of Natural Healing, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)

  LITERATURE
  Ballesteros on My Mind: My Hometown in the Philippines, by Rey E. de la Cruz, illustrated by Tenni Magcase (donation)
  Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer’s Craft, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Green Card, Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Fargo High School
  Green Card, Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School
  Green Card, Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a St. Paul High School

  MATHEMATICS
  How Music and Mathematics Relate, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  The Joy of Mathematics, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)

  MEDIA STUDIES
  It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
  Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status

  MUSIC
  How Music and Mathematics Relate, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Understanding the Fundamentals of Music, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)

  NURSING
  Nurses’ Handbook of Health Assessment
  Nursing Spanish Visual Phrasebook

  PHILOSOPHY
  The Great Ideas of Philosophy, Guidebook and DVDs (Great Courses series; donation)

  RELIGION
  Great World Religions: Buddhism, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Great World Religions: Christianity, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Great World Religions: Hinduism, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Great World Religions: Islam, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Great World Religions: Judaism, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  The New Testament, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  The Old Testament, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)

  SCIENCE
  Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, 5 copies (donation)
  Einstein’s Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd edition, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)
  Understanding the Inventions that Changed the World, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)

  SOCIOLOGY
  Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, 5 copies (donation)
  A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, 5 copies (donation)
  Green Card, Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Fargo High School
  Green Card, Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School
  Green Card, Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a St. Paul High School

  WRITING
  Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer’s Craft, Guidebook and DVD (Great Courses series; donation)

  CAMBRIDGE

  Reference
  Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art/Morgan Ref N6490.M6758 2017
  Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery/ Ref RD99.24.A44 2019

  General Works
  A New Map of Wonders/Henderson AG244.H46 2017

  History
  Pershing’s Crusaders/Faulkner D570.1.F38 2017
  An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler/Fritzsche D802.A2F77 2016
  Marcel’s Letters/Porter D805.G3P655 2017
  God’s Red Son/Warren E78.W5W35 2017
  Richard Nixon/Farrell E856.F37 2018
  A Bag Worth a Pony/Anderson E99.C6A446 2017

  Recreation
  Pay to Play/Martin GV351.M363 2017

  Social Sciences
  Markets Without Limits/Brennan HB72.B746 2016
  Women in Game Development/Hepler, ed. HD9993.E452H47 2017
  The Best Keywords for Resumes, Letters and Interviews/Enelow HF5383.E4785 2016
  Windows into the Soul: Surveillance/Marx HM846.M27 2016
  Enlightenment Now/Pinker HM891.P56 2018
  Women and the War on Boko Haram/Matfess HQ1815.5.M28 2017

  Political Science
  Green Card, Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School JV6600.G74 2016
  Green Card, Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a St. Paul High School JV6600.G743 2017

  Education
  Gender, Sex and Children’s Play/Kilvington LB1137.K45 2016
  The Real School Safety Problem/Kupchik LB2866.K86 2016

  Fine Arts
  Abstracts in Acrylic and Ink/Ohl ND1482.A16O45 2016

  Language and Literature
  Journalism After Snowden PN4888.P6J68 2017
  Persepolis 2/Satrapi PN6747.S245P4913 2004
  Thousand Star Hotel/Phi PS3566.H467A6 2017
  Soft/Fernandez-Williams PS3606.E7338Z46 2014
  Chasing Shadows/Avasthi PZ7.A9317Ch 2015

  Science
  Big Mind/Mulgan Q337.3.M84 2018
  The Theory that Changed Everything/Lieberman QH365.O8L54 2018
  Drug Resistance/Boslaugh QR177.B67 2017

  Medicine
  Close to Om/Marcum RA781.7.M367 2018
  The Hungry Brain/Guyenet RC552.C65G89 2017
  Lightness of Body and Mind/Coomer RM222.2.H324 2016
  Massage Therapy/Salvo RM721.S146 2016
  Saunders 2018-2019 Strategies for Test Success/Silvestri RT55.S4875 2018

  Technology
  High and Dry/Alley TD403.A39 2017
  Hand Printing Studio/Olmsted TT866.5.O46 2016

   

• Coon Rapids Campus 763-433-1150

  Faculty Librarians

  AL MAMARIL

  MLIS, MEd, BA University of Hawaii
  Instruction, Reference, Systems
  Student Workers
  Office L216 | 763-433-1552

  GINA PANCERELLA-WILLIS

  MS, Drexel University
  BA, Franklin and Marshall College
  Instruction, Reference
  Acquisitions, Periodicals
  Office L217 | 763-433-1197

  BARBARA SANDARIN

  MLIS, St. Catherine University
  BA, Mount Mary College
  Instruction, Reference
  Information Literacy
  Office L210 | 763-433-1466

  Library Staff

  CANDICE YOUNG

  MLIS, St. Catherine University
  BA, University of Minnesota
  AA, North Hennepin Community College
  Circulation, Reserve
  Interlibrary Loan, Cataloging
  Office L209 | 763-433-1125

• Cambridge Campus 763-433-1950

  Faculty Librarian

  JULIANA BONER

  MLIS, Dominican University
  BA, St. Catherine University
  Instruction, Reference
  Acquisitions, Cataloging
  Office D116 | 763-433-1358

  Library Staff

  MARTHA MUEHLHAUSER

  BA, University of Minnesota
  Circulation, Reserve, ILL
  Office D117 | 763-433-1875