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Libraries will be closed June 20 and July 4Coon Rapids Campus May 14 - May 30 CLOSED May 31 - August 5 Monday 9 am - 4 pm Tuesday 9 am - 4 pm Wednesday 10 am - 6 pm Thursday 9 am - 4 pm Friday/Weekends/Holidays CLOSED Aug 6 - 14 CLOSED Aug 15 - 19 7:30 am - 4 pm Cambridge Campus May 14 - May 30 Monday CLOSED Tuesday 9 - 11:30 am Wednesday 9 am - 5 pm Thursday 9 am - 5 pm Friday 9 - 11:30 am May 31 - Jul 22 Monday 12 - 4:30 pm Tuesday/Wednesday 9 am - 4:30 pm Thursday 9 am - 4 pm Jul 25 - Aug 19 Monday 12 - 4:30 pm Tuesday/Wednesday 9 am - 4:30 pm August 22 Fall semester begins -
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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 student ID card to log into MnLINK when requesting items.
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Browse magazines & journals by subject with BrowZine
How to use BrowZine - a short tutorialDatabases
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: Academic, Art, Business, CINAHL, PsycArticles, etc. EBSCO Tutorial
**If you have trouble accessing EBSCO from off campus, try this link: eLibraryMN
GALE: Academic including Opposing Viewpoints, 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 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 Newspaper database ProQuest HelpJournals
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 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?
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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.
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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
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 Using Academic Search Premier Using CINAHL (nursing/allied health database) Using JSTOR Using Library Search -
Do you speak "library"? Use these links to learn about commonly used library terms and what they mean.
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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.
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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.
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Agricola
USDA National Agriculture LibraryMinnesota Statutes
Minnesota Statutes, Session Laws, and RulesBritannica Academic
An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learnersNASA PubSpace
Public access to peer-reviewed papers from NASA-funded researchCIA World Factbook
Information on 267 countries/entitiesNational Library of Medicine
Access to PubMed, MedLine, MeSH, and moreFederal Digital System
US government informationOccupational Outlook Handbook
Information about careers, employment, salaries & moreGlobal Climate Change
Vital signs of our planetScience
U.S. government science informationKhan Academy (Subject Tutorials)
Free tutorials and personalized learningStatistical Abstracts
Information from the U.S. Census BureauMinnesota Compass
Trends and data on the topics that impact Minnesotans' quality of lifeUnited Nations Demographic Yearbook
Demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sourcesMinnesota Court Forms
Downloadable court forms from the Minnesota Judicial Branch websiteUnited Nations Statistical Yearbook
Downloadable yearbook - an annual publicationMinnesota Legislative Manual
From the Secretary of State website - downloadable MN Blue BookUSA.gov
Official website of the United States GovernmentState of Minnesota
Official Minnesota state websiteU.S. Census
Census Bureau data about the nation's people and economyMinnesota Reflections
Over 50,000 Minnesota-specific primary sources & itemsWhite House
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Citation Help
Tutors in the ARCC Writing Center can help you with citations and references.
- Virtual Tutoring Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
- 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?
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
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What Are OER Textbooks?
Click to read the MinnState guides about OER:
Quick Guide to OER for Students
Using OER Through Covid-19If You're Creating an OER: UDL On Campus: Creating Accessible Open Educational Resources
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
MERLOT Project, advanced search by material type
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
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NEW ACQUISITIONS
FEATURED WEBSITES
-“created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education.”OERs
AC Electrical Circuit Analysis: A Practical Approach + Lab Manual
The ELC: An Early Childhood Learning Community at Work
Fundamentals of Business
Guide to HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Inanimate Life
Interpersonal Communication: a Mindful Approach to Relationships
Introduction to Anthropology
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions
Nursing Pharmacology
Operational Amplifiers & Linear Integrated Circuits + Lab Manual
Physics Problems for Nerds: Analyzing “Nerd” Culture through Physics 101
Principles of Managerial Accounting
Semiconductor Devices: Theory & Application + Lab Manual
Teaching Early and Elementary STEM
Transitions to Professional Nursing PracticeE-BOOKS and E-SERIALS
(if prompted to login, use STAR ID and password)Addressing Sickle Cell Disease: A Strategic Plan and Blueprint for Action
Advances in Psychedelic Medicine : State-of-the-Art Therapeutic Applications
Advancing Online Teaching : Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments
After #Metoo : Feminism, Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity and Sundry Cultural Delights
American Roulette : The Social Logic of Death Penalty Sentencing Trials
Annual Review of Medicine, Volume 73, 2022 (link on library website)
Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 73, 2022 (link on library website)
The American War in Afghanistan : A History
Best American Short Stories 2021
Breast Cancer Facts, Myths, and Controversies : Understanding Current Screenings and Treatments
Crossing the American Health Care Chasm : Finding the Path To Bipartisan Collaboration in National Health Care Policy
Dear Martin
Engaging Learners Through Zoom : Strategies for Virtual Teaching Across Disciplines
Ethics and the Good Nurse : Character in the Professional Domain
Fun Home : A Family Tragicomic
Geography Today : An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Issues, and Technology
The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-in Electric Vehicle : Public Policy, Innovation and Strategy
IEP Jalktok: Poems from Marshallese Daughter, by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement
In the Night of Memory : A Novel
LGBTQ Americans in the U.S. Political System : An Encyclopedia of Activists, Voters, Candidates, and Officeholders
Literacy Is Liberation : Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching
Malignant Narcissism : Recognizing a Dangerous Disorder
Mosby's 2021 Nursing Drug Reference
Nursing Ethics : Across the Curriculum and Into Practice
Online Teaching At Its Best : Merging Instructional Design With Teaching and Learning Research
One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America
The Seed Keeper : a Novel
Sins Against Science : How Misinformation Affects Our Lives and Laws
While the Locust Slept : A Memoir
Whole-Child Teaching : A Framework for Meeting the Needs of Today's StudentsCOON RAPIDS - PRINT
ART
Artistic Representations of Suffering: Rights, Resistance, and Remembrance, edited by Mark Celinscak and Curtis HuttBUSINESS
Diversity Intelligence: How to Create a Culture of Inclusion for your Business, by Heidi R. Andersen
Inclusion, Inc.: How to Design Intersectional Equity into the Workplace, by Sara Sanford
Leading Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Guide for Systemic Change in Multinational Organizations, by Rohini Anand
Marketing Professionals: A Practical Career Guide, by Kezia EndsleyEDUCATION
Educational Psychology and Transformational Classrooms: Research and Theory Meets Teaching and Learning, edited by Helenrose Fives and Nicole Barnes
Seen and Not Heard: Why Children’s Voices Matter, by Jana Mohr LoneHISTORY
Americans and the Holocaust: A Reader, edited by Daniel Greene and Edward Phillips
Booker T. Washington: A Life in American History, by Mark Christian
Dakotah: The Return of the Future, by Charles Bowden
Decolonizing Prehistory: Deep Time and Indigenous Knowledges in North America, edited by Gesa Mackenthun and Christen Mucher
Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong, by Linda Legarde Grover
The Long Emancipation: Moving Toward Black Freedom, by Rinaldo Walcott
Music and Philosophy in the Roman Empire, Edited by Francesco Pelosi and Federico M. Petrucci
Peacebuilding in Africa: The Post-Conflict State and its Multidimensional Crisis, edited by Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Settler Colonial City: Racism and Inequity in Postwar Minneapolis, by David HugillLITERATURE
Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year: Can Ahmed Fake it Until He Makes It? by Nina Hamza
Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students
The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood, 2nd edition, edited by Coral Ann Howells
Diary of a Young Naturalist, by Dara McAnulty
The Last Cuentista, by Donna Barba Higuera (2022 Newbery Award and Pura Belpre Children’s Author Award)
Mexican Literature as World Literature, edited by Ignacio M. Sanchez Prado
My Eyes are Up Here, by Laura Zimmermann
Under a Kabul Sky: Short Fiction by Afghan Women, translated by Elaine Kennedy
Watercress, by Andrea Wang, Pictures by Jason Chin (2022 Newbery Honor and Caldecott Medal)MUSIC
The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold, by Billy Boy Arnold with Kim Field
Music and Philosophy in the Roman Empire, Edited by Francesco Pelosi and Federico M. Petrucci
Music Law: How to Run Your Band’s Business, by Rich StimNURSING
Illustrated Study Guide for the NCLEX-RN Exam, by JoAnn Zerwekh
LPN to RN Transitions, by Lora Claywell
Trans and Non-Binary Gender Healthcare, by Christina Richards and Dr. James BarrettPHILOSOPHY
Music and Philosophy in the Roman Empire, Edited by Francesco Pelosi and Federico M. PetrucciPOLITICAL SCIENCE
Teaching About Genocide: Advice and Suggestions from Professors, High School Teachers, and Staff Developers, edited by Samuel TottenRELIGION
A History of Kabbalah: From the Early Modern Period to the Present Day, by Jonathan Garb
World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained, by John BowkerSCIENCE
Diary of a Young Naturalist, by Dara McAnulty
Foundations of Modern Physics, by Steven Weinberg
Pollinators & Pollination: Nature and Society, by Jeff Ollerton
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: the Story of the First Woman to Command a Space Mission, by Colonel Eileen M. Collins, USAF (retired) with Jonathan H. WardSOCIOLOGY
Deep Diversity: A Compassionate, Scientific Approach to Achieving Racial Justice, by Shakil Choudhury
Holding Fast: Resilience and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants, by James A. McCann and Michael Jones-Correa
The Limits of #MeToo in Hollywood: Gender and Power in the Entertainment Industry, by Margaret Tally
Making and Breaking Settler Space: Five Centuries of Colonization in North America, by Adam J. Barker
What’s Your Pronoun: Beyond He & She, by Dennis Baron (he/him/his)WOMEN’S STUDIES
Daughters of Arraweelo: Stories of Somali Women, by Ayaan Adan
Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa: Discourses, Practices, and Policies, edited by Egodi Uchendu and Ngozi Edeagu
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First Woman to Command a Space Mission, by Colonel Eileen M. Collins, USAF (retired) with Jonathan H. Ward
Supplementary Information
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(not available over summer)Faculty Librarians
Gina Pancerella-Willis
Coon Rapids
763-433-1197
MS, Drexel University
BA, Franklin and Marshall CollegeBarbara Lynn
Coon Rapids
763-433-1466
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BA, Mount Mary CollegeJuliana Boner
Cambridge
763-433-1358
MLIS, Dominican University
BA, St. Catherine UniversityLibrary Staff
TJ Guiney
Coon Rapids
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MLIS, St. Catherine UniversitySara Carman
Cambridge
763-433-1883
MLIS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
