Anoka Ramsey Community College

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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.

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  Please use Library Search to request items through Interlibrary Loan, or see library staff for help.

  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

  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: Archival Journals and Primary Sources 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 DATABASES  (ProQuest Help)  incl. U.S. Newsstream, Nursing and Allied Health Premium        Nursing & Allied Health Premium Collection
  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 CQ Researcher Information for Students.

• 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

  Pressbooks Directory - a free, searchable catalog that includes 5,791 open access books published by 160 organizations and networks using Pressbooks. Many include interactive H5P learning activities to engage learners.

  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
   Syllabus, Quizzes and Exams | OER Repository  

  MATH: 
   Getting Started with Math OER 
   MyOpenMath - self-study sources for students; pre-built courses based on open texts for instructors
   Stitz Zeager Open Source Mathematics 

  PSYC: Noba Project - Psychology OERs 

  SCIENCE: 
   Public Library of Science (PLOS)  
   PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations 

• New Books

  NEW ACQUISITIONS

  FEATURED WEBSITE

  Veterans’ Health Library

  OERs

  An Animated Introduction to Digital Logic Design, NJ Institute of Technology

  Chemistry Techniques and Explorations: An Introductory Chemistry Laboratory Manual, Millersville University

  Community Interventions in Obesity-Related Chronic Diseases, Rutgers University

  Comprehensive Musicianship: a Practical Resource, U of Northern Iowa

  Elements of Creative Writing, U of Northern Iowa

  EmpoWord: A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers, Portland State

  Introduction to Probability, UMN

  Introduction to Soil Science, Iowa State

  Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies, Kutztown University

  Laboratory Manual: General Chemistry I Honors, Cheyney University of PA

  Organic Chemistry - a Tenth Edition, Cornell University

  Quantitative Methods for Plant Breeding, Iowa State

  Theory Fundamentals Workbook, Montana State University

  World History Since 1500: an Open and Free Textbook, East Tennessee State University

  E-BOOKS

  Agile Resilience: The Psychology of Developing Resilience in the Workplace, by Tom Dillon and Bob Thomson

  Anxious Eaters: Why We Fall for Fad Diets, by Janet Chrzan and Kima Cargill

  The Carriers: What the Fragile X Gene Reveals About Family, Heredity, and Scientific Discovery, by Anne Skomorowsky

  Chimpanzee Memoirs: Stories of Studying and Saving Our Closest Living Relatives, by Stephen Ross and Lydia Hopper

  The Complex PTSD Coping Skills Workbook: An Evidence-Based Approach to Manage Fear and Anger, Build Confidence, and Reclaim Your Identity, by Tamara McClintock Greenberg

  Deaf Culture: Exploring Deaf Communities in the United States, 2^nd edition

  The Depression Toolkit: Quick Relief to Improve Mood, Increase Motivation, and Feel Better Now

  Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver, by Robert Hershberger

  Everyone's Democracy: Confronting Political Inequality in America, by Elliott Fullmer

  Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life, by Roy Plotnick

  Five Good Minutes of Mindfulness: Reduce Stress, Reset, and Find Peace Right Now, by Jeffrey Brantley and Wendy Millstine

  How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel, by Sequoia Nagamatsu

  Intuitive Eating for Life: How Mindfulness Can Deepen and Sustain Your Intuitive Eating Practice, by Jenna Hollenstein

  Light Up the Night: America’s Overdose Crisis and the Drug Users Fighting for Survival, by Travis Lupick

  Literacy Is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching, by Kimberly N. Parker

  May Cause Side Effects: A Memoir, by Brooke Siem

  The Mindful College Student: How to Succeed, Boost Well-Being, and Build the Life You Want at University and Beyond, by Eric B. Loucks

  The Mindful Teen Workbook: Powerful Skills to Find Calm, Develop Self-Compassion, and Build Resilience

  One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America, by Nancy Foner

  Psycho-Social Health Issues in Indian Youth: Emerging Trends and Intervention, by Alka Wadkar

  Sea of Tranquility: A Novel, by Emily St. John Mandel

  Side Effects: How Left-Brain Right-Brain Differences Shape Everyday Behaviour, by Lorin J. Elias

  Sports and Aging: A Prescription for Longevity, by Gerald R. Gems

  When Women Were Dragons: A Novel, by Kelly Barnhill

  COON RAPIDS - PRINT
  

  HISTORY
  Historical Dictionary of Laos
  Historical Dictionary of Libya
  Historical Dictionary of Palestine
  Historical Dictionary of Uganda
  Russia in the Early Modern World: The Continuity of Change, by Donald Ostrowski

• Contact the Library

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  Cambridge 763-433-1950

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  Faculty Librarians

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