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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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  Click MnLINK to find books, DVDs, CDs, and other materials at public libraries in Minnesota. Use the blank InterLibrary Loan request form from the ARCC Library Search if you find an item you want to request.

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• Scholarly Journals and Newspaper Databases

  Databases
  For a full list of individual databases the library subscribes to: Go to Databases A-Z List ARTSTOR: (Now part of JSTOR) Art images - ArtStor Quickstart Guide BREPOLIS: International Medieval Bibliography--(now accessible off-campus!) Guide to using Brepolis IMB 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 CQ RESEARCHER: In-depth analysis on newsworthy issues, including background, chronologies and pro/con perspectives. See CQ Researcher Information for Students. eHRAF: (Human Relations Area Files) 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 (all)  (ProQuest Help)  incl. U.S. Newsstream, StarTribune (2008 to current), and 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 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) Browse magazines & journals by subject with BrowZine How to use BrowZine - a short tutorial

  • 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?

• Research Guides

  A-Z Database List

  Research guides are lists of recommended resources created and curated by your friendly librarians. If you would like a research guide created for your course or discipline, please contact one of the librarians.

   

  Subject/Course Guides	Informational Guides
  Communication Studies	Open Educational Resources (OERs)
  History - Modern World Civilizations I	eBooks in EBSCO
  Minnesota History	Health Science Reasoning Test (HSRT) guide from Century College
  History of Racism in Anoka County & MN	LibKey Nomad (browser extension)
  Nursing	LibrarySearch - Helpful Tips
  	New EBSCO Databases Interface

• 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)

  Intro to Library Resources - Overview of how to search in EBSCO, Gale, ProQuest, and library catalog (21:54 min. running time)

  JSTOR Database  Using JSTOR, a digital library containing academic journals and primary sources (2:08 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)

  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)

   

• 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.

• Other Resources for Research

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

• 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

  ARCC Library Guide to OER

  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

  Are OER and Open Access the same? (Hint: no) Click for info.

  Sources 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

  Sources for Open Access Titles

  Directory of Open Access Journals - search or browse for free journal articles
  Open Access Books from Oxford University Press - over 250 titles
  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.
  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 ; Ebooks Minnesota

  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 

  NURS:
  Open RN - five OER nursing textbooks

  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

  OERs

  Comprendre et se Faire Comprendre, by Jessica Sertling Miller, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

  The Craft of Sociological Research, by Victor Tan Chen, Gabriela León-Pérez, Julie Honnold, and Volkan Aytar, Virginia Commonwealth University

  Exploring Weather and Climate, by Glen Sampson, Pima Community College

  Pediatric Dermatology: a Primer, by Drs. Wingfield E. Rehmus, Jamie Phillips, Lisa Flegel, Saud Alobaida, and edited by Hannah Podoaba

  OPEN ACCESS

  Gentleman Jigger: a Novel of the Harlem Renaissance, by Richard Bruce Nugent and Thomas H. Wirth

  Handbook of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Women Writers, edited by Rebecca Copeland

  Joyce’s Choices: New Textual Parallels in James Joyce’s ‘Dubliners’, ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’, and ‘Ulysses', by R. H. Winnick

  Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241): Power and Authority (Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West series), edited by Damian J. Smith

  The Visual Life of Climate Change, by Saffron O’Neill

  E-BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES’ EBSCO DATABASES 

  AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models, by Chip Huyen 
  Algorithms of Armageddon: the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Wars, by George Galdoris and Sam J Tangredi 
  Anxiety and Depression Information for Teens, by James Chambers 
  The Body Confidence Book: Respect, Accept and Empower Yourself, by Phillippa Diedrichs  
  Borrowing Basics: a Teen Guide to Credit and Debt, by Nicholas Suivski 
  By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, by Crystal Gail Fraser 
  Crime Fiction in the Age of #MeToo, by Charlotte Beyer 
  Crisis and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle East Since 1945, by Peter L. Hahn 
  Fallen Angel: the Life of Edgar Allan Poe, by Robert Morgan 
  Friendship and the Novel, edited by Allan Hepburn 
  Gezi: the Making of a New Political Community in Turkey, by Kaan Ağartan 
  Gothic Melville, edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Monika Elbert 
  Grizzly Bear Science and the Art of a Wilderness Life: Forty Years of Research in the Flathead Valley, Bruce McLellan 
  The Heart of the Wild: Essays on Nature, Conservation, and the Human Future, by Ben A. Minteer and Jonathan B. Losos  
  Ketamine: the Story of Modern Psychiatry's Most Fascinating Molecule, by Keith G. Rasmussen 
  Literacy Instruction for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, by Susan R. Easterbrooks and Jennifer Beal-Alvarez  
  Market Your Business, by Jeanette Maw McMurtry 
  Microsoft 365 Office All-in-One for Dummies, by Paul McFedries and Peter Weverka 
  The Presidents and the Planet: Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to Bush, by Jay Hakes 
  Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency, by Terrence G. Peterson 
  Social Media and Youth Mental Health, edited by Vicki Harrison, Anne Collier and Steven Adelsheim 
  Sustainability Ethics: Common Good Values for a Better World, by Marco Tavanti 
  Trans and Disabled: an Anthology of Identities and Experiences, edited by Alex Iantaffi 
  Water Management: Prioritizing Justice and Sustainability, by Shimon C. Anisfeld 

  COON RAPIDS

  PRINT BOOKS

  BUSINESS
  The Equity Edge: How Addressing Bias in Recruiting and Retention Drives Success, by Jen Tardy

  COMMUNICATION STUDIES
  The Social Biome: How Everyday Communication Connects and Shapes Us, by Andy J. Merolla and Jeffrey A. Hall

  HISTORY
  Ghosts of a Holy War: the 1929 Massacre in Palestine that Ignited the Arab Israeli Conflict, by Yardena Schwartz
  Iran’s Grand Strategy: a Political History, by Vali Nasr

  CAMBRIDGE

  PRINT BOOKS

  HISTORY
  A Small Place, by Jamaica Kincaid
  Crisis and Crossfire: The United States & the Middle East Since 1945, 2nd Edition, by Peter Hahn
  Latinoland: a Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority, by Marie Arana
  Perpich: A Minnesota Original, by Ben Schierer
  The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World, by Daisy Dunn
  Turning the Power: Indian Boarding Schools, Native American Anthropologists, and the Race to Preserve Indigenous Cultures, by Nathan Sowry
  Where Rivers Part, by Kao Kalia Yang

  LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  Children's Literature, by Carrie Hintz
  How Beautiful We Were, by Imbolo Mbue
  Monster, by Walter Dean Meyers
  Primary Trust, Acting Edition, by Eboni Booth
  Tell it Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, 3rd Edition, by Brenda Milller and Suzanne Paola
  The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende
  The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, edited by John Freeman
  The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry, by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux
  Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, 10th Edition, by Janet Burroway

  MEDICINE
  Ascencia PTCB Exam Study Guide, 2025-2026, 8th edition
  Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to COVID, by Sheilagh Ogilvie
  Mometrix PTCB Exam Study Guide, 2025-2026, 8th edition
  Nursing Ethics: Normative Foundations, Advanced Concepts, and Emerging Issues, edited by Michael J. Deem and Jennifer H. Lingler

  PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION
  A Danger Which We Do Not Know: a Philosophical Journey into Anxiety, by David Rondel
  Dancing with the Devil: Why Bad Feelings Make Life Good, by Krista Thomason
  Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How To Do Better, by Myisha Cherry

  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  Chasing Wildflowers: An Adventurous Guide to Finding Minnesota's Native Flowers in Their Unique Habitats, by Phyllis Root
  Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals, from Leonardo da Vinci to Now, by Stephane Douady et. al.
  Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future, by Stephen Porder
  How to Think about AI: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Richard Susskind
  Probably Overthinking It: How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions, by Allen B. Downey
  Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences, 7th Edition, by Victoria E. McMillan

  SOCIAL SCIENCES
  Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future, by Vijay Govindarajan and Venkat Venkatraman
  Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the Failures of the American Prison, by Doran Larson
  Leading Outside Your Comfort Zone: The Surprising Psychology of Resilience, Growth, and Well-Being, by D. Christopher Kayes

• Ask MN

  Chat with a librarian

  AskMN is an online service for information and research help available to all Minnesota residents and students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. AskMN is a cooperative service of Minnesota libraries.

• Contact the Library

  Coon Rapids 763-433-1150
  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
  Coon Rapids
  763-433-1358
  MLIS, Dominican University
  BA, St. Catherine University

  Robyn Slusher
  Cambridge
  763-433-1819
  MLIS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  BA, Missouri State University

  Library Staff

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

  Karin Becklin-Greene
  Cambridge
  763-433-1816
  School Librarian Certification, University of North Texas
  BS, University of Minnesota