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.

  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.

  MnLINK

• 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: 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 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

  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

  If 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 

• New Books

  NEW ACQUISITIONS
   FEATURED WEBSITES

  OER Starter Kit

  -“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

  The American Journalism Handbook: Concepts, Issues, and Skills 
  Anatomy and Physiology 2 Lab Manual
  Black Lives Matter Collective Storytelling Project
  Conservation Techniques
  Dress, Appearance, and Diversity in U.S. Society
  German 101
  Individual and Family Development: Health and Well-Being
  The International Journalism Handbook
  Introduction to Political Science
  Intro to Social Media
  Microbiomes: Health and the Environment
  Our Lives: An Ethnic Studies Primer
  A Practical Approach to Understanding Music Theory
  The Science of Plants: Understanding Plants and How They Grow (required text for HORT 1001/6001 Plant Propagation at the U of M’s Department of Horticultural Science)
  The Science of Sleep
  Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation
  Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives

  E-BOOKS and E-SERIALS 
  (if prompted to login, use STAR ID and password)

  Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 43, 2022 (link on library website)
  Psycho-social Health Issues in Indian Youth: Emerging Trends and Intervention

  COON RAPIDS - PRINT
  

  ART
  Reality through the Arts, by Dennis J. Sporre (donation)
  
  HEALTH AND WELLNESS
  Complete Conditioning for Hockey, by Ryan Van Asten
  Drugs Across the Spectrum, by Raymond Goldberg and Pardess Mitchell
  
  LITERATURE
  Great Writing 3: from Great Paragraphs to Great Essays, by Keith S. Folse, Elena Vestri, and David Clabeaux
  Great Writing 4: Great Essays, by Keith S. Folse, April Muchmore-Vokoun, and Elena Vestri
  Let’s Talk…a Pocket Rhetoric, by Andrea Lunsford
  Literature: a Portable Anthology (donation)
  The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volumes 1-6 (donations)
  The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition, by Thomas Colley
  A Pocket Style Manual, 9th edition, by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers
  Queer Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the English Language Arts Curriculum, edited by Paula Greathouse and Henry “Cody” Miller
  Reading and Writing about Literature: a Portable Guide, by Janet E. Gardner and Joanne Diaz (donation)
  Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers, by Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon
  
  NURSING
  Nursing 2023 Drug Handbook
  
  PHILOSOPHY
  Queering Philosophy, by Kim Q. Hall
  Reason & Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy, by Joel Feinberg and Russ Shafer-Landau
  
  PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
  Barron’s PTCE: Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Premium
  
  PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT
  Fundamentals of Tests and Measures for the PTA, by Stacie J. Fruth and Carol Fawcett
  Mobility in Context: Principles of Patient Care Skills, by Charity Johansson, Crystal Ramsey, and Susan A. Chinworth
  Neurologic Interventions for Physical Therapy, by Suzanne “Tink” Martin and Mary Kessler
  
  PSYCHOLOGY
  Changing with Aging: Little Stories, Big Lessons, by Don Kuhl
  DSM-5-TR, by American Psychiatric Association
  Social Psychology, by Thomas Heinzen and Wind Goodfriend
  
  RELIGION
  Queer Religiosities: an Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion, by Melissa M. Wilcox
  
  SCIENCE
  Female Innovators Who Changed Our World: How Women Shaped STEM, by Emma Shimizu
  
  SOCIOLOGY
  Criminology: the Core, by Larry J. Siegel
  Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions, by Lisa Wade and Myra Marx Ferree
  Understanding Social Problems, by Linda A. Mooney, Molly Clever, and Marieke Van Willigen
  
  SPANISH
  Barron’s 501 Spanish Verbs
  
  THEATRE
  I Was Better Last Night, a Memoir, by Harvey Fierstein
  Theatre Brief, by Robert Cohen and Donovan Sherman
  The Theatre Experience, by Edwin Wilson
  
  WOMEN’S STUDIES
  Female Innovators Who Changed Our World: How Women Shaped STEM, by Emma Shimizu
  Feminist Ethnography: Thinking Through Methodologies, Challenges, and Possibilities, by Dana-Ain Davis and Christa Craven
  Feminist Frontiers, by Verta Taylor, Nancy Whittier, and Leila J. Rupp (donation)
  Women’s Lives: Multicultural Perspectives, by Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey (donation)

• Contact the Library

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

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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