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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
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 tutorials and eBooks, and practice tests for various exams: Accuplacer, ACT, NCLEX, PTA, 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 Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) (1979 to present)
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (2014 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
BrowZine - a brief tutorial about browsing online magazines and journals by subject with BrowZine 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) Proquest
Basic instructions about searching in ProQuest (7:56 min running time)Interactive Tutorials
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 -
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
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-19Where 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
COON RAPIDS - PRINTEDUCATION
Peterson’s Guide to Two Year Colleges, 2021HISTORY
Intent to Deceive: Denying the Genocide of the Tutsi, by Linda Melvern
Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943, by John Gooch
Taconite: New Life for Minnesota’s Iron Range: the History of Erie Mining Company, edited by Pamela KochHPER
Building a Wellness Business that Lasts, by Rick StrollmeyerLITERATURE
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song, edited by Kevin Young
Evidence of V: a Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions, by Sheila O’Connor
Homie: Poems, by Danez Smith (2020 National Book Critics Circle Finalist; 2020 NAACP Image Award for Poetry Finalist)
Picturing Worlds: Visuality and Visual Sovereignty in Contemporary Anishinaabe Literature, by David Stirrup
Still Mad: American Women Writers and the Feminist Imagination, by Sandra M. Gilbert & Susan Gubar
Sweeter Voices Still: an LGBTQ Anthology from Middle America, Edited by Ryan Schuessler and Kevin Whitenier, Jr.
Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America's Poets Respond to the Pandemic, edited by Alice QuinnMUSIC
Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary, by Sasha Geffen
God Save the Queens: the Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop, by Kathy IandoliTHEATER
The Best American Short Plays, 2018-2019, edited by John Patrick BrayWOMEN’S STUDIES
Peace on Our Terms: the Global Battle for Women’s Rights After the First World War, by Mona L. SiegelCAMBRIDGE - PRINT
PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION
Listen Like You Mean It
Chatter: The Voice in our Head
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American ChristianityHISTORY
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin
Endpapers
The Sum of Us
Down Along With That Devil's Bones
Kamala's WaySOCIAL SCIENCES
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
The Tyranny of Merit
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black ManPOLITICAL SCIENCE
The American Crisis: What Went Wrong. How We Recover
Find the Helpers
The Undocumented AmericansLANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Klara and the Sun
Mexican Gothic
Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck
Before the Ever After
Girlhood
The Hill We Climb
Remote Control
We Are Water Protectors
When You Trap a Tiger
I Talk Like a RiverSCIENCE
Life on Our Planet
The Code Breaker
Minnesota's Natural HeritageMEDICINE
The Well Gardened MindTECHNOLOGY/COOKING
Ottolenghi Simple: A CookbookE-BOOKS AND SERIALS
Additional E-books can be found in EBSCO in the eBooks Collection, or by searching for the title in our Library Search. Use StarID and password to access if prompted.
Advertising and the Transformation of Screen Cultures, by Bo Florin, Patrick Vonderau, and Yvonne Zimmermann
The Affirmative Action Puzzle: a Living History from Reconstruction to Today, by Melvin I. Urofsky
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
Alpha: Abidjan To Paris; Translated by Sarah Adrizzone
America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s
American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction
Annual Review of Medicine 2021
Annual Review of Public Health 2021
Apollo’s Arrow: the Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way we Live, by Nicholas A. Christakis
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
The Beatles and Sixties Britain, by Marcus Collins
Bildhaan: an International Journal of Somali Studies 2001-current; 2005-18 also available in print in the CR library
A Black Women’s History of the United States (Revisioning American History series)
Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Cruelty as Citizenship: How Migrant Suffering Sustains White Democracy, by Cristina Beltran
Facebook: the Inside Story, by Steven Levy
Feel Puma: Poems (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry series), by Ray Gonzalez
Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: a Memoir, by Julia Zarankin
German Cinema in the Age of Neoliberalism, by Hester Baer
Heavy: An American Memoir
His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, by Jon Meacham
How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better than Any Machine…for Now, by Stanislas Dehaene
I-Take-Over: the Recording Industry in the Streaming Era (Critical Perspectives on Music and Society series), by David Arditi
Land of Big Numbers: Stories, by Te-Ping Chen
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
Minor Feelings: an Asian American Reckoning, by Cathy Park Hong
Minority Women and Western Media: Challenging Representations and Articulating New Voices (Media, Culture and the Arts series)
Modern Slavery: a Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues series)
Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota
Prison Truth: The Story of the San Quentin News, by William J. Drummond
Reading, Writing, and Racism: Disrupting Whiteness in Teacher Education and in the Classroom, by Bree Picower
Realist Cinema as World Cinema: Non-Cinema, Intermedial Passages, Total Cinema
Refugee Crises, 1945-2000: Political and Societal Responses in International Comparison (Publications of the German Historical Institute series), by Jan Jansen and Simone Lassig
Supreme Inequality: the Supreme Court’s 50-Year Battle for a More Unjust America, by Adam Cohen
Teach Yourself How to Learn: Strategies You Can Use to Ace Any Course at Any Level
The Undocumented Americans, by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
A Woman's Ayurvedic Herbal: A Guide for Natural Health and Well-Being, by Caroline Robertson and Antonia BeattieOERs
Advanced Community College ESL Composition: an Integrated Skills Approach
American Literature I: An Anthology of Texts from Early America Through the Civil War
Art Appreciation [Complete Collection of Lessons]
Biomechanics of Human Movement
Body Physics: Motion to Metabolism
Brass Techniques and Pedagogy
The Bright Continent: African Art History
Climate Toolkit: A Resource Manual for Science and Action
Contemporary Families: an Equity Lens
Critical Employment, Ethical, and Legal Scenarios in Human Resource Development
Digging into Archaeology: a Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities
Exploring Movie Construction & Production: What’s so Exciting about Movies?
History and Science of Cultivated Plants
Howdy or Hello?: Technical and Business Communications - Revised Pilot Edition
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Modern World History
Monitoring Animal Populations and their Habitats: a Practitioner's Guide
Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema
Multivariable Calculus
Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English
Physical Geography
Plato's Republic: An Introduction
The Revolution in Cinematography Post Production And Distribution
Small Group Communication: Forming & Sustaining Teams
Teaching Low Brass
The Western World: Daily Readings on Geography
Writing for Change: an Advanced ELL Resource
Supplementary Information
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