Library
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Click Library Search to find books, DVDs, CDs, and other materials at ARCC and other Minnesota state colleges and universities. Use your StarID and password to log into Library Search when requesting items.
Click MnLINK to search 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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Databases ARTSTOR: Art images - ArtStor Quickstart Guide
BREPOLIS: International Medieval Bibliography--(on-campus use only) Brepolis Guide
eHRAF: World Cultures eHRAF User Guide
EBSCO: Academic, Art, Business, CINAHL, PsycArticles, etc. EBSCO Tutorial
GALE: Academic, Opposing Viewpoints, Science, 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.
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)
Journal of Chemical Education (1924 to present)
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (2011 to present)
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) (1979 to present)
Journal of Sport Management (on-campus use only) (1987 to present)
Sociology of Sport Journal (on-campus use only) (1984 to present)
The Sport Psychologist (on-campus use only) (1987 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?
- EBSCO Journal Database Tutorial (an external link)
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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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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. For more information, see the Opposing Viewpoints Tutorial.
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. In the reference section of the library you'll find:
- Encyclopedias 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. A search here can familiarize you with some of the different contexts within which your topic has been discussed in a discipline. Reference materials cannot be checked out of the library, but you are welcome to make photocopies or take notes.
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Your textbook introduces a topic to non-specialists and generally includes 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.
- Roam the shelves in the library. Books are categorized by the Library of Congress Classification system (LC chart), a subject-based alpha-numeric convention. In the reference section of the library you'll find:
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After using any of these resources, always double-check your citations against the most current published guide.
Style Guides
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. MLA FAQs
- 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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NEW ACQUISITIONS
SUMMER 2019
COON RAPIDSFEATURED WEBSITE
History is Not Here: Art and the Arab Imaginary
https://mmaa.org/now-on-view/upcoming-exhibitions/
• Co-presented by Mizna and the Minnesota Museum of American Art
• September 12-January 5
• “presents the work of artists who engage the Arab imaginary as a strategy for examining various social, cultural, and political positions. Through painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, book art, installation, and video, these 17 artists, working in the U.S. and abroad, make connections between contemporary geopolitics and the histories that inform them.”PRINT BOOKS
BUSINESS
Green Card Entrepreneur Voices: How-to Business Stories from Minnesota Immigrants
Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting, & Orienting New EmployeesCAREERS
Becoming a Marine Biologist
Becoming a Yoga InstructorCOMPUTER NETWORKING
CCNA R&S (200-125): Ultimate Practice Exam
CCNA Security 210-260 Certification Guide: Build your Knowledge of Network Security and Pass your CCNA Security Exam (210-260)
CCNA Security Study Guide: Exam 210-260
CompTIA Network+ Practice Tests: Exam N10-007
IPv4 Addressing and Subnetting Workbook: for A+, Network+, Security+, CCNA, HCNA CertificationsEDUCATION
8 Steps to Paying Less for College: A Crash Course in Scholarships, Grants, and Financial Aid
2020 ACT McGraw-Hill
Official SAT Study Guide
Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children outside the Conventional ClassroomHEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION
Becoming a Yoga Instructor
The Complete Family Guide to Addiction: Everything You Need to Know Now to Help Your Loved One and Yourself
Contemporary Sport Management
Health and Behavior: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Introduction to Addictive Behaviors
Strategies for Inclusion: Physical Education for Everyone
Your Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and FeelingsHISTORY
China and the Islamic World: How the New Silk Road is Transforming Global Politics
A Concise History of Poland
Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspective
Hitler's Secret Army: A Hidden History of Spies, Saboteurs, and Traitors in World War II
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II
The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
Remembering Emmett Till
The Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim CrowINTEGRATIVE HEALTH AND HEALING
Ayurveda Beginner's Guide: Essential Ayurvedic Principles & Practices to Balance & Heal Naturally
The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing: Finding Calm, Creativity, and Connection in the Natural WorldLANGUAGES
Amharic-English, English-Amharic Dictionary (donation)
Concise French-English, English-French Dictionary (donation)
Merriam-Webster’s Spanish-English Dictionary (donation)
Oxford Russian Mini-Dictionary (donation)
Random House Japanese-English, English-Japanese Dictionary: includes Romanization and Japanese Characters (donation)LITERATURE
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination
Forever, by Judy Blume (donation)
Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers
Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology
Victorian Poetry and the Poetics of the Literary Periodical
White, by Bret Easton EllisMATHEMATICS
Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
Thinking Mathematically, by Robert BlitzerMEDIA
The Hollywood Jim Crow: The Racial Politics of the Movie IndustryMUSIC
Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
Music Essentials for Singers and Actors: Fundamentals of Notation, Sight Singing, and Music Theory
Rockonomics: A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life
Woodstock: 50 Years of Peace and MusicNURSING
Health and Behavior: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine and Healthcare
Infectious Diseases (Nursing Clinics of North America series)
Narrating Patienthood: Engaging Diverse Voices on Health, Communication, and the Patient Experience
Superbugs: The Race to Stop an EpidemicPOLITICAL SCIENCE
Cities and Immigration: Political and Moral Dilemmas in the New Era of Migration
Minnesota Legislative Manual, 2019-2020
Modern Genocide: Analyzing the Controversies and IssuesPSYCHOLOGY
The Complete Family Guide to Addiction: Everything You Need to Know Now to Help Your Loved One and Yourself
Handbook of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies
Health and Behavior: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
Introduction to Addictive Behaviors
Life after Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort & Community after Unthinkable Loss
Reporting Qualitative Research in Psychology: How to Meet APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards
Suicidology: A Comprehensive Biopsychosocial Perspective
Using Basic Personality Research to Inform Personality PathologySCIENCE
Becoming a Marine Biologist
Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food
The Future of Fusion Energy
Superbugs: The Race to Stop an EpidemicSOCIAL SCIENCE
A Haven and a Hell: The Ghetto in Black America
A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada: Toward a Sustainable FutureSUSTAINABILITY
A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada: Toward a Sustainable Future
Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects
Throwaway Nation: The Ugly Truth about American GarbageTHEATRE
Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary U.S. StageCAMBRIDGE
AUDIOVISUAL
O Brother Where Art Thou
Eye in the Sky
The Name of the Rose
Grizzly Man
The CoveREFERENCE
A Pocket Style ManualHISTORY
Code Girls: From Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight against the Islamic State
Afghanistan War
On Desperate Ground: From Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War’s Greatest Battle
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
American Nations: From History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen
Latinx: From New Force in American Politics and Culture
The New Negro: From Life of Alain Locke
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi RiverGEOGRAPHY
Tourists and Tourism: From Reader
Careers in Environmental ConservationSOCIAL SCIENCES
Heartland: From Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
The Food Sharing Revolution
The Adman’s Dilemma: From Barnum to Trump
A Short & Happy Guide to Being Hired
Careers in Social Media
Digital Disruption: From Future of Work, Skills, Leadership, Education, and Careers in a Digital World
Tailspin: From People and Forces behind America’s Fifty-year Fall—and Those Fighting to Reverse It
Good and Mad: From Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger
Crabgrass Frontier: From Suburbanization of the United States
The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics
Where There’s Smoke: From Environmental Science, Public Policy, and Politics of Marijuana
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Exploring and Understanding Careers in Criminal JusticeLAW
We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights
Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know
Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Law and Make Policy
EDUCATION
The First Days of School: How to be an Effective TeacherMUSIC
Historical Dictionary of the American Music IndustryLANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Linguistics: Why it Matters
The Emissary
Writers: Fromir Lives and Works
The Best American Short Stories 2018
The Best American Non-required Reading 2018
American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin
China Boy
The Friend
Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners
Dream Country
The Hate U Give
The Poet X
Booked
Last Pick
Hush, Hush ForestSCIENCE
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
The Scientific Method: Reflections from a Practitioner
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
Bits to Bitcoin: How Our Digital Stuff Works
Careers in Computer Science
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Frontiers of Space Risk: Natural Cosmic Hazards & Societal Challenges
Exoplanets: Hidden Worlds and the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
American Eden: David Hosack, Body, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early RepublicMEDICINE
A Short Course in Medical Terminology
Debating Modern Medical Technologies: From Politics of Safety, Effectiveness, and Patient Access
The Mayo Clinic: Faith, Hope, Science
American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis—and How to End It
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
Nursing Drug Handbook 2016TECHNOLOGY
The Culture of Flushing: From Social and Legal History of Sewage
Careers in Green Energy
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to PlutoBIBLIOGRAPHY, LIBRARY SCIENCE
Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book
Digital Curation Projects Made Easy
The One-Shot Library Instruction Survival Guide
The Library Book
Supplementary Information
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