Credo Reference posts a new “Brainteaser” quiz every Friday, whose answers can be found in Credo Reference eBooks. This week’s theme is answers in quotations. I got 6 out of 10 without looking up the answers; what’s your score?

You can find past quizzes and answers at Brainteaser Answers.

Check out the latest CQ Researcher report on prosecuting terrorists. What do you think? Should suspected terrorists be given military or civil trials?

Jost, Kenneth. “Prosecuting Terrorists.” CQ Researcher Online 20, no. 10 (March 12, 2010): 217-240.

March is Women’s History Month. Learn more about women’s history with these excellent resources:

The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time : A Ranking Past and Present by Deborah G. Felder.
In our Main Collection at CT3202 .F395 1996

Encyclopædia Britannica’s Guide to Women’s History
Biographies, timelines, primary sources, multimedia, and more.

The Reader’s Companion to U.S. Women’s History edited by Wilma Mankiller, Gwendolyn Mink, Marysa Navarro, Barbara Smith and Gloria Steinem.
A Credo Reference eBook

Women’s History - Biographies
Free resources from Gale’s Biography Resource Center.

Women’s History - Explore Women’s History Month on Biography.com
Biographies, videos, history, and more from the Biography Channel.

Credo Reference posts a new “Brainteaser” quiz every Friday, whose answers can be found in Credo Reference eBooks. This week’s theme is biographies. I got 6 out of 10 without looking up the answers; what’s your score?

You can find past quizzes and answers at Brainteaser Answers.

Check out the latest CQ Researcher report on youth violence. What do you think? Are “get tough” policies the best approach?

Billitteri, Thomas J. “Youth Violence.” CQ Researcher Online 20, no. 9 (March 5, 2010): 193-216.

The Library will close at 5 PM on Thursday, March 4th and will be open from 9 AM to 1 PM on Friday, March 5th. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Credo Reference added nine new titles and updated three last month, as described on the Credo Reference Blog. The new titles are:

• The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology (2008)
• The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression (2007)
• Dictionary of Environmental Science and Technology (2008)
• Dictionary of Forensic Psychology (2008)
• Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (2005)
• The Encyclopedia of Public Choice (2004)
• Encyclopedia of the Human Brain (2002)
• Encyclopedia of the Human Genome (2005)
• Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (2004)

The revised titles are:

• Marquis Who’s Who in America (2009)
• Marquis Who’s Who in the World (2009)
• Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-present (2009)

Please see this spreadsheet of the new books and videos we added to our collection in February. You’ll find these and other great titles in our catalog, MnPALS Plus.

Credo Reference posts a new “Brainteaser” quiz every Friday, whose answers can be found in Credo Reference eBooks. This week’s theme is the National Gallery in London. I got 4 out of 10 without looking up the answers; what’s your score?

You can find past quizzes and answers at Brainteaser Answers.

Check out the latest CQ Researcher report on cybersecurity. What do you think? Are U.S. military and civilian computer systems safe?

Marshall, Patrick. “Cybersecurity.” CQ Researcher Online 20, no. 8 (February 26, 2010): 169-192.