Take a look at the new books and videos we added to our collection in April. You can find these and everything else in our collection through our catalog, MnPALS Plus. Here are a few of the new titles on our shelves. Check them out!
Check out these recent CQ Researcher reports on homeless students, combat journalism, law school, and free speech:
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month. According to the CDC, excessive drinking causes 80,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. You can learn more about alcohol and alcohol abuse with books, ebooks, and videos from our collection.
Check out these sites for more information:
Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Danielle if you’d like any of them.
Material ConneXion has added 42 new materials this month. Here’s the latest update:
April Monthly Materials Update
New materials include leather made from the skin of salmon fish and decorative wall panels comprised solely of plant fiber paperboard.
Films On Demand added 429 new videos in April, bringing our streaming video collection up to 14,429 titles. Take a look!
LexisNexis Academic is an excellent resource for news, business, and legal research. Learn how to get the most out of this database with these free webinars from LexisNexis:
LexisNexis Academic
Learn about this premier general reference tool that provides access to news, business, and legal information from one interface. Redesigned specifically with students in mind, this research tool provides students as well as other researchers across all disciplines with comprehensive results on the past and the present. Whether the search is on a current hot topic in the news, financial information of a specific company, or a following of a judgment on a case, LexisNexis Academic has it all.
LexisNexis Academic – Legal Research
Learn about this premier general reference tool that provides access to news, business, and legal information from one interface. Redesigned specifically with students in mind, this research tool provides students as well as other researchers across all disciplines with comprehensive results on the past and the present. This session will concentrate specifically on conducting legal research.
LexisNexis Academic – Business
Learn about this premier general reference tool that provides access to news, business, and legal information from one interface. This seminar focuses on business resources and Company Dossier.
LexisNexis Academic – Shepard’s
Shepard’s is an extremely important part of legal research. Once you have found a case that is relevant to your research, you must verify that it is still good law. The webinar will cover the features and benefits of using Shepard’s on-line.
April is National Poetry Month and tomorrow is Poem In Your Pocket Day. My favorite poem is “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. You’ll find this and lots of other poetry in our collection.
Check out these sites for more poetry resources:
April 14–20 is Week of the Young Child. Check out some of our children’s books and read to a child this week – and every week!
Films On Demand added 293 new videos in March, bringing our streaming video collection up to 14,004 titles. Take a look!
