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  • AccessScience update

    AccessScience added new science-related content in April. New and updated articles include:

    • Bacteriophage
    • Natural killer T cell
    • Translation

    Editorial briefings:

    • Egg proteins show promise for removing salt and microplastics from water

    News stories:

    • Hibernating bears don’t get blood clots. Now scientists know why
    • Satellite data reveal nearly 20,000 previously unknown deep-sea mountains
    • Saturn’s icy rings are probably heating its atmosphere, giving it an ultraviolet glow
    • The W boson might not be heavier than expected after all
    • This sea cucumber shoots sticky tubes out of its butt. Its genes hint at how

    Videos and animations:

    • Malaria: Life Cycle of Plasmodium
    • Phagocytosis
    • Specialized Transduction

    May 17, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 4094

  • Films on Demand update

    Films On Demand added 289 new videos in April. Take a look!

     

    May 3, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 2708

  • Explore Minnesota

    This month’s display theme is Explore Minnesota. We have a plethora of books to help you learn more about our state’s communities, history, and natural resources… maybe even plan a day trip or your next vacation. Visit in person or take a gander at our virtual Minnesota collection!

    May 2, 2023 • Uncategorized • Views: 73

  • New titles

    Check out the new books we added to our collection in April. Here are a few of the new titles:

    KF5701 Study Guide for the Codes Guidebook for Interiors LB2331 What Inclusive Instructors Do LB2353.7 ATI TEAS 7th Edition Study Guide
    LB3013.3 Children Under Fire NK2113 My Hygge Home RC394 Order From Chaos
    RK60.5 Dental Assisting T385 Adobe Illustrator TA1654 Fake Photos
    TH880 Sustainable Construction TH7345 Testing and Balancing HVAC Air and Water Systems TK3221 Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook

    May 1, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 3429

  • Free books

    Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Melanie if you’d like any of them for your department. Most of these books cover topics like education, art, and architecture.

    April 28, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 2325

  • AccessScience update

    AccessScience has added lots of new science-related content in the last few months. New and updated articles include:

    • DNA and RNA polymerases
    • Movement disorders
    • Neuroplasticity
    • Peripheral nervous system
    • Stroke
    • Symbiosis
    • Action potential
    • Fatty acid
    • Fluid mosaic model of biological membranes
    • Gene regulation
    • Neurodevelopment
    • Systems biology
    • Brain
    • Glycolipid
    • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
    • Neurotransmitter
    • Somatosensory system

    Editorial briefings:

    • Debris flows study provides new insights into landslide mechanics
    • First nuclear fusion ignition event produced in a laboratory
    • Efficient sodium-ion anode developed for energy storage in batteries

    News stories:

    • Brain scans suggest the pandemic prematurely aged teens’ brains
    • New data show how quickly light pollution is obscuring the night sky
    • These chemists cracked the code to long-lasting Roman concrete
    • These shape-shifting devices melt and re-form thanks to magnetic fields
    • Tiny bubbles that make icicles hazy are filled with water, not air
    • A newfound croakless frog may communicate via touch
    • How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now
    • Insect bites in plant fossils reveal leaves could fold shut millions of years ago
    • Physicists stored data in quantum holograms made of twisted light
    • A hormone shot helped drunk mice sober up quickly
    • Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem
    • Here’s a peek into the mathematics of black holes
    • In mice, anxiety isn’t all in the head. It can start in the heart
    • Muons unveiled new details about a void in Egypt’s Great Pyramid
    • Stressed plants make ultrasonic clicking noises

    Videos and animations:

    • Inducible and Repressible Operons
    • Structural Basis of DNA Replication
    • The Life Cycle of T2 Phage
    • IgE-Mediated (Type I) Hypersensitivity
    • Immune Response
    • Inflammatory Response
    • Transcription (mRNA Synthesis)
    • Transposons: Shifting Segments of the Genome
    • Steps in Cloning a Gene

    April 19, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 4052

  • Autism Acceptance Month

    April is Autism Acceptance Month, formerly known as Autism Awareness Month. According to the CDC, 1 out of 36 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Autism Society defines ASD as “a complex, lifelong developmental condition that typically appears during early childhood and can impact a person’s social skills, communication, relationships, and self-regulation,” though everyone experiences autism differently. Celebrate neurodiversity and learn more about autism with these books and videos from our collection.

    Here are some of the books on autism that we’ve added to our collection this year:

    BF575.S39 B45 2022 Taking Off the Mask: Practical Exercises to Help Understand and Minimise the Effects of Autistic Camouflaging HQ773.8 .S59 2021 Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity HV1570.25.G57 Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
    RC553.A88 G364 2022 We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation RC553.A88 H4635 2015 Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age RC553.A88 J36 2018 Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World
    RC553.A88 S54 2016 Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity RC553.A88 S64 2018 Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism RJ506.A9 P75 2022 Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

    Check out these sites for more information:

    • Autism Information – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
    • Autism Society
    • Autism Society of Minnesota
    • Autism Spectrum Disorder – National Institute of Mental Health
    • Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Embrace Autism | The ultimate autism resource
    • Minnesota Autism Center

    April 7, 2023 • Uncategorized • Views: 158

  • Films on Demand update

    Films On Demand added 628 new videos in February and March. These include 73 titles from the Understanding Birth series. Take a look!

     

    April 6, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 2652

  • National Poetry Month 2023

    April is National Poetry Month and you’ll find lots of poetry in our print and online collections. Visit these sites for more poetry resources:

    • Academy of American Poets
    • League of Minnesota Poets
    • Library of Congress Poetry Resources
    • The Poetry Archive
    • Poetry Foundation
    • Southern MN Poets Society
     

    Stop by and check out our poetry display!

    April 5, 2023 • Topical • Views: 2892

  • New titles

    Check out the new books we added to our collection in March. Here are a few of the new titles:

    BF575 Taking Off the Mask They Called Us Enemy HF5387 Business Ethics
    HT1575 Me and White Supremacy LB1140.35 Best Preschool Learning Activities NC998.5 60s All-American Ads
    RC394 A Radical Guide for Women With ADHD RT51 Medical-Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy TH159 Secrets to Construction Business Success
    TK3271 Wiring Simplified TL230.3 Master the Commercial Driver's License Exams TR267.5 Adobe Photoshop 2023 Release

    April 4, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 3395

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