The Library’s summer hours are:
- Monday – Thursday: 8 AM to 1 PM
- Friday: CLOSED
Whether you’re traveling, gardening, or looking for some good fiction to read this summer, we’ve got you covered. And don’t forget, our Online Resources are always open.
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Summer hours
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New titles
Check out the new books and videos we’ve added to our collection since April. Here are a few of the new titles:
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AccessScience update
AccessScience added new content in March and April. New briefings include:- Epigenetic mechanisms underlying plant alarm signaling
- Remote sensing of ocean color change may warn of submarine volcanic activity
- Climate-change research suggests that pollen seasons will grow longer and more severe
- Fish can perform basic arithmetic
New and updated articles include:
- Antenna (electromagnetism)
- Euclidean geometry
- Hole state in a solid
- Lens (optics)
- Line spectrum
- Ohm’s law
- Theoretical physics
- Water treatment
- Wave motion
- Band theory of solids
- Electrical circuit
- Electrical resistance and conductance
- Electron-hole recombination
- Hydraulics
- Medical dialysis
- Probability
- Semiconductor
- Social media
- Statics
- Statistics
- Vestibular system
- X-ray diffraction
New videos and animations include:
- Activation of Complement
- Benefits and Risks of Using Anhydrous Ammonia
- How is Climate Change Affecting Hibernation?
- How Spliceosomes Process RNA
- Intracellular Receptor Model
- Activation of Helper T Cells
- Lytic and Lysogenic Cycles
- Miller-Urey Experiment
- Propagation of an Action Potential Along an Unmyelinated Axon
- Restriction Endonucleases
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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 finance, investing, interpersonal relations, family, marriage, parenthood, and child development.
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Gardening resources
It’s May in Minnesota, which means it’s time to start planning our gardens! We’ve got hundreds of books and ebooks on all kinds of gardening, which you can also find in our virtual Gardening & Landscaping collection or currently on display in the Library.
Ebooks Minnesota offers ebooks on gardening for kids, attracting butterflies, indoor gardening, landscaping with native plants, square foot gardening, and more.
Gardening and Horticulture is one of our Gale databases, with millions of articles on the scientific aspects of horticulture as well as practical gardening information.
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Films on Demand update
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National Poetry Month 2022
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!
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New titles
Check out the new books and videos we added to our collection in March. Here are just a few of the new titles:
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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 accounting, business communication, presentations, advertising, and personal finance.
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Opposing Viewpoints update
Opposing Viewpoints is constantly adding and updating coverage of current events and social issues, perfect for students writing argument papers. Here are some new and recently updated topics:
