Check out the new books we’ve added to our collection since March. Here are just a few of the new titles:
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Author archives
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New titles
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Free books
Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Nathan if you’d like any of them for your department. Most of these books are about gardening and landscaping, just in time for spring!
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AccessScience update
AccessScience has added lots of new science-related content since January, including articles on carcharhiniformes and genetic genealogy. Editorial briefings include:- Cyclin A2 gene reactivation enables cellular repair of damaged heart tissue
- NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor’s planetary defense mission to detect potentially hazardous space objects
- Birds’ evolutionary origin and diversification occurred earlier in the Jurassic Period than previously believed
- Regulating SIRT6 levels to prevent age-related cognitive decline
News stories include:
- Earth is bathed in droves of neutrinos spewed by the Milky Way’s stars
- These sick baby ants sacrifice themselves to protect their colony
- This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math
- This tool-using cow defies expectations for bovine braininess
- A precise proton measurement helps put a core theory of physics to the test
- AI models spot deepfake images, but people catch fake videos
- Earth’s core may hide dozens of oceans of hydrogen
- Seismometers can track falling space junk
- Spider silk-making organs evolved due to a 400-million-year-old genetic oops
- Venus has a massive lava tube
- Wanderlust may be written in our DNA
- Widespread use of HPV shots could mean fewer cervical cancer screenings
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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:- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling
- Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health
- Athletes and Sports
- Censorship
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Daylight Saving Time
- Divorce
- Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Cars
- Food Insecurity
- Gerrymandering and Redistricting
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Medical Care
- Medicare
- Pollution
- Prisons
- Refugees in the United States
- Socialism
- US Armed Forces
- US Population Growth
- Women in Professional Sports
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New titles
Check out the new books we’ve added to our collection since January. 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 Nathan if you’d like any of them for your department. Most of these books are about pharmacology and nursing.
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Free books
Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Nathan if you’d like any of them for your department. Most of these books are about pediatrics, dentistry, and pharmacology.
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AccessScience update
AccessScience has added lots of new science-related content since November, including an article on Nobel Prizes for 2025. Editorial briefings include:- A single dose of psilocybin alleviates chronic pain and associated anxiety and depression in mice
- Adaptations of marine microbes might provide a biotechnological solution to the global plastic pollution problem
News stories include:
- A diet low in glutamate may ease migraines
- A special shape shift helps a shrub thrive in blistering heat
- Lions have a second roar that no one noticed until now
- Mosquitoes infiltrated Iceland. Will they survive the winter?
- Volunteers agreed to be buried face-down in the snow, for science
- Water jets may break up into droplets thanks to jiggling molecules
- A therapeutic HPV vaccine shrank cervical tumors in mice
- A volcanic eruption might have helped bring the Black Plague to Europe
- Dark matter ‘nuggets’ could explain the Milky Way’s mysterious glow
- Mosquitos use it to suck blood. Researchers used it to 3-D print
- Personalized ‘prehabilitation’ helps the body brace for major surgery
- Research hailing the benefits of the COVID-19 shot keeps coming
- This newfound cascade of events may explain some female gut pain
- Twisted stacks of 2-D carbon act like a weird type of superconductor
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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:- Cancel Culture
- Children of Undocumented Immigrants
- Culture of Beauty
- Deregulation
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Guns and Violence
- Homelessness
- Junk Food
- Labor Unions
- Military Deployment
- Oceans
- Online Gambling
- Space Exploration
- Student Activism and Free Speech
- Transgender Equality
- Video Games
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The Reference Shelf update
If you’re looking for extensive, unbiased coverage of social issues and topics in the news, check out the Reference Shelf series. You’ll find print copies on our shelves and most are also online at Salem Online. The latest three titles are:
- Immigration & Border Control in the 21st Century
- Space Exploration
- Representative American Speeches, 2024-2025
Get the facts and have an informed opinion!
