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• LGBT Pride Month

  June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, a celebration of LGBT culture and history and a call to end prejudice and discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and identity. Learn more with books, ebooks, and videos from our collection and check out these sites for more information:

  • American Civil Liberties Union – LGBT Rights
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • It Gets Better Project
  • Lavender Magazine
  • Library of Congress – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
  • Minnesota Historical Society – LGBTQ Resources
  • Minnesota State Law Library – LGBT Rights
  • OutFront Minnesota
  • Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

  June 4, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 1665

• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added new content in April. There are updated articles on insect flight muscles and the marine worms Siboglinidae and Sipuncula. New briefings include:

  • Effects of electric-vehicle adoption on air quality
  • Event Horizon Telescope captures first image of a black hole
  • Possible new species of killer whale
  • Sudden apple decline affecting orchards

  New videos and animations include:

  • Can Plastic Be Composted?
  • What’s in Dog Food?
  • What Makes Kimchi So Delicious?
  • Women in Chemistry: Heroes of the Periodic Table

  

  May 28, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 96

• Opposing Viewpoints in Context update

  Opposing Viewpoints in Context is constantly adding and updating coverage of current events and controversial subjects, perfect for students writing argument papers. Here are some new and recently updated topics:

   

  • Hate Groups
  • Impeachment
  • Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising
  • Bioethics
  • College Admissions Process
  • Culture of Beauty
  • Drunk Driving
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Health Care Legislation

  • LGBTQ Rights and State Laws
  • Live Streaming of Violent Acts
  • Paranormal Phenomena
  • Presidential Election Process
  • Slavery Reparations
  • Suicide
  • Transportation Infrastructure
  • Underage Drinking
  • Vaccines

   

  

  May 22, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 4650

• Summer hours

  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.

  May 21, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 39172

• Gardening resources

  It’s warming up outside – time to start gardening! We’ve got lots of books on all kinds of gardening, which you can find in our catalog or currently on display in the Library.

  
  

  There are also 35 titles in the Ebooks Minnesota gardening collection, where you’ll find ebooks on gardening for kids, attracting butterflies, indoor gardening, landscaping with native plants, square foot gardening, and more.

  
  

  And finally, our Gale databases include the Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection, which includes articles on the scientific aspects of horticulture as well as practical gardening information.

  

  May 17, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 369

• Free books

  Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Naomi if you’d like any of them for your department.

  May 15, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 314

• Films On Demand update

  Films On Demand added 325 new videos in April. Take a look!

   

  

  May 10, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 155

• Mental Health Month 2019

  Did you know that 1 out of 5 American adults will experience some form of mental illness in any given year? May is Mental Health Month and this year, Mental Health America is encouraging people to explore different ways of improving mental health and general wellness, including animal companionship, spirituality, humor, work-life balance, and social connections and recreation. You can learn more about mental health and illness with books and videos from our collection.

  See these sites for more information:

  • MedlinePlus – Mental Health
  • Mental Health America
  • Mental Health Minnesota
  • Minnesota Department of Human Services – Adult mental health
  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

  And check out these infographics from Mental Health America:

  

   

  

   

  

   

  

  May 6, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 187

• New titles

  Take a look at the new books we’ve added to our collection since March. You can find these and everything else in our collection through our catalog, OneSearch. Here are just a few of the new titles. Check them out!

    
  
    
  
    

  May 3, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 234

• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added lots of new content in March. There are updated articles on black holes and quantum mechanics. New briefings include:

  • Climate change likely drove ancient African megaherbivores to extinction
  • Green water scarcity and sustainability
  • Liquid metal transformed into a plasma
  • Lithium-ion battery anodes produced from waste plastic bags
  • New mass measurement for the Milky Way Galaxy
  • Possible association between depression and gut bacteria

  New videos and animations include:

  • How Can You Catch Fruit Flies?
  • How is Leather Made?
  • What is Humidity?
  • What Is Natto?

  And finally, there’s a new video biography of Vinton Gray Cerf, winner of the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science.

  

  April 23, 2019 • Uncategorized • Views: 198