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• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added lots of new content in May. New briefings include:

  • Insects threatened by biodiversity crisis
  • Oldest common ancestor of chickens and ducks
  • Restoring dormant water systems in buildings after the COVID-19 shutdown
  • Solutions for reducing the climate and health effects of concrete production
  • The closest black hole to Earth is in a star system visible to the naked eye

  New and updated articles include:

  • Chronic wasting disease
  • Coronavirus
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • Panama disease
  • Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac

  And check out these fun new videos:

  • Five Cute Critters That Can Kill You
  • The Chemistry Behind Delicious Roasted Potatoes

  

  June 17, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 961

• Films On Demand update

  Films On Demand added 1,144 new videos in May. Take a look!

   

  

  June 17, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 1035

• 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 16, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 2457

• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added new content in April, including new articles on acceleration and
  poisonous plants. New briefings include:

  • Consequences of global climate change on infectious disease in humans
  • New study hints at matter-antimatter symmetry violation in neutrinos
  • Persistent polar vortex caused rare, large Arctic ozone hole
  • Star’s rosette-shaped orbit around a supermassive black hole supports general relativity
  • Two new species of sawsharks from the Indian Ocean
  • Water-free synthesis of MXenes

  New videos and animations include:

  • All About Shark Repellant
  • The Chemistry of Cartoon Antics

  

  May 19, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 900

• Films On Demand update

  Films On Demand added 146 new videos in April. Take a look!

   

  

  May 8, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 964

• New titles

  Take a look at the new books, audiobooks, music, and videos we added to our collection in March and April. 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 7, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 577

• 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:

  • Representative American Speeches 2018-2019
  • Hate Crimes
  • Propaganda and Misinformation

    
  

  Get the facts and have an informed opinion!

  April 22, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 607

• Online cookbooks

  Many of us are finding more time to cook and bake these days. If you’re looking for fresh ideas and recipes, you’ll find hundreds of cookbooks in our EBSCO ebook collection. Take a look and expand your culinary horizons!

    
  
    
  
    

  April 22, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 354

• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added new content in March, including new articles on atrial fibrillation, heat transfer, lasers, and uranium. New briefings include:

  • Drug-resistant Candida auris and Acinetobacter are serious public-health threats
  • Ground-dwelling birds survived the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
  • How to break down “forever chemicals”
  • Natural ventilation may not improve indoor air quality
  • Teardrop-shaped star pulsates only on one side
  • Tidal locking causes iron rain to be common weather on exoplanet WASP-76b

  New videos and animations include:

  • How to Make Magnetic Slime
  • The Art and Chemistry of Blacksmithing

  

  April 16, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 780

• National Poetry Month 2020

  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

  

  April 15, 2020 • Uncategorized • Views: 1732