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    Just a reminder that the Library provides online access to The Chronicle of Higher Education, including:

    • articles and essays dating back to 1989
    • coverage of topics such as student success, technology (lots about AI here), and equity & diversity
    • data, statistics, and analysis
    • newsletters, advice, virtual events, job listings, and more

    Check out The Chronicle today!

    September 10, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 6142

  • New titles

    Check out the new books we’ve added to our collection since May. Here are just a few of the new titles:

    JC591 Free Speech         LB1060 Outsmart Your Brain         NC997 White Space Is Not Your Enemy

    NK2715 Chairs         R724 Health Care Ethics         RB45.15 Phlebotomy Essentials

    RB127 Anatomy of Pain TH4816 For the Love of Renovating TT870 How to Think and Design in the Third Dimension

    September 9, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 6033

  • AccessScience update

    AccessScience has added new science-related content since June. New and updated articles include:

    • Superstring theory
    • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

    Editorial briefings include:

    • Anti-cancer defenses in bats explained through genetics and evolution
    • Understanding slow-blinking as a social signal in cat-human interactions
    • Behavioral adaptations of helmeted guineafowl to extreme temperature variations could inform conservation strategies
    • Forging metal oxalates from carbon dioxide as precursors to sustainable cement production

    News stories include:

    • A dwarf galaxy just might upend the Milky Way’s predicted demise
    • Cancer DNA is detectable in blood years before diagnosis
    • Lotions and perfumes affect the air near our skin
    • Modified bacteria convert plastic waste into pain reliever
    • A new diabetes treatment could free people from insulin injections
    • A new ‘eye’ may radically change how robots see
    • Climate change may be pushing fungal allergy season earlier
    • Maggots may have been on the Neandertal menu
    • Some penguins save energy by riding ocean currents
    • The biggest black hole smashup ever detected challenges physics theories

    August 27, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 6785

  • 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:

    • Labor Unions
    • Health Conspiracies
    • National Debate Topic, 2025-2026: Exploration & Development of the Arctic

    Labor Unions  Health Conspiracies  National Debate Topic, 2025-2026: Exploration & Development of the Arctic

    Get the facts and have an informed opinion!

    August 13, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 4068

  • Films on Demand update

    Films On Demand has added 113 new videos since May. Take a look!

     

    August 13, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 5398

  • AccessScience update

    AccessScience has added new science-related content since March. New and updated articles include:

    • Human intelligence
    • Zika virus disease

    Editorial briefings include:

    • Genetically modified grapefruit allows the body to safely metabolize medications
    • Engineering lab-grown meat using perfusable fiber arrays
    • Multigenerational matrilineal cold-water diving has influenced an island population’s genetics

    News stories include:

    • Gila monsters may struggle to survive climate change
    • Mouse brains hint at why it’s so hard to forget food poisoning
    • Some tropical trees act as lightning rods to fend off rivals
    • Wetland bacteria could make more methane in a warming world
    • A gas cloud 5,500 times as massive as the Sun lurks nearby
    • Ancient poems document the decline of the Yangtze finless porpoise
    • Gamma rays flared as this lightning bolt formed
    • Wet fingers always wrinkle in the same way

    June 25, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 6724

  • LGBTQ Pride Month 2025

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

    • American Civil Liberties Union – LGBTQ Rights
    • Human Rights Campaign
    • It Gets Better Project
    • Lavender Magazine
    • Library of Congress – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month
    • Minnesota Historical Society – LGBTQIA+ Communities in Minnesota
    • Minnesota State Law Library – LGBT Rights
    • OutFront Minnesota
    • Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
    • U.S. Census Bureau – LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: June 2024
     

    Stop by the Library and check out our pride display, or take a look at our virtual LGBTQ+ Pride Month collection!

    June 4, 2025 • Topical • Views: 6816

  • Films on Demand update

    Films On Demand has added 101 new videos since March. Take a look!

     

    May 12, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 5301

  • New titles

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

    NC997 Graphis Design Annual 2025    NK2195 Designing Commercial Interiors    SF772.6 Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians

    May 5, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 5791

  • Free books

    Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Danielle if you’d like any of them for your department. Most of these books are about medicine and health.

    April 24, 2025 • Collection Updates • Views: 3886

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