March 2009 Display Case

March is Women's History Month! The theme for Women's History Month is Women Taking the Lead to Save our Planet. The display case is packed with interesting books about women scientists whose lives show exceptional vision and leadership. Many areas of scientific work are covered including the environment, health discoveries, and animals. Stop in the library and check it out!

January New Books List

The first New Books list for 2009 is available on the What's New page at http://www.century.mnscu.edu/library/whatsnew.aspx.

Abraham Lincoln Display

February 12, 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth! Check out the new display case in the library for books on the life and times of our 16th President and find out why he remains one of the United States most popular and influential presidents still today.

New Virtual Reference Books

We just added 15 new online reference books to our collection, including titles like Complete Human Diseases and Conditions, Shakespeare for Students, Climate Change in Context, the Gale Encyclopedia of Science, and much more. You can find these and other online reference books in our catalog, which is available on our library home page, http://www.century.edu/library/. You may just come across them when searching by topic, but if you want to see a complete list, search for Gale Virtual Reference.

You can also search them through the Gale Virtual Reference Library database on our Databases A-Z list.

December New Books List Available

The December 2008 New Books List is available on the Library's What's New web page, http://www.century.mnscu.edu/library/whatsnew.aspx.

Another New Online Resource - Historical New York Times

We now provide access to a unique online resource from ProQuest, the historical New York Times from 1851 to present. This resource is searchable, full-text, and also includes images. So, not only are the pictures from the newspaper available, but also the ads. This is a fantastic resource for history classes, but other disciplines will be able to use it as well. Look up inauguration speeches from long ago presidents. Read the contemporary account of the battle of Gettysburg or of the 1929 stock market crash. Look at ads over time to see how prices and fashions changed.

You can find this new resource from the library's home page, http://www.century.edu/library/, under Databases A-Z, then look for ProQuest.

New Online Resource - Opposing Viewpoints

Just in time for the new semester, our library has purchased an online subscription to Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints database. This resource is a one-stop source for information on social issues, featuring viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. Click on the link above, or go to the Library’s home page at http://www.century.edu/library/ and click on Databases A-Z to get started.