Library Adds Gale's Health Reference Center Academic

Our library has purchased an online subscription to Gale’s Health Reference Center Academic database. This resource includes the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.

This is an excellent resource for many of Century's health programs, from Health Sciences to Orthotics. To get started, just 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 and look under Gale.

If you have comments on this resource or resources you would like the library to add, please email us at askalibrarian@century.edu.

Two New Databases

Check out 2 new databases, which we get for free from EBSCO:

• Teacher Reference Center, which Indexes over 260 titles from teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books.

• GreenFILE, which focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Includes more than 600 scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports.

To find them, go to the Library's homepage at http://www.century.edu/library/, choose “Databases A-Z”, and look under EBSCO.

February New Books List Available

The February 2009 New Books List is available on the Library's What's New web page, http://www.century.mnscu.edu/library/whatsnew.aspx.

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.