Winter Break Library Hours

The Library will be closed from December 20-January 2.

If you need to pay a fine, call (651) 779-3263 for assistance. You can return library materials in the book return.

During the week of January 3-7, we will be open from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM. We will be closed on Saturday, January 8.

Regular hours will resume on January 10, 2011.

Salem Health and Salem Literature

Salem Press provides online access to their titles that we buy in print, so we have added links in our catalog to Salem titles like Magill's Medical Guide. We've also added Salem Health and Salem Literature to our Databases A-Z list.

New Electronic Reference Books

The following new Gale virtual reference books have been loaded and are available in both our Gale Virtual Reference Library collection and our library catalog:

• Additional volumes of Encyclopedia of World Biography
• Supplements to the New Catholic Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Modern China
• A Student Guide to Climate and Weather
• Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues
• Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania
• Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior
• Student’s Guide to the Presidency
• Encyclopedia of Gender and Society

We have also grouped our Gale Virtual Reference Library books by subject and made a keyword search box in many of our subject guides. See our History Subject Guide for an example.

Library Hours During Winter Break

The Library will be closed from December 20-January 2.

During the week of January 3-7, we will be open from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM. We will be closed on Saturday, January 8.

Regular hours will resume on January 10, 2011.

Library Windows in the News

The Business Section of the Star Tribune features the Century College Library and a story about the Minnesota company that created our unique windows.

"The library in White Bear Lake is partly sheathed in "smart glass" with electronically controlled tinting to reduce harmful sun rays and cut energy use.

"If it is a super-bright day, we dim them," said librarian Jane Young. A few minutes after pressing a button, the windows change from clear to tinted blue. "It's really cool."

Read more about it at:

http://www.startribune.com/business/110882379.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUvDEhiaE3miUsZ

Library Closed November 25-27

The Century Library will be closed November 25-27 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Library Closed November 11

The library will be closed on November 11 in honor of Veterans Day.