Faculty: Are you struggling to find online sources that your students can get immediate access to? With the current situation that higher education is in, open educational resources (OER) are more important than ever before. While our library staff at CSN are busy scanning chapters of textbooks and sending them to students who need to…
Electronic Textbooks: Some providers are making textbooks available for free to students during COVID-19. Try searching for your textbook at: RedShelf– This company is partnering with the publishing community to provide students with up to 7 free ebooks through May 25th Cambridge University Press– Free access to HTML textbooks CSN Libraries Ask A Librarian– Via…
Although our print collections are not available right now on campus, you can easily access ebooks, articles, and videos through our library website. During the COVID-19 crisis, our database vendors and publishers are offering even more resources and allowing more patrons to view them at the same time. It seems everyone is stepping up to…
Hello everyone! We just wanted to let you all know that your friendly neighborhood librarians are still here to help you in any way that we can. You can always use the orange “Ask Us” button on our website, email us at library@csn.libanswers.com, or text us at (702) 757-6755. We have a few events that…
Whether you’re working on an argumentative research paper or a persuasive speech, CSN Libraries have three databases that will provide credible information on both sides of your issue: CQ Researcher provides in-depth reports on current and controversial issues with overviews, background information, pro/con essays and more. Issues and Controversies on File offers objective, detailed information on hotly…
Welcome to the exciting world of virtual teaching, CSN instructors and professors! If your course includes a research or critical thinking component requiring the use of information, we are still capable of providing library instruction to your students for the remainder of the semester! While we are no longer providing in-person instruction, our librarians are…
Need help with a research assignment? Wondering how you might read some pages assigned in a textbook? Maybe you need help citing sources? Our CSN Libraries have several ways to help you while our campus libraries are closed: Questions? Ask Us! Use this page to instantly chat with a CSN librarian or, if you prefer,…
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” On May 19, 1919, these words were proposed as an amendment to the U.S. Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women (“19th Amendment” 1). Ratified in…
CSN has several librarians who work at our reference desks part-time. You might have seen them in the evening or on the weekends. Some of our part-time (adjunct) librarians also work at the public libraries, so you might recognize them from those libraries too. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be highlighting some of our…
You should think of a library database as an organized electronic catalog and storage container for published articles mostly from research journals, newspapers, and magazines. Many databases give you access to other items like book chapters, e-books, government and business records and reports, photographic images and works of art, reference works, and audio files and…