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Favorite Poems this Poetry Month

We made it to April, a month of mostly warmer weather, spring break, and National Poetry Month! CSN Libraries typically celebrates with a display of poetry books inside each campus library. But just because the physical libraries are closed doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate online. In fact, in times of upheaval, poetry can be a…

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Share Your Art in a Bookmark Contest!

Are you a budding artist? Do you love to read? Want to show off your skills and help people mark their place? In honor of Nevada Reading Week (March 2-6), CSN Libraries is holding a bookmark contest all week–and all MONTH–long! Starting Monday, March 2, you can pick up an entry form at any CSN…

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Library Account Access is Easier Than Ever!

If you explore our library website, you might notice a brand-new feature that’s just recently been added for you! To get quick access to your library card account for renewing books, viewing the items you have out on loan, viewing materials you placed on request, and viewing your InterLibrary Loan items, simply visit the library…

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Interested in OER? Your Librarians are Experts!

Our newest full-time librarian Gracie McDonough is keeping busy learning and teaching about open educational resources. We’ve interviewed her regarding OER and what she’s doing to help faculty and students in this area. How would you define OER? What can you tell us about its benefits and potential? OER (Open Educational Resources) are free and…

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New Library URL–Update Your Links

You might not have noticed a small change on our website this semester, but we’re here to fill you in! At the end of the fall, our library worked hard to update the back end of our website! With this update, CSN Libraries now has a new address on the web: https://library.csn.edu. This move allows…

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Is it Peer Reviewed? Ulrichsweb Can Help

There’s a new database on our CSN Libraries A-Z listing! Ulrichsweb is a resource of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals, such as peer reviewed journals, e-journals, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more. Ulrich’s records provide data such as publisher, language, subject, tables of contents and reviews written by librarians. These records use the term “refereed” to indicate whether…