Each academic year, CSN’s One Book, One College (OBOC) program chooses a book for the CSN community to read, discuss and connect with. The 2019-20 selection, Alan Alda’s If I Understood You, Would I Have this Look on my Face? brought the CSN community together in classes, at events and through an art contest to…
CSN’s librarians are available online to assist you during the summer session! Just use this link to start chatting with a librarian: Beginning June 1st: Monday-Thursday, 8 am to 6 pm Friday, 8 am to 4 pm Whatever your question is, we will do our best to help!
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month where both Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are celebrated for their rich culture and impact on American society. The month was chosen to honor the first Japanese immigrants’ arrival in the U.S. on May 7, 1843 as well as to commemorate the completion of the U.S. transcontinental railroad…
Classes are finishing up and finals are near. If you are not quite done with your research assignment, we can help! CSN’s librarians are available online to assist you with finding information from credible sources such as ebooks and articles from scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers. We can also help you cite your sources in proper MLA…
CSN has several librarians who work at our reference desks part-time and also answer questions on our Library website through chat. You might have met 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…
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…
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…
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…