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…
Welcome back, CSN instructors and professors! If your course includes a research or critical thinking component requiring the use of information, we invite you to schedule library instruction with CSN Libraries over the coming semester. Our librarians are eager to work with you to create a customized instruction session (or multiple sessions) for the research…
With Thanksgiving around the corner and the holidays upon us, it’s a great time to think about giving. At CSN Libraries, we not only want to give thanks, but also give back–especially in ways that can help our community. And what better way is there for a library to help others than through the power…
Love to read your daily Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper but don’t want to subscribe? You’re in luck because if you are a CSN student, faculty member, or staff member you can read entire issues online for free. The library subscribes to the RJ through our Newsbank database. You can find this database in our A-Z…
If you need help studying anatomy, our CSN Libraries can lend you a hand– and an ear, a leg, an eye and more! We have 3D models of the organs, muscles, bones and various systems of the human body available to use inside the library for a two hour loan period. Different models are available…
CSN Libraries extends a warm welcome to new Instruction & Reference Librarian Gracie McDonough! Gracie is no stranger to CSN, having spent the last several semesters as a part-time reference librarian at the Charleston campus. Gracie will be helping students at the reference desk and teaching library instruction sessions at the Charleston campus library. Where…
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…
What is a biography? A biography or autobiography is an account of the special and important events in a person’s life along with the basic facts such as date of birth, date of death, nationality, profession, or reason for celebrity. An autobiography is written by the individual themself and a biography is written by an…
Science and Nature are two long-standing and highly regarded journals that publish peer reviewed research articles. Science was founded in 1880 with seed money from Thomas Edison, while Nature has been publishing since 1869. Articles from Science and Nature no longer appear in the results of the main search box on our Library website, but…
Are you a CSN instructor? A librarian will create a customized instruction session for the research assignments in your courses. Our online booking form allows you to choose the date, time, location and learning outcomes for the session. Last year, CSN librarians did hundreds of instruction sessions in courses such as: Academic & Life Success American Sign…