September 11: 10 Year Commemoration and Digital Resources

As the ten year commemoration of the historic and tragic events of September 11, 2011 occurs this month, the Learning Resource and Technology Center is highlighting a notable information resource, The September 11 Digital Archive, Saving the Histories of September 11, 2001. This very interesting and useful site features electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of that terrible day, organizing 150,000 digital items, including emails and other electronic communications, first hand accounts, and 15,000+ digital images. In September 2003, the Library of Congress accepted the Archive into its collections. This resource can now be found on our library's website. Go to Internet Resources and Searching and the link will be located in the General Information category.

Here is a direct link. http://911digitalarchive.org/

Libraries top McDonald's Numbers

Here's some interesting library facts and statistics as noted by Leonard Kniffel in American Libraries Magazine last fall.

Public libraries and their branch outlets (16,549) outnumber McDonald's restaurants in the USA.

U.S. public library use has reached a new high level. Approximately 2 out of every 3 adults (63%) have a library card.

Book publishing is at an all time high with nearly 300,000 (English language) titles issued yearly.

Academic and public library reference librarians/information specialists (USA) on a weekly basis are responding to 7.2 million questions. Academic librarians alone are handling 72.8 million information/title requests annually.

For computer access, the public library is the first choice for those without home or work computers. Consequently 98.9% of public libraries provide such access, and librarians provide help in achieving accurate and relevant search results.


Relatedly, Mpls businessman and author Harvey Mackay recently touted the services and benefits of libraries in the Star-Trib, even creating one of his Mackay's Morals. "The library is a truly amazing resource - check it out."

List of Gunsmithing Periodicals

We have added a list of our gunsmithing periodicals to the Pine Tech website. Click here. Check it out and see what we have available in this special library collection.

New Medical/Health Information Link added!

The top source of information and resources for the emergency medical services community, JEMS.com is the leading online destination for EMTs, paramedics and EMS administrators. Check it out on our website under the Internet Resources and Searching heading.

EBSCOhost: Publications: Nursing

One of the library's great in-house journals is Nursing 2011 transitioning to Nursing 2012 next year. Make good use of this resource by focusing your searches in EBSCOhost/Cinahl Plus with Full Text just on this journal.
1. Click this link to access it directly. EBSCOhost: Publications: Nursing.
2. Click on Search within this publication
3. Note: Type your keyword in the 2nd field box below JN:Nursing to search this journal only.

Periodicals Database Added to Library Resources

The Directory of Open Access Journals now joins the list of impressive Research Databases on the library's web page. The DOAJ provides searching access to free, full text, scientific and scholarly journals from around the world. In April of this year, this resource was chosen as one of 20 useful speciality search engines for college students by the Edu-tastic Blog.



http://www.doaj.org/

More new books have arrived!

There are several new titles on the shelves from the Oxford University Press series called "A very short introduction" They are: Human rights, Hinduism, Myth, Prehistory, Fossils, The Bible, Chrisitanity, Autism, Judaism, Medical ethics, Deserts, Shakespeare, Dinosaurs, Animal rights, Logic and Nuclear weapons. Also new this month: What is mental illness? by Richard McNally 616.89 MCN The docks by Bill Sharpsteen 387.1 SHA The hunter's guide to accurate shooting by Wayne Van Zwoll 799.20 VAN How we age: a doctor's journey into the heart of growing old by Marc E. Agronin, MD 305.26 AGR The 1,000-year flood: Destruction, loss, rescue, and redemption along the Mississippi River by Stephen J. Lyons 363.34 LYO Diet for a hot planet: The climate crisis at the end of your fork and what you can do about it by Anna Lappe 363.73 LAP Saunders Nursing drug handbook 2011 by Barbara Hodgson REF 615.1 SAU Complete guide to prescription and nonprescription drugs by H. Winter Griffith REF 615.1 GRI Old gunsights & rifle scopes by Nick Stroebel REF 683.4 STR The encyclopedia of the heart and heart disease 2nd edition by Otelio S. Randall REF 612.1 RAN 2011 standard catalog of firearms by Dan Shideler REF 623.44 SHI Pandora's seed by Spencer Wells 304.2 WEL, Indian nations of North America by Anton Treuer et. al. 970.004 TRE