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By Ajax Delvecki
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I’ve got an old song in my head. It starts something like “ Springtime on roses, and chickens on kittens, lottery tickets are best when they’re hittin’…” or whatever. I’m singing the song because Springtime Is Here! To help usher in the flowers and allergies, Charleston Library has a display commemorating the freshness of the season. Come check out “Spring GREEN!” We are celebrating the fun and zippy aspects of sustainable and clean living. Whether it’s Greening Your Cleaning or Vegan-ing Your Eating, we will have something for you! Be sure to check out the updated New Books display! And for

By Lorraine Rosales
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Love Dogs are Back The Love Dogs are back to bring their pawsitive vibes to students, faculty, and staff with their trained therapy skills! Love Dog Adventures-Pet Partners of Las Vegas will be visiting campus libraries in April. Take a break from studying and come spend time with certified therapy animals.Henderson Campus LibraryTuesday, April 912pm-2pm (classroom H229)North Las Vegas Campus LibraryThursday, April 1112pm-2pmCharleston Campus LibraryTuesday, April 1612pm-2pm Scholars & Scribes By Raine Rosales Published on 13 March, 2024 Have a term paper or essay due? Let our scholars and

By Lorraine Rosales
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The Love Dogs are back to bring their pawsitive vibes to students, faculty, and staff with their trained therapy skills! Love Dog Adventures-Pet Partners of Las Vegas will be visiting campus libraries in April. Take a break from studying and come spend time with certified therapy animals. Henderson Campus Library Tuesday, April 9 12pm-2pm (classroom H229) North Las Vegas Campus Library Thursday, April 11 12pm-2pm Charleston Campus Library Tuesday, April 16 12pm-2pm

By Ajax Delvecki
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We don’t know if it was a winter slowdown or a sunshine hoedown, but a lot of our new books at the Charleston Campus Library came in at the same time! We have so many new books that we made a larger display to showcase some of them. Come check them out (and, literally, check some out) this month of March. In addition to books in the library, here is a glimpse of just a few of our new electronic resources: ---------------------------------- Title: A Mic for All Seasons: My Three Decades Announcing the NFL, NHL, MBA, MLB, and Olympics Author: Kenny Albert Location: EBSCOhost Details: Kenny

By Raine Rosales
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Have a term paper or essay due? Let our scholars and scribes work some magic on your GPA! Come get assistance from a librarian and a writing center tutor at this one stop shop event! Bring your assignment, your topic, your term paper draft, your questions, and a pen! Free hot coffee included! A librarian and tutor will be available to help with: researching your topic, vetting and citing your sources, workshopping thesis statements, fine tuning outlines, refining full drafts. North Las Vegas Campus Library Monday, April 1 12pm - 3pm Henderson Campus Library Tuesday, April 2 11am - 2pm

By Christopher Zahedi
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Safari Books Online is a resource provided by publisher O’Reilly which offers over 50,000 books, courses, videos, and audiobooks. While the resource has a strong emphasis on Computer Sciences and technology, there are also titles on topics such as self-help, real estate, and even Minecraft. Titles are available for just about any level of user from beginner to expert --they even offer the popular Dummies series of books. In addition to standard online materials, the resource offers playlists made by experts. These playlists combine book chapters, videos, and courses to give users a specialized

By Maggie Harris
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Do you have a favorite Disney or Pixar film? March Madness is here all month long to vote for your favorite Disney and Pixar movies and see who becomes this year’s winner! Voting ends each Friday at 8am and the next round is available every Friday at 12pm. Vote for Disney vs Pixar each week.

By Torri Kellough
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Celebrate Women’s History Month, by delving into some incredible films highlighting the remarkable achievements of women available in our collection of electronic resources. Some important films are spotlighted below, and more are available in the Kanopy database’s Notable Figures in Women’s History collection. Also check out the CSN Women’s Alliance website for college events you can join happening throughout the month of March. Title: Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space Director: Tracy Heather Strain Location: Kanopy database Details: Explores the writer’s anthropological work and its

By Christopher Zahedi
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CSN Library's Chrome Extension The CSN Library is happy to present the CSN Library Search Plugin for Google Chrome.This free extension allows users to quickly and easily search for terms they come across while conducting research.To use it, simply highlight the term you want to search for, right click, hover over CSN Library Search Plugin and choose to search in either the CSN Library, Google Scholar or WorldCat.The extension will open the search results in a new tab thus LIB101 Fall 2023 By Ajax Delvecki Published on 15 September, 2023 Develop Your Research Skills in LIB 101 By Emily Pattni

By Susan Gregg
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AP Stylebook Online is a grammar style and usage guide created by American journalists and used by writers and editors in the field. Anyone who wants to work in journalism or media writing should familiarize themselves with this tool. It is also a valuable resource for any student who has a writing assignment. The AP (Associated Press) is the largest non-profit news gathering organization in the world and uses its style to keep the news easy to read, concise, and free of bias. The guide is accessible on the CSN Library website under Browse Databases. Features You can search or browse the guide