CSN has a new database called Campus Research . This database is replacing Nexis Uni and will be very useful for students in the paralegal program, criminal justice classes or anyone seeking legal information. With Campus Research you can look up both federal and state cases, statutes, court rules, regulations, administrative decisions, briefs, proposed and enacted legislation, and proposed and adopted regulations. This database also has information on bankruptcy, estate planning, environmental law, immigration, insurance, tax law, retirement, real estate, labor and employment, military law
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CSN's One Book, One College (OBOC) program begins its fifth year of bringing the CSN community together by reading and discussing a single book! The selection for this 2020/2021 academic year is The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. The book explores how to live a happier, more fulfilling life using 10 great ideas from psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, ethics and morality. It's a highly readable mix of enduring wisdom and modern scientific research. If you want to learn more about the ten great ideas in the Happiness
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HBO has announced that Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book Between the World and Me is being made into a television special premiering this fall. CSN Libraries recently acquired the ebook, while the print book will be available to check out from the Henderson and North Las Vegas campus libraries when we reopen. Between the World and Me is a letter that Coates writes to his son, Samori, about their lives in a world that continues to be full of prejudice. Coates writes this letter to his son in 2015 after learning that the killer of Michael Brown would go free. The announcement causes Samori to break down in
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The American Women’s Almanac: 500 Years of Making History by Deborah Felder (2020) is a new addition to our Credo Reference database. This reference book contains biographies, historical facts, essays on significant legislation & movements and over 500 photos. If you’re looking for credible biographical information on well known or lesser known women who had a significant impact on U.S. history, society or culture, just click on the “people” section when you open the ebook. You’ll see an alphabetical list linking to articles that profile over 1,000 women, including activists, artists, athletes
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Is quarantine life making it hard to focus? Need to develop a hobby that gets you outdoors or can be done with social distancing? If you’re already an amateur shutterbug using your smartphone camera, now might be the perfect time to up your photo game in a snap! Why not learn something new with CSN Libraries photography resources? Though our campus libraries are closed, that doesn’t mean you can’t read through a good ebook to learn more about the basics of photography or even more advanced techniques. Our Safari/O’Reilly collection has a multitude of online photography books that cover digital
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"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." On May 19, 1919, these words were proposed as an amendment to the U.S. Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women ("19th Amendment" 1). Ratified in 1920, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the constitutional amendment and with it comes celebrations of what it took to get this far. Many individual states and organizations are hosting events to commemorate 100 years of women's suffrage. On the federal level, the U.S. Department of Labor
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Need Local News Sources? Does your research assignment focus on a topic related to Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas or any other location within Nevada? If so, our Las Vegas/Nevada News (Newsbank) https://libguides.csn.edu/newsbank database can help. When you bring up the Newsbank database, look for the blue link on the lower right that says “USA-Nevada.” It contains articles and transcripts from over 50 news outlets within Nevada. Currently you’ll find same-day articles from our local major newspapers the Las Vegas Review Journal and the Las Vegas Sun, as well as articles going back to
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Do you like to share your photos on social media? So do we! Your CSN Library is now on Instagram @csnlibraries to keep you up to date on what we do each day, offer insightful study information, and share contests that you can participate in! To celebrate the launch of our new social media platform, we're hosting a contest to show what you are doing in the library at CSN. Take a picture of yourself inside the library and tag it with #InCSNLibrary. The CSN librarians will be voting on our favorite fun photo at the end of the semester, and the student winner will receive a gift card to the CSN
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Searching for a hot topic for your research assignment? One of the first steps in starting a research paper is to choose a topic. Several of the library databases have a page with topics to choose from and then find articles about that topic. They include CQ Researcher, Issues and Controversies, and Opposing Viewpoints in Context. While these are great resources for choosing a topic, they don’t necessarily have topics recently in the news. The Newsbank database has a list of current (this month) topics for you to choose from. To access Las Vegas/ Nevada News (Newsbank) click the Browse
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The beginning of this month, February 27-March 3, marked Nevada Reading Week, where students across the state celebrated their love of reading! As a librarian, I can't help but appreciate any time people acknowledge the value of reading in the lives of kids, students, and society as a whole. But the best part about Nevada Reading Week, for me, is the opportunity to give back, by volunteering to read to kids at local schools. Nevada Reading Week first came about from the Nevada State Department of Education to encourage a love of reading in our own local children and give them opportunities to