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2020-2021 Newsletters

April 27th 2021, Volume 16 Number 29  
  • It's Not Too Late To Get Help
  • 75, 286 Electronic Journals!
  • 423,520+ E-Books!
  • Library Tip: Return Day
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... frabjous
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Everyone you will ever meet knows something that you don't.
-Bill Nye
 
April 20th 2021, Volume 16, Number 28  
  • Two Weeks And Counting...
  • What Is Nexis Uni?
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Time To Save!
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... niggle
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
The meaning of life is to find your gift.  The purpose of life is to give it away.
-Pablo Picasso
 
April 13th 2021, Volume 16, Number 27  
  • Research Project? We Can Help!
  • What are PsychInfo and PsycArticles?
  • What does Internet Privacy Mean to You?
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Excel... Have It Your Way
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... bankster
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Enjoy the little things in life because one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things.
-Kurt Vonnegut
 
April 6th, 2021, Volume 16, Number 26  
  • Save Time; Get Better Grades
  • What Is JSTOR?
  • Library Tip: Research Guides & Tutorials
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Scam Watch!
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... paper tiger
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
-Victor Borge
 
March 30th, 2021, Volume 16, Number 25  
  • What Is ABI/INFORM Complete?
  • What Is Business Source Complete?
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: How To Use Periods In Excel Dates
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... nidus
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. 
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
-Margaret Mead
 
March 23rd, 2021, Volume 16, Number 24  
  • Online Information Resources & Support
  • 423,520+ E-Books!
  • Laptops To Go
  • What Is Literature Resource Center?
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Save Early Save Often
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... degage
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
The answer to peace is simple; it begins with you.
-Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock
 
March 16th, 2021, Volume 16, Number 23  
  • We Are Here To Help
  • What Is Statista?
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Where's Waldo?
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... sate
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms --
to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
 
March 9th, 2021, Volume 16, Number 22  
  • LibGuides Jumpstart Your Research
  • What Is Opposing Viewpoints In Context?
  • Library Tip: Streaming Video
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Misspelled Words In Your Dictionary?
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... gaucherie
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Fertility of imagination and abundance of guesses at the truth are among the first requisites of discovery.
-William Jevons
 
March 2nd, 2021, Volume 16, Number 21  
  • What Is ProQuest Research Library?
  • iPads at the Libraries
  • Library Tip - Help when the Library is closed
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: The Perfect Email
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... unmitigated
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
When you really pay attention, everything is your teacher.
-Ezra Bayda
 
February 23rd, 2021, Volume 16, Number 20  
  • 75,286 Electronic Journals!
  • 600,000 Words... 3 Million Quotations... 1,000 + Years of English
  • Got Newspapers?
  • Collaborative Study & Presentation Rooms
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Just The Fax!
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... Victorian
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
February 16th, 2021, Volume 16, Number 19  
  • If We Don't Have It... We'll Fetch It!
  • Oxford University Press E-Books
  • Student Tip: Great Study Spaces
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: About Those "Free" Apps...
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... unco
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Do not judge by appearances.  A rich heart may be under a poor coat.
-Scottish Proverb
 

February 9th, 2021, Volume 16, Number 18

 
  • Research Help Is Here!
  • Black Studies Resource Guide
  • Library Tip:  Book & Resource Suggestions
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip:  Scan And Fix A USB?
  • Cranial Candy:  Word Of The Week ... titan
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
-Dalai Lama
 

February 2nd, 2021, Volume 16, Number 17

 
  •  Clarion Online Support
  • EBSCO Discovery Service
  • Textbooks
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Just ... No!
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... malapropos
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation.  It's a lot more difficult to perform one.
-Chuck Palahniuk
 

January 26th, 2021, Volume 16, Number 16

 
  •  Welcome Back!
  • Dear Faculty: Information Literacy Instruction is Here!
  • Library Tip: Best Sellers
  • Faculty Tip: Streaming Video
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Can't Sleep?
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... deferential
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.
-Jose Ortega y Gasset
 

November 23rd, 2020, Volume 16, Number 15

 
  • Thanksgiving Break & Final Week
  • It's Not Too Late For Help
  • If the CU Libraries are closed
  • Library Tip: Return Day
  • Library Tip: Return Day
  • Library Tip: Eagle Dollars Accepted At Carlson
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: When Laptop Batteries "Go Bad"
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... tempestuous
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown.
-William Harvey
 

November 18th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 14

 
  • End of Semester and Thanksgiving Break Hours
  • The CU Libraries are closed?
  • ProQuest Research Library
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip:  Beware... Never Download "Codecs" or "Players"
  • Cranial Candy:  Word Of The Week ... affectious
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
-Carl Sagan, astronomer and author
(9 Nov 1934 - 1996)
 

November 10th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 13

 
  • Two Weeks and Counting...
  • What is ABI/INFORM Complete?
  • Library Tip: Research Guides & Tutorials
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Driver-Updating Utilities Are Worse Than Useless!
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... offal
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
-A.A. Milne
 

November 3rd, 2020, Volume 16, Number 12

 
  • Save Time And Get Better Grades!
  • What Is Nexis Uni?
  • Library Tip: Book & Resource Suggestions?
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Make Your PC Use Less Power
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... ingurgitate
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day,
Just to scatter seeds of kindness
As you pass along the way.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poet
 

October 27th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 11

 
  • What Is Literature Resource Center?
  • COVID Reminder
  • Library Tip: Librarians Can Help
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: USB 2.0 -vs- USB 3.0
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... salacious
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
-Theodore Roosevelt
26th US President (27 Oct 1958-1919)
 

October 20th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 10

 
  • Let Us Fetch That!
  • What is JSTOR?
  • Cell Phone Charging Station
  • Library Tip: EBSCOhost Listen
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: WiFi Is Dangerous!?
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week
  • Something TO Think About
Something To Think About
'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and
hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
-William Shakespeare
 

October 13th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 9

 
  • LibGuides: Jump Start Your Research!
  • What is Opposing Viewpoints In Context?
  • COVID Reminder
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip:  Web Addresses (URLs)
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Who, being loved, is poor?
-Oscar Wilde
 

October 6th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 8

 
  • Research Help Is Here!
  • What Is CQ Researcher?
  • Carlson Library Browsing Books - Torn from Their Bindings
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Why Computers Cannot Boot Instantly
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... cantankerous
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
-Kahlil Gibran
 

Sept 29, 2020, Volume 16, Number 7

 
  • What is Academic Video Online (AVON)?
  • 600,000 Words... 3 Million Quotations... 1,000 + Years of English
  • Covid Reminder
  • Faculty Tip: Chronicle of Higher Education Online
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Get The Most From Your Mouse!
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... knell
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Freedom is the kite's response to the wind.
-Marty Rubin
 

Sept 22, 2020, Volume 16, Number 6

 
  • Research Help is Here
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
  • Printing/Copying At Carlson and Suhr Libraries
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Fax?
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... effrontery
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
-Mother Teresa
 

Sept 15, 2020, Volume 16, Number 5

 
  •  Half A Million E-Books!
  • ARTSTOR
  • Carlson and Suhr Libraries Update
  • Library Tip: Photocopying
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Printing Facts
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... tawdry
  • Something to Think About
Something To Think About
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
-Henry Ford
 

Sept 8th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 4

 
  • What is Academic Search Ultimate?
  • Student Tip: Group Study Rooms
  • Carlson and Suhr Libraries Update
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: Printing With Eagle Dollars
  • Cranial Candy: Old Word Of The Week
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
-Khalil Gibran
 

Sept 1st, 2020, Volume 16, Number 3

 
  • Clarion Online Support
  • Laptops At The Library
  • iPads At The Library
  • Computers & Software added to the Carlson Library
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: We Are S.W.A.T.
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... beleaguer
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.  Without them, humanity cannot survive.
-The Dalai Lama
 

August 25th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 2

 
  • EBSCO Discovery Service
  • Carlson and Suhr Libraries Update
  • Textbooks
  • Student Tip - Great Study Spaces
  • The S.W.A.T. Minion's Tip: We Are S.W.A.T.
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... hydra
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
-Earnest Hemingway,
author and journalist, Nobel laureate
(21 Jul 1899 - 1961)
 

August 18th, 2020, Volume 16, Number 1

 
  • Welcome
  • Carlson and Suhr Libraries
  • Safety Protocols & Changes
  • Library Tip - ID Card
  • Faculty Tip - Information Literacy Instruction
  • The Minion's Mighty Tech Tip: S.W.A.T. The Problem
  • Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... leviathan
  • Something To Think About
Something To Think About
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns;
I am thankful thorns have roses.
-Alphonse Karr-
 
   
Last Updated 5/3/21