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Why it’s so hard to read a book right now, explained by a neuroscientist

vox.com "We’re trying to resolve an uncertainty that is unresolvable."

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The Library Of Congress Wants DJs (And You) To Make Beats Using Its Audio Collections

Take a break! Blow off some steam! Make a beat!
When your done, we're here to help finish up your semester!

npr.org The Library hopes everyone, from amateur musicians to Kanye West, uses its new audio tool.

Where do you get your news?
The CF Library staff works hard to provide reliable and interesting sources for all your information needs.
Check out World News Digest and tell us what you think.
https://online.infobaselearning.com/Direct.aspx?aid=95544&pid=WE56

It's still National Library Week 2020 and we're still celebrating!
Check-out our Create A Story Contest!
Use ONE word from each of the book titles listed here to form one or more creative sentences and email your story to the CF Library at [email protected] by May 2nd to win one of three gift cards.

A Reasonable Doubt
American Prison
Bulldozed
Heatstroke
Hustling and Other Hard Work
Invitation to the Life-span
Lost
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel
On the Origin of Superheroes
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Party Girls Die in Pearls
Plot, Story and the Novel
Retire Rich
The Anthem Sprinters And Other Antics
The First Primary
The Mobile Revolution
The Mysteries Within
The World Book Encyclopedia

Happy National Library Week 2020
The CF Library specializes in fun and informative (that's an unofficial stance). Take your mind off "things" for a little bit with this fun and informative word search featuring several of our most loved databases.
Play here or find a PDF at the link: cf.libguides.com/NationalLibraryWeek2020WordSearch

We are very excited that it is National Library Week!!!
Keep checking in to check-out the puzzles and prizes, games and giveaways we have in store.
First up is a digital scavenger hunt: https://cf.libguides.com/libraryhome/libraryscavengerhunt

What an interrupted school year means for these college students

pbs.org The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the academic year of some 20 million college students as campuses are shuttered nationwide. Many of these young people are continuing their studies through online classes -- but the transition is not easy for all of them. John Yang reports on the logistical, em...

So many great resources are available for free through the end of the semester. Now is a great time to master the seventh edition of APA formating.
Follow this link and register for no cost online access: https://studentresponse.redshelf.com/book/1513069/concise-guide-to-apa-style-seventh-edition-1513069-9781433832765-american-psychological-association?free_books=True

It's that time of the semester! How are your citation skills? Brush up on MLA formating with this fun interactive from Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries. A big thanks to the Blue and Gold for sharing!
http://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/anatomy_of_citations/story_html5.html

The Feature Films for Education Collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes.
Collection Highlights Include:
12 Years a Slave
The Crucible
A Cure for Wellness
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Diary of Anne Frank
Drumline
Fight Club
He Named Me Malala
Hidden Figures
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
The Martian
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
The Paper Chase
The Revenant
The Shape of Water
Soul Food
Thank You for Smoking
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
A United Kingdom
Walk the Line
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
…and hundreds more!
http://online.infobaselearning.com/Login.aspx?app=&aid=&returnUrl=%2f

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March is Women's History Month!!
Learn more about all of these wonderful women from the CF Library database Biography. Find Biography under Databases A-Z on the Library Search page.

Come celebrate Fair Use Week, all this week in the LRC!
https://cf.libguides.com/fairuseweek2020

Happy birthday to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer and priest who set astronomy down a new path that transformed how scientists think about the universe, with what came to be called the Copernican theory, placing the sun instead of the earth at the center of our planetary system.
Check out more about his life, theories and impact in these titles at the CF Library.

NYPL The New York Public Library

Happy birthday to Levar Burton, star of the beloved show Reading Rainbow!

Florida's Presidential Primaries are March 17th. To vote you must be registered by February 18th. Florida residents can register online here: https://registertovoteflorida.gov/home
Did you know you can register before you are 18 years old? More registration and voting information is available here: https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/for-voters/voter-registration/register-to-vote-or-update-your-information/

Free valentine bookmarks created by Casey Landau!
Post an image of your customized bookmark in the comments to win a prize!

Happy Darwin Day!!
Check out some of the CF Library titles on the life and ideas of Charles Darwin, born this day in 1809.
Darwin's sacred cause : how a hatred of slavery shaped Darwin's views on human evolution GN281.4 .D47 2009
Lincoln & Darwin : shared visions of race, science, and religion E457.2 .L226 2010
The reluctant Mr. Darwin : an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution QH31 .D2 Q35 2006
Darwin : portrait of a genius QH31 .D2 J64 2012

The architecture of knowledge : the library of the future
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