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by Beth Staats
Statistics from the past few months show that the graphic novel, Avatar: The Last Airbender, is the most popular series in Ebooks Minnesota. It was an animated television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and has been described as one of the best-animated television series of all time. The extended Avatar franchise includes the ongoing comics series, available in Ebooks Minnesota.
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by Beth Staats
PebbleGo just added several new articles including new Animals and Biographies articles that are now available in the ELM modules. There are also several new American Indian Biographies articles, including an article about Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.
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by Beth Staats
Earth Day honors the achievements of the environmental movement and raises awareness of the importance of long-term ecological sustainability and moving toward positive change for our planet. To help teach students about Earth Day, Britannica’s Curriculum Expert Team has put together a few activities and resources.
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by Beth Staats
Part of ELM (eLibrary MN), EBSCO's Science Reference Center resource is available via the EBSCOhost, Explora, or its own dedicated interface (which the ELM Portal uses). It's a full-text resource with content to support high school science classrooms, whether in-person or virtual.
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by Beth Staats
Lately, I've been attending a series of webinars on Information Literacy and the most recent was Media Literacy for Adults: Misinformation and Disinformation, presented by Nicole Cook, Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her research and teaching interests include human information behavior (particularly in an online context) and she has published Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era, which some of you may have read.
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by Beth Staats
Ebooks Minnesota statistics are now available by city and public library group for the 2020 calendar year. If you're interested in seeing the number of users or sessions in your community you can access the data at Ebooks Minnesota usage by city or public library group, January 1–December 31, 2020.
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