The University Libraries offer a $200 prize to a student in a composition course for an outstanding paper that shows evidence of use of the library for research.

The contest invites papers from Fall and Spring semesters. Many types of papers can show evidence of use of the library, and different kinds of assignments require different kinds of library resources. Students don't necessarily need to use rare or obscure sources. The judges will look for evidence and its documentation. Types and currency of sources; varieties of sources; suitability of sources relative to the problem; these characteristics all play a part when a research paper succeeds.

Instructors of University Writing and Critical Reading courses, EngC 1011, 1011H, 1012, 1012H, 1013, 1013H, 1014, 1015 and 1016, are invited to nominate one paper from each section they teach. Nominations are due by 12:00 noon April 13, 2006. Instructors are asked to submit the original paper (with the instructor’s comments on it), to Marcia Pankake, 170B Wilson Library. Instructors should specify the class, section, and semester, include a copy of the assignment, and include their e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.

The criteria for the award are:

1. the paper meets the criteria specified by the instructor for the course, by virtue of the instructor’s nomination of the paper
2. the paper shows evidence of the student’s systematic and effective use of the University Libraries for research, appropriate to the argument of the paper.

A committee of library staff, with assistance from the Composition Program, will select the winning paper from those nominated by the composition teachers.

The winner will be announced by May 5, 2006. The teacher of the student who writes the winning paper will receive a $50 gift certificate good at the University Bookstores.

Questions? Call Marcia Pankake 624-7099, or e-mail m-pank@umn.edu.

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An index to poems in anthologies. It includes 250,000 poetry citations indexed by title, first line, last line, author, subject, and searchable by keyword and by author categories. Also provides biographical entries, bibliographies, anthology descriptors and fulltext versions of poems in the public domain.

URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wpo.cgi

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Science of Synthesis is an electronic version of the reference work by the same name; it also provides access to Houben-Weyl (Methods of Organic Chemistry) which includes references back to 1835. Science of Synthesis covers both organic and organometallic synthetic methods. The methods are evaluated and include full experimental details. The content is full-text, structure, and reaction searchable. It works best with Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher, and pop-up blockers should be disabled.

URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/sos.cgi

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This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education

Save time and search all four EBSCO databases at once. The EBSCO MegaFILE is comprised of the complete content and functionality of Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Business Source Premier, and Regional Business News.

URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/emf.cgi

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Produced by Vanderbilt University, this database is "the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news." The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, and NBC (August 1968 - present), and CNN daily news (1995 - present). Also, there are more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since September 1988. These special reports and periodic news broadcasts cover presidential press conferences and political campaign coverage, and national and international events such as the Watergate hearings, the Gulf War, and 9/11. University faculty, staff, and students can view online video from the Archive's collection of CNN material; copies or compilations of other site material can be ordered for a cost-recovery fee paid to Vanderbilt. Note: 60 Minutes, 20/20, and other news magazine programs are not included here.

To view the CNN content, you will need the free RealOne media player from RealNetworks.

URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/tna.cgi

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InfoPOEMs consists of two products -- InfoRetriever and the Daily InfoPOEMs. InfoRetriever provides filtered, graded, summarized evidence and clinical tools for use in the office or at the bedside. Daily InfoPOEMs provides a complete clinical awareness system for knowledge management.

URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/inpo.cgi

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