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  • University of Minnesota students provide insight on avoiding fake news

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    When claims are made on any part of the political or news spectrum — if they are too good to be true — they usually are. Peer Research Consultants at the University of Minnesota can point students to high quality information and scholarly articles. In this video, they provide advice for filtering fake news.

    The Peer Research Consultants provide one-on-one assistance to students and help them develop the research strategies needed to write an excellent research paper. Learn more at https://www.lib.umn.edu/ser... Show less
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    Videos featuring University of Minnesota Libraries exhibits, programs, and people.

    • Mapping the Lost Waterways of the Twin Cities - Duration: 3 minutes, 1 second.

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      • 3 weeks ago
      • 104 views
      The University of Minnesota's Center for Sustainable Building Research worked closely with the University Libraries on a project to map the lost waterways of the Twin Cities, with an overarching go...
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    • Nordic Cookbooks - Duration: 5 minutes, 59 seconds.

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      • 1 month ago
      • 89 views
      Nordic cookbooks were the subject of this installment of "Read This Book!" from the University of Minnesota Libraries, hosted by Lisa Von Drasek. Von Drasek's guest, Megan Kocher, a librarian at th...

    • Books about journalism, media bias, and fact checking - Duration: 6 minutes, 44 seconds.

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      • 2 months ago
      • 48 views
      Books about journalism, media bias, and fact checking were reviewed in this episode of "Read This Book!" from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Host Lisa Von Drasek interviewed librarian Van H...
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    • University of Minnesota students provide insight on avoiding fake news - Duration: 98 seconds.

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      • 3 months ago
      • 200 views
      When claims are made on any part of the political or news spectrum — if they are too good to be true — they usually are. Peer Research Consultants at the University of Minnesota can point students ...
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    • Engraved in Copper - Duration: 3 minutes, 32 seconds.

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      • 3 months ago
      • 288 views
      Check out this video preview of our exhibit: Engraved in Copper: The Art of Mapping Minnesota. The exhibit highlights unique engraved copper plates used to print topographic maps of Minnesota in th...
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    • Short Story Collections - Duration: 5 minutes, 27 seconds.

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      • 4 months ago
      • 58 views
      Three books with short story collections were featured in this episode of Read This Book! with Kaia Sievert and host Tim Johnson from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

      The reviewed books are...

    • UMN Historian Erika Lee and the Immigration Syllabus - Duration: 2 minutes, 12 seconds.

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      • 5 months ago
      • 190 views
      Erika Lee, a University of Minnesota history professor and director of the U's Immigration History Research Center, talks about her latest project, the Immigration Syllabus, an online tool to help ...
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    • Puppies and Critical Thinking - Duration: 6 minutes, 31 seconds.

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      • 5 months ago
      • 65 views
      Veterinary Medical Librarian André Nault talks about raising puppies and about critical thinking — two widely different books — on this installment of "Read This Book!" from the University of Minne...
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    • Balloons Over Broadway - Duration: 4 minutes, 41 seconds.

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      • 5 months ago
      • 15 views
      The in-process and finished artwork for illustrator Melissa Sweet’s non-fiction picture book, Balloons Over Broadway, was discussed on this episode of Secrets of the Archives.

      The book is a biogra...
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    • ‘Master and Commander’ and nautical historical novels - Duration: 5 minutes, 24 seconds.

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      • 5 months ago
      • 106 views
      Master and Commander and the series of nautical historical novels by Patrick O’Brian was the topic for this installment of “Read This Book!” brought to you by the University of Minnesota Libraries....
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    • Great Kitchens and the Great Midwest - Duration: 5 minutes, 25 seconds.

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      • 5 months ago
      • 11 views
      The books — “In Winter’s Kitchen” by Beth Dooley and “Kitchens of the Great Midwest” by J. Ryan Stradal — were featured on this episode of “Read This Book!” from the University of Minnesota Librar...
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    • Books to Give, Vol. 1: Bob Dylan - Duration: 4 minutes, 55 seconds.

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      • 5 months ago
      • 21 views
      Books about Bob Dylan were discussed in this episode of “Read This Book! — Books to Give,” featuring Bill Pederson from the University of Minnesota Music Library. Dylan, a Minnesota native, recentl...
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    Did you miss any of our events, or would you like to relive a favorite one? Watch them here!

    • Alan Page in conversation with Gary Eichten - Duration: 57 minutes.

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      • 1 month ago
      • 39 views
      Alan Page has had an extraordinary career trajectory. Discover his motivations and passions in this conversation with Gary Eichten, known and revered for his many years as an MPR host and news edit...

    • Kevin Kling: 'Books Cast Their Spell on Me: Trafficking in the Alphabet' - Duration: 9 minutes, 6 seconds.

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      • 3 months ago
      • 24 views
      Kevin Kling presented 'Books Cast Their Spell on Me: Trafficking in the Alphabet' at the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries annual celebration on May 4, 2016 at the University's McNam...

    • 3rd Kirschner Lecture with Beth Dooley and J. Ryan Stradal - Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes.

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      • 5 months ago
      • 7 views
      Dooley and Stradal engaged in a delightful excursion through today’s food scene with stories of farmers, cheese makers, butchers, home cooks, chefs, sommeliers, and restaurateurs.

      About the Kirsch...

    • Joseph Ellis: 'The Second Founding: Four Men Who Created a Country' - Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes.

      umnLibraries
      • 9 months ago
      • 794 views
      Joseph Ellis: 'The Second Founding: Four Men Who Created a Country' was presented September 28, 2016 at the University of Minnesota's Ted Mann Concert Hall.

      Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning hist...
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    • Ray Gonzalez: Pankake Poetry Reading - Duration: 46 minutes.

      umnLibraries
      • 1 year ago
      • 51 views
      Ray Gonzalez, Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, was featured at the 7th annual Pankake Poetry Reading on April 14, 2016 at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Library.

    • Pop Wagner: Rolling on a Winter's Night - Duration: 36 minutes.

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      • 1 year ago
      • 310 views
      Pop Wagner - storyteller, songwriter, poet, and fingerstyle guitarist extraordinaire - presented "Rolling on a Winter's Night" December 9, 2015 at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Li...

    • The Wedding Heard 'Round the World - Duration: 55 minutes.

      umnLibraries
      • 1 year ago
      • 140 views
      Michael McConnell and Jack Baker were married in 1971 – the first gay marriage in America. On January 26, 2016 at the University of Minnesota, Michael and Jack were joined by Gail Langer Karwoski, ...
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    • Will Steger: Eyewitness to Climate Change - Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes.

      umnLibraries
      • 1 year ago
      • 345 views
      “Eyewitness to Climate Change” is Will Steger’s vivid account of the changes that he has witnessed firsthand, caused by global warming pollutants, in Polar Regions over five decades of polar explor...
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    • Graywolf Press: A World of Voices - Duration: 1 hour, 14 minutes.

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      • 1 year ago
      • 150 views
      Graywolf Press: A World of Voices was held November 12, 2015 at the University of Minnesota. The event featured a conversation with Graywolf founder Scott Walker, Graywolf publisher Fiona McCrae, m...

    • Lions in the Balance with Craig Packer - Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes.

      umnLibraries
      • 1 year ago
      • 945 views
      Craig Packer presented "Lions in the Balance: Man-Eaters, Manes, and Men with Guns" September 30, 2015 at the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries event at Coffman Memorial Union.

      Pac...

    • Deborah Madison featured at Friends' annual celebration - Duration: 1 hour, 7 minutes.

      umnLibraries
      • 2 years ago
      • 152 views
      Noted cookbook author and internationally acclaimed proponent of vegetarian cooking, Deborah Madison, spoke at the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries' annual celebration on May 5, 201...

    • Author Sharon Creech delivers Kerlan Lecture - Duration: 47 minutes.

      umnLibraries
      • 2 years ago
      • 163 views
      Author and Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech received the 2015 Kerlan Award and delivered the Kerlan Lecture on April 18, 2015 at the University of Minnesota.

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