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Group Study Rooms

The McNichols Campus Library has eight group study rooms: six on the first floor, one on the second floor, and one on the lower level. ...

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Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All

by Martha S. Jones The epic history of African American women's pursuit of political power -- and how it transformed America. In the...

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Record Your Screen With Stream

If you've been thinking about pre-recording with Blackboard Collaborate, or if you want to record your screen, either to record a short...

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Record a lecture with Camtasia

The Instructional Design Studio has a limited number of laptops with Camtasia installed that are available for faculty to check out. These laptops...

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The Fed and Lehman Brothers: Setting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster

Laurence M. Ball The bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers was the pivotal event of the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession...

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Rules for young people in the library

Young people age 15 and under must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian while in the building. Young people age 7 and under are not...

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We the People: The Constitution of the United States of America

by Peter Spier This work consists largely of color pictures illustrating the preamble to the Constitution. It also includes the text with...

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Teaching Black History to White People (EBOOK)

by Leonard N. Moore Leonard Moore has been teaching Black history for 25 years, mostly to White people. Drawing on decades of experience in the...

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The wars of the Lord : the Puritan conquest of America's first people

"Over several decades beginning in 1620, tens of thousands of devout English colonists known as Puritans came to America. They believed that...

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Enemy of the People : Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy (EBOOK)

Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an "enemy of the American people." Attacks...

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Constitutional amendments : encyclopedia of the people, procedures, politics, primary documents relating to the 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution (EBOOK)

This thought-provoking and interesting text provides a complete examination of each of the United States' 27 Constitutional Amendments. From...

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Autocracy, Inc. : the dictators who want to run the world

"From the Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the...

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A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War

by Patricia Fara Patricia Fara unearths the forgotten suffragists of World War I who bravely changed women's roles in the war and paved the...

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Global Gay: How Gay Culture Is Changing the World

by Frédéric Martel A panoramic view of gay rights, gay life, and the gay experience around the world. In Global Gay,...

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The Last Battle: Victory, Defeat, and the End of World War I

by Peter Hart Author of The Great War, as well as celebrated accounts of the battles of the Somme, Passchendaele, Jutland, and Gallipoli,...

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Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data

by RJ Andrews How do we create new ways of looking at the world? Join award-winning data storyteller RJ Andrews as he pushes beyond the usual...

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It's a gas : the sublime and elusive elements that expand our world

By Mark Miodownik A rollicking guided tour of the secret lives of gases: the magnificent, strange, and fascinating substances that shape our...

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All Against All: The Long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War

by Paul Jankowski A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the winter of 1933 as domestic passions around...

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Fur, fleas, and flukes : the fascinating world of parasites

By Michael Stock  "Today, even if you live in a major city and seldom get a chance to visit national parks or wildlife reserves, you...

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Island at War: Puerto Rico in the Crucible of the Second World War (EBOOK)

by Jorge Rodríguez Beruff (Editor), José L. Bolívar Fresneda (Editor)     Despite Puerto Rico being the...

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An influencer's world : a behind-the-scenes look at social media influencers and creators

In this ebook, "an Influencer's World pulls back the curtain and reveals what's behind social media influencing - an exploding and...

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COVID-19 and World Order: The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation (EBOOK)

by Hal Brands (Editor), Francis J Gavin The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions while also...

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The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World -- and Us

by Richard O. Prum A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste...

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Friends, Foes, and Future Directions: U.S. Partnerships in a Turbulent World (Strategic Rethink) EBOOK

by Hans Binnendijk Report evaluates strategies for dealing with U.S. partners and adversaries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in a time of...

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Virtual Reality (EBOOK)

 by Nada Bates-Brkljac Virtual Reality (VR) was created to fulfill human curiosity about exploring beyond the reality. Humans establish the...

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Citing information: APA style

Given all the information available in libraries today and on the web, it is important to take a logical, organized approach to your search for...

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Unsilencing Gaza : reflections on resistance EBOOK

Sara Roy author. Gaza, the centre of Palestinian nationalism and resistance to the occupation, is the linchpin of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...

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Why siblings matter : the role of brother and sister relationships in development and well-being

by Naomi White Many people grow up with at least one sibling. These siblings are often ‘fellow travellers’ through adversity or...

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Thank You From Former President Barack Obama

On Monday, July 17, former President Barack Obama published an open letter to librarians thanking them for all that they do to  protect the...

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Pandemics, pills, and politics : governing global health security (EBOOK)

by Stefan Elbe A pill can strengthen national security? The suggestion may seem odd, but many states around the world believe precisely that....

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The 1960′s “Take-Over Generation”

The 1963 Tower Yearbook introduces the reader to 12 months of changes summed up in one span of time between March 15, 1962 to March 15, 1963. The...

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Faster, Smarter, Greener: The Future of the Car and Urban Mobility

by Venkat Sumantran A call to redefine mobility so that it is connected, heterogeneous, intelligent, and personalized, as well as sustainable,...

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Denmark Vesey's garden : slavery and memory in the cradle of the Confederacy

by Ethan J. Kytle Named one of the “Best Civil War Books of 2018” by the Civil War Monitor A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018...

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Equitable Laws: The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number- Black Abolitionist,1863

In light of some current criticisms surrounding some apparent racist comments by Donald Trump, I thought I would find an item in the Black...

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Group Presentations Online with Collaborate

If you're looking to replace student presentations, whether individual or group work, you can prepare a Collaborate recording assignment which...

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The Living Environmental Education Sound Science Toward a Cleaner, Safer, and Healthier Future (EBOOK)

by Wei-Ta Fang (Author), Arba'at Hassan (Author), Ben A. LePage (Author) This open access book is designed and written to bridge the gap on...

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William Still, Black Abolitionist

“There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted and has its wellspring in the thoughts of people. People are unique in the inner...

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Coronavirus Politics The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19 (EBOOK)

by Scott L Greer (Author), Elizabeth King (Author), Elize Massard da Fonseca (Author), Andre Peralta-Santos (Author) COVID-19 is the most...

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The USA PATRIOT Act

The Uniting and Strengthening America by Proving Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) of 200l (Public Law...

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L. Brooks Patterson, Class of '61, Law '67

Most people in Michigan knew L. Brooks Patterson when he was serving as Prosecutor (4 terms) or Oakland County Executive (7 terms). Love him or hate...

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Children and use of library computers

Unaccompanied young people may use the Guest Computer Workstations as outlined in the Rules for Young People. Disruptive behavior or violation...

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Merry Christmas!

The library faculty would like to wish you Happy Holidays. The library reopens January 3, 2023 at 9:00am.     A Man To think...

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Blk art : the audacious legacy of Black artists and models in Western art

by Zaria Ware 2024 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NOMINEE: OUTSTANDING NON-FICTION A fun and fact-filled introduction to the dismissed Black art...

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American business values : a global perspective

By Gerald F. Cavanagh Business is a Human Endeavor, Where Every Decision and Action Has a Personal Result for All Individuals Involved The...

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Databases by subject

Free and subscription databases selected for area of study by librarian consultants.

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Research guides

Librarian collected resources -- books, databases, web sites, articles, tutorials, and more -- collected by area of study.

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How do I find my course number (CRN)?

Your Course Record Number (CRN) and course ID information are easy to find inside your course web site. Just click FILES under the CONTROL PANEL...

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La La Land (DVD)

Take a break from the real world! Winner of 6 Academy Awards® including Best Director for writer/director Damien Chazelle, and winner of a...

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Cue the sun! : the invention of reality TV

By Emily Nussbaum "The rollicking saga of reality television -- an ambitious cultural history of America's most influential, most...

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The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture: Creating Building Spaces That Work

by Fred Schlipf;John A. Moorman Distilling hard fought wisdom gleaned from hundreds of successful library construction projects they've...

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Russia and Ukraine : entangled histories, diverging states

by Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel In February 2022, Russian missiles rained on Ukrainian cities, and tanks rolled towards Kyiv to end Ukrainian...

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“A Boy of 1812″

Things were never really what you might call cordial between the New World and Britain during the early 1800s.  There was the whole mess between...

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Index

A systematically arranged list that provides enough information for each item on the list to be found. For example, an index of a book lists names...

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Guidelines for Lecturing Online

Most online course sites will require some amount lecturing to help you get your students on the right page. Here are some tips to help you create...

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned to journal articles that identifies content and location. The DOI can be...

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Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State

By Samuel Stein “This superbly succinct and incisive book couldn’t be more timely or urgent.” —Michael Sorkin, author...

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Jesus for everyone : not just Christians

By Amy-Jill Levine  "Two thousand years after his birth and death, Jesus of Nazareth continues to be of vital interest. Yet much of...

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Student Support Services

  University of Detroit Mercy encourages all students, faculty, staff and administrators to be aware of and utilize these resources for...

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The Killing Compartments: The Mentality of Mass Murder (EBOOK)

by Abram de Swaan An incisive exploration of why acts of mass annihilation take place and how people become mass killers By historical...

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Life : my story through history

By Pope Francis  For the first time, Pope Francis shares the story of his life, reflecting on the defining global events that have shaped...

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Juneteenth (EBOOK)

LynnPeppas Every year on June 19th, people of all backgrounds celebrate the day that African Americans were freed from slavery in the United...

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Labels and Rating Systems

An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights Libraries do not advocate the ideas found in their collections or in resources accessible through...

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Aretha Franklin: Honorary Doctor of Music

Aretha Franklin recieved an honorary degree from the University of Detroit in 1987. Her citation reads: Respect -- not only is it the title...

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Remembering Fr. Howard Gray, 1930-2018

In a day and age when the Catholic church is under fire for its handling of sexual abuse cases, and people are leaving the Church because of what...

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Black Abolitionist Archive – the Canadian connection

Communication holds together the people within a defined social structure.  Slavery as a social institution in the early years of this country,...

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Women architects at work : making American modernism

By Mary Hunting  Catalog Record 

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Great Walls and Linear Barriers (EBOOK)

by Peter Spring Everyone has heard of the Great Wall of China and knows of Hadrian's Wall and the other barriers lining stretches of...

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Who has access to my courses?

Faculty of record (as listed on Banner) and currently registered students have access to Blackboard course sites by default. Faculty may enroll...

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Understanding the impact of emotional stress on crisis decision making

Noel Allen Sawatzky author Motivational models are critical to understanding crisis decision making because leaders and their advisors are...

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The Manhattan Project: A Very Brief Introduction to the Physics of Nuclear Weapons (EBOOK)

by B. Cameron Reed The development of nuclear weapons by the Manhattan Project during World War II was one of the most dramatic...

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Banksy

Stefano Antonelli "The largest presentation of works by Banksy, the world's most enigmatic yet highly sought-after artist, including...

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Understanding the Impact of Emotional Stress on Crisis Decision Making

Noel Allen Sawatzky author Motivational models are critical to understanding crisis decision making because leaders and their advisors are...

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Recording PowerPoint Presentations with Office 2016/2019

If you have a version of Office 2013, 2016 or 2019 installed, the steps to do a video recording are slightly different than they are in Office 365....

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Tracking attendance (and blogs and journals)

Let's take a couple minutes to talk about recording scores for assessments where we're likely to have bunches of columns. Most commonly, this...

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More things change, more they stay the same: 1946 vs 2017

As I was browsing through the 1946-1947 Varsity News for something to post on this blog, I came across a couple of items that are still very much...

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Banksy

Stefano Antonelli 1966- author. Gianluca Marziani author. "The largest presentation of works by Banksy, the world's most enigmatic...

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The Arab-Israeli conflict : an introduction and documentary reader 3rd edition

Gregory S. Mahler The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most protracted and contentious disputes in modern history. This wide-ranging...

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Silenced in the library : banned books in America

by Zeke Jarvis "Censorship has been an ongoing phenomenon even in "the land of the free." This examination of banned books across...

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The Arab-Israeli conflict : an introduction and documentary reader 3rd edition

Gregory S. Mahler 1950- author. The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most protracted and contentious disputes in modern history. This...

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The Arab-Israeli conflict : an introduction and documentary reader 3rd edition

Gregory S. Mahler 1950- author The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most protracted and contentious disputes in modern history. This...

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Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

by Shomari Wills The astonishing untold history of America’s first black millionaires—former slaves who endured incredible challenges...

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The age of inquiry

In March, 1827, Freedom’s Journal, the first black-owned and operated newspaper was established with the goal of reaching the free...

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Create a Collaborate session

You can use Collaborate sessions to create separate spaces inside Collaborate for different uses. For example, you might create a Virtual Office...

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Borrowing from other AJCU Libraries (Passport for faculty)

Faculties of the Jesuit colleges and universities now have onsite borrowing privileges at all 28 Jesuit institutions of higher education in the...

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Journal

A journal generally refers to a periodical that is published on a regular basis issued by a society, university press, government agency or...

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The Library, Teaching, and Learning Center Thanksgiving List

This week some of the Library, Teaching, and Learning staff took some time out to pause and consider what we are thankful for: George Libbey,...

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Hide a column from student view

Hiding a column from student view allows you to work with a column — record grades, etc — without students seeing the column or your...

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Interlibrary Loan

Materials not owned by UDM Libraries may be requested through the Interlibrary Loan service. Depending on the delivery method, interlibrary loans may...

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Sharing an editable file for synchronous group work

When teaching a synchronous session, we often want students to work together toward an end goal. We also often want a shareable record of that...

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Use Your Smart Phone as a Web Cam

Whether you are trying to run a Collaborate session or pre-record a lecture for your course, you probably want access to a web camera. IDS has had a...

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“Southside View of Slavery”

A documentary on Public Television (PBS) called The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross offers an excellent overview of slavery in the...

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Interlibrary Loan and copyright

WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS The Copyright Law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies...

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The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

In this gripping narrative of Putin’s rise to power, Steven Lee Myers recounts Putin’s origins–from his childhood of abject...

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"Beware of Kidnappers" (Fugitive Slave Act)

  It could very well be that one of the “worst laws in the history of this country” is not what some might imagine. The Fugitive...

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Tribute to Peter Sieruta

The Archives are undergoing a major renovation for the next few weeks. The material will, for the most part, not be available. so I will be rerunning...

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Equal Justice Under Law + the Fight to Hold Government Accountable Library Exhibit

Current University of Detroit Mercy students, faculty, and staff are invited to stop by the McNichols Campus Library to see “Equal Justice...

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Supervising children

It is the Libraries/IDS policy that parents or legal guardians must assume responsibility for deciding what library resources are appropriate for...

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“Our Wish is to Do Good”

The Colored American was among 40 black newspapers published before the Civil War.  Although it’s first issue was available in...

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Confidentiality of library records

The University Libraries adhere to the stipulations of The Library Privacy Act (Act 455 of 1982) of the State of Michigan which "provides for...

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McNichols Campus Library Conference Room (324)

The McNichols campus library's third floor conference room may be reserved by University of Detroit Mercy organizations and groups for meetings...

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Applications of Machine Learning and Data Analytics Models in Maritime Transportation

by Ran Yan, Shuaian Wang Machine learning and data analytics can be used to inform technical, commercial and financial decisions in the maritime...

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Applications of Machine Learning and Data Analytics Models in Maritime Transportation (EBOOK)

by Ran Yan , Shuaian Wang  Machine learning and data analytics can be used to inform technical, commercial and financial decisions in the...

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Future Trends: A Guide to Decision Making and Leadership in Business

Lawrence R. Samuel Future Trends: A Guide to Decision Making and Leadership in Business is the first and only book to link a decision-making and...

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Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi

by Thomas Weber An award-winning historian charts Hitler's radical transformation after World War I from a directionless loner into a powerful...

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Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited: Anti-Globalization in the Era of Trump

by Joseph E. Stiglitz In this crucial expansion and update of his landmark bestseller, renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E....

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Library Services Winter 2021

A Guide to Library Assistance for the Winter Term Librarians are available to assist you. Email: edesk@udmercy...

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The McCabe Lounge

How many times have you gone down to the Lower Level of the McNichols Library on your way to get something to drink or eat from the vending...

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Travelogue 1863

During the years of African-American Newspaper publication in the 1800s, articles would often appear regarding travel across the new territory that...

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Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance (EBOOK)

by Tareq Baconi Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various...

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Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic

by Amin Saikal When Iranians overthrew their monarchy, rejecting a pro-Western shah in favor of an Islamic regime, many observers predicted that...

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Generational politics in the United States : from the Silents to Gen Z and beyond

"The role of generations is an important, yet often overlooked, variable in the study of American politics. A topic of research in...

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The Christmas virtues : a treasury of conservative tales for the holidays (EBOOK)

Jonathan V. Last editor From the all-star cast that brought you The Seven Deadly Virtues and The Dadly Virtues comes the ultimate Christmas...

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Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Network

An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights Introduction Freedom of expression is an inalienable human right and the foundation for...

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American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump

by Tim Alberta Politico Magazine's chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider's look at the making of the modern...

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Collaborate room (session) settings

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Understanding contemporary Ukrainian and Russian nationalism : the Post-Soviet Cossack revival and Ukraine's national security (EBOOK)

Olexander Hryb author Nationalism, national identity, and ethnicity are complex social phenomena worldwide and especially so in post-Soviet...

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Women's and Gender Studies Program: Celebrating 25 Years!

In response to student concerns, academic developments of the the late 20th century, and social movements around the globe, the idea of a...

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Renew items

Currently enrolled Detroit Mercy students, faculty, and staff may renew materials. Renewals may be initiated in person, online from the library...

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Freedom to Read

The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private groups and public authorities in various parts of the...

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Fitness Center

The Detroit Mercy Fitness Center is dedicated to the health and wellness of Detroit Mercy students and employees. The Fitness Center is free for all...

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Lies That Kill A Citizen's Guide to Disinformation

"Lies that Kill takes readers inside the world of disinformation campaigns to show concerned citizens how to recognize disinformation,...

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Understanding contemporary Ukrainian and Russian nationalism : the Post-Soviet Cossack revival and Ukraine's national security (EBOOK)

Olexander Hryb author Nationalism, national identity, and ethnicity are complex social phenomena worldwide and especially so in post-Soviet...

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The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power: The Timeless and the Timely

by R. James Ferguson (Author),‎ Rosita Dellios (Author) This book provides a timely analysis of the politics, philosophy, and history of...

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(Bb Ultra) Inserting Items in the Gradebook

Items are the Ultra Gradebook equivalent to the “Create Column” feature in the Blackboard Classic Grade Center. An Item is unattached to...

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Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism

by Alex Zamalin, University of Detroit Mercy, faculty Within the history of African American struggle against racist oppression that often verges...

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(Bb Ultra) Export Course Contents

Export Package generates a zip file containing the course information which can be stored, shared, and imported into another Blackboard course site...

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Creating a portfolio folder in OneDrive

Setting up a portfolio folder in OneDrive is an easy process. First you'll create the folder, then add your files to the folder, then share the...

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The Icon Project: Architecture, Cities, and Capitalist Globalization

by Leslie Sklair In the last quarter century, a new form of iconic architecture has appeared throughout the world's major cities....

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Student Submitted Videos

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Optimize video for online delivery using Handbrake

If you’ve used your phone, tablet, or digital camera to record video for your students to watch, you may find the resulting files large and...

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A Piece of the Moon at the Library

It was 50 years ago, July 20, 1969, that Neil Armstrong, became the first man to set foot on the moon. It took a few years later, but the University...

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The Library Has What You Need For Finals

We know you're getting geared up for the toughest time of the term- FINALS! Don't panic. We have you covered. The McNichols Campus...

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Online discussion - posting, reading, replying

Need to participate in online discussion for course or group work? This short (12 minute) video gives you the basics of reading, replying, and...

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Happy Pride Month!

    This June marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in Greenwich Village, New York.  After  police stormed the...

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Benny Napoleon, Class of '82

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Trotskyists on Trial: Free Speech and Political Persecution Since the Age of FDR (EBOOK)

by Donna T. Haverty-Stacke Passed in June 1940, the Smith Act was a peacetime anti-sedition law that marked a dramatic shift in the legal...

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Christmas Ads: Smoke'm if you got 'em

Back in the days when companies were allowed to advertise cigarette brands, Varsity News would put them in the student newspapers.Here are a few from...

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Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States (EBOOK)

by Loch K. Johnson All democracies have had to contend with the challenge of tolerating hidden spy services within otherwise relatively...

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Recording PowerPoint Presentations with Office 365

The desktop version of PowerPoint that Detroit Mercy students and employees can download from Office 365 has pretty excellent recording features....

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If They Come for Us: Poems

By Fatimah Asghar From a co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls comes an imaginative, soulful debut poetry that collection...

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Submit a Video Assignment Using a OneDrive Link

Once you have a recorded video, there will be three parts to the submission process. First, you’ll upload your video to OneDrive. Second, you...

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How to edit Blackboard wikis

This short tutorial explains how students can edit Wikis in Blackboard.     Wikis on Blackboard act a lot like Wikipedia....

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The story of nature : a human history

"In this beautifully illustrated book, Jeremy Mynott traces the story of nature--past, present and future. From the dramatic depictions of...

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International Intercollegiate Turtle Derby at the University of Detroit

  It has been ten years since I last posted this item! An oldie but goodie that I think is worth posting again. There are races like the...

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Game Night at the Library

Each year the McNichols Library sponsors a night of games for Detroit Mercy students, staff and faculty. A variety of video and card games...

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Experiments in Democracy: Human Embryo Research and the Politics of Bioethics (EBOOK)

by Benjamin Hurlbut Human embryo research touches upon strongly felt moral convictions, and it raises such deep questions about the promise...

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Breakout Groups

Just like in a face-to-face classroom, Collaborate's breakout groups are a good way to get students interacting.   Breakout Activity...

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Black Freethinkers: A History of African American Secularism

by Christopher Cameron Black Freethinkers argues that, contrary to historical and popular depictions of African Americans as naturally religious,...

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A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

by Jeanne Theoharis Praised by The New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Bitch Magazine; Slate; Publishers Weekly; and more, this is “a...

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Bending Steel: Modernity and the American Superhero (EBOOK)

by Aldo J. Regalado “Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound . . ....

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The storied ethics of the Thanksgiving Psalms (EBOOK)

by Joshua T. James Drawing on research from the field of narrative ethics, The Storied Ethics of the Thanksgiving Psalms argues that story and...

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Taking tests with Respondus Lockdown Browser

Respondus LockDown Browser provides a more secure environment for online testing. LockDown Browser itself is a separate web browser (like Internet...

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Earthquakes: The Sound of Multi-modal Waves (EBOOK)

by W R Matson This book is an introduction to wave dynamics as they apply to earthquakes, among the scariest, most unpredictable, and deadliest...

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Saving Private Ryan (DVD)

June 6th 1944, D-DAY Its been 75 years... Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with World War II's...

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Let Freedom Read - Banned Books Week

“This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials. Readers, particularly students, are...

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His name is George Floyd : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice

by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa "A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic...

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In Memory Of Linda Hopkins

On April 13, 2020 the McNichols Campus Library family lost one of its own to Covid-19. Linda Hopkins was Head of Acquisitions until she retired in...

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Library Bill of Rights

The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide...

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(Bb Ultra) Sending Messages within Blackboard

In Blackboard Ultra, sending messages to the folks in your class is much simpler. Messages in Blackboard are meant to be used much like email,...

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Timber homes : taking wood to new levels

Chris van Uffelen More and more architects and builders are exploring the possibilities of a material for the construction of houses that offers...

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IDS Supported Tools for Online Education

The Instructional Design Studio endeavors to provide Detroit Mercy faculty and students support and training in the use of a broad range of tools...

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American gun : the true story of the AR-15

"The epic history of the AR-15 rifle, America's most controversial weapon"-- In the 1950s an obsessive firearms...

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Women in the History of Science: A sourcebook (EBOOK)

Editied by Hannah Wills Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific...

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Teams Meeting Tools

Because it has fewer features, Teams meetings can be easier to run. The bar that appears at the bottom of the screen holds your major controls --...

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A DVD History of the U.S. Constitution

It is America's most revered document. A product of man's search for unconditional fairness, liberty and freedom. It contains prerogatives so...

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Bicycle city : riding the bike boom to a brighter future

By Dan Piatkowski n Bicycle City: Riding the Bike Boom to a Brighter Future, cycling expert Daniel Piatkowski argues that bicycles are key to...

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Giving tests with Respondus Lockdown Browser

What is it? Respondus LockDown Browser provides a more secure environment for online testing. LockDown Browser itself is a separate web browser...

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Antiracism: An Introduction

by Alex Zamalin An introduction to antiracism, a powerful tradition crucial for energizing American democracy On August 12, 2017, in...

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Welcome and Welcome Back!

The Detroit Mercy librarians are happy to welcome new and returing students to the to the library.  Here is some news you can use. Our...

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Truth Claims Across Media (EBOOK)

by Beate Schirrmacher (Editor), Nafiseh Mousavi (Editor) This book offers an intermedial approach to truthful communication. Bringing together a...

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Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia (EBOOK)

by Chris Miller When Vladimir Putin first took power in 1999, he was a little-known figure ruling a country that was reeling from a decade and...

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A Wind Tunnel for Aeronautical Engineering

At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees held on March 19, 1921, the reverend Fathers unanimously agreed with Professor Dunn to start a program...

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The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience

Robert R. M. Verchick "One cloudy day in Miami, an octopus was found in the parking garage of a fancy condominium complex. How it got there...

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A Momentary Glory: Last Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) (EBOOK)

by Harvey Shapiro The distinguished poet Harvey Shapiro passed away on January 7, 2013. The poems in this book, many of them previously...

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Upload grades from a spreadsheet

Sometimes it's more convenient to record student grades in Excel, or the spreadsheet program of your choice, then transfer those scores to...

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Lillie B. Kassab Memorial

  Students and visitors have probably passed by the Lillie B. Kassab Memorial thousands of times without too much notice. It was...

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The Trials of Nina McCall: Sex, Surveillance, and the Decades-Long Government Plan to Imprison (EBOOK)

by Scott W. Stern The nearly forgotten story of the American Plan, a government program to regulate women’s bodies and...

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy of Dissent: Feminist Rhetoric and the Law (EBOOK)

A rhetorical analysis of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s feminist jurisprudence Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s lifelong effort to reshape the...

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Smart Girls: Success, School, and the Myth of Post-Feminism (EBOOK)

by Shauna Pomerantz Are girls taking over the world? It would appear so, based on magazine covers, news headlines, and popular books touting...

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Truth Claims Across Media (EBOOK)

by Beate Schirrmacher (Editor), Nafiseh Mousavi (Editor) This book offers an intermedial approach to truthful communication. Bringing together a...

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Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee In this gorgeous, page-turning saga, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in...

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Playing possum : how animals understand death

"How animals conceive of death and dying-and what they can teach us about our own relationships with mortality. When the opossum feels...

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Share a file from OneDrive through Blackboard

It's easy to share files you've created or saved to OneDrive. Simply, select a file from youru OneDrive file list by clicking the circular...

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One Nation Undecided: Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us (EBOOK)

by Peter H. Schuck A unique primer on how to think intelligently about the thorniest public issues confronting us today Let's be honest,...

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Blackboard Portfolio Sharing

When you share a Blackboard portfolio, you share a snapshot of what the portfolio looked like at the time it was shared. This means if you share a...

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Small Wind and Hydrokinetic Turbines (EBOOK)

Philip Clausen, Jonathan Whale, and David Wood There is huge potential for smaller wind turbines to provide clean energy around the world. Small...

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James T. Callow Folklore Archive-Some Unexpected Finds

While the Archives and Special Collection area is undergoing some renovations, I will rerun some previous postings. Many times when I am looking...

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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters (EBOOK)

by Thomas M. Nichols People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every...

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What's New This Fall

Welcome freshmen and welcome back everyone else! The library has all sorts of new research resources this academic year.   First...

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Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist

by Nancy Goldstein At a time of few opportunities for women in general and even fewer for African American women, Jackie Ormes (1911–85)...

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Artificial Intelligence Technology (EBOOK)

by Ltd. Huawei Technologies Co. This open access book aims to give our readers a basic outline of today’s research and technology...

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Fiscal policy under low interest rates (EBOOK)

by Olivier Blanchard Policy makers in advanced economies find themselves in an unusual fiscal environment: debt ratios are historically high,...

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The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

 by Richard Barnett   An incisive and startling international review of the evolution of dentistry from the Bronze Age to the...

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Guidelines for Testing Online

Get Your Test in Blackboard Blackboard provides the best set of online proctoring tools available to the widest range of students. Wherever...

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ROTC-Air Force, Angel Flight

Back in the late 1950's to '70's there was an auxillary group of women with the ROTC Air Force division called Angel Flight. The...

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Reinventing food banks and pantries : new tools to end hunger (EBOOK)

Katie S. Martin In the US, there is a wide-ranging network of at least 370 food banks, and more than 60,000 hunger-relief organizations such as...

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McNichols Campus Library Update

Faculty Colleagues,  Our libraries have adjusted and adapted to ensure continuous access to collections and services to support the needs of...

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Beyond Banned Books (EBOOK)

by Kristin Pekoll Equitable access to information for all, including underserved populations, is a core value of librarianship. The growing...

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Beyond Banned Books (EBOOK)

by Kristin Pekoll Equitable access to information for all, including underserved populations, is a core value of librarianship. The growing...

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Heathen Earth: Trumpism and Political Ecology (EBOOK)

by Kyle McGee Heathen Earth: Trumpism and Political Ecology looks beyond the rising fortunes of authoritarian nationalism in a fossil-fueled late...

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The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea (EBOOK)

by Christopher J. Lebron Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter...

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The Library, Teaching, and Learning Center 2020 Thanksgiving List

This week some of the Library, Teaching, and Learning staff took some time out in the midst of the pandemic and the difficulties it has brought about...

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Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves

by Lee Daniel Kravetz Picking up where The Tipping Point leaves off, respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz’s Strange Contagion is a...

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Fear: Trump in the White House

by Bob Woodward THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT With authoritative reporting honed through nine...

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Thoughts and Feelings : Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life (EBOOK)

by Matthew McKay PhD (Author), Martha Davis PhD (Author), Patrick Fanning (Author) If you are depressed, anxious, angry, worried, confused,...

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Red Scare : blacklists, McCarthyism and the making of modern America

"Red Scare tells the story of McCarthyism and the Red Scare--based in part on newly declassified sources--by an award-winning writer of...

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University of Detroit Mercy Presidential Trivia

As Donald B. Taylor has been offically installed as the latest president of the University of Detroit Mercy, here is a bit of trivia on some past...

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When humans nearly vanished : the catastrophic explosion of the Toba volcano

by Donald R. Prothero The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eruption in the past...

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1967 Detroit Riots – The View from University of Detroit McNichols Campus

On the 50th Anniversary of the July 1967 Detroit Riots, there has been a lot of discussion in the media as to how it affected the people in the...

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One more time-the Tower clocks

This is a rerun, but it's "timeless" (sorry could not help myself) Take a look at the first picture of the tower and compare it...

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Upload Video to a Stream Group

Posting a video to Stream serves a couple of functions. First, it makes it easier for your peers to see the video -- Stream, like YouTube, optimizes...

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Varsity News: Celebrating 100 Years!

Varsity News, the student newspaper is published by the University of Detroit Mercy. It has been running almost continuously for 100 years. There...

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Black History Month Resources at the Library

The University of Detroit Mercy will celebrate Black History Month this February with a series of events that are free and open to all. According to...

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The girls in the picture

by Melanie Benjamin From the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife, a...

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Standards for Ethical Conduct for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Librarians

With Guidelines for Institutional Practice in Support of the Standards, 2d edition, 1992 (These standards were published in College and Research...

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Create a Discussion Forum

Online discussion boards function much like email, a message (or post) to the course consists of a subject and a message area. Replies to a message...

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Golfing at the University of Detroit Mercy

The University of Detroit Mercy is one of the partners of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, the first PGA Tour to be held in the City of Detroit at the...

More on Golfing at the University of Detroit Mercy Updated 6/26/19 by P. Higo
Watergate: The Presidential Scandal That Shook America With a New Afterword by Max Holland

by Keith W. Olson A new afterword by Max Holland details developments since the original 2003 publication, including the revelation of Mark Felt...

More on Watergate: The Presidential Scandal That Shook America With a New Afterword by Max Holland Updated 11/9/17 by P. Higo
Guidelines for Providing Copyrighted Content Online

The guidelines presented here should not be taken as legal advice. Detroit Mercy faculty must adhere to copyright law when posting content to their...

More on Guidelines for Providing Copyrighted Content Online Updated 7/21/20 by R. Davidson
Citing information: MLA style

Most research papers require a combination of books, periodical articles, newspaper articles, statistics, and/or government documents. Often...

More on Citing information: MLA style Updated 1/28/18 by N. Blume
Giving a Test with Respondus Monitor

LockDown Browser is a web browser (an application like Safari, Edge, Firefox, and Chrome) specifically geared toward taking online tests. While...

More on Giving a Test with Respondus Monitor Updated 7/21/21 by N. Blume
(Bb Ultra) Assessment Settings

This guide covers the options available under Assessment Settings, used for both Assignments and Tests. Assessment settings is where you add a...

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The TEACH Act

Overview The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (the TEACH Act) was part of a larger Justice Reauthorization legislation (H.R....

More on The TEACH Act Updated 1/6/17 by R. Davidson

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