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There is still time to get money for college!  COMPLETE THE FAFSA NOW! The cost of college and career training can be a barrier for many students, so completing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is essential for students to qualify for federal, state, and institutional funds. Students can receive up to $7,395 … Continued

The library recommends LibKey Nomad Source: LibAnswers: https://newpaltz.libanswers.com/faq/395932 The LibKey Nomad browser extension lets you know if an article (or ebook, in some cases) on a web page you’re visiting is available through your library. There’s no need to log in to the library first—LibKey Nomad sits in the background and shows you access buttons … Continued

MIT Press has published its first open access (OA) monographs on the MIT Press Direct platform. Supported by a generous grant from the Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, the project is part of a larger initiative to explore alternatives to the traditional market-based business model for professional and scholarly works on specialized subjects.   The following open … Continued

VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020 WMM Virtual Film Festival to commemorate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. However, in response to the demands and circumstances of COVID-19, we have expanded the content of the festival and extended it to run through May 31, 2020. Sign up to watching films by women at no cost! (You’ll … Continued

  The Library has purchased streaming licenses for 28 films distributed by “Women Make Movies.” The films are in the Library Catalog and can be discovered by searching Women Make Movies using the Catalog Tab from the library website. Then refine the search on the left by clicking Full Text Available. When you get to … Continued

Check out the Library Guide to the 2020 census Every ten years, the Census counts every person living in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories regardless of citizenship status. The next Census count is occurring on April 1, 2020. The Census is more than a population count! It helps the government … Continued

“Spanish is the second-most spoken language in the United States, and the nation’s Latinx population is at an all-time high. But social and cultural pressures—and old prejudices taking new form—are causing Spanish speakers to be wary of speaking their mother tongue. According to the Pew Research Center, 93 percent of Hispanic immigrants in the US … Continued

December 10th is International Human Rights Day, and 2019 is the 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pump up your power by checking out these selections from Films on Demand! People for Sale (FULL VIDEO) TEDTalks: Yvette Alberdingk Thijm—The Power Of Citizen Video To Create Undeniable Truths (FULL VIDEO) Green … Continued

Find out more about this “extreme” dietary/lifestyle choice that can reduce humanity’s burden on the environment, lessen the pain and suffering of animals, make it easier to feed the human race, and make you healthier. The vegan studies project : food, animals, and gender in the age of terror (BOOK) How to be vegan (BOOK) … Continued

The Esopus tribe was a tribe of Lenape (Delaware) Native Americans who were native to Upstate New York, specifically the region of the Catskill Mountains. Their lands included modern-day Ulster and Sullivan counties. The tribe fought a series of conflicts against settlers from the New Netherland colony from September 1659 to September 1663, known as … Continued