Chester Fritz Library Updates

The Chester Fritz Library is a trusted partner in enhancing research, teaching, and learning but also supports recreational activities such as providing popular reading books, DVDs, and board games. Featured in this month’s blog post is a selection of newly added DVDs and popular reading books. The Popular Reading collection is located on the second […]

This week is Open Education week – a week to celebrate everything being done in Open Education and Open Educational Resources (OERs). 

Join Emily Wros on Thursday March 10th at 12:30pm for the online workshop Microsoft Word 102: I’ve Typed a Bunch of Words, Now What?

We are well into the Spring Semester, and the weather may finally be improving. We want to remind you that the public service staff at the Chester Fritz Library are here for your students, as well as anything we can help you with in your research efforts. We want to update you on the services we provide, now that the Library renovation is complete and COVID is still lingering.

The theme this year for Women’s History Month is Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope. The National Women’s History Alliance said that this theme is “both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic, and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history”.

The Chester Fritz Library has an exciting opportunity to test out a new resource that comprehensively summarizes current debates on the timeliest issues! CQ Researcher will be available for students, faculty, and staff to test until the end of March. This resource provides users with information available on a variety of topics. Topics include but […]

Love Data Week provides us with an opportunity to learn about data, how to make good use of it, and to recognize its importance across all that we do. The Chester Fritz Library is celebrating Love Data week with a “UND Data in the Wild” data visualization display and “Data Management with Pokémon” workshop. Data […]

Happy Black History Month! First officially recognized in 1976, Black History Month is a time to honor the legacies of African-Americans across United States history and society. This February brings us to a full year of reading recommendations from the Chester Fritz Library. Celebrate by checking out our prior recommendations and this year’s new favorites. […]

This past year, Chester Fritz Library has been able to add a number of digital collections, with primary sources and scholarly literature, supporting research and courses in the humanities.  Our biggest addition for scholarly books is from Project MUSE, which added thousands of titles in history, literature, anthropology, and other areas of the humanities and […]

January is National Hobby Month! What better way to start the new year then by trying a new hobby? Give something new a go with these recommendations from the Chester Fritz Library. Fiber Crafts Knitting in Circles: 100 Circular Patterns for Sweaters, Bags, Hats, Afghans, and More by Nicky Epstein You won’t believe what you […]