Summary: A scientist is determined to discover a better way of predicting tornadoes with a device that shoots thousands of little trackers into the eye of the storm. Trouble is, getting it there is very dangerous.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWIBrown, Gabe
Summary: "Gabe Brown didn't set out to change the world when he first started working alongside his father-in-law on the family farm in North Dakota. But as a series of weather-related crop disasters put Brown and his wife, Shelly, in desperate financial straits, they started making bold changes to their farm. Brown, in an effort to simply survive, began experimenting with new practices he'd learned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The gripping true story of Stanislav Petrov, a man who single-handedly averted a fullscale nuclear world war, but now struggles to get his life back on track ... before it is too late. An epic and grand Cold War thriller that sends shivers down your spine and shows us just how close we came to apocalypse ... and it's not over yet! With a new Cold War rising and thousands of nuclear weapons on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MANSummary: Investigates the theory that the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine had been orchestrated by the Soviet Union as a screen for the decommissioning of the Duga (i.e., Woodpecker) ballistic missle advance warning system (based in the vicinity of the reactor) because of the inevitable change in relations between Ukraine and what was soon to become post-Cold War Russia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RUSDirksen, Julie
Summary: "If you've ever fallen asleep over a boring lecture or fast-forwarded through a tedious elearning exercise, you know that creating a great learning experience is harder than it seems. And many of us are teaching, even when it's not in our job description - maybe you have to give a presentation, write documentation, or help your audience understand your product or service. Often you know a lot...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Riders 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.1523 DIRMichigan State University
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 MICMichigan State University
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 MICWang, Sam
Summary: In thirty-six each half hour lectures, Professor Sam Wang explores the science and mystery of the human nervous system, from essential neurochemical and neurobiological processes to the psychological and social constructs they are thought to produce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 NEUCall number: DVD 612.8 NEU
Troupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: Tony and his twin sister Andie are four-wheeling in the woods near their family cabin, when they are caught in a violent thunderstorm--then the sky turns really dark, and they realize a monster tornado is on their tail, and suddenly they are not sure whether it is safer to keep running, or find some place to seek shelter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TROPage, Scott E.
Summary: Professor Scott E. Page from University of Michigan introduces you to complexity science. You learn how this vibrant and still evolving discipline helps you understand the nature and behavior of systems formed of financial markets, corporations, native cultures, governments, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 UNDCall number: DVD 302.3 UND
Summary: Max, a determined three-year-old bunny, and his big sister, Ruby, a smart, goal-oriented seven-year-old, offer an empowering message for children by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences in ways that are respectful and supportive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAXSummary: How well do we understand the neurology of learning? Why does the brain's ability to learn diminish as we age? Can science find a way to extend brain "fitness," even for the very old? This program addresses those questions as it describes important medical experiments and studies. Topics include the central role of nerve cell connections in learning and cognitive development; cerebral...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Le Bornec, Didier
Summary: "Wendy, John, and Michael Darling learn they can fly with pixie dust as they head to Neverland with their bedtime story hero Peter Pan and his fairy friend, Tinker Bell."--provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISHeidicker, Christian McKay
Summary: Cozy and her littermates are driven from their suburban den because something is killing the foxes in their area, and so they travel to a strange new world, the City, to confront a new set of dangers, where they meet 0-370, an injured fox who has escapedfrom a fur farm and who gives them a new mission--return to the farm, defeat the humans, and free the caged foxes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HEISummary: The human nerve center never rests-even during sleep, it works diligently to process and build on the information gathered by our senses. Of course, healthy sleep is only one of many vital ingredients the brain needs to develop and thrive, as this film illustrates in detail. Other factors discussed in the program include ongoing contact with negative (deterring) and positive...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: The only way to remove sexual harassment from school and work is to get educated about the problem and learn ways to deal with it. This informative video explains different kinds of sexual harassment, defines the factors motivating harassers, and provides specific techniques for dealing with the problem. Viewers will see what steps to take if anyone harasses them or if they witness the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: For decades, IQ tests have been the gold standard for measuring intelligence. But is one standardized test really adequate for every taker? This program advocates a different approach, creating an array of unusual challenges to assess brainpower and positing an argument for the interplay of multiple intelligences. Assisted by the insights of Harvard's Howard Gardner and experts using brain...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The high-tech revolution is led by children, many of whom possess skills that baffle their parents. From chat rooms to Web pages to kid-created Internet companies, this video explores computer-assisted learning and the value of the "virtual classroom.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Boye, Alan
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.9 BOYSummary: This program uncovers what happens in our minds when we learn, remember, and imagine. It reveals how neurons and synapses lay down knowledge in the brain; ways to improve our ability to acquire knowledge, including increased intake of omega-3 fatty acids; how to manipulate memory to recall information more easily; the powerful influence of subliminal messages; and what actually happens during a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Reudiger Gamm performs complex arithmetic instantly and without help-his brain stores numbers like a calculator. Orlando Sorrel remembers exactly what he was doing on any date, at any hour, and can accurately predict the day of the week thousands of years in the future. Kim Peek-the original "Rain Man"-has read 12,000 books and hasn't forgotten a single word. What lies behind these astonishing...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Anderson, Lars
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Lars Anderson comes a revealing portrait of the first family of American sports. What the Kennedys are to politics, the Mannings are to football. Two generations have produced three NFL superstars: Archie Manning, the Ole Miss hero-turned-New Orleans Saint; his son Peyton, widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game; and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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Summary: During a trip to visit both sets of grandparents in Mississippi, brothers Eli, Cooper, and Peyton, and their father, former NFL star Archie Manning, take advantage of every opportunity to play football, practice plays, or play sports trivia games.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2009
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Summary: "In Alabama: A deadly outbreak of tornadoes sends K9 handlers, Ryder Creed and Jason Seaver with their scent dogs, Grace and Scout to search for survivors. As storms intensify and Ryder and Jason race against time to save victims, they end up racing to save themselves. In Chicago: Francine "Frankie" Russo is irritated when her young co-worker calls at 5:00 am for a video-chat and catches her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prairie Wind Publishing 2019