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ETHNIC NEWSWATCH is a database the Library subscribes to and includes full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. The database also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History , which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. This database includes a unique variety of community publications not found in other databases.  More about Ethnic NewsWatch:  • Nearly a quarter of the articles included in Ethnic NewsWatch since 1989 are in Spanish, making Ethnic NewsWatch an unmatched bilingual database.  • Excellent coverage of major ethnicities including: African American, Hispanic, Jewish, Asian, and Native peoples – all primarily from their own presses. Other ethnicities and cultural groups are monitored as they develop their own presses, and these new publications are targeted. Kurdish titles and new Muslim community titles have been recently added.  • The resource allows voice

April is poetry month! The Library is celebrating poetry month on April 26th with Poem in your Pocket day , where we will be distributing poems to be shared with co-workers, friends, family, and strangers.  " National Poetry Month was inaugurated by the  Academy of American Poets  in 1996. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture." Our library is also chock full of poetry books and books about poetry. Browse the PN call number area on the 4th floor. Here are some other ways to celebrate: Chalk a poem  on the sidewalk. Recreate a poet’s favorite food or drink by  following his or her recipe . Read  Edward Hirsch ’s essay “ How to Read a Poem. ” Browse the poetry area of your local library. Attend a poetry reading. Pass along a poem to a friend or stranger, or leave a poem in a public space on April 26th - Poem in your P