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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Do you find yourself wanting a little more culture in your life but don’t know where to get current, dynamic information? Do Performing Arts and Visual Arts and Multimedia all blur into one large unexplored
area of study? If so, </span><a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-proq.php?database=SIRSREN"><b>SIRS®Renaissance</b></a><span style="color:#1F497D"> found in the
</span><a href="http://mel.org/Databases">MeL databases</a><span style="color:#1F497D"> list and the
</span><a href="http://teens.mel.org/">Teens Gateway</a><span style="color:#1F497D"> may just be able to help lift the fog.
</span><a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-proq.php?database=SIRSREN"><b>SIRS®Renaissance</b></a><span style="color:#1F497D"> is an online resource for studying eight areas in the Arts and Humanities field – Architecture and Design,
Culture, Literature, Multimedia, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religion, and Visual Arts. Find full-text articles and full-color graphics from over 1,200 sources, 1983 to the present. Student Tools include a six step MyAnalysis guide and the interactive
iThink Skills Tutor, both of which assist with the process of identifying, researching and writing on a topic.
</span><a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-proq.php?database=SIRSREN"><b>SIRS®Renaissance</b></a><b><span style="color:#1F497D">,
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">MeL Minutes</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> are brought to you by the Library
of Michigan. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for next week’s <i>MeL Minute
</i>available on many Michigan library listservs</span><span style="color:#1F497D">,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">email us at
</span><a href="mailto:contact@mel.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">contact@mel.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> or visit
</span><a href="http://mel.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">mel.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">. We encourage you to share
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#1F497D">Eunice C. Borrelli,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#17365D">Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#17365D">Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#1F497D">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#17365D">702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#17365D">Phone: 517.241.4996 Toll Free: 877.479.0021 Fax: 517.373.5700<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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experience Michigan libraries in a new light, v</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228">isit
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21<sup>st</sup> Century Libraries episode.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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