{"id":9296,"date":"2020-06-02T10:34:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=9296"},"modified":"2020-06-02T14:40:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T20:40:21","slug":"need-a-study-break-virtual-brain-fuel-at-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2020\/06\/02\/need-a-study-break-virtual-brain-fuel-at-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a Study Break? Virtual Brain Fuel at the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/StudyBreak.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9299 size-full\" title=\"Need a Study Break? Virtual Brain Fuel at the Library\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/StudyBreak.png?resize=300%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Need a Study Break? Virtual Brain Fuel at the Library\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/StudyBreak.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/StudyBreak.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The DePaul University community is gearing up for finals and wrapping up an unprecedented and challenging spring quarter during a global pandemic. Getting through the quarter is a huge accomplishment in itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like the rest of campus, the DePaul University Library has shifted online due to COVID-19. When the John T. Richardson and Loop Campus libraries are open, we celebrate <\/span><b>Brain Fuel Week<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> together with games, puzzles, coloring, and other activities throughout the week. This is an important tradition leading up to finals for good reason! Study breaks help us unwind, de-stress, and re-focus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though we won\u2019t be spending long hours in the library preparing for finals this quarter, taking a moment to unwind is more important than ever. DePaul Library staff have put together a guide of resources for a virtual study break featuring art &amp; music, movies, games, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Need a break? Here are a few suggestions!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.depaul.edu\/c.php?g=1030157&amp;p=7469655\"><b>Work on a puzzle:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Puzzles are a staple of our in-person Brain Fuel week activities. Why not spend a few minutes with a digital jigsaw puzzle or use a favorite photo to create your own and share it with your friends? If puzzles aren\u2019t your thing, check out some suggestions for online games that you can play with friends in real-time.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.depaul.edu\/c.php?g=1030157&amp;p=7469661\"><b>Watch a movie:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As a DePaul student, you have access to thousands of streaming videos through the library. Hundreds of feature films, recorded theatrical performances, and so many fantastic documentaries.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/li>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.depaul.edu\/c.php?g=1030157&amp;p=7469667\"><b>Read a (non-academic) book<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: You\u2019ve probably spent a lot of time this quarter with the library\u2019s extensive academic databases and e-books. Our e-book collections include a lot of non-academic e-books: cookbooks, poetry, fiction, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more recommendations, check out the Brain Fuel Library Guide at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.depaul.edu\/brainfuel\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/libguides.depaul.edu\/brainfuel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 (These resources are available throughout the year, so bookmark this page for whenever you need a study break.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We miss seeing you around the library and hope you\u2019re staying healthy and have the resources you need. Good luck with your finals and congratulations on your hard work!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DePaul University community is gearing up for finals and wrapping up an unprecedented and challenging spring quarter during a global pandemic. Getting through the quarter is a huge accomplishment in itself.\u00a0 Like the rest of campus, the DePaul University Library has shifted online due to COVID-19. When the John T. Richardson and Loop Campus <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2020\/06\/02\/need-a-study-break-virtual-brain-fuel-at-the-library\/\" class=\"read-more\">continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":9299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-resources","category-services"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8GMS7-2pW","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/StudyBreak.png?fit=300%2C400&ssl=1&wsr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9296"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9316,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296\/revisions\/9316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}