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Access
Science*
http://www.accessscience.com Check
out the complete Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
online plus videos, news and more on 7000+ scientific
topics searchable by category or keywords. Find articles,
images, forumlas and charts like the Periodic Table
(under Helpful Tools). |
Career & Technical Resources |
Associates
Programs Source
*contains
1000 full-text journals as well as 11 full-text books
designed specifically for research needs of two-year
colleges and provides content in a variety of career
and technical areas including agriculture, biotechnology,
computer & data processing, cosmetology, automotive,electrical
technology, law enforcement & criminal justice,
welding and more. |
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American
History Online *contains
information about 500+ years of political, military, social
and cultural history about America. History is revealed
via primary sources, timelines, images & videos, biographies
of key people, maps, charts, and explanations of major
events. |
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America's
Newspapers *
http://infoweb.newsbank.com
Here are 1000+ electronic editions of local, regional,
and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search
database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local
and regional news, including companies, politics, sports,
industries, cultural activities, and people in the community.
Please note -- some papers, such as ones
owned by Knight
Ridder, don't allow remote access. |
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Britannica
Online*
http://search.eb.com
For quick reference try this online encyclopedia and search
by word, phrase, or question. Search the Britannica, the
Britannica Student Encyclopedia, or Merriam Webster’s
Dictionary or thesaurus. Browse the A – Z list,
the Atlas, time periods, subject lists or the Year in
Review. Spotlights on special topics include Britannica’s
Heritage, the American Presidential Election process,
Discovering Dinosaurs, and Shakespeare’s and the
Globe: Then and Now. |
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The
Chronicle of Higher Education
http://www.chronicle.com
This online version of The Chronicle is full of up-to-date
information about issues affecting higher education. The
entire contents of the newspaper are posted on Monday
and updated daily. Every issue published since 1989 is
searchable. Sign up for Chronicle e-mail alerts of your
choice, including "Grant Alerts." |
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CINAHL
Plus with Full Text*
CINAHLis a comprehensive source of full text for nursing
& allied health journals, providing full text for
more than 620 journals indexed in CINAHL, Evidence-Based
Care Sheet, Quick Reference Charts, Continuing Education
Units and Search Strategies. |
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The
Scientific
& Medical Art (SMART) Imagebase*
is a collection of 13,000+ high quality illustrations
and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery,
diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and
other health science topics. |
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CQ
Researcher: http://www.cqel.com/cqresearcher*
Use this database for in-depth, non-biased
coverage of political and social issues with regular reports
on topics in health, international affairs, education,
the environment, technology and more. |
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CREDO
reference
http://www.credoreference.com
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Search this online reference service featuring over
200 full-text reference titles with over 2 million entries
from 50 highly-respected publishers integrated in a
robust search engine with many unique interactive features.
Images for art and nursing, maps and other visuals are
available here.
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Ebsco
Mobile (Smart
phone access via Entrata
library link)
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EbscoHost*
http://search.ebscohost.com
EBSCOHost is a series of databases containing
bibliographic citations(8035 titles), full text articles
(4515), and peer reviewed articles (3630) for academic
research and study. Click on EBSCOHost for an annotated
list of databases and their contents. Articles are also
available in French, German, and Spanish and may be
searched by keyword, subject, publication name, and
images. |
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Facts
on File*
World news is covered in this online database, searchable
by keyword, date, menu . Click on Today’s News
for quick updates during the day. World News Digest
is available for 1980 – 2003. The archives cover
the years 1940 – 1979. Special Features include
key people, issues, historic events (1940 – present),
world leaders, historic documents, country profiles
and more. |
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First
Search*
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org
Search the following databases: ArticleFirst, ECO, ERIC,
GPO (government documents), MEDLINE, PapersFirst,, World
Almanac, WorldCat and ClasePeriodica (Index of Latin American
journals in the sciences and humanities). |
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HarpWeek
http://app.harpweek.com
View 56 years of Harper's Weekly Magazine
for a bird's eye view ot the 19th Century in the U.S.
The text is searchable by keyword from 1857 -- 1901 with
the rest in progress. Cartoons, news, literature, editorials,
and advertising help you get the picture. |
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& Controversies
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Issues
& Controversies *
Look here for ideas for arugmentative essays, debate topics,
persuasian essay materials in areas of business, politics,
government, education and popular culture. |
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ProQuest
Historical New York Times: *
http://proquest.umi.com/login/ipauto?COPT=SU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPTFBQ0Q@
Access 150 years of New York Times newspapers –
1851 – 2003, cover to cover, including advertising. |
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Historical
Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times
to the Present http://hsus.cambridge.org
is arranged in five categories: Population, Work and
Welfare, Economic Structure and Performance, Economic
Sectors, and Governance and International Relations.
Appendixes include Weights, Measures & Monetary
Values, State and Census Regions, and origins of the
statistics. |
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Lexis-Nexis*
http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic
Lexis-Nexis is made up of five modules
of information, searchable by keywords and menu choices.
Choose News, Business, Legal Research, Medical information,
or Reference. The Lexis Nexis link is active inside
Entrata under the Library link. To have access to
the link off campus, the user must
1) Be able to log on with a valid Entrata UserID and
Password
2) Be an active student enrolled in the current term
or a faculty member |
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Key
standard reference materials are combined in the Literary
Reference Center*
to provide author biographies, literary criticism, journal
articles, 57,000 full text poems, 14,500 full text short
stories, 8400 full text classics, author interviews, timelines,
citation tool, and a literary glossary. |
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Modern
World History Online*
Provides a detailed and comparative view of the people,
places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world
history
from the mid 15th century to the present through primary
sources, timelines, maps & charts, biographies, images
& videos |
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netLibrary
http://www.netlibrary.com/*
Create a free user account and read an e-book at netLibrary.
Browse the book or check it out for two hours with renewal
time possible in units of two hours, unless a hold has
been placed on the title. To access off campus, set
up a free account on campus first. See the QuickStart
Guide under the Help link for more details.
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Oxford
English Dictionary Online*
http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl
This dictionary is the authority on the evolution
of English words, giving the meaning, history, and pronunciation
of over 1/2 million words, past and present. |
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Carli Digital Collections |
The
Saskia
Collection contains 30,000 digital images
of paintings, sculpture, and architecture, including images
from many important collections: the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches
Museum, the Uffizi, and the Louvre as well as archaeological
sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Egypt.
Many of the images can be found in 19 major art history
texts.
To search only the Saskia Art Images, click on the "Clear
All" button
at the bottom of the page and click in the box by Saskia. |
Medical
eBook Collection
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SpringerLink connects to over 33,000
eBooks in the Springer Medical Collection published from
2005 -- 2010. To access books off campus, click on
register in the left column and follow instructions
to set up a free username and password. Benefits include
unlimited concurrent users,24/7 access, ability to save
books and transfer them to ebook readers and other devices
for free, and "My Copy" option, which is a black
and white paperback version of most books in this collection,
for purchase from Springer Co. for $24.90. |
Today's
Science
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Today's
Science*
Science news updated weeklyexplains important,
timely developments in all areas of science. |
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Sanborn
Insurance Maps
http://sanborn.umi.com
More than 660,000 maps, created to assist fire insurance
companies as they assessed risk associated with insuring
properties, chart the growth and development of more than
12,000 American cities. |
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World
News Digest *
Find news from 1940 to the present with twice-weekly updates,
as well as primary documents, timelines, editorial cartoons
with discussion questions, in-depth guides on hot topics,
suggested research paper topics with links to articles
and more. |
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