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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). |
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Career
& Technical Resources
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Associates
Programs Source
*contains 1000
full-text journals as well as 100 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, diesel technology, marketing, automotive,electrical
technology, law enforcement & criminal justice, manufacturing,
welding and more. |
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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*
is the world's most comprehensive source of full text
for nursing & allied health journals, providing full
text for more than 620 journals indexed in CINAHL. CINAHL
Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for
all areas of nursing and allied health literature. |
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SMART
Imagebase
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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 research tool 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 the U.S. economy.
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EbscoHost
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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 *
http://www.2facts.com
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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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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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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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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Health
Science E-Journals
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Mary
Ann Liebert Health Science E-Journals
http://www.liebertonline.com/
Search in 55+ authoritative publications about biomedical
research, clinical medicine ad surgery, law, and science. |
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Lexis-Nexis:
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http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe
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 now active inside
Entrata under the Learning Resources link. To have access
to the link an Entrata user must meet the following
criteria:
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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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. See the QuickStart
Guide for more details. |
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Oxford
English Dictionary Online
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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. |
Nursing
Journals Online |
ProQuest
Nursing Journals Online*
http://proquest.umi.com/login
Access over 250 nursing journals online relevant to nursing
and allied health. |
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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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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. |
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