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The Librarys Online Resources

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Online resources Get them from home or office Databases provide something for every discipline, as well as scholarly sources, magazines and newspapers Essential source of scholarly information for a college where the population is not on campus for long periods.

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Start with general databases ProQuest Central, Academic Search Good start for a search where you may not be sure of your approach Search strategies will be the same for other databases

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Link to databases in particular disciplines Look for databases that meet particular needs Ethnic Newswatch Genderwatch New York Times Historical dates from 1851 Academic Universe: Legal (Lexis Nexis) case law AP Images photographs Several databases for news articles and more, just read our menu or ask us!

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How do you read articles when you dont now what theyre talking about? Online reference sources are available ABC-Clio Electronic Books Encyclopedia Britannica Gale Virtual Reference Library Oxford English Dictionary

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Databases allow your students to obtain scholarly and research information by limiting searches to scholarly sources Are you doing research? You have access to a wide range of scholarly information as well.

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Link to available e-books when you get results from a search in the library catalog Search EBSCO E-books Search ebrary Allows you to search within the books you retrieve to easily locate information on your topic

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ERIC ProQuest Education Journals Teacher Resource Center Faculty and Staff Services links to Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed

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VAST: Academic Video Online Reference USA links to information on many US and Canadian businesses; for business research and for finding internships Fergusons Career Guidance Center Global Issues in Context, Issues and Controversies, Points of View Reference Center

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Visit online resource page periodically; see what is available and new Give us your feedback. We want to have the best resources for your students in each discipline Let us know what you need; Are students having trouble finding sources? Are new courses coming up? What about personal research?

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For reference/research assistance please call: Reference Desk: 609-570-3560 For electronic resources (including assistance with connecting to library resources from off campus or database help) please call: Electronic Resources: 609-570-3550 (Monday Thursday 10AM 6PM and Friday 9AM 5PM) For acquisitions of library materials please call: Acquisitions: 609-570-3559

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