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Online Resource
Description
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| Credo
Reference |
Featuring
full text, aggregated content from hundreds of reference books,
with over 2.7 million entries covering every major subject.
With a focus on ready-reference content, Credo Reference includes
dictionaries, biographical data, statistics, quotations and
audio and image files from more than 50
publishers.
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eBooks - ebrary
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A collection of ebooks that may be both viewed online or downloaded to select mobile devices. You may click on this link for more information.
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| eBooks - EBSCOhost |
Over
10,000 electronic books covering all topics that you can browse.
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Encyclopedia of Global Warming
(Salem Press) |
575 easy-to-understand essays on all aspects of our natural resources, from their economic applications and benefits to the impact of their extraction. Provides a wide variety of perspectives on both traditional and more recent views of Earth's resources. 4 volumes - all online.
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Films On Demand
Digital Educational Videos |
The Films on Demand collections provide unlimited, 24/7 access to more than 4,000 full-length videos and 52,000 video clips - all Closed Captioned. These videos cover topics in Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics, Career & Technical Education, and Health & Medicine to name a few. The video content can be linked with our course management system and used by faculty and students anytime, anywhere.
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Forensic Science
(Salem Press) |
460 articles on every aspect of forensics, from specific techniques of Bite-mark analysis to the general science of Forensic anthropology. A student wishing to understand the process of Crime scene investigation will find exhaustive descriptions in Forensic Science of each element, method, and discipline employed by investigators, with more than a dozen articles on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) alone, from DNA analysis to the National DNA Index System. The set’s focus is not confined to the crime scene and the laboratory: It includes extensive treatment of the presentation of forensic evidence in courtroom, discussing the role of Expert witnesses, legal principles such as Mens rea, and significant Supreme Court cases such as Miranda v. Arizona that shape the admissibility and meaning of evidence at trial.
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Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
(EBSCOhost)
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Over 25,000
encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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Gale
Virtual Reference Library
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Complete text of over 100 reference books that cover all disciplines.
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Magill's Medical Guide, 4th rev.ed.
(Salem Press) |
The 5 volume Guide includes over 1,000 essays, ranging in length from 500 to 3,500 words each; 58 topics are new and 37 essays replace those from the previous edition. There are more than 400 photographs and drawings plus 644 sidebars and tables. The new edition introduces particularly current subject areas such as facial transplantation and avian influenza (bird flu). Plus, the Guide includes 44 "In the News" sidebars that evaluate recent media stories about ongoing research and experimental treatments.
These boxes both highlight the latest information and provide readers with a critical view of popular reports. The topics covered include the dangerous side effects of Ambien and other sleep aids, new treatments for Alzheimer's disease and breast cancer, and Iraq War-related diseases. Also noteworthy is the addition of a list of "Symptoms and Warning Signs" listing possible causes and a "Pharmaceutical List" surveying brand-name and generic drugs.
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| The National Gallery |
The National Gallery Collection is comprised of high definition images from the National Gallery, London. Each entry includes a description of the work along with its artist, medium, dimensions, acquisition credit, and date made . It houses the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to the 19th centuries.
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| Oxford
Art Online |
Encyclopedia
of the arts and art history with web links (includes Grove Art
Online.)
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| Oxford
English Dictionary - Online |
The
Entire Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, available online.
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| Oxford
Language Dictionaries Online |
Unabridged
bilingual dictionaries in Chinese, French, German, Italian,
Russian, and Spanish. This resource includes quick translations,
example sentences, audio pronunciations, and additional tools
for language learning and cultural exploration.
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| Oxford
Language Dictionaries Online - Chinese |
Direct
link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in Chinese. This
resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio
pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and
cultural exploration.
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| Oxford
Language Dictionaries Online - French |
Direct
link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in French. This
resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio
pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and
cultural exploration.
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| Oxford
Language Dictionaries Online - German |
Direct
link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in German. This
resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio
pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and
cultural exploration.
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| Oxford
Language Dictionaries Online - Italian |
Direct
link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in Italian. This
resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio
pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and
cultural exploration.
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| Oxford
Language Dictionaries Online - Russian |
Direct
link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in Russian. This
resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio
pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and
cultural exploration.
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| Oxford
Language Dictionaries Online - Spanish |
Direct
link to the unabridged bilingual dictionary in Spanish. This
resource includes quick translations, example sentences, audio
pronunciations, and additional tools for language learning and
cultural exploration.
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| Reference
Universe |
A
cumulative index to print and electronic reference works which
allows you to search the article titles and complete book indexes
of specialized encyclopedias, compendia, handbooks at our library.
It covers all disciplines, and includes works from 1985 to present.
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| Safari
Books Online |
An
e-reference library containing collections of emerging technology
books, manuscripts, papers and instructional video.
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Salem History
(Salem Press) |
Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of many of the printed reference. Currently online with:
- Milestone Documents - A new, primary source series.
- The Decades - Salem's critically acclaimed American history series.
- Great Lives from History - The worldwide biographical resource.
- Great Events from History - History throughout the centuries.
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Salem Literature - Authors
(Salem Press)
Salem Literature - Works
(Salem Press) |
Salem Literature features not only articles on writers and their works but also resources to help facilitate the reader's access to these articles.
The Books in this series are also available in the Library in hard copy & may be checked out (call numbers are included for each title).
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