Reference and Research Resources
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Health & Wellness Resource Center For researchers at all levels -- from general interest to graduate students and healthcare professionals -- a world of health information is now available in one user-friendly electronic resource. For one-stop access to authoritative health information with integrated access to medical, health and wellness information, turn to the Health & Wellness Resource Center, a specialized reference tool that offers a vast collection of authoritative medical information to academic, medical and public libraries.
A single search gives users instant access to hundreds of journals, approximately 300 pamphlets, and many encyclopedias. |
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PowerSearch A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles and ebooks, many with images. Updated daily. |
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NetLibrary eBooks eBooks are full-text electronic versions of published books that library patrons can search, borrow, read and return over the Internet. eBook titles are available to users at public workstations in the library and from their personal computers via the Internet.
NetLibrary eBook collections range in scope from best-selling fiction and foreign language titles to core academic areas of science, social sciences and the humanities to collections of specialized study in areas such as business, education, library science, medicine, religion and philosophy, computer science and engineering.
To start using the eBook collection, first visit a library location to set up your username and password. Then you can use your login anywhere, anytime! |
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LitFinder
LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 126,500 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, 5,000 full-text short stories, 2,800 full-text essays, 1,800 full-text speeches, and 1,000 full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. A subject navigator provides over 10,000 subject headings, and basic and advanced search modes allow users to search by keyword, author, subject, work title, work date, nationality, gender, timeline, and more. |
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America's Newspapers
The electronic editions of local, regional and national U.S newspapers are available through one easy-to-search database. Many articles date to the 1970s. Available only within the library locations. |
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Learning Express Library LearningExpress Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Important: Use your Library ID number (on the back of your library card) as your username! |
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Self-Help Legal Research Internet Sites compiled by Legal Research Librarian, Pam Scott
For more information, contact or 305-292-3595 |
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Access Newspapers
Access NewspaperARCHIVE contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. It is your gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers online. NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world's largest archive of online newspapers, is providing this valuable research tool. Use the archive to view, save and print full-page newspapers from around the world.
Content on Access NewspaperARCHIVE is a unique primary resource, as newspapers provide information as news happened and not necessarily the way it was remembered. Visit access.newspaperarchive.com to search millions of historical newspapers from your home computer. |
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