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Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.Indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals. View the EBSCO Search Tutorial Video
This resource offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture for the past 500 years. Hundreds of videos, as well as speeches, timelines, biographies, and countless informative articles are contained in this unique database. View the Topic Centers for specific subjects, such as the Underground Railroad, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which include articles, sharable slideshows, videos and primary sources.
Anatomy.TV is the world's most detailed 3D model of human anatomy online. Students can rotate the images and add and subtract layers. It's a self-guided multimedia learning resource to teach the mastery of anatomy and physiology. Quizzes and case studies are included, faculty can integrate these into lesson plans or as a study aid for students. Also included are 3D Atlas, 3D Real-Time and Functional Anatomy Therapy modules on this platform.
“Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality”. A free, open resource for students, educators and others who are researching U.S. Black history. The site features over 2,000 curated primary-source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. Featured subjects: Slavery and Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860), Civil War and Reconstruction Era (1861-1877), Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932), New Deal and World War II (1933-1945), Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975), Contemporary Era (1976-2000s).
Gale Business: Insights empowers users with the necessary tools to research and effectively interpret international business topics. Access more than 430,000 detailed company profiles with company financial data, in-depth country overviews, and comprehensive industry profiles to stay current with the ever-evolving business landscape.
A streaming video service that provides access to over 38,000 instructional and documentary videos from producers such as Films for the Humanities & Sciences, HBO, CNBC News, ABC News, PBS, BBC, Cengage Learning, Meridian, and others.
Daily newspaper from Hartford, Connecticut. Provides unlimited access to the Hartford Courant website. Sign in with a Courant account or access anonymously. The anonymous option grants 24-hour access to the courant.com website, while signing in with an account allows you to continue accessing the site for three days.
Opposing Viewpoints offers material to support differing views to help develop critical thinking skills on thousands of current social topics in the forms of primary source documents, statistics, websites and multimedia. Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues, including racism, capital punishment, global warming, and voting rights with reference sources, newspaper and magazine articles, scholarly journals, court cases, government documents, viewpoints, maps, images, audio, video and websites.
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal. Search all of these newspaper titles conveniently in one search portal.
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Anatomy.TV is the world's most detailed 3D model of human anatomy online. Students can rotate the images and add and subtract layers. It's a self-guided multimedia learning resource to teach the mastery of anatomy and physiology. Quizzes and case studies are included, faculty can integrate these into lesson plans or as a study aid for students. Also included are 3D Atlas, 3D Real-Time and Functional Anatomy Therapy modules on this platform.
A step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit; the Gale Business: Plan Builder dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a business plan focused on long-term success. Create a free account using your college email (required).
CINAHL Ultimate is the new definitive research tool for nursing and allied health professionals, which provides more than 1,500 active full-text journals and magazines. In addition, it includes content such as Quick Lessons, Evidence-Based Care Sheets; Continuing Education Modules. This database is an upgrade of the resource “CINAHL with Full Text”.
Available for the first time to the library market, CNN’s specials and feature programming on business, economics, technology, environmental studies, health, women’s studies, and human rights are some of the highest-quality video being produced today. To meet the needs of educational and public libraries worldwide, we are proud to present The CNN Video Collection, to spark classroom discussions, to support scholarly research, and to inform and engage students on the topics that impact today’s world.
Daily newspaper from Hartford, Connecticut. Provides unlimited access to the Hartford Courant website. Sign in with a Courant account or access anonymously. The anonymous option grants 24-hour access to the courant.com website, while signing in with an account allows you to continue accessing the site for three days.
Requires creation of free account using campus email address. Use your free account to access popular features, such as Today's Paper, Currently Trending, Wirecutter, The Athletic, Games including The Crossword, Cooking, Recipes, The Learning Network, Opinion, Politics, The Daily (podcast), New York Times Video and TimesMachine, which provides page scans of every issue of The New York Times published between 1851 and 2002 in browsing and searching formats.
O'Reilly for Higher Education offers access to over 60,000 eBooks and more than 30,000 hours of videos, along with guided learning paths and real‑world case studies. The content covers technology, business, and software topics, including programming, IT networking, project management, graphic design, business strategy, and professional development. Find hands‑on tools like code examples, practice exercises, certification prep materials, and training videos to support learning and skill building.
eGo eBooks and Audio Books via The Palace Project App is a platform that gives you access to tens of thousands of digital eBook and audio book titles from different publishers and sources. New titles are continuously being added to this collection. To view the available collection, download the Palace app and create a free account. Palace is available for both Apple (App Store) and Android (Google Play) phones and tablets.
Gale Presents Petersons Test and Career Prep provides you with standardized exam preparation, including practice tests, eBooks and online courses. Exams types include professional, civil service and military exams. Career prep includes professional career videos, an occupational database and career library, military crosswalks, citizenship, math, science, reading, writing skills and job search powered by Indeed.com. Access to Visual CV Resume Creator is also included.
Please Note: an account is required to access this resource and save your progress in the prep material. An email address is not required, but highly recommended, to create an account.