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Media
Services
Library/Media
Center
Librarian:
Barb Mason
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Online Resource List
Careers
Internet Database
Career-related
resources, including education planning, a salary calculator, new
career reports and career testings, plus scholarship, internship,
grant and contest listings. |
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Careers
Library
A
Chronicle Guidance Publication that lists careers in alphabetical
order and includes such things as working conditions, education and
training, earnings, and licensing and union requirements, and employment
outlook |
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CIAO
Columbia
International Affairs Online that includes policy briefs, case studies,
and background reading for history and political science courses |
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CQ
Researcher
In-depth analysis
of contemporary issues. Commentary by experts, lawmakers, and citizens
on all sides of controversial issues. covers social, economic, political
and environmental issues. Includes graphs, charts, and statistics. |
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CultureGrams
Cultural
reports for more than 200 countries with 25 different categories including
climate, history, gestures, diet, economy, events and trends, holidays,
and recipes |
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Encyclopedia
Americana (Grolier)
Online
encyclopedia that includes websites and feature stories from the Associated
Press, as well as lesson plans for educators |
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FirstSearch
FirstSearch
is an online service that gives library professionals and end users
access to a rich collection of reference databases. With FirstSearch,
materials in our library’s collection are highlighted in results
from searches in dozens of leading databases. |
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JSTOR
Many
scholarly journals for all disciplines |
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NoodleTools
A
tool to help format a bibliography using MLA or APA style. Also includes
note cards to help organize research |
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NoveList
Readers
Advisory. Includes both fiction and non-fiction and includes author
read-alikes and book discussions |
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PsycNET
Full-text
articles published by the American Psychological Association |
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Science
Online (Facts On File)
Thousands
of essays on science, math, and technology. Includes images, videos,
and experiments, as well as definitions, biographies, and timely topics |
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SIRS
Decades
Over
5,000 selected primary and secondary source articles on people, places
and events in 20th century America. Conveniently divided into decades. |
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SIRS
Researcher
Over 1600
sources offering information about the major social issues of today.
Also include SIRS Government Reporter |
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Student
Resource Center (Gale Cengage)
Thousands
of full-text magazine articles, primary source documents, and newspaper
articles on hundreds of topics. Multimedia content includes podcast,
audioclips, and video as well as flags, maps, and photos. Also includes
literary criticism. |
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World
of Poetry
(Columbia
Graingers World of Poetry) – Poetry, history and criticism,
biographies, and listening room. |
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