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Art  

ARTstor ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

Akhenaten 
This is a locally generated PPCC Library Resource Tutorial.

 

Business 

Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
Full text coverage of over 1000 scholarly business, management and economics journals.

Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Provides articles from regional business publications, business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

 

eBooks   

NetLibrary
A comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks) and resource materials accessible from any computer connected to the Internet.

 

Education  

ERIC — Educational Resource Information Center (EBSCO)
Provides some 2,200 digests, along with references for additional information and citations & abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

 Is Education a Deterrent to Crime
This is a locally generated PPCC Library Resource Tutorial.

 Human Growth and Development
This is a locally generated PPCC Library Resource Tutorial.

 

Find Journals 

Serials Solutions 
Looking for a specific magazine? Use Serials Solutions to find out if the PPCC Library has the newspaper, magazine, journal or any other periodical publication in print (paper) format, or in electronic (internet) format or both formats.

 

General Reference  

Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a vast, online reference library, providing access to the full text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular titles.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.

Associates Programs Source (EBSCO)
Associates Programs Source contains nearly 1,000 full-text journals as well as 11 full-text books, specifically for two-year colleges.

CQ Researcher
Published weekly. The single-themed reports offer in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is the online version of the Opposing Viewpoints series of books about social issues.

MAS Ultra (EBSCO)
Provides articles from general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975.

TOPICsearch (EBSCO)
Current events database—explore social, political & economic issues and scientific discoveries.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

FirstSearch
Consists of several databases, including WorldCat, World Almanac, ArticleFirst, ECO, ERIC, and Medline, which primarily provide abstracts to articles.

Son of Citation Machine
The primary goal of this tool is to make is so easy for high school, college, and university students and other researchers to credit information sources, there is virtually no reason not to -- because SOMEDAY THE INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO USE, WILL BE YOURS.

The Great Internet Validity Quest
This is a locally generated PPCC Library Resource Tutorial.

 

 History  

History Reference Center (EBSCO)
History Reference Center® is the world's most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. The database features full text for more than 2,400 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.

Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History
An invaluable collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals. The following is a massive collection of the literature and documents which were most relevant to the colonists' lives in America.
 

The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
The Avalon Project makes available a comprehensive collection of original source documents ranging in time from antiquity to the present day in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
 

The Digital Book Index: A Union Catalog of Electronic Books, Texts and Documents
Digital Book Index provides links to more than 142,000 full-text digital books from more than 1800 commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites.

Writing About Current Issues Using Sources
This is a locally generated PPCC Library Resource Tutorial.

 

 K-12 Resources  

Animals (EBSCO)
EBSCO’s Encyclopedia of Animals offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.

Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
Provides popular magazine articles for middle and jr. high school research.

Primary Search (EBSCO)
Provides articles from magazines for elementary school research. Articles are assigned reading level indicators (Lexiles). Information dates as far back as 1990.

 

Literature  

Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

Gale's Literary Index
Gale's Literary Index provides quick and easy access to author and title listings from over 130 literature products  like Literature Criticism fron 1400-1800, Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism and Short Story Criticism.

New York Times Sunday Book Review
Searchable, scholarly book reviews archived from 1981 forward.

Movie Review Query Engine
The Movie Review Query Engine -- also known as “MRQE” (pronounced “marquee”) -- is a leading index of movie reviews published online.

LoudLit--Literature for your eyes and ears
LoudLit.org is committed to delivering public domain literature paired with high quality audio performances.

 

Newspapers  

LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options.

 

Nursing/Health  

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL® Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 640 journals indexed in CINAHL.

Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content.

PDRhealth
PDRhealth is the consumer Web portal of the Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR®), which has provided trusted and authoritative drug and clinical information to physicians for over 60 years.

Pharmacy Technician Tutorial
This is a locally generated PPCC Library Resource Tutorial.
 

 

 

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