Books
/ Media
Find
books / media at Northwest Vista College and other ACCD colleges.
You can check out books, CDs and videos / DVDs.They are all located
in the west wing of the library.
You will need your student ID or a valid picture ID in order to
check out materials. Library
Catalog [ Search
Tips ]
Search the NVC catalog for books, ebooks,
CDs, and DVDs or search the collections of all ACCD libraries.
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Options
WorldCat
Search the collections of libraries world-wide -- about 52,000,000
books. Ask a librarian for help in ordering materials.
Online
Databases - Find Articles
The online databases
give you access to thousands of scholarly journals, magazines,
newspapers and materials from books. Use your original
PALS username and password to log in to the databases
from off campus.
[
Off-Campus Access Tutorial ]
Academic
Search Complete - contains full text for nearly
4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications.
In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing
and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals in the collection.
This scholarly collection offers information in computer sciences,
engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts
& literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many
more.
Academic
OneFile - is the premier source
for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the
world's leading journals and reference sources.
With extensive coverage of the physical sciences,
technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts,
theology, literature and other subjects, Academic
OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.
With millions of articles available in both PDF
and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers
are able to find accurate information quickly.
CQ Researcher - Covers current events.
A printout of the ten-year index is available
at the reference desk.
Facts.com - a broad database that
brings together several reference sources: World
News Digest, Facts on File, Reuters news (for
the most recent 2 weeks), the World Almanac, Issues
and Controversies and Today's Science
.Oxford
Reference Books Online - A large
collection of encyclopedias and dictionaries for
all subjects, searchable by title or by the whole
collection! Many of the famous Oxford Companions
are included.
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center - provides
information on social issues. Access viewpoint
articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary
documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine
and newspaper articles
Student
Research Center - A search interface
designed specifically for secondary school students
according to their needs and search abilities.
Users can easily pre-determine which content sources
(e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country
Reports, Film & Video) will be included with
their search or search databases through topic
headings.
Web
Sites
The
American Heritage Book of English Usage
Distinguishing
scholarly journals from other periodicals |