Careers Internet Database |
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Online versions of career reports that cover education requirements, positive and negative aspects of each career, and interviews with people working in the field. Includes an interest assessment test, career news, and lists of best colleges and graduate schools specific to each career. |
| Contemporary World Issues |
| NEW: June 2006 |
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Issues series cover the hot-button topics; provide historical background, contemporary context, and resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date. |
| Europa World Plus |
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Online version of the "Europa World Year Book" and the nine-volume "Regional Surveys of the World" series, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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Searchable electronic book collection that includes subject encyclopedias, handbooks, and guides covering many subject disciplines.
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| Grolier Online |
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Online versions of the "Encyclopedia America", "Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia", and "The New Book of Knowledge". Also includes several dictionaries, a thesaurus, an interactive world atlas, and resources for educators. |
| LearningExpress Library |
| NEW: January 2007 |
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LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help its users succeed on academic or licensing tests. Includes scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analyses of results.
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| Literature Criticism Online |
| NEW: January 2008 |
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Includes complete, searchable backfiles for 6 of the Gale “Literature Criticism” book series: Contemporary, 20th Century, 19th Century, Shakespeare, Poetry, and Short Stories.
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| Net Library |
| NEW: June 2006 |
| A collection of electronic books covering numerous subject disciplines. |
| Oxford Reference Online |
| NEW: May 2007 |
| Searchable database of 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes access to the Oxford Companions Series. |
| Praeger Security International Online (PSIO) |
| PSIO provides information on security and terrorism. All books published by Praeger Security International are included in the database, as well as news feeds and other documents related to international security, defense and foreign policy, regional security, military history, and terrorism. |
| Safari Tech Books Online |
| NEW: February 2006 |
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Searchable collection of 46 technical books. To browse titles owned by EKU, in the Search box, click on “My Bookshelf” and then hit the blue "Go" button. This resource is available to 2 simultaneous users only.
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| Vault Online Career Library |
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Downloadable versions of "Industry & Career Guidebooks". Also includes online versions of "Occupational Profiles" and "Industry Reports", as well as career advice and resources.
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