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Condition of Education
Digest Education Statistics
Education Statistics
at a Glance
Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Onelook Dictionaries
- indexes 736 online dictionaries
General Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Encarta
Columbia Encyclopedia
Statistics
US Statistical Abstract
World Almanac
(VIVA-FirstSearch)
ChildStats
Fast Facts
Kids Count
Condition of Education
Digest Education
Statistics
Education
Statistics at a Glance
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| Books and Print Resources
- no limit on how many books you can check out at one time. Our checkout
period is four weeks. Library cards are free at the Circulation Desk. |
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Resources for locating books from other
libraries.
WorldCat
88+ million books worldwide
James Madison University
University of Virginia
If you find a title you would like, use the Library's Interlibrary Loan
service. Print, or write out the information and contact the Library.
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| Periodical
Indexes (Magazines, Journals & Newspapers)
- this is where you can print articles from actual
magazines, journals and newspapers. For free. |
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Indexes Containing Full-Text Articles be
sure and follow all the steps on our
Remote
Access Directions page to be able to access these databases from your
home computer
Academic Search Complete
- our
new general database.
Associates Programs Source
- our new database specially designed for community
college students
ERIC
- Education Resources in Education
Factiva
(must use Internet Explorer)
Provides articles from many national
and international magazines, journals, newspapers, and newswires.
Great for an international viewpoint.
Google Scholar
JSTOR
database that is unique because the complete
archives of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with
the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s.
Opposing Viewpoints - gives you both sides of an
issue - the only way to really know your issue.
Teacher Reference
Center
Wiley InterScience
- over 3 million articles across 1400 journalsWhat to do if
the article you want isn't full-text in the database where you found it:
1. Look in the
Houff Library
Periodical Holdings listing. Maybe you can check out the
magazine or journal that has your article in it.
2. Not there? Then copy and paste the JOURNAL name in the following
links This will tell you if it's full-text in one of our 200+ databases:
VIVA
Online Journal Locator
VCCS Online Journal Search
3. Look in the databases that BRCC subscribes to on their own (not
through VIVA or VCCS). They are
JSTOR,
Wiley InterScience.
4. Try DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals at
http://www.doaj.org/. This has
full-text to nearly 91,000 articles.
5. If your journal still isn't full-text in either of these two
links, then copy the ARTICLE title and and paste it into a
Google search to see if it's on the
author's home page or in an online journal.
6. Type the JOURNAL title into Google
and see if the journal is free online.
7. If that fails, then use the BRCC Library's free Interlibrary Loan
service. Print the article information and bring that into the library
or copy and paste the article information into the
E-Mail a Librarian
link and we will call you when the article arrives.
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