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- How to Read and Comprehend Scientific Research Articles (Video) This tutorial will discuss how to read a scientific article, how to find the main points of the article, and how to take effective notes. From UMN Libraries
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- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window Multi-disciplinary database with 10,000+ full-text journal. Includes a combination of academic journals (scholarly/peer reviewed), magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos. Disciplines range from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, women's studies, zoology and more. #ebsco
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window Communication and mass media topics, including business communication, in journals, major journalism reviews, and recent encyclopedia and handbooks from 1915 to the present #ebsco
- Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window Free, full-text access to a variety of open access scholarly and scientific journals.
- Tech Talk This link opens in a new window Tech-Talk is a premier collection of articles and videos, written each week by top training experts for professionals and students. It helps people stay up-to-date in using technology and become better communicators in the workplace. Covers a wide range of tech products from Microsoft to Google and beyond.
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- Ebook Central This link opens in a new window 30,000+ ebooks collection that spans all academic subject areas. Users can search for e-books by title, author, subject, ISBN, LC call number, etc. or browse by publisher or subject. By creating an eBrary bookshelf account (free), readers can manage a virtual bookshelf where they can store, highlight, search, take notes, create folders and even share ebooks.
- Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window Encyclopedias and specialized e-book reference sources for business, communications, criminal justice, education, environmental sciences, finance, history, homeland security, literature, political science, psychology, sciences, and sociology. Includes full-text articles in multiple literature encyclopedia series including Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, and Short Stories for Students
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- Films on Demand This link opens in a new window Streaming videos that covers a a wide range of topics including social sciences, arts and humanities, science, technology, archival film and newsreels and more.
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window Academic Video Online features a single, fully integrated platform, offering access to tens of thousands of full-length streaming video titles. Virtually every video in the collection is fully transcribed in addition to being indexed for subjects, people, places, release date, language, publisher, and video type.
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