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Student Resources
- Copyright Information
- Encyclopedias
- Style Manuals
- Search Engines
- Legal Research Sites
- NetLibrary E-Books
Click on CATALOG to search the library catalog. Find books, pamphlets, videos, and journals on your subject that are owned by any, or all members of the consortium. Also use the following basic reference tools to further enhance your research. WORLDCAT search tool – click here to find books, videos, etc. that you can’t find in any of our ELIN Libraries.
Biographies
American National Biography – The American National Biography is an online biographical dictionary and tells the story of the United States through the lives of its people. The format of articles in the ANB is based on chronology. A given article traces a person's life through the sequence of significant events as they occurred from birth to death. Childhood and education are, as a rule, briefly discussed at the outset; then the course of the subject's career is mapped out, with the emphasis on the key achievements and the essential details of private life. It is regularly updated and is only accessible from within Pannell Library and certain selected sites around the NMJC campus.
Copyright
Copyright Information – Now, so that you will know exactly how and where "credit is due" here are some useful tools that tell you way more than you ever wanted to know about copyright laws.
Dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary – This is the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary. It is only accessible from within Pannell Library and certain selected sites around the NMJC campus. If you want to find OED's definition of a word or phrase, enter it in the box at the top right of each page, labeled Find Word. Alternatively, full–text searching of all OED's definitions, etymologies, and quotations is available through the Search function at the bottom left of each page. The OED online contains all the best features of the printed version with the advantage of weighing absolutely nothing at all!
Encyclopedias
Click on Encyclopedias to see an annotated list of general and special subject encyclopedias and links to their websites.
Style Manuals
Style Manuals – If you ever need to properly credit the reference to a work you have quoted in your writing, you will need to use a style manual. Here are some pages that will help you give "credit where credit is due". Practically all of these cites contain guides to each of the four styles. If you find one that is clearer than the other, by all means, stick with it.
TILT
TILT – This is a free interactive tutorial to help you learn informationliteracy skills. Please read the instructions carefully - that's the first lesson!