Energy Resources. ( B. Pharmacy, 1st Year, Sem-II) Natural Resources
Online Collections: What's New?
1. Online Collections
What’s New
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2. Where can you find them?
westervillelibrary.org > Online Collections
3. Who can use them?
Anyone with a
Westerville
Library card
OR
Anyone in the
building
Note: Ancestry.com & Haines Criss+Cross are in-library use only.
Patrons with temporary card numbers or $5+ in fines can still access.
4. What’s new in 2012?
Chilton Library
Car repair manuals, similar to
Auto Repair Reference Center,
except different cars
eSequels
Everything you ever wanted to
know about (adult fiction) books
in series
Signing Savvy
Learn sign language with video
tutorials
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5. Ack, why does it look like that?
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Business &
Business
Company
Insights:
Resource
Essentials
Center
6. What’s different?
• Cleaner interface
• Easy NAICS/SIC
browse and search
• Simple company
comparisons
(revenue,
employees, sales)
Get started with Business Insights: Essentials.
7. Ack, why does it look like that?
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Oxford
Oxford
Reference
Reference
Online
8. What’s different?
• Easy to browse
• Easy to search inside
• Book cover images
now appear
• Avoid locked content
by checking the
“Provided by library”
box
Get started with Oxford Reference.
9. ¿Hablas español?
La Nueva
Enciclopedia
Cumbre
Access through
July 2013
Find on ESL
Explore Guide
Get started with Grolier Online Passport.
10. Do you speak [____]?
Ancient Greek
Biblical Hebrew
Castilian Spanish
Icelandic
Koine Greek
Latin
Swedish
Tagalog
Get started with Mango Languages.
11. What can I get on my phone?
AccessMyLibrary
Research with Gale databases
Not mobile friendly
Mango Languages
Learn languages
OverDrive Media Console
Read ebooks
ReferenceUSA
Research businesses, iPad only
Signing Savvy
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Available through your device’s app store.
12. What can I get on my phone?
Consumer Reports
Get product-buying advice
EBSCOhost Mobile
Read articles
Novelist Plus
Get book recommendations
Tumblebooks
iPad only
World Book
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Read encyclopedia articles
Available through the Westerville Library app or
http://explore.westervillelibrary.org/app.
13. How can I get answers to legal questions?
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Get started with Legal Forms Library.
14. What if?
What if I have an idea for
making it better?
What if I find a database
that we don’t have but
should?
What if it doesn’t work?
15. Who should I ask?
Tamara Murray
Web Content Librarian
Nieca Nowels
Adult Services Manager
Karen Albury
Deputy Director
Carrie Waibel
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OHIONET
16. The end.
Thanks for coming!
-Tamara
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Editor's Notes
Easier to find SIC/NAICS codes based on industry keywords.
Surprisingly, there are 61 entries that mention St. Polycarp.
Religious and Scholarly CollectionCastilian Spanish = Spanish Spanish, instead of Latin American SpanishTagalog = spoken in the Philippines Share your progress on Facebook and Twitter, unlock badges
Mango: works with iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, iPad (though not optimized). For the apps to work, you must have an account with Mango set up through your library’s website, and an iPhone® or Android™ mobile device. Once the apps and lessons have been downloaded, you can learn at your own pace, with or without an internet connection, for 7 days.AccessMyLibrary: Includes Chilton, Business Insights: Essentials, Gale Directory Library, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Gale Legal Forms, Contemporary Authors, LitFinder, Literature Criticism Online,
Links available through the Westerville Library app > Information about the Library > More Options
I am writing a book. Can I use the name of a real city, real public schools and real cars (Chevrolet, etc.)?What can I do if my name is misspelled on my birth certificate?