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Britannica Online School Edition

Description: Britannica Online School Edition K-12 gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This unique database also offers high-quality online learning materials that are developed by teachers and curriculum experts. Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition K-12 offers students a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopaedia Britannica. In addition to the vast trove of information in Britannica Online School Edition K-12's four unique encyclopedias, we also feature thousands of magazine and journal articles from EBSCO, an Internet Guide with editor-selected Web sites chosen for their relevancy and educational value, teacher resources, videos, multimedia, interactive lessons, and thousands of images and illustrations that help bring subjects to life.

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Free resource provided by Encyclopedia Britannica in cooperation with the State Library of Kansas. Preview period expires July 31, 2012.

Business Expert Press Digital Library

Description: Business Expert Press Digital Library -- practical, concise e-books covering specific areas of business, including supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy.

Trial ends February 29, 2012

Business Insights: Global

Description: Gale Business Insights: Global combines an international perspective and sophisticated research tools with convenient access to a range of comprehensive learning materials. Designed to move researchers quickly to higher levels of understanding and application, Gale Business Insights: Global uses case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals and topical reference materials organized by country, company and industry to quickly engage users in the global business environment.

Trial ends February 17, 2012

EasyBib

Description: EasyBib is an automatic bibliography composer. When you have sources you need to cite properly for your research paper, EasyBib will help you format your sources quickly and accurately. Millions of students a month use EasyBib to cite sources for their papers. Publisher: ImagineEasy Solutions

By registering for your own individual account you can better manage your information as all your work will be saved, and you will have the ability to access the service from off-campus. Please be aware that any saved data will be lost when the free trial ends.

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Trial Ends March 2, 2012

Nursing Education in Video Trial

Description: Nursing Education in Video is a unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and practitioners to see, experience, and study nursing techniques and theories in ways never before possible. Nursing Education in Video's suite of tools-searches and browses powered by Semantic Indexing™ and searchable transcripts synchronized to video-give the ability to drill down in seconds to find the footage of interest from hundreds of hours of video. The collection features full videos, rather than just short clips, providing for the most comprehensive nursing education video collection ever assembled.

The videos in this collection have been created by Medcom-Trainex, the world 's leading producer of nursing education videos. These videos have earned more than 50 major awards for excellence, including the prestigious Emmy award. All of the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS. Content: Streaming video files with full text. Publisher: Alexander Street Press.

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Trial Ends February 29, 2012

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