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Friday, February 27, 2009
Database trials through March 17
Try out Safari Books Online and Credo Reference.
Credo Reference is a full-text online reference collection of more than 380 titles from 60+ of the best reference publishers. Credo's collection contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art (including the images of the Bridgeman Archive) to accountancy, science to Shakespeare, and law to literature.
Safari Books Online (from Proquest) includes online books and videos about information technology. Safari Books not only provides the texts but also provides access to files that would be on accompanying CDs. The videos are typically software tutorials. Trial access ends March 17, 2009.
Trial access ends March 17, 2009.
Instructions for both research databases may be found at http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/whatsnew.html#Database
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