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Research Database List Reviewed Fall 2020 The Kansas State Library provides access to many of the below generally free resources. To access them, visit the Kansas Library Online Resource page (http://www.kslib.info/librarians/eor.html). The links on the Kansas Library’s Online Resource page should recognize your IP address as being inside Kansas and allow you access without the need to log in. Distance learners may have to log in using However, if you cannot access a database, ask our Learning Resource Center Staff or SATC English Faculty for assistance. Once you have a library card, you will be able to access the databases through the Kansas Library Card portal at: http://www.kslc.org. Opposing Views is a database provided to you by Salina Tech. To access this database, please ask the Learning Resources Center Staff , or the SATC English Faculty for the password.

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Below you will find 7 pages of links to and a description of the information resources currently available and commonly used by Salina Tech students. Please communicate with Learning Resources Center staff or your course faculty if you have any questions about how to use these resources or access the databases. We are happy to help!

If you have any questions, please contact Learning Resources Staff: learningresources@salinatech.edu 785-309-3136 Salina Area Technical College 2562 Centennial Road Salina KS, 67401 Building A, Room 241

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RESOURCE-Webpage linked here

DESCRIPTION—Website View TOPICS

Learning Express Library

• Career Preparation

• Job & Career Accelerator

• High School Equivalency Center

• College Admissions Test Preparation

• School Center

• College Students

• Student Study Skills

• Adult Core Skills

• Computer Skills Center

• Recursos para Hispanohablantes

Explora: for 2-year community and technical colleges

• This set of Explora resources is specifically cataloged and housed together with 2-year college students in mind.

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ELSEVIER – Journals

• Explore scientific, technical, and medical research on ScienceDirect -a product of Elsevier

Google Scholar

• Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Art Full Text

• Review artists’ materials and methods

• Books by and about artists

• Interviews

• Indexed art reproductions

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Britannica Encyclopedia

• Diverse fields and topics.

• Must use a library card ID and/or create an

account.

Business Source Premier

• Marketing

• Management

• MIS

• POM

• Accounting

• Finance

• Economics

• Small business Reference Center

Computer Source

• Computers

• Electronics

• The internet

• Telecommunications

• Computer science

• Programming

• Software

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ERIC (Education Resource Information Center)

• Journal articles

• Books

• Research syntheses

• Conference papers

• Technical reports

• Dissertations

• Policy papers

History Reference Center

INCLUDES:

• Articles

• Historical documents

• Biographies

• Historical photos

• Maps

• Videos

• Archive of Kansas History

K-State Polytechnic Library Card Catalogue

• Diverse fields and topics.

• If you are interested in borrowing an item found in this catalog, please contact K-State Salina Library for Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Legal Collection

• Ethics

• Criminal Justice

• Federal Law

• International Law

• Labor & Human Resource Law

• Medical

• Organized Crime

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Literary Reference Center

INCLUDES:

• Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature

• Beacham’s Research Guide to Biography and Criticism

• The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature

• The Literary Encyclopedia

• MagillOnLiterature Plus

Medical & Health

Additional Medical Resources:

• MEDLINE - Created by the National Library of Medicine.

• Hindawi Publishing Corporation – Open Access Medical Research

• MHA Degree – Health Care Journals

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Newspaper Source Plus

INCLUDES:

• New York Times

• USA Today

• The Washington Post

• ABC News

• CBS News

• CNN

• FOX News

• PBS

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Opposing Views

Research Database provided by Salina Area Technical College

For password contact SATC Learning Resources

• Business & Economics

• Health & Medicine

• National Debate

• Society & Culture

• Energy & Environmentalism

• Law & Politics

• Science, Technology, & Ethics

• War & Diplomacy

Science.gov

• Searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.

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Vocation & Career Collection

INCLUDES:

• Basic Auto Repair

• Adult Learning Center

• Basic Computer Skills

• Career Center

• Mango Language (alternative language lessons)

If you have any questions, please contact Learning Resources Staff:

learningresources@salinatech.edu

785-309-3136

Salina Area Technical College

2562 Centennial Road

Salina KS, 67401

Building A, Room 241