Resource Spotlight
LEXIS NEXIS ACADEMIC
When you need news, business, or legal information, LexisNexis Academic is a good choice. News coverage goes back to 1980 in major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Financial Times.
The broad range of sources in LexisNexis includes the following news, company, and legal information.
News
- Newspapers and magazines from the U.S. and around the world
- Wire services updated several times a day, including the Associated Press
- Broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks
- Non-English newspapers and magazines such as Le Monde, Die Zeit, and El Pais
- Campus news, including the Chronicle of Higher Education
- Business and industry news from periodicals, business and financial blogs, and more
Companies
- Company Dossier–detailed company information and financial performance measures. You can identify and compare companies matching specific criteria.
- Company Profile information from Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions, Hoover's Company Records, Hoover's IPO Reports, and more
- SEC filings and reports
Biographical
- Biographical references and directories such as Marquis Who's Who
Countries
- Political and economic information about a specific country from Country Briefings, Walden Country Reports, and recent news stories
U.S. Legal
- Federal and state cases (U.S. Supreme Court decisions and State Court decisions at all levels)
- Shepard's Citations service for federal and states court cases back to 1789.
- Law reviews
- Landmark cases
- Federal statutes, codes, and regulations (U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations)
- State statutes, codes and regulations
- Legal reference–dictionaries and directories
- Patents
- Tax law–journals, rulings and decisions, laws and regulations, and more
International Legal
- Canadian cases, legislation, and law journals
- European Union, Commonwealth, and other nations
In January 2010, LexisNexis released an improved search screen with a clearer navigation menu and a more flexible search form. You can view LexisNexis Tutorials on YouTube to learn more about using this resource. You will also find the same tutorials on the LexisNexis Academic search screen.
Try LexisNexis Academic for your next news, legal, or business related question or research paper. From the Jenks Library home page, choose Electronic Resources and scroll down to LexisNexis Academic.
Free Ebooks and More…
An ebook is also referred as etext, eContent, or a digital book. It is an electronic version of a printed text which can be read on a personal computer or hand-held device. There are a lot of ebooks available through the Jenks Library website Electronic Resources pages. Most government documents and books published before 1924 are in public domain and available online free. Besides books, free eContent may include journals, audio, sheet music, and moving images. There are also many titles in different foreign languages. Take a look at the following websites to find the ebooks that you need:
Google Books
Google Books helps you search within and discover books. Google is working with several major libraries to scan their collections into Google Books. When you find a book that's still under copyright, you'll see only a small portion of the book. If a book is out of copyright or the publisher has given Google permission, you'll be able to see the entire text and may download a PDF copy. In advanced book search, you can limit your search to titles in which you can view the entire text.
ManyBooks.net
More than 25,900 ebooks are available free from this site. For each title you select, you can choose from more than 20 different download formats. There are book reviews written by users. You can also find different recommendations, a new titles list, and the most popular ebooks of the year.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg started in 1971 and it is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books. The project continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies. You can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPhone, Kindle, Sony Reader, or other portable device. Their focus is on books previously published on paper and digitized with the help of thousands of volunteers.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive was founded to build an Internet library. It offers permanent access for researchers, people with disabilities, and the general public to many historical collections that exist in digital format. The Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in their collections. Their emphasis is on storage and preservation of digital materials.
NetLibrary eBooks
Choose from over 4,000 online books, including 800 Christian titles purchased by us and many general interest books provided by a state fund. The NetLibrary collection is available to Gordon College users on or off campus, and to guests when in the library.
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Are you looking for free sheet music? Try the IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library or the Choral Public Domain Library. For math and computer science books, try Free Computer Books. For classic and literature titles, take a look at Literature Network and ReadPrint. If you like to listen to books, don't forget we also have Audiobooks from OverDrive. Enjoy!
BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER
Business Source Premier covers all business disciplines, including marketing, management, accounting, finance, and economics. In addition to journal articles, this resource provides market research reports, industry reports, country reports, and company profiles.
Choose Business Source Premier if you are looking for articles from leading journals such as the Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Journal, Accounting Review, and Journal of Finance. This database includes the full text of 1,100 peer reviewed journals, with some full text dating back to 1886.
Looking for company information? Go to the "Company Profiles" section of Business Source Premier to read unbiased analyses and in depth forecasts for 10,000 companies. Find company information such as business descriptions, history, key employees, products and services, locations, and SWOT analysis.
Do you need country information? Business Source Premier provides information such as country maps, land area, population, languages, political and economic analysis, exports/ imports, and more.
From the Library website Electronic Resources pages, you will find two choices for Business Source Premier, the "Traditional Interface", and the "Enhanced Business Searching Interface". The "Traditional Interface" offers a familiar search screen like other EBSCOhost research databases. The "Enhanced Searching Interface" includes features that make it easier to find specific types of sources—journals, books, company profiles, country reports, market research reports, SWOT Analyses, or working papers. Both interfaces access the same extensive database of information.
Try this library resource the next time your research assignment calls for reliable in depth business related journal articles and research reports.
Business Source Premier
Traditional Interface
Enhanced Business Searching Interface
OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE
Find facts, figures, definitions, quotations, translations, and illustrations from over 175 Oxford reference titles. Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the most trusted reference publishers. You can cross-search all the resources, or browse and search by type, subject, or individual book.
- Looking for a map of Iraq? Choose Maps & Illustrations, and search by country name.
- Need a quick word translation and definition? Search Bilingual Dictionaries.
- Need background information to get started working on a biology research paper? Under Subject Reference choose Biological Sciences and search for your topic.
- A "Quick" or "Advanced" search from the home page searches across all subjects and books.
The information in Oxford Reference Online is organized on two levels: first, by subject (e.g. Biological Sciences, Performing Arts or Mythology & Folklore) and second, by book (A Dictionary of Biology or A Dictionary of Asian Mythology). Within each book, the actual information itself is divided into separate entries, each of which has its own page, and deals with a particular entity or idea.
Oxford Reference Online is a great place to start a research project.
Please log out when you are finished using Oxford Reference Online. Our subscription allows one user at a time. If someone else on campus is using the resource, you will come to a login screen and a message saying we have exceeded our maximum number of users. Please try again in 20 minutes. If you are frequently unable to access Oxford Reference, please tell a librarian. We want you to be able to use this resource.
FACTS ON FILE WORLD NEWS DIGEST
Facts on File provides news coverage from 1940 to the present, covering all major political, social, and economic events. You can follow a story ahead and back in time, leading to background information helpful to understanding the significance of an issue.
In this versatile resource you will also find an encyclopedia and almanac for discovering quick facts and background information.
Additional content includes:
- In-depth coverage of current issues:
- The Economic Downturn Guide
- The Iraq War Guide
- Special Features:
- Country Profiles
- Editorial Cartoons
- Historic Documents (from The Mayflower Compact 1620 to Obama's First Address to Congress)
- Newsmaker profiles
- Photos, Charts, & Maps
- U.S. Supreme Court – information on the Court, the Justices, and Rulings
- World Heads of State & Government Leaders.
- Ideas for Research topics
You can create a folder sign-in account to save articles to use the next time you access Facts on File. You can also print, email, or use persistent links to save articles.
Visit the Facts on File website.