New Databases in Gale :
- InfoTrac Custom Military and Intelligence Database: Has more than 500
titles and more than 7 million articles (80% full-text), searchers can find answers to
their reference questions.
- Kids InfoBits: A database developed especially for beginning
researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate,
visually graphic interface. This database covers geography, current events, the arts,
science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
- Student Resource Center-Gold: Offers easy access to award-winning
content based on national curriculum standards. Covering all core curriculum areas,
including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, SRC - Gold provides a
premium selection of reference material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and
newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and
audio clips and podcasts.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Present: One-stop source for
information on today's hottest social issues. from overviews, full-text magazine, academic
journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and
podcasts, and links to Websites.
- Academic OneFile: Premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles
from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the
physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature
and other subjects.
- General OneFile: A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on
a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education,
environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics,
science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of
full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
- General Reference Center: Integrates a variety of sources in one
easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center to find articles from magazines,
reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images. Find articles on current
events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
- Junior Edition: Over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this
periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access
to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for
information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people,
government, history, sports and more.
- Student Edition: Over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this
periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of
indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information
on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government,
history, sports and more.
- Books & Authors: Explore the endless possibilities and combinations
of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and
thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors
helps bring readers and literature together.
- Global Issues in Context: International viewpoints on a broad spectrum
of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously
updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected,
highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic,
environmental, health, and cultural issues.
- Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module: Includes
nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos
from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in
addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this
Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
- Gale Student Resources In Context: Contextual information on a broad
range of topics, people, places, and events. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative
reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary
source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into
a user-friendly portal experience combined with new features such as "Search
Assist" and quick fact boxes.
- Career Transitions: Online career guidance center that walks users
through the job-search process from beginning to end. It brings together all the tools
needed to explore and take the leap to a new career. Career Transitions employs a
step-by-step approach to help people: 1) explore new career possibilities; 2) assess their
interests and experience; 3) identify ways to improve their prospects, including
networking and education; 4) prepare for a job search; and 5) search and apply for jobs.
- Grzimek's Animal Life: In 1968 Bernhard Grzimek, the famous zoologist
and Director of the Frankfurt Zoo, published the Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia.
Grzimek's Animal Life on the web provides students and researchers with a dynamic,
interactive resource that fosters more discussion and critical thinking skills. This
product uses the content from the encyclopedia to provide unequaled coverage on more than
4,000 species, and includes more than 11,000 images, videos, illustrations, and maps.
- Powerspeak Languages: Powerspeak Languages is a breakthrough in online
language learning. The highly engaging courses utilize an arsenal of progressive language
learning methods. Powerspeak Languages is an entertaining and effective way to learn a new
language.
Mango Language :
An online learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French,
Japanese, Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more. All you
need is your 14 digit library card number and it’s available to any library patron.
Log-in on the library web page and start learning a language.
Genealogy Research Tools:
Whether you’re looking to create your family tree or research your family name, tools
in our database located on the library web page can help you do that.
Tutor.com :
Provides 24/7 online tutoring and homework help at every level for K-12 students, college
students, and adults. All tutors are screened, certified, and background-checked. Every
session is live and one-to-one with a tutor. Unlimited sessions in every subject: Math,
science, social studies, and English. Drop by the base library to resister for tutor.com
(For ACC Active Duty, reservist and their families only. )
Rosetta Stone:
We now have Spanish (Spain), Spanish(Latin America), Persian (Farsi), Arabic, and German
loaded on our laptops in the library. It is available to any library patron!
Af.lib.overdrive.com :
Is now available to registered library customers. Your library never closes! Browse, check
out, and download digital media to your PC or MP3 player. Contact library for more
information.
New DVDs:
New DVDs are available.
ProQuest:
Provides online access to over 400 U.S. and international newspapers from around the world
in full-color, full-page format. On our web site http://library.holloman.accqolnet.org
under Database.
Online reference help :
Now available 24/7. Go to Ahrens Memorial Library home page at
http://library.holloman.accqolnet.org and select “Ask a field librarian”.
Electronic books :
This service is available through the netLibrary. A one time registration is required at
the Base Library. Check them out or just browse. |
