Even though you're using this web site from home, you can still have the Library with you. Use the following links to help fulfill your research needs without leaving the comforts of home.
Also included are links to the help function on most Library resources. Most importantly, make sure to call us at 269 965-4122 if you need any type of assistance during library hours.
Book resources:
WorldCatNew York Times best seller lists
netLibrary
netLibrary help: Getting Started with netLibrary
General writing & research resources:
- The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
- Jane Straus' easy-to-use reference guide and workbook is now available as an online resource.
- Dictionary (Merriam-Webster) OnLine
- "Merriam-Webster delivers the most up-to-date dictionary on the Web."
- Doing Research in the Library and on the Web
- A step-by-step guide to research sponsored by the Michigan Community College Virtual Learning Collaborative.
- Fact, Opinion, Inference
- a guide to differentiating between facts and opinions, and to using these to make the inferences essential to research.
- Guide to Library Research
- from the Duke University Libraries
- Magazines vs. Journals
- How to tell the difference between these two types of publications
- A fee-based service that assists users in writing papers, using an extensive collection of online books and reference resources (you pay a subscription fee for the time you need).
- Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources
- Some points to consider when using Internet resources for academic research, from UCLA Libraries.
Free ebook sites |
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| "The [University of Virginia] Electronic Text Center's holdings include approximately 70,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in thirteen languages, with more than 350,000 related images ..." |
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"Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction." located at University of Michigan |
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| A set of etexts in "plain vanilla" ASCII. Project Gutenberg began in 1971 when Michael Hart was given an operator's account with $100,000,000 of computer time in it by the operators of the Xerox Sigma V mainframe at the Materials Research Lab at the University of Illinois. |
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| The Online Books Page is a website [at the University of Pennsylvania] that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. |
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Help Resources for Magazine Searches:
- EBSCOhost Help:
EBSCOhost Search Guide
Using FirstSearchInfotrac Help:
InfoTrac Subject Search InfoTrac Keyword Search InfoTrac Advanced SearchProQuest Help:
ProQuest Quickstart
The above documents are available for download in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Visit the Adobe Acrobat web site to download a (free!) copy. .................SIRS Discoverer - "an informative database of full-text articles, [that] helps develop research, reading, writing, language and computer skills."
Area Serials Lists
Battle Creek Area Union List of Serials - An alphabetical list of magazine titles held by KCC, Willard Public Library, Branch District Library Systems, Hastings Public Library, Battle Creek Health System, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and area schools.
For Materials Not Available at KCC KCC students and staff may also request Interlibrary Loan service for items you find that are not available at the LRC.
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