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GATOR LIBRARY FEATURES

Need some new tools to help you ace your classes this semester?

The GATOR Librarians invite you to check out what our Learning Commons has to offer. Here's a short video to help you get stared!

Don't Google it, GATOR it!

Popular Databases or Collections:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Containing bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, and provides access to millions of citations that are comprised of journals, book chapters, etc., relating to agriculture.
Credo Academic Core This link opens in a new window
Literati Academic is a library teaching tool and online research platform that provides top quality reference sources paired with point-of-need instruction.
Duke University Press
Duke University Press supports scholars in doing what they are passionate about: learning, teaching, and effecting positive change in the world. Each year they publish about 120 new books, more than 50 journals, and multiple digital collections that transform current thinking and move fields forward.
Films on Demand
This collection will help prepare future allied health professionals for practice across a diverse range of health care settings, whether they are learning how to draw blood, administer medications, or help deliver a baby. The videos include titles from trusted producers such as Elsevier, NEVCO, Center for Phlebotomy Education, Classroom Productions, InJoy Health Education, and others.
GVRL (Gale Virtual Reference Center Library) This link opens in a new window
Delivers more than 12,000 eBooks from over 100 industry-leading publishers for every discipline and a unique research experience with.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to scholarly journals in arts and sciences, history, language and literature, economics, and many other disciplines.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words? past and present?from across the English-speaking world.
PrepStep for Colleges (Formerly LearningExpress) This link opens in a new window
Basic skills improvement in reading, writing, math, and basic sciences and test preparation for academic and career testing features a new tutorial and test-preparation platform.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source This link opens in a new window
This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more.

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Find Open Educational Resources in the GatOER Repository

Project Gutenberg: Free E-Books
Project Gutenberg hosts an Education Bookshelf where you can add and access eBooks that are freely available and in the public domain.
Loyal Books
Loyal Books offers access to free eBooks and audiobooks that remain in the public domain.
LibriVox
LibriVox provides access to free audiobooks in the public domain that are read by volunteer voice actors.

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