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Monday, January 09, 2006

New Database: the Digital Collection

A new full-text database is available for TCC students, faculty and Staff.
The Greenwood Digital Collection includes full-text e-books representing academic, reference and general interest titles published by Greenwood, Praeger and Libraries Unlimited.
"This is not just a collection of PDF downloads, but complete texts - all searchable by keyword, subject, author, title, or any Boolean search method" (ebooks.greenwood.com).

Over 3,600 titles are available. A few titles that caught my eye while scanning:

The Automobile in American History and Culture
Collaborative Design and Learning: Competence Building for Innovation
Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians
The Function of Newspapers in Society
The Gendering of American Politics
Globalization, Privatization and Free Market Economy
Movies and the Reagan Presidency
The Reluctant Caregivers: Learning to Care for a Loved One with Alzheimer's
Statistical Handbook on Infectious Diseases
Urban Planning in a Multicultural Society


Subject categories include:

  • Anthropology
  • Architecture
  • Arts
  • Business
  • Communications
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Family Studies
  • Grants
  • Health/Medicine
  • History
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Law
  • Library & Information Science
  • Literature
  • Military Studies
  • Multicultural Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Popular Culture
  • Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Science
  • Sociology and Women's Studies
Most of the categories also have sub-categories for more specific listings.

Search features include sorting results by publication year, title, # of search terms matched, or author. Limit features include limiting by years of publication and by subject tags.

E-book titles will be included in the LINCCWeb online catalog in the near future.

Login with your TCC Borrower ID & Pin at the TCC Online Databases page, select Digital Collection, and you're there ! Happy e-reading !