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Find the best library databases for your research.
BoardVitals is an interactive board exam review tool that can be used by Nursing and Surgical Technology students. This is large bank of sample exam questions and you can create customized practice tests within subject areas. Also included are detailed, up-to-date explanations with each answer, with references and links to applicable sources.
Database of nursing and allied health journals with additional materials that include evidence-based care sheets, audiovisuals, continuing education modules,nursing dissertations, and conference proceedings.
Borrow thousands of popular fiction and non-fiction e-books and e-audiobooks. This is a collection of downloadable titles available through OverDrive and on the Libby app. Dogwood Digital Library is a collaboration between many North Carolina community college libraries, including the Durham Tech Library.
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center provides job and industry profiles, job hunting and workplace skills, and career exploration and industry resources. Videos present career information on specific jobs, industries, and skills. Sample résumés and cover letters are also included.
Films on Demand provides high quality streaming videos in many subject areas. The videos include documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
Using interactive 3D visual models, students can examine all the major structures of the human body virtually.
With 125 sessions covering all systems (skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive) and all regions (upper limb, thorax, abdomen, head and neck, lower limb, and pelvis), Human Anatomy is a unique visual spatial learning product.
Gale Literary Sources includes critical articles, literary and cultural analysis, primary sources, and biographies. This database integrates the Gale Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism Online, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete into a single resource for research.
Practice tests, interactive tutorials, and e-books for students adult learners. Includes practices tests such as GED, GRE, SAT, TEAS, and supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass a high school equivalency test, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.
Opposing Viewpoints covers the pros and cons of today’s important social issues. The differing viewpoint articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers present both sides of an issue.
ProQuest Central is a database of periodical content that covers more than 160 subject areas. It includes scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and trade publications.
Academic Video Online features 70,000 streaming film titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including allied health, art, automotive technologies, business, counseling, communication studies, criminal justice, engineering, history, psychology, sociology, and more.
Borrow thousands of popular fiction and non-fiction e-books and e-audiobooks. This is a collection of downloadable titles available through OverDrive and on the Libby app. Dogwood Digital Library is a collaboration between many North Carolina community college libraries, including the Durham Tech Library.
New Directions for Community Colleges offers practical recommendations on current trends in the field of community college education and includes contributions from leaders and researchers through evidence-based and research-oriented accounts that shape policy and practice.
