Title	Description	Guides
ebrary Academic Complete	"ebrary Academic Complete has over 30,000 titles covering business and economics, computers and technology, life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and humanities. There is simultaneous, multi-user access. A majority of the ebook titles have been published since 2000. If you are accessing ebrary for the first time, you must download the ebrary reader software." If you experience technical problems installing ebrary reader, please contact the Help Desk. Call (660) 562-1634 or email helpdesk@nwmissouri.edu	» Creating an eBrary Account (Movie) » Using eBrary (Movie) » Fact Sheet » Quick Start Training Program     (Video demonstration) » Patron User Guide (pdf) » FAQs (Frequently asked Questions) » System Requirements » Personal Bookshelf » Copying and Printing
Cambridge Companions Online	"The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics collection offers over 1500 comprehensive and accessible essays on major authors, periods and genres, written by experts and designed for student readers." View and link to individual titles in this collection.	»Guided Tour
CQ Almanac Online Edition	"The CQ Almanac Online Edition brings together over sixty years of authoritative congressional reporting in one, easy-to-use resource. The site pairs all of the content from the print volumes with a number of exciting electronic features and functions that make navigating this immense amount of content fast and easy." The online CQ Almanac has the complete series from 1945 to the present.	»How do I search CQ Almanac Online Edition?
Credo Reference	"Credo Reference enables users to find authoritative answers fast. It features content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects." View a list of titles available in this database.	»Help
Daily Life through History (Premium)	"Combining the original Daily Life through History and World Cultures Today databases, DLtH Premium offers a fantastic array of information on people and places past and present."	»Help »PowerPoint Guide
Gale Virtual Reference Library	"Gale Virtual Reference Library includes encyclopedias, almanacs, specialized reference sources and more, providing respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas. This database provides 24-hour 'anywhere/anytime' access to great reference titles in eBook format. The entire collection can be searched simultaneously instead of one resource at a time."	» Audio-Visual Tour (runtime 5.19 minutes) » List of Reference Titles » How to use it (Navigation, Search, and Search Tips)
Oxford Art Online     (Limited to 5 simultaneous users. Keep trying!)	"Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location." The full content of the Dictionary of Art reference set	»Quickstart Help »Guided Tour
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online	"The innovative Oxford Language Dictionaries Online site offers essential language resources never before available online: fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages." The content for the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary and the Oxford Spanish Dictionary is included in this language database.	»Quickstart Help »Guided Tour
Oxford Music Online	"Oxford Music Online is a new gateway that offers users the ability, for the first time ever, to access and cross-search the vast resources of Oxford's music reference in one location. The cornerstone of Oxford Music Online, Grove Music Online, has been completely redesigned with a number of functional enhancements and new content."	»Quickstart Help »Guided Tour
Project Gutenberg Online Catalog	"Project Gutenberg promotes digitization in “text format”, meaning that a book can be copied, indexed, searched, analyzed and compared with other books. Contrary to other formats, the files are accessible for low-bandwidth use. The main source of new Project Gutenberg eBooks is Distributed Proofreaders, launched in October 2000 by Charles Franks to help in the digitizing of books from public domain. Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks."
Safari Business Books (Limited to 5 simultaneous users. Keep trying!)	“In business and management, students can access content from process management and leadership to customer service and employee performance, Safari's electronic reference business library deals with a wide range of critical business skills. The database includes titles from the most well-known publishers in the field.”	» Demo
Safari Technical Books	“Safari covers the most essential technologies including technical certification, software engineering, enterprise computing, programming languages including Java, C++ and operating systems from Windows to Linux and Unix, Web design and development, XML, and more. Search books simultaneously online, saving time and quickly finding need-to-know information. ”	» Demo
ScienceDirect eBooks	"Offering comprehensive coverage of the full range of scientific disciplines, including those published under the renowned Pergamon and Academic Press imprints, over 30 books are now fully integrated with the existing books and journals on ScienceDirect."	» Quick Start Guide » Interactive Tutorials » Quick Start Guides

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