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Mobile Apps for Research & Education — New Library Guide

Posted on February 20, 2013 by rbohall

Reference & Distance Services Librarian Robin Ashford recently published an online guide to apps for mobile devices that help with doing library research and other academic work. Dozens of apps are covered, broken up into the following categories: Library Research … Continue reading →

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New Databases Supporting Physical Therapy and Nursing

Posted on January 7, 2013 by rbohall

GFU Libraries now provides access to three additional databases: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials Includes reports published in conference proceedings and in many other sources not currently listed in MEDLINE® or other databases. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Full … Continue reading →

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Talking Turkey

Posted on November 21, 2012 by rbohall

With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, we thought we’d provide a few useful(?) resources on turkeys: Birds of North American database: Wild Turkey Our premier database for ornithology.  Extensive information on each species, including: Distinguishing Characteristics Distribution Systematics Migration Habitat … Continue reading →

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Access thousands of e-books from EBSCOhost

Posted on October 17, 2012 by rbohall

You can now access over 80,000 electronic books in the EBSCOhost EBooks collection made available by George Fox University Library. Use the popular EBSCOhost interface to search for e-books in the usual ways (title, subject, author, etc.), or browse for … Continue reading →

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Archaeology Magazine’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2011

Posted on July 5, 2012 by rbohall

http://www.archaeology.org/1201/features/australopithecus_arab_spring_pompeii_altamira.html Provides a photo and discussion of the ten most significant archeological developments during 2011. They are: Viking Boat Burial (Scotland) Neolithic Community Centers (Jordan) Open Source Australopithecus (South Africa) First Domesticated Dogs (Czech Republic) Rare Maya Female Ruler (Guatemala) … Continue reading →

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Molecular Workbench: visual, interactive experiments for science ed.

Posted on June 29, 2012 by rbohall

http://mw.concord.org/modeler/ Created by the Concord Consortium, the Molecular Workbench is “a modeling tool for designing and conducting computational experiments across science.” Contains lots of Featured Simulations, as well as curriculum modules focused on chemical bonding, semiconductors, and diffusion. An online … Continue reading →

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Biological and Environmental Research Image Galleries from the U.S. Dept. of Energy

Posted on April 20, 2012 by rbohall

https://public.ornl.gov/site/gallery/default.cfm The United States Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research has compiled this prodigious image gallery from a wide range of scientific research projects. The materials here come from the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, the Human Genome … Continue reading →

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Encylopedia Britannica no longer printed

Posted on March 27, 2012 by rbohall

In a sign of the times, Encyclopædia Britannica announced earlier this month that it has decided to move to digital format only.  No longer will we be able to flip through print versions of our old friend, the authoritative go-to … Continue reading →

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Grab an Award-Winning Book to Read over Spring Break!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by mcooksey

Choices include fiction awarded the Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize for literature, the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and the National Book Award. Featured books are winners from the last ten years along with the description of the award and a … Continue reading →

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Live Science Countdowns

Posted on February 16, 2012 by rbohall

Great for a quick read, these science-related “top-10″ lists are galleries of cool images supported by interesting text. In addition to top science photos of the week, current offerings include: Top 10 Ways To Destroy Earth 7 Medical Myths Even … Continue reading →

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