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The most frequently-used databases

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This site will help you to reference just about any source, and understand how to avoid plagiarism.

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Ebook Central is a collection of over 210,000 books and other authoritative content to which we have full-text access. It covers multiple subject areas.
A short form will pop up asking you to indicate which School/Department you are in.

PressReader

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PressReader has over 7000 newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in 60 different languages. Issues of magazines and newspapers appear as they would do in print as soon as they are published.

VLeBooks

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The library provides some e-book content via the VLeBooks platform.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

O'Reilly for Higher Education

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O'Reilly for Higher Education includes books, videos, proven learning paths, case studies and audio books. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy. The content includes code snippets, certification preparation materials, practice exercises, training videos, and much more.

Books and videos can be read online but can only be downloaded via the O’Reilly mobile App which can be obtained from the App Store or Google Play.
For guidance on using O’Reilly please visit their help pages at https://proquest.libguides.com/oreilly/features The Platform Features and Content sections are especially useful