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Books & DVDs @ Thrift

Ebook Collections @ Thrift

New OneSearch
Search for an eBook by limiting your search to Available online and then to Books.

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
250,000 titles on topics. Search across the complete word by word content of every book. Copy and paste, email, cite, take notes, and share your research within ProQuest Ebook Central.
eBooks on EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
200,000 ebooks on all topics.
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Open Book Collections

Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works.
Internet Archive
A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, and more.
Amazon Kindle
A list of classics offered for free download in ebook format on the Amazon Kindle.
HathiTrust
A partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. Not all, but many of the books are in the public domain.

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Recommended General Databases

OneSearch
You may limit to Articles, Newspaper artilces, Journals, or Newsapapers.
Google Scholar (with Thrift Library links)

Additional Resources

A-Z Database Listing
Search for databases by subject or resource type.
Journal Search
Discover if Thrift Library has access to a particular journal or magazine.
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Journal Search notes which databases provide Full Text to your title, what years are covered, and whether or not there is an embargo period (how long it takes for the article to show up in the database).
Database Support Pages
Get help navigating our various databases.

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New York Times
Get free access to the New York Times by creating an account with your Anderson University e-mail address.

Newswires This link opens in a new window
Provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from the Associated Press. The collection includes AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, US Politics & Government and 50 State Reports. (Ebsco)
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
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Provides the latest news from the leading national and international news sources. (Ebsco)

Statista This link opens in a new window
Provides statistics, market and opinion research, business data, white paper studies, dossiers, industry reports, digital market outlooks and consumer market outlooks.

Data.Gov
Data.gov is the home of the US government’s open data.
You can find Federal, state and local data, tools, and resources to conduct research, build apps, design data visualizations, and more.
American FactFinder
Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data from Census 2010, 2000, and 1990 Decennial Census, the 1997, 2002, and 2007 Economic Censuses, the American Community Survey, the Population Estimates Program, and the Annual Survey of Manufactures.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pew Research Center

Salem Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Over 400 reference books on Careers, Health, History, Literature and Science. Great for Primary Sources!