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Take a 360-degree virtual tour of Jane Austen's House |
Pan 3Sixty has created a virtual tour of Jane Austen’s House, a cottage in the village of Chawton, Hampshire (UK), where she lived for the last eight years of her life (1809–1817). Here she revised, wrote, and had published all her major works: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. The tour includes narration and 360-degree views of the rooms and grounds of the house plus information on household items, clothing, jewelry, and other personal objects.... Pan 3Sixty |
This year the Thrift Library is participating in an Evidence Based trial of IGI-Global Database. This is where we place a deposit with the vendor in order to gain access to the entire database. At the end of the trial, the deposit is applied to the titles that are used the most. Content is discoverable through either the database or OneSearch.
Titles include:
Let's Talk Vaccines by Engaging, accessible, and filled with practical communication advice, Let's Talk Vaccines helps you educate patients on the importance of life-saving vaccines using a patient-centered and empathetic approach. Covering everything from the science of vaccine safety to the psychology of risk communication, this essential guide includes real-life examples and thoughtful, evidence-based techniques that will help patients understand vaccines and make informed decisions. Ideal for primary care providers, pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, and public health advocates, it provides an excellent framework for how to approach difficult discussions, with the goal of improving the health of each patient as well as the community at large. 
The Vaccine Debate by Providing accurate, accessible information on vaccines and the controversies that surround them, this book outlines the history of vaccine regulation and interactions between vaccines and the immune system, and thoughtfully considers each vaccine debate. The Vaccine Debate provides a straightforward introduction to the interaction between vaccines and the immune system. The book documents the rise of the anti-vaccination movement, provides reasons for its prominence today, and explains the effects of vaccine refusal on public health. It also addresses concerns about the role of government in regulating vaccine production and administration, along with questions about vaccine safety. 
The high costs of textbooks lead to
The Thrift Library offers two ways of helping you lower or even eliminate the high cost of textbooks.
1) Match your assigned textbook to an eBook available for unlimited users.
2) Help you find an alternative eTextbook.
