Library Renovation Blog!

Exhibit

• The NWC Trappers - a fading art?
  
  Which European-descent explorer/trapper first entered Yellowstone National Park? View examples of tools, powder horns, possible bags, patches, knives and more that our NWC namesake trappers, Bridger, Ashley, Cody, Colter, Lewis and Clark might have used.

  "Trapper II," by Harry Jackson, 1982, displayed at Hinckley Library

• Library Hours - Spring Semester

• New Library Materials

• WY Road & Travel Information Map (Hi-Bandwidth)|Low-Bandwidth
  MT Road & Travel Information

• Reference Universe — This database from Paratext searches the complete back-of-the-book indexes and articles to over 16,000 reference works and then matches them to our library's reference collection. This trial ends February 12, 2010.

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• Tractor-Trailer.net — From Mitchell 1, this database provides 1990 through present service & repair data for all makes Class 7 & 8 tractors and dry vans.  Please login to this trial. User: "Libraries7" and Pass: "Wyoming." Tractor-Trailer only supports Internet Explorer 6 & above.

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• A to Z Maps Online — Created by World Trade Press, this is the largest database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political, physical, outline, population, precipitation, climate, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.

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• Compass Placement Sample Questions — Includes sample questions in mathematics, reading, writing skills, writing essay, and ESL (English as a second language) which covers listening, reading, grammar and usage.

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• Credo Reference — General reference source, aggregating content of major subjects from the "best publishers of reference."

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• Global Road Warrior — Created by World Trade Press, this database provides statistics on countries around the world: demographics, banking, culture, climate, images, transportation, health, maps, travel, embassies, etc.

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• Granger's Index to Poetry — Full-text poetry and citations to poems in multiple languages covering the works of several major poets as well as current poetry from some of the best poetry periodicals.

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• LibGuides - APA Style — A guide, with examples, of the APA citation style created by librarians and faculty at Northwest College.

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• LibGuides - Chicago (Turabian) Style — A guide, with examples, of the Chicago (Turabian, Rampolla) citation style created by librarians and faculty at Northwest College.

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• LibGuides - MLA Style — A guide, with examples, of the MLA citation style created by librarians and faculty at Northwest College.

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• Mobile Search to Academic Search Premier & Other Ebsco Databases — Ebsco databases formatted for your mobile phone, iTouch, iPhone, BlackBerry, Dell Axiom, Palm 750 and other devices. Your database choices include our nursing, business, and history databases, Agricola and GeoRef. Javascript must be enabled on your device (BlackBerry users see Enable Javascript on BlackBerry.)

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• Online Books from UPenn Libraries — free online books, including classics, scanned and provided by the University of Pennsylvania libraries.

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• Pharmacology Math - a tutorial — Fear of math or concerned about proficiency? Visit this site.

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• Proquest Central — An interdisciplinary database by Proquest; includes JBI (nursing evidence-based journals) and agricultural journals.

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• Wyoming Climate Atlas — This e-book, written by Jan Curtis & Kate Grimes, is part of the Water Resources Data System produced by the University of Wyoming.

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