For off campus use click here.
Business Ebooks
Includes business plans, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, and general business topics.
The online Career Guidance Center includes detailed information about career fields, skill requirements, starting salary ranges, employment prospects, scholarships, academic and non-academic programs, job-seeking skills, links to Web resources, and career opportunities news.
Checkpoint Tax and Accounting Research
With this web-based tax and accounting research tool, you will get the information you need faster and with confidence that your answers are complete and timely. The information that you will find on Checkpoint is the most accurate and authoritative tax and accounting information available.
Credo Reference
A ready-reference solution with over 270 titles from 57 publishers. These references include history references, computer & medical dictionaries, the CIA World Factbook, business references and much more.
The FACTS.com
Current events research includes an almanac, maps, and a news story search.
Grolier Online
Full-text Encyclopedia Americana and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Not available off-campus.
Hoover's Online
Access comprehensive profiles, in-depth financials, full lists of key people and competitors, and competitive analysis for small, medium, and large public and private companies. Not available off-campus.
LitFinder
Your clearinghouse for poetry, short stories, essays and plays. They either provide the fulltext or will cite the periodical or book where the item is located.
Mitchell OnDemand
Includes up-to --date Mitchell Manuals for repair of automobiles. Access only through Internet Explorer, click on Member Login. Please logout when leaving the website. Not available off-campus.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
This database includes various resources dealing with social issues including the Opposing Viewpoints series and other Gale and Macmillan references. Not only do you receive both sides to an issue but you may find statistics, primary sources and additional websites for your topic.
The Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is a complete guide to the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million words. It also shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Oxford Reference Online
This link contains about 100 dictionary, language reference and subject reference works published by Oxford University press.
Westlaw
Search legal cases. Available on the Peosta campus only. Not available off-campus.
Off Campus Use
You will need an ID and Password to use these databases. These are located on NICC Xpress. Click on the Academics tab after logging into NICC Xpress then click on the NICC Libraries page for the Database ID and Passwords site.
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