LibGuides: E-books: Accessing and Using: Start Here

E-book collections

For the best way to find E-books about your topic, use "OneSearch" linked below. That will find print books, textbooks on reserve, E-books, videos on DVD or online in CR Library but also free, open-access, college level, online materials. You can also search or browse each E-book collection by itself. Below are links to the collections, if you want to dive in and try them. Click the tabs for more information about each collection.

OneSearch
Searches everything: physical and online materials in the library's collections at Eureka and Del Norte; the library's databases on the A-Z list; selected online open access resources. Use OneSearch to find books, eBooks, videos, journal articles, reports, more.

Searching is open and free; however, some content may prompt you for your WebAdvisor user ID and eight digit birth date
Credo Reference
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for research projects and homework. Search in hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, nearly 200 videos.

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eBooks (GALE)
Small collection of reference books, encyclopedias, handbooks, primarily in medicine, addiction studies, and multiculturalism. Featuring the "Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily LIfe" GVRL stands for Gale Virtual Reference Library. Scroll down past the banner to see the list of ebooks in the collection.

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eBooks (EBSCO)
EBSCO Ebooks collection covers multiple subjects, academic books you can read online; print, save, or email selected pages but no downloading to moblie devices; best viewed using Chrome or Firefox browsers

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eBooks (ProQuest)
Collection of eBook titles in academic subjects such as Anthropology, Business & Economics, Computers & IT, Education, Fine Arts, History, Language & Literature, Law, Medicine, Physical Sciences, Psychology, Religion, and Social Sciences.

Download and install the Bluefire reader app to check out and read books on your device.You may be prompted to login with your WebAdvisor user ID and eight digit birth date.
eBooks (Salem Press)
Salem Press eBooks cover primarily literary criticism and history, including primary sources in the "Defining Documents" series

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Remote Login Required

If you are off campus or using a wireless device while on campus, you will be prompted to login. You will see the screen shown below.

Remote login is required to prove that you are a student at College of the Redwoods, because these library databases are not free, open website available to anyone. Library resources are valuable and often expensive, because the information provided is reliable, credible, and based on a lot of work by many people. The library pays for student, faculty, and staff access.

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Citation Styles

Always ask your instructor what citation style should be used for research projects. See below for links to helpful resources.

APA Citation 6th Edition Handout
This handout includes information on how to layout a paper and how to create the Reference List with different resource types, following the APA 6th edition.Current edition is the 7th, and a new handout is being prepared.
MLA Format 8th Edition
Brief summary of the core elements of full citations for your Works Cited list, with some examples for in-text citations

Citation Help
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NoodleTools
NoodleTools provides helpful tools for managing and organizing research projects that includes NoodleBib, used to create and save MLA 8th ed. or APA 6th ed. citation lists or annotated bibliographies, that can be exported to Word or Google docs. Create a personal account to create, save, and edit citation lists, outlines, notes, for any or all of your research projects.

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NoodleTools Express
Just need one or two quick citations? use NoodleTools Express to format, copy, and paste single citations. Note: citations are not saved and cannot be exported to a word processor; use the full version to access all features.

Free utility does not require login

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association Staff
Call Number: Del Norte & Eureka Reference BF76.7 .P83 2010
ISBN: 9781433805592
Publication Date: 2009-07-15
MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: Del Norte & Eureka Reference LB2369 .G53 2016
ISBN: 9781603292627
Publication Date: 2016-04-01
The Bedford Handbook by Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
Call Number: Reference and Reserve PE1408 .H277 2014
ISBN: 9781457608018
Publication Date: 2013-10-18
Based on MLA Handbook, 7th edition; Current edition is the 8th and many rules have changed. Be sure to clarify with your instructor which edition is required.