Library Home: Information Literacy: Be Savvy about your Sources: A-Z Resources by Topic

Table of Contents: Resources by Topic

CATALOGS: to search Library Holdings

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Worldcat Catalog

Public Access

FVTC Library Catalog
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WISCAT- Wisconsin Catalogs

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Agriculture, Agribusiness, Farm animals, Gardening, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Outdoor Sports

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FVTC Library Subscriptions

Magazines:

Public Access

Databases (Topical collection of articles, books, videos, etc.)

AGRICOLA See: SEARCH (nal.usda.gov)
National Academies Press E-Books: Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
(Free to read online or download)
National Agricultural Library Digital Collections (NALDC)
See also : SEARCH (nal.usda.gov)
PubAg (pubag.nal.usda.gov)
See also : SEARCH (nal.usda.gov)

Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics (datcp.wi.gov)
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)
Wisconsin Natural Resources Topic List (dnr.wisconsin.gov)

Magazines:

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Automotive, Aircraft, Diesel and other Transportation Science Resources

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Database (Manuals and troubleshooting instructions)

ChiltonLibrary - Automobile Reference (Badgerlink - MyFVTC Access)
OEM repair, maintenance, and service information on most cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs. Provides step-by-step procedures, diagnostic and troubleshooting help, and a video library.
Small Engine Repair Source (*was Small Engine Repair Reference Center) (Badgerlink - MyFVTC Access)
Detailed, user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. Chose [Source type] of engine: motorcycle, marine boat, all terrain vehicle, tractors, outdoor power equipment, snowmobiles, persosnal water craft, and other small engines.

Magazines:

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Business & Marketing; Interior Design Resources

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FVTC Library Subscriptions

MyFVTC or Wisconsin Public Library Card Access Only

Business Source Premier (BadgerLink)
Company Profiles - Datamonitor companies...
Country Reports - Economics, political background...
Industry Profiles - Overview, market value...
Market Research Reports - Market insight, emerging trends...
EBSCO Business Resources (EBSCO from BadgerLink)
New EDS Search Form.
Regional Business News (EBSCO from BadgerLink)
Full-text regional U.S. and Canadian business publications for students and adults.

Magazines:

Public Access

Databases (Topical collection of articles, books, videos, etc.)

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Computer & Information Sciences Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

FVTC Library Subscriptions

Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile)
Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (Ebsco from Badgerlink)
Computing, technology, and engineering full-text research database. For college-level and adult researchers.
Computer Science (Gale OneFile)
Information Science (Gale OneFile)
PrepStep: Basic Computer Skills:
Computer Basics
Internet Basics
Microsoft Office Basics
PrepStep: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training Center: Artificial Intelligence Services AWS Cloud Essentials Managed Services Serverless Applications Certification Preparation Containers Cost Management Data Processing and Machine Learning Database Concepts Database Migrations Database Operations Developer Tools Internet of Things (IoT) Networking and Connectivity Game Technology Security, Identity, and Compliance Server Deployment Storage Services and Data Backup Streaming Media services Working with the AWS Console

Magazines:

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Criminal Justice/Law/Public Safety Resources

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (EBSCO)
◦ Helpguide: EBSCO Resources
Criminal Justice (Gale OneFile)
Insurance and Liability (Gale OneFile)
LegalTrac (Gale OneFile)
Library & Information Science Source (Replaced Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text) (Badgerlink)
Research database for library and information science students, professionals, and policymakers.
Military & Government Collection (Badgerlink)
Current news for all branches of the military and government. For student and adult researchers.
Military and Intelligence (Gale OneFile)
Nexis Uni®
Business and Law Research

Magazines:

Public Access

Databases (Topical collection of articles, books, videos, etc.)

Wisconsin Jury Instructions (Free All-Digital)

Article introducing: Free All-Digital Jury Instructions

Wisconsin State Law Library

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations (docs.legis.wisconsin.gov)

DATABASES: Culture & Country Profiles

MyFVTC Access Only

FVTC Library Subscriptions

CultureGrams

Periodical Titles A-Z FVTC Access only > Browse By Discipline

Public Access

. The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Diversity includes Cultural (Social concepts & context / tribe), Phenotype (body), Ability (Mind/Body); Neuro & Psychological Experience (Body Mind)

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FVTC Library Subscriptions

Library Guides:

Physiology, Neurodiversity, & Psychology Research
Physiology & Psychology: Anima, Animus, Gender, Sex, & Identity
Neurodiversity Home

DATABASES: Education, Learning, Teaching Resources

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FVTC Library Subscriptions

English Dictionary (Merriam-Webster Unabridged from Britannica from Badgerlink)

PreK - 2nd Grade- Early Childhood - Student and Teacher Resources

Children's Core Collection (EBSCO from Badgerlink)
Collection development and curriculum support for anyone who works with children's books
Explora for Elementary Schools (EBSCO from Badgerlink)
The search interface for EBSCO's elementary school resources. For elementary school students and educators.
Novelist K-8 (EBSCO from Badgerlink)
Children's fiction recommendation resource with read-alikes, discussion guides, reading lists, and more. For children and pre-teens.
Primary Search (EBSCO from Badgerlink)
Full-text magazines for elementary school students.

Middle Grades - 2nd grade - 8th Grade

Explora for Middle & High Schools (BadgerLink)
Middle & Junior High Core Collection (SEARCH EBSCO from Badgerlink)
Collection development and curriculum support for anyone who works with middle grade books
Middle and Junior High Core Collection - BROWSE by Category (H.W. Wilson / Badgerlink)
Middle Search Plus (EBSCO from Badgerlink)
Magazines and primary sources suitable for middle school students.

High School 9th -12th Grade (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)

Explora for Middle & High Schools (BadgerLink)
Gale OneFile: High School Edition
Middle & Junior High Core Collection (SEARCH EBSCO from Badgerlink)
Collection development and curriculum support for anyone who works with middle grade books
Middle and Junior High Core Collection - BROWSE by Category (H.W. Wilson / Badgerlink)
Senior High Core Collection (EBSCO from Badgerlink)
Collection development and curriculum support for anyone who works with young adult literature collections

Adult Basic Education (GED/HSED)

PrepStep: High School Equivalency Center:
Are You Ready? (TABE® 11/12 Prep)
Build Your Basic Skills
Prepare for the GED® Test
GED® en Español
Prepare for the HiSET®
PrepStep: Core English Skills:
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary and Spelling
Novelist (EBSCO from Badgerlink)
Fiction recommendation resource with read-alikes, discussion guides, reading lists, and more. For teens and adults.

Teaching Resources

Education Source replacing Education Research Complete (Badgerlink)
Research database designed for education students, professionals, and policymakers.
Teacher Reference Center - Not Full Text - Use Interlibrary Loan (Badgerlink)
NOT Full-Text. Would need to order these through Interlibrary loan form Research database for teachers providing indexing and abstracts for more than 220 peer-reviewed journals.
TeachingBooks For Schools for PreK-12 Students, Parents, and Teachers (Badgerlink)
Has more links that teachers would use. Added Benefit: You can create an Educator Login to save custom reading lists and lesson plans.
TeachingBooks for Libraries - Children & Young Adult Books (Badgerlink)

Professional Development & Staying Current

Chronicle of Higher Education (Ebsco & Gale)
Professional Development Collection (Badgerlink)
Collection of education journals for educators and researchers.

DATABASESS: General Purpose Resources

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Academic OneFile (Gale)
◦ Helpguide: ACADEMIC ONEFILE (GALE) Access
Associates Programs Source+ (EBSCO)
◦ Helpguide: EBSCO Resources
EBSCO Discovery This link opens in a new window
Gale Powersearch (Search All Gale Resources)
Nexis Uni®
Business and Law Research
Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)
Opposing Viewpoints in Context: BROWSE TOPICS (Gale)

Periodical Titles A-Z FVTC Access only > Browse By Discipline

Public Access

Wisc-Online Learning Objects This link opens in a new window

DATABASES: Health & Medical Resources

MyFVTC Access Only

FVTC Library Subscriptions

CINAHL Plus with Full Text - ADVANCED Search (EBSCO)
◦ Help Guide: CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
International Clinical Educators (ICE) video database
OvidSP: SEARCH Nursing Journals
◦ Helpguide: OVID - Nursing, health & medical
OvidSP: NURSING JOURNALS - Title List

MyFVTC or Wisconsin Public Library Card Access Only

EBSCO Health Resources (EBSCO from BadgerLink)
Using new EDS Search form. Access point to EBSCOhost health-specific databases. For high school, college, and adult researchers.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (BadgerLink)
MEDLINE (EBSCO from BadgerLink)
NOT Full-Text. Would need to order these through Interlibrary loan form Bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians, and researchers.
PTSDpubs (Was PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress) This database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It provides citations and abstracts to the international literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health sequelae of traumatic events.(1871 - current) Literature related to traumatic stress - journal articles

Films on Demand for Nursing and other Health Sciences (MyFVTC Access)

Periodical Titles A-Z FVTC Access only > Browse By Discipline

Public Access

Databases (Topical collection of articles, books, videos, etc.)

A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia (medlineplus.gov)

MEDLINEPLUS (medlineplus.gov)

Merck Manuals (merckmanuals.com)
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Bookshelf (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
OpenMed.com Health Site Directory - Medical Dictionary (openmd.com)
Directory of Popular Health related websites, with notes about ease of use, free, or subscription. Use multiple sources.

PUBMED (/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Includes: MeSH Database & Clinical Trials

DATABASES: History and Historical Resources

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FVTC Library Subscriptions

Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers (BadgerLink)
Full-text daily and weekly Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 60 days ago, plus newspapers from the 1800s and 1900s. For student and adult researchers.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 (Badgerlink)
NOT Full-Text. Would need to order these through Interlibrary loan form, Citations of European works that relate to the Americas, for college-level and adult researchers.
FOD Archival Films & Newsreels Collection
Gale OneFile: U.S. History
Gale OneFile: World History
HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest through Badgerlink)
Comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources for college-level and adult researchers.
History Reference Source (EBSCOhost through Badgerlink)
Full-text history reference resource for college-level and adult researchers.
History Reference Source (Explora Badgerlink)
Internet Archive
If it was ever published on the web... it might be archived forever: Snapshots of Web, Video, Texts, Audio, Software

DATABASES: Hospitality & Culinary Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

FVTC Library Subscriptions

DATABASES & LINKS: Jobs & Careers. Competencies, Employability, Job Hunting, Job Descriptions

Databases

PrepStep: Career Preparation:
Learn about a Career
Build Workplace Skills
Prepare for the Air Traffic Controller Exam
Prepare for Allied Health and Social Worker Exams
Prepare for Civil Service Exams
Prepare for Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Exams
Prepare for Cosmetology Exams
Prepare for Hospitality Exams
Prepare for Electrician and Plumbing Exams
Prepare for Emergency Medical Services and Firefighting Exams
Prepare for Law Enforcement Exams
Prepare for Military Exams
Prepare for Nursing Exams
Prepare for Real Estate Exams
Prepare for Teaching Exams
Prepare for the WorkKeys® Assessments
Prepare for the TOEIC®
Vocations and Careers (Gale OneFile)

Links<

WisConomy (jobcenterofwisconsin.com)

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Spanish Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

FVTC Library Subscriptions

Britannica Escolar (Spanish - Britannica from BadgerLink)
Enciclopedia español para los estudiantes más jóvenes y educadores. Spanish encyclopedia for younger students and educators.
PrepStep: Recursos para Hispanohablantes:
Mejore sus habilidades escritas, orales y gramaticales
Sea mejor lector
Desarrolle sus habilidades matemáticas
Prepárese para el examen de GED®
Sea ciudadano estadounidense

Table of Contents: Information Literacy Home

Information Literacy Home

*A-Z Resource INDEX (Databases & More)
◦ Database Helpguides

SEARCH BY FORMAT: Find Audio Books / E-Books / Printed Books

The Library buys books so you don't have to!

Audiobooks

Print Books in Library

In Library: Print Books Sorted with newest at top.
Sometimes we have titles in more than one format.

FVTC Library Catalog
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(Use your picture ID to check out items)

E-Books Online - Off-campus access with MyFVTC credentials

Library pays subscription fee so you don't have to!

E-Books through Ebsco QUICK SEARCH

H.W. Wilson: The Reference Shelf(Salem Press E-Books)
From Hate Crimes to UFO's. Curent Issues.
OVERDRIVE: Read / listen to books in digital format (Sign in to Wiscal with your MyFVTC account) This link opens in a new window
Sign in, like you sign in for email
Enter your 9 digit ID + @fvtc.edu (example: 123456789@fvtc.edu)
Your MyFVTC Password
PrepStep for Success Home (Off-Campus Access through ACTIVE MyFVTC credentials)
Note:
Register under Fox Valley Technical College and access using a Library Link.
Emails used for old registrations may no longer work - use a different email address. You lose your MyFVTC email after graduation.

Selected Print & E-Books by Program or Topic

E-Books Online - Public Access

SEARCH BY FORMAT: Multimedia: Audio/Visual Resources

At the Library

MyFVTC Access Only

FVTC Library Subscriptions

Films On Demand (FOD) Educational Videos
◦ Helpguide: Films on Demand (FOD) Access
Feature Films from FOD Entertainment films for education.
Use Chrome. Turn off VPN.
◦ Helpguide: FOD Features (Films on Demand) Access
International Clinical Educators (ICE) video database
Actual stroke patients shown in hospital. Please show respect for people who are sick but still willing to provide valid and necessary training for health care education.
PrepStep for Success Home (Off-Campus Access through ACTIVE MyFVTC credentials)
Note:
Register under Fox Valley Technical College and access using a Library Link.
Emails used for old registrations may no longer work - use a different email address. You lose your MyFVTC email after graduation.

VIDEOS / MULTIMEDIA by Program or Topic

Audio-visual and Interactives Online - Public Access

Wisc-Online Learning Objects This link opens in a new window

OVERDRIVE: Read / listen to books in digital format (Sign in to Wiscal with your MyFVTC account)

SEARCH BY FORMAT: News & Popular Magazines

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

FVTC Library Subscriptions

Databases (Topical collection of articles, books, videos, etc.)

Consumer Reports Magazine (BadgerLink)
Newspapers.com Library Edition World Collection (Badgerlink)
Newspaper Source Plus (BadgerLink)
Newswires: Merged into Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) (BadgerLink)
Periodical Titles A-Z
Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile)
Regional Business News (EBSCO from BadgerLink)
Full-text regional U.S. and Canadian business publications for students and adults.
U.S. Newsstream‎ (Proquest through Badgerlink)

Public Access

SEARCH BY FORMAT: Reference Shelf: Britannica Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

FVTC Library Subscriptions

Britannica School Edition (Early Elementary, Elementary , Middle & High) (Badgerlink)
Main page for Britannica School encyclopedias, for students and educators.
English Dictionary (Merriam-Webster Unabridged from Britannica from Badgerlink)

Information Literacy: Be Savvy about your Sources

Table of Contents: Resources by Topic

CATALOGS: to search Library Holdings

MyFVTC Access Only

Public Access

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Agriculture, Agribusiness, Farm animals, Gardening, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Outdoor Sports

MyFVTC Access Only

Public Access

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Automotive, Aircraft, Diesel and other Transportation Science Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Business & Marketing; Interior Design Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

Public Access

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Computer & Information Sciences Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Criminal Justice/Law/Public Safety Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

Public Access

DATABASES: Culture & Country Profiles

MyFVTC Access Only

Public Access

Diversity includes Cultural (Social concepts & context / tribe), Phenotype (body), Ability (Mind/Body); Neuro & Psychological Experience (Body Mind)

MyFVTC Access Only

DATABASES: Education, Learning, Teaching Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

PreK - 2nd Grade- Early Childhood - Student and Teacher Resources

Middle Grades - 2nd grade - 8th Grade

High School 9th -12th Grade (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)

Adult Basic Education (GED/HSED)

Teaching Resources

Professional Development & Staying Current

DATABASESS: General Purpose Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

Public Access

DATABASES: Health & Medical Resources

MyFVTC Access Only

Films on Demand for Nursing and other Health Sciences (MyFVTC Access)

Public Access

DATABASES: History and Historical Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

DATABASES: Hospitality & Culinary Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

DATABASES & LINKS: Jobs & Careers. Competencies, Employability, Job Hunting, Job Descriptions

DATABASES & MAGAZINES: Spanish Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

Table of Contents: Information Literacy Home

SEARCH BY FORMAT: Find Audio Books / E-Books / Printed Books

Audiobooks

Print Books in Library

E-Books Online - Off-campus access with MyFVTC credentials

E-Books Online - Public Access

SEARCH BY FORMAT: Multimedia: Audio/Visual Resources

At the Library

MyFVTC Access Only

Audio-visual and Interactives Online - Public Access

SEARCH BY FORMAT: News & Popular Magazines

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

Public Access

SEARCH BY FORMAT: Reference Shelf: Britannica Resources

MyFVTC or Badgerlink Access Only

K-2 Early Childhood

Middle Grades - 2nd grade - 8th Grade

High School 9th -12th Grade (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)

A-Z Lists