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Tuesday: 7:45am-9:00pm

Wednesday: 7:45am-9:00pm

Thursday: 7:45am-9:00pm

Friday: 7:45am-4:00pm

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ERIC This link opens in a new window ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. ERIC contains records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents. It includes records for a variety of source types, including journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, policy papers and more. In addition, it provides an education-specific thesaurus that includes controlled vocabulary.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR is a multi-disciplinary database providing archival access to scholarly journals in the arts, language and literature, history, sciences, and social sciences. Typically, the most recent three to five years of a journal are not available through JSTOR.
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Films On Demand This link opens in a new window Films on Demand offers state-of-the-art streaming for over 6,000 available educational titles. The films cover a wide range of subject areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts, Music and Humanities to the Natural Sciences and Business. Easily cite videos using the built-in citation generator and share links to video clips on the go. Create an account to make playlists and save your progress for later.
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WorldCat This link opens in a new window The world's largest library catalog; contains records from over 9,000 libraries around the world.

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