ProQuest eBook Central Collection |
Downloading chapter PDFs or page ranges of an ebook is the best way to optimize its use. By not checking out (downloading) the full ebook, you are allowing the ebook to continue to be available for everyone.
Download instructions are available here:
EBSCO eBook Collection |
Notes:
Open the link below to learn how to save, print, or email EBSCO eBook Chapters.
To see how the download process works in the EBSCO eBook Collection, watch the video below. (4min. 42sec).
General Library Resources
Books
You can find books by searching the library website. Discovery search allows you to search for print and eBooks simultaneously. Use the filters on the left side of the result page to choose print books or eBook format.
View the short tutorial linked below to understand how to search Discovery effectively.
Coming to the library?
Location
Books in print are shelved on the top floor of Waggoner. We use Library of Congress (LC) system to organize our books. All titles are filed by LC subject discipline such as ethics in the BJ's, management in the HD's or science in the Q's.
Check out
Your Trevecca ID serves as your library card. If you don't have a physical TNU ID bring a photo ID to enable checkout. Typically print books are checked out for 28 days.
Not finding what you need at Waggoner?
Interlibrary loan is available for further research support.
Finding journal articles using library databases
You'll find journal articles using library databases. You may want to use other databases beyond what is linked below.
The A-Z Databases page links to ALL library databases.
| Multidisciplinary Databases - A good choice for beginning your research. Don't forget to limit your results to peer-reviewed journals. |
| Primary Business Databases - Databases are listed in alphabetical order |
| Tutorials below demonstrate the basic searching and browsing functions of the Business Searching Interface, especially when looking for company information, industry profiles, company profiles, and marketing research. |
HBR
The library has access to several Harvard Business School publications: articles, cases & books. Many HBR articles are viewed full text with no restrictions. However, there are some articles with restrictions that limit printing, email, saving, or copying. Read more about that below. Direct links to view Harvard Business School Cases or Harvard Business School Press Books. Articles are accessed through Business Source Ultimate.
Many HBR articles can be found in full text through Business Source Ultimate. However, there are some articles published by Harvard Business Review that have restrictions placed on them by the publisher. Typically these are high-use articles. The restrictions limit printing, saving, emailing, or downloading the full text of the article. You are able to read the article online with no restrictions. The screen captures should help you in identifying a restricted article.
After locating the correct article from the result list in Business Source Ultimate there are two ways you can tell if an HBR article has publisher restrictions placed on it. to the right is the citation from the BSU result list for the article by Linda Hill, Becoming the Boss. HBR, Jan. 2007.
If you click on the title of the article this screen will display. See the note above the article title which states the restrictions set by the publisher.
If you click on the PDF Full-Text option you will view the article. A pop-up window opens after choosing to download it to Adobe Reader. The ‘r’ in the PDF URL indicates it is restricted.
General Library Resources
Streaming Video
Films on Demand's Master Academic Collection offers streaming video of over 7,000 full-length titles in the humanities, social sciences, business, economics, health, medicine, science and mathematics. These videos are made available by Films Media Group from producers such as Films for the Humanities, Cambridge Educational, NOVA, A&E, and PBS. Unlimited, simultaneous, 24/7 access, in class or off site, is provided.
For a topical list of Films on Demand Business & Economics titles, click here.
DVD format
Waggoner Library has a substantial collection of DVD and audio related resources. When searching Discovery, you can limit your results to be only those that are DVD by changing the format to "DVD video" in your Advanced Search.
DVDs are located in the IRC, ground floor of the library. Checkout is limited to Trevecca students and faculty.
DVD titles include:
General Library Resources
Statistics
Statista.com is one of the first statistic portals in the world to integrate data on over 80.000 topics from over 18.000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.
Note: Please understand that [Statista] cannot offer free assistance in researching or locating data, given the high volume of requests. If you would like further research or information, [they] recommend consulting [their] Research & Analysis service. Statista does not offer advice for students working or dealing with SPSS software. Such consulting would lead to the empirical evaluation of student work.
How do you cite a Statista image?
The diagram below shows where to find Citation information within Statista for APA formatting.
General Library Resources
Newspapers
Data
bases are great places to search many types of newspapers and news services.
They include national and international resources as well as regional sources.
Choose from the list below.
General Library Resources
eBooks
Waggoner eBook collections integrate over 200,000 full text eBooks into Discovery Search. On the Discovery result list, after limiting results to Library ► Trevecca then by Format ► Book ► eBook, click the Access online button to open the eBook.
Read Options
Waggoner eBook collections have options for the book to be checked out to a device (laptops, tablets, iPad, or smartphones are all devices), or print sections of the book or view it online. In order to take advantage of those options, you will need to create an account, it's free!
EBook Central and EBSCO eBooks are our two primary eBook collections. You can search them separately or by using Discovery Search.
Learn more about eBooks, creating accounts, checking out and copying content from eBooks, from the eBook Research Guide.
eBook as Textbook
Sometimes an eBook is used as the textbook for a certain course.
View the short video below to learn more about efficient use of eBook Central, one of our eBook collections.
eBook examples:
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