Mount A Libraries: Library Services During COVID-19 Period: New e-resources

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New Content

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Libraries acquired new subscription e-content or added to existing packages of e-books, journals and streaming video Below is a list of new content with links to get access.

Academic Complete on Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary selection of e-books available in full-text for reading online, printing, and downloading.
AVON via ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Stream hundreds of informative videos and documentaries. This database provides the abilities to create and customize clips, read along with transcripts, and provides persistent linking for all your research.

Booklist
All e-books on this popular literature site are now freely available until further notice.

Coronavirus Research Database This link opens in a new window
A health and medical research database for available content related to the COVID-19 outbreak
COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content This link opens in a new window
This microsite provides links and references to all relevant COVID-19 research articles, book chapters and information that can be freely accessed on Taylor & Francis Online and Taylor & Francis ebooks in support of the global efforts in diagnosis, treatment, prevention and further research into COVID-19.
Curio This link opens in a new window
Curio is CBC and Radio-Canada’s online subscriber-based streaming service developed expressly for the Canadian educational community.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Primary Source Sets
Primary source collections exploring topics in history, literature, and culture developed by educators — complete with teaching guides for class use.
Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Each year hundreds of thousands of works are added. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary selection of e-books available in full-text for reading online, printing, and downloading.
EBSCO eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary collection includes thousands of e-books covering a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishes and university presses. Gain Unlimited Access to 201,500 E-Books Across Many Subjects
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Stream hundreds of informative videos and documentaries. This database provides the abilities to create and customize clips, read along with transcripts, and provides persistent linking for all your research.
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Founded by James Loeb in 1911, Harvard University Press presents an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church Fathers who made particular use of pagan culture — in short, our entire Greek and Latin Classical heritage is represented here with up-to-date texts and accurate English translations. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available in a modern and elegant interface, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content with ease.
National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) Repository
A repository of content owned and sustained by Canadian public libraries. Working with international partners, libraries, readers, and publishers (particularly Canadian ones) to make copies of books in accessible formats available to readers in Canada who have print disabilities.
PEN: Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition This link opens in a new window
Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) is a dynamic knowledge translation tool. The PEN System provides nutrition practitioners with ready access to timely, current and authoritative guidance on food and nutrition. It offers evidence-based answers to the questions encountered in every day practice.
Project Muse (Standard Collection) This link opens in a new window
Project Muse has added many additional e-books and journals

1963 - present (varies by title, emphasis on recent years).
PsycTESTS This link opens in a new window
Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), PsycTests “serves as a repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items that are available for immediate download and use in research and teaching…. While focused on contemporary instances of test use, coverage spans more than a century.”
Science Magazine
Visit our “Coronavirus: Research, Commentary, and News” page to find the latest updates on what we know about the pandemic, the race for a cure, and the research and experts behind the headlines.