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Information Services
New Databases
Auto Repair Reference Center
The Library recently acquired access to the
Auto Repair Reference Center, an automotive
repair database from EBSCOhost. ARRC provides a
wide array of information with an easy-to-search
format within four main sections: Vehicles,
Auto IQ, Car and Repair Tips,
and Troubleshooting.
 ARRC’s
main page is on the Vehicles tab and is a
breeze to search. After selecting a vehicle
year, make, and model, there is a choice of
links that cover repair procedures, service
bulletins, wiring diagrams, labor rates, specs,
and maintenance intervals. Newer models,
however, generally have more information
available than older models.
Auto IQ
offers two modes of searching, one with audio
and the other without. Once you have selected
your preferred version, you are taken to a
screen with links to seven major systems. Many
include explanatory video clips. Really helpful!
Car and Repair Tips
contains a very large range of
topics—far too many to be listed here. Depending
on your need, you can find general as well as
extremely specific information.
So how does one find this useful database? The
Auto Repair Reference Center is available
through the Library homepage:
http://www.parkland.edu/library/ > Articles and Databases
> Ebscohost > Auto Repair Reference Center.
Literary Reference Center
The Library is pleased to announce the addition
of another new database from EBSCOhost, the
Literary Reference Center. LRC contains
information from major reference books and
full-text articles from more than 300 literary
journals, as well as the Bloom Series, and the
entire content of another EBSCO product that
many of you may remember, MagillOnLiterature
Plus. In addition, several literary reference
works are included, such as The New Princeton
Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, and the
Continuum Encyclopedias of American, British,
and Children’s Literature. Also included are
more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and
work overviews; 130,000 author biographies;
500,000 book reviews; 75,000 literary criticism
articles; and over 11,000 classic and
contemporary short stories.
 The
Literary Reference Center offers many
interesting features. Among them is the ability
to create a password-protected folder so that
you can access saved items at a later date and
link to a citation guide that provides
assistance for the three most widely used style
guides.
So whether you're enrolled in a literature or
poetry class or you just enjoy reading, the
Literary Reference Center is a good place to
drop by!
Where is it? Start at the Library homepage:
http://www.parkland.edu/library/ > Articles and Databases
> Ebscohost > Literary Reference Center.
The Auto Repair Reference Center and the
Literary Reference Center are accessible
off-campus: students use your Parkland email
login and password (faculty/staff use your
Novell login and password) when prompted for
identification. Stop by the Information Desk in
the Library for a quick tutorial for these
databases or just start using them from the
Library, your office, or home. |