Online Library Resources

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Use the OFTC HOOT Center’s online library resources to study for a test. You can also find sources for a paper or look up a health topic. Choose a section below to get started. Working from home? Some resources will ask you to sign in. Follow the off-campus sign-in steps at the bottom of this page.

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General Resources

  • Learning Express – Take a practice test, read an eBook, or follow a step-by-step guide to using software. You can also explore careers and learn what skills different jobs require.
Learning Express
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Research Resources

  • DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) – Find research articles you can read for free. Use DOAJ when you need a source from a scholarly journal.
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost – Find books to read online or check out. Search by title if your instructor named a book, or by topic if you need to find one.
  • GALILEO (Georgia Library Learning Online) – Search for journal articles, newspaper stories, and reference books. Start here when you need several types of sources for a paper.
  • LibGuides – Choose a guide for your subject to find research tips and sources for your assignment.
  • Salem Press – Find background information on literature, history, science, health, and careers. Use it to get familiar with a topic before you start writing.
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eBooks on EBSCO Host
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LibGuides
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Nursing and Allied Health Resources

  • E-book Medical Collection – Find online books about health and medicine. Use this collection when you need a book for a class assignment.
  • Facts & Comparisons – Look up a medicine, check its uses and side effects, or compare it with similar drugs.
  • MEDLINE on EBSCOhost – Search for journal articles on nursing, medicine, dentistry, and related fields. You can search by subject to find studies on a specific topic.
  • MedlinePlus – Find health information written for patients and families. Use it to learn about a condition, medical test, or treatment in everyday language.
  • Merck Manual Professional Version – Read how health care professionals recognize, diagnose, and treat a condition.
  • PubMed – Search for medical research from MEDLINE and other sources. Read study summaries and follow links to full articles when available.
E-book Medical Collection
Facts & Comparisons
Medline at EBSCOHost
MedlinePlus.gov
Merck Manual Professional Version
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How to sign in from off campus

  1. Open the resource you want to use.
  2. If it asks you to sign in, choose OpenAthens.
  3. Select Students.
  4. Sign in with your OFTC student username and password.