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Anatomy.TV - Primal Pictures (Teton Data Systems)

From Teton Data Systems, this is a premier human anatomy and physiology resource with images, drawings, MRI scans, and more.

Blooms Literary Reference Collection (Blooms Literature)

This resource contains critical essays from over 500 literary journals and 2,300 scholarly and critical books, including 700 titles published by Bloom's Literary Criticism and Facts On File. Also included in the database are more than 13,000 biographies, 45,000 character entries, 5,000 synopses of literary works and hundreds of images and videos. Also, explore some of the most significant figures in literature from ancient times to the present day.

BookFlix (Children's Fiction & Non-Fiction E-Books)

A Scholastic online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. Resources for teachers, parents, and kids. Provided by the Wyoming State Library

Credo Reference

General reference source, aggregating content of major subjects from the "best publishers of reference."

E-Book Central (Proquest)

This ebook collection from Proquest compliments EBSCO ebooks. You may need to search both collections. Provided by the University of Wyoming Library.

E-Books from UPenn Libraries

Free online books, including classics, scanned and provided by the University of Pennsylvania libraries.

Ebsco eBook Collections

The library subscribes to the following eBook collections that are searched together from this link: Publishing Collection, Academic Collection North America, and Community College Collection: Nursing & Allied Health (includes Vet Tech and Computer Software), Clinical collection and Engineering Collection.

Films on Demand: Allied Health

This Allied Health Collection is designed to help prepare future allied health professionals for practice across a diverse range of health care settings, whether they are learning how to draw blood, administer medications, or help deliver a baby. The videos include titles from trusted producers such as Elsevier, NEVCO, Center for Phlebotomy Education, InJoy Health Education, Educational Media Distributors, and others.

Films on Demand: Archival Films & Newsreels Collection (Infobase)

Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection

Academic Collection by Infobase of online educational videos. These films are viewed through streaming video and can be linked by faculty into online classes.

Films on Demand: Nursing Video Collection (Nursing Current Concepts & Practices)

This nursing video collection includes videos, segmented videos, and documentation that addresses: Diseases, Disorders and Disabilities, Career Development & Exploration, Nursing Foundations, Patient Care & Interventions, Nursing Skills, Special Topics in Nursing, and Academic Success Skills.

HRAF World Cultures

The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.

HathiTrust

HathiTrust (pronounced "Hot'-y") is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than sixty partners in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions worldwide.

Infobase E-Book Collection

Infobase's eBook Collection features thousands of core reference works from acclaimed imprints such as Facts On File, Ferguson's, and Bloom's on a wide range of subjects areas, from history to literature, and more. More titles added over time.

Internet Archive: Open Library

One web page for every book ever published. It's a lofty but achievable goal. Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, and has been funded in part by a grant from the California State Library and the Kahle/Austin Foundation.

JOMI Surgical Videos (Journal of Medical Insight)

Short of scrubbing in, JOMI is the best way to observe surgeries. Journal of Medical Insight is a peer-reviewed surgical video journal / virtual operating theatre. The goal of JOMI is to improve healthcare by creating a window into the practice of the best surgeons around the world. JOMI films and publishes surgical procedures offering extensive, high-quality, surgeon-narrated didactic experiences. JOMI is used by residents, attendings, medical students, surgical technologists, clinical staff, patients, and others around the world to help them prepare for cases, learn about novel advancements, and otherwise to have a deep and rich learning experience.

Kanopy

A video streaming service for adults and children. Kanopy provides educational, entertaining, and enriching films.

NOTE: You will be prompted to make a free account using either your NWC login and password or a user/pass of your choice.

IF YOU ARE OFF CAMPUS: Once you are at Kanopy's website, they will ask you to login with your NWC user/pass. Then you will login with your personal Kanopy login.

IF YOU ARE ON CAMPUS: You must disable the hardware acceleration in Chrome. Go to Settings (clicking on the ... in the upper right hand corner) enter "hardware accel" in the search box, then toggle off "Use hardware acceleration when available". Close Chrome and reopen and go to the Kanopy website.

(Library note: Kanopy link does not go behind proxy link.)

Libby by Overdrive

For information on setting up your account and device to read and hear books through the Libby App visit https://gowyld.libguides.com/econtent . Find popular ebooks, audiobooks, videos, and magazines. How to set up Overdrive

Naxos Music Library

World's largest Classical music listening service designed for students, instructors and library patrons. Genres include Classical, Jazz, World/Folk, Adult Contemporary, Chinese Music, Pop, and Rock. Your browser must allow popups and cookies. Instructors that create and share playlists for students: Login here with your professor user/password.

Project Gutenberg (E-Books)

Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Books may be read in a variety of formats and with a variety of electronic devices. See information on the website.

Science Direct: College Edition

From Elsevier, provides peer-reviewed journals, books, handbooks, & reference books covering scientific, social science, medical and technical information. Sci Direct also has ebooks on Human Health and Veterinary Medicine. Check mark "books" and uncheck "journals" when searching.

Science Zone

Free, physical and biological videos to view online from the National Science Foundation.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife: National Digital Library

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video, most of which are in the public domain. Those not in the public domain are intended for personal, private use.

Wyoming Climate Atlas (eBook on Wyoming Resources Data System site from University of Wyoming)

This e-book, written by Jan Curtis & Kate Grimes, is part of the Water Resources Data System produced by the University of Wyoming.

Wyoming PBS Videos

Wyoming PBS video content is provided free of charge to Wyoming citizens. Content is added weekly. Find program series such as Wyoming Chronicles, Main Street Wyoming, Farm to Work, documentaries, NOVA, Frontline, Nature, News Hour, Capitol Outlook, Masterpiece and more.