Currently, we have access to Statista, http://www.statista.com  an online statistics database that  provides access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government . Data and statistics can be exported in the following formats: JPEG, PDF, and XLS.

• 1 million statistics from over 18,000 sources (including both national and international data)
• Over 60,000 topics in 20 multidisciplinary categories, ranging from agriculture to media &marketing and consumer & demographic data
• 1,100 Statista Dossiers and Industry Reports
• 10,000 studies & reports from third parties

This trial is available until April 23. Statista is accessible only on campus.

The library has a trial of the database Communication Source.

Communication Source

This comprehensive resource offers worldwide full-text content pertaining to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields and includes many unique sources previously not available.

Content Includes:

• Active full text for more than 600 journals
• Indexing and abstracting for over 1,100 core titles
• Subject-specific, browsable thesaurus featuring over 4,600 preferred and over 8,700 non-preferred terms
• Coverage dating back to 1915

February is Black History Month, or National African American History Month! You can view videos on this topic in “American History in Video” on your laptop! “This video collection provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.”

You can access American History in Video on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon,  choose databases by title.