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FGCU's ScholarsCommons is a public portal that highlights the scholarship and expertise of FGCU's community of scholars. It provides access to their collective research activities and allows anyone to view works including articles, book chapters, creative works, theses and dissertations and more. Works can be browsed or searched by subject, author, college/unit, or research type.

To date there are over 8,000 total works in ScholarsCommons, 63,325 views, and over 6,000 downloads worldwide. 

Please contact Kaleena Rivera (krivera@fgcu.edu) for more information, or to help answer any questions.

Gamers rejoice! On Naxos Music Library, you can rock-on with your favorite background music. Naxos is best known for classical music, but you can also listen to other genres, including your favorite movies or video games! Great for studying or working out!

To get to Naxos Music Library:

1. From the library's homepage, select the Databases tab in the search box
2. Select "N"
3. Select "Naxos Music Library"
4. Enter your FGCU Eagle Mail username and password
5. Type keywords in the search box ("Unchartered")
6. Select songs and "play selections"

Enjoy! Please contact our friendly subject librarians or assistance with this database or any other library resource!

Looking for high-quality scholarly sources for your research paper? Search and access over 171 million journal articles, conference papers, patents, and other scholarly sources in this multidisciplinary database. Discover Hot Papers, Highly Cited in Field papers, data sets, open access items, and more. Link to citing papers and sort by Times Cited.

To access Web of Science, go to the University Library’s home page. Select the Databases tab above the search box. Click on the letter W, then select Web of Science. You’ll be prompted to enter your FGCU credentials. Questions? Contact one of our subject librarians.

The Psychotherapy.net Streaming Service provides training videos in the fields of psychotherapy, counseling, and social work. Presented by experts, these videos stream on a state-of-the-art platform that includes the following features:

• Searchable transcripts
• Customizable clip-making
• Video sharing and embedding

Additionally, many of the videos are supplemented with a downloadable instructor’s manual.  Topics include trauma, addiction, assessment, group therapy, and much more.

To access Psychotherapy.net, go to the University Library's home page.  Select the "Databases" tab in the search box.  Enter “Psychotherapy.net Streaming Service.”  Select “Psychotherapy.net Streaming Service.”  You'll be prompted to enter your FGCU credentials.  Questions?  Contact one of our subject librarians.

Did you know?  We have streaming videos in JoVE:Clinical Skills!

JoVE educational videos bring to life the intricate details of cutting-edge experiments and empower effective teaching of science concepts and laboratory methods.  These videos are for classroom or personal use only.

In JoVE Clinical Skills there are many options depending on your topic of interest…

• Physical Examination I, II & III:  Students can stream videos on Proper adjustment of patient attire during a physical exam, respiratory examinations, ear examinations, thyroid examinations, and cardiac examinations.
• Nursing Skills:  Students or professionals can find videos on proper medication administration, assessing & flushing a peripheral intravenous line, or a proper CVAD dressing change technique.  
• There are also streaming videos on Coronavirus/COVID-19 procedures and Emergency Medicine/Critical Care procedures.

To access JoVE: Clinical Skills, go to the University Library's home page.  Select the "Databases" tab in the search box.  Enter "JoVE."  Select "JoVE: Clinical Skills."  You'll be prompted to enter your FGCU credentials.  Questions?  Contact one of our subject librarians.

Did you know?  We have streaming movies on SWANK!

Find Hollywood classics, modern favorites, literary adaptations, and more! These films are not licensed for public performance but are for classroom or personal use.

There are many options to use SWANK movies!

• Students will love finding a feature film they can watch to relax after class!
• Professors can break up long zoom classes with a funny or informative clip to enhance course content.  
• Links to movies relevant to course content could be pasted in CANVAS for easy access.

To access SWANK, go to the Bradshaw Library's home page.  Select the "Databases" tab in the search box.  Enter "SWANK."  Select "SWANK Digital Campus Streaming Movies."  You'll be prompted to enter your FGCU credentials.  This 2-minute video will help you find the permalink to add to CANVAS.  Questions?  Contact one of our subject librarians.

When you’re doing college level research, you know your work needs to go beyond an encyclopedia type report on the topic. However, don’t discount encyclopedias and other reference works as potential sources. Reference sources provide definitions and background information and can give you a good foundational understanding of a topic to aid in doing further research. They can be a good starting place to find basic facts, key words, and perhaps a timeline. They can also lead to other sources.

Credo Reference, one of our many databases, makes searching through reference books such as encyclopedias, almanacs, and handbooks easy. With one click, you can search through the insides of more than 1,000 reference titles—from general titles such as Britannica Concise Encyclopedia to more specific sources such as Handbook of Global Environmental Politics, The Literature of War, and many, many more.

You can find definitions, biographies, images, and links to relevant articles and other content that the library owns. Credo also offers an interactive Mind Map, which allows you to explore ideas and concepts related to your topic, like in the climate change example shown here.

Exploring Credo’s Mind Map and sources can help you narrow your topic, develop your thesis, and identify keywords to use in your searches.

If you would like more information about Credo or help with searching it or any of our databases, you can chat live with a librarian.

Are you looking for research help with your final papers?  Do you have questions about reliable sources? Our librarians are offering Rapid Research assistance at the Circulation desk Monday 11/30 – Friday 12/4 between noon and 4pm. Stop and see us for answers to your questions. Also remember, we still offer online chat assistance M-F, 9am-6pm and Sun 1pm-5pm.