LibGuides: Science: General Science

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This guide offers useful resources on the subject of Science and the courses related to it at West Coast University.

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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
CREDO Reference helps find information on all subjects out of 607 reference sources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, and more.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials This link opens in a new window
Cochrane Controlled Trials Register is a bibliography of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration and others, as part of an international effort to hand search the world's journals and create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews contains full text articles, as well as protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare. Data is evidence-based medicine and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each too small to produce reliable results individually.
eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Search and view more than 250,000 eBooks in this large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. The breadth of information available through this collection ensures that users will have access to information relevant to their research needs.

Library Resources Supporting General Science

CREDO Reference: Science
This link goes directly to a list of reference books CREDO offers on science.

Philosophy of Science for Nursing Practice by Michael D. Dahnke
ISBN: 9780826105547

The Science Center

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How to Book a Faculty-Based Tutor Session
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Tutor.com Information

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Click the "Tutor.com" link found in your courses in our learning management system to access Tutor.com and learn more.

*NOTES:

1. Use of Tutor.com is limited to WCU students ONLY. Violations of this policy may lead to sanctions up to and including dismissal from the University.

2. Students have a total duration of 90 minutes per month. The duration starts from the first day of the month and ends on the last day of the month. If the month's full 90 minutes are not used, they lose that time (i.e., there is no roll-over); and it resets for 90 minutes for the next month.

3. A minimum of 50 minutes is required to use the Drop-Off Essay Review. For Resume and Cover Letter Drop-off Review, a minimum of 35 minutes is required.

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