This page describes the array of licensed content provided on the Service Portal web sites Navy Knowledge Online, ArmyKnowledge Online, and Air Force Portal, which include full-text databases which may not otherwise be available to NPS students. Air Force PortalDatabases in Air Force Portal Army Knowledge Online Databases in Army Knowledge Online Navy Knowledge Online Databases in Navy Knowledge Online
Air Force Portal WHAT IS AIR FORCE PORTAL? Providing "essential online resources for the Air Force at a single location," AFP is intended to: make it easier for all Air Force personnel to find information; eliminate duplication; and save money by integrating systems. WHO MAY USE AIR FORCE PORTAL? AFP accounts are available to U.S. Government Civilian, U.S. Military member or ally, or contractor supporting military efforts. Users must register first. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AIR FORCE PORTAL? AFP is a customizable "portal" that provides Air Force personnel with news, directory, career & life information, as well as policy, procedural, and other reference & educational content. This "e-content" can provide authorized users (including some current NPS personnel and some alumni) with access to licensed information not available through the free web. WHERE IS THE LICENSED CONTENT? Under the "Library" tab, click on Reference Center. Then scroll down to "Databases." The following list details licensed content (databases) currently available as part of the AFP site. (last checked on 9/5/2007) Gale InfoTrac NetLibrary - AFLIS - Air Force Library Information System eContent Collection NewsBank OCLC FirstSearch Peterson's Air Force Library Resource Center Security Management (Faulkner Information Services)
Army Knowledge Online What is Army Knowledge Online? The Army's Enterprise Portal, Army Knowledge Online (AKO), is a primary component of the Army Knowledge Management (AKM) strategy and The Army Transformation.WHO MAY USE Army Knowledge Online? AKO accounts are available to U.S. Army or DA personnel. A Foreign Officer (attached to U.S. Army) may arrange for a sponsored account. Users must register first. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH Army Knowledge Online? AKO is a customizable "portal" that provides Army personnel with news, directory, career & life information, as well as policy, procedural, and other reference & educational content. This "e-content" can provide authorized users (including some current NPS personnel and some alumni) with access to licensed information not available through the free web. WHERE IS THE LICENSED CONTENT? From the AKO home page chose the Self Service drop-down menu and click on My Library. The following list details licensed content (databases) currently available as part of the the AKO Portal site. (last checked on 10/15/2008) A-Z Journal TitlesLooking for a specific magazine or newspaper? Search or browse over 8,000 magazines and newspaper titles. Academic Onefile This academic research database includes extensive full-text coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects in peer-reviewed, full-text articles. Armed Services and Government News Weekly and monthly publications such as Army Times, Marine Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times, Defense News, Federal Times and Armed Forces Journal. Army Audio eBook Library The next-generation platform for digital spoken word audio! This service provides a wide selection of titles that can be used on a computer or portable device. Auto Repair Reference Center Complete automotive repair manuals 1954 - current Biography Resource Center Comprehensive biographical reference database - scientists, entertainers, politicians, and more. Britannica Online Includes Encyclopedia Britannica and Britannica Student Encyclopedia, 150 full-text periodicals, an award-winning Internet directory, sounds, animations, and video clips. Business & Company Resource Center Brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals Career Library Career LibraryT offers a comprehensive information resource for career and college research. ChiltonsLibrary.com Complete automotive repair manuals 1954 - current as published in the Chilton Total Car Care Series. CountryWatch.com Comprehensive, up-to-date political, economic, cultural, business and environmental information. Credo reference (formerly Xreferplus) Complete reference/dictionary collection from over 50 publishers. DoD MWR Libraries Educational/Life Long Learning Resource Practice the ASVAB, SAT, ACT, GRE and CLEP. Search through nearly 4,200 two- and four-year accredited schools and find your perfect fit. Get help with your Resume and plan you future career. Encyclopedia Britannica The complete encyclopedia plus 4000 "Notable Quotations, 255 essays in "Gateways to the Classics" and statistical comparisons of countries that can be downloaded to spreadsheets in World Data Analyst. Facts.com News Digests from U. S. Newspapers and international news services. World Almanac Yearbook Gale's Virtual Library A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Includes Xrefplus and VideoHound Golden Movie Retriever. General Onefile Instant access to periodical and news content and indexing from a variety of mainstream and specialized sources -- from The New York Times to refereed academic journals. General Reference Center An integrated set of general interest sources: magazines, newspaper articles, children's magazines, almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference books and more. GreenFile GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Health & Wellness Resource Center Provides instant access to trusted medical reference materials. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. History Resource Center: US Provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. History Resource Center: World From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals. Home Improvement Reference Center Offers 26 major reference works in full text with more than 10,000 images and full-text magazines (e.g. This Old House) for home improvement assistance on maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, decorating home & garden, etc. Junior Edition K-12 Designed for students in junior high and middle school, this database contains a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Military and Education Research Library Network (MERLN) Military & Intelligence Database A custom collection of Journals aimed at Military and Intelligence full-text articles. Morningstar Check your portfolio or read up on Morningstar analyst opinions and guidance for 1,000 stocks and 2,000 mutual funds. MyILibrary As a unique offering to the military community, the Department of Defense is making available over 400 e-books including Encyclopedia Britannica, 95 books covering legal issues, 24 foreign language guides, and 169 "For Dummies..." books. NetLibrary - Audio Books & E-books Collection Over 2650 Full-text electronic versions of published books such as "ASVAB Core Review", computer books, resume books and 213 Cliffs Notes. Newsstand (Proquest) Over 350 newspapers including New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Opposing Viewpoints Complete source for information on social issues, including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Periscope Authoritative site for open-source defense and military information. This link provides access to the "USNI Military Database" including Weapons and Nations Orders of Battle. Available only to Army Personnel and Department of the Army Civilians. Safari Books Online Safari is an e-reference library where you can search across thousands of books from O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Microsoft Press and more. Read books cover to cover or flip directly to the section you need in seconds. Science Resource Center Science Resource Center organizes thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures, illustrations and the latest scientific developments in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites Small Engine Repair Reference Center This comprehensive resource contains 410 full text reference books with original photos and illustrations for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, generators, motorcycles, marine, outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snow blowers, tillers and other small engines Student Resource Center Material for students in middle school, high school, and junior college based on national curriculum standards. Teacher Reference Center Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. Tumblebook Library eBooks for eKids Read, listen, play games Ages 4-12. Tumblebook Readables An online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Tumble Talking Books TumbleTalkingBooks: Your Online Audio Library - is an online audio book library collection of streaming audio books. Titles include unabridged high quality audio versions of classics of American and world literature, non-fiction, fiction, and children and teen books What Do I Read Now Liked the book! Find similar books searching this database of 96,000 titles and 52,000 plot summaries. WorldCat.org Through this global library network of thousands of institutions discover and locate materials in your area.
Navy Knowledge Online What is Navy Knowledge Online? Who may use Navy Knowledge Online? NKO accounts are available to Navy and Marine Corps: Active, Reserve, Civil Service, Delayed Entry Personnell, Navy Academy Midshipmen, Retired and Retired Reserve. Users must register first. What can you do with Navy Knowledge Online? NKO is intended as "portal" site for Naval Personnel which can be customized for displayed content, based on rank, NEC, duty station, time in service, and other data, according to the site. NKO includes Navy career tools, leadership resources and reference materials for educational purposes. The REFERENCE tab includes a collection of "eContent" which can provide valuable additional resources for NPS students for their research. Many of these sources are not available via the free web. To use them you must first register for NKO and log in. Where is the licensed content? Click the tab on the far right of the NKO page marked "Reference" to access licensed content, including full-text databases not otherwise available to NPS students. A column on the left sorts the available content into general areas of interest such as "Econtent - Engineering" and "Econtent - Genealogy" and "Econtent - Kids". Content includes downloadable audio books, music and eBooks, as well as useful content drawn from the free web. The following list details licensed content currently available as part of the the NKO Portal site. (last checked on 9/15/2009) Academic OneFile via Gale Cenage Learning Academic OneFile contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Academic OneFile offers millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML formats. AncestryDatabase via ProQuest Find census, birth, marriage, death records and more in full text. Includes photos, maps, charts and forms. A source intended for Genealogical research. America’s Newspapers via NewsBank Newspapers in full text from around the world, Archives go back to the 1980s. Armed Forces & Government News via Newsbank Military Newspapers culled from the Newsbank collection, including Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, Defense News, Federal Times and others. Auto Repair Reference Center via EBSCO Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for more than 33,800 vehicles covered from 1945 to present. It includes drawings, photographs, wiring diagrams and offers technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturers. Career Connections via EBSCO Career Research via Peterson's DOD MWR LIbraries Includes categories for College Success Tools, Military Success Tools, Portable Civilian Career Tools, High School Success Tools, Allied Health Career Tools and Getting Into Grad School. College Prep via Peterson's DOD MWR LIbraries Family College Planning Center includes resources for test preparation, college searching, locating financial aid, and career planning. CultureGrams via ProQuest Country Reports on cultures of the world, including history, customs and lifestyles. Do-It-Yourself Reference Center via EBSCO Includes Auto Repair Reference Center, Home Improvement Reference Center, COIN Career Library, EBSCOhost Research Databases, Small Engine Repair Reference Center and Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center. Expanded Academic ASAP via Gale's A full text database covering content from newspapers, magazines and journals. Includes filters for peer-reviewed publications and documents with images. Gale's PowerSearch Multiple Gale’s resources combined in one search interface: Student Resource Center, Expanded Academic ASAP, Student Resource Center Gold, Opposing Viewpoints, Gale Virtual Reference Library and Health and Wellness Resource Center. Gale's Virtual Reference Library A selection of reference books on world history and religion, including the Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security, Cold War Reference Library, Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World and many more. Green File -- Environmental Database via EBSCO GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Health and Wellness Resource Center via Gale’s Medical and Health Reference works including Drug and Herb Finder, Alternative Health Encyclopedia and consumer information. Searchable by keywords or by topic. Includes multimedia content. HeritageQuest Online via ProQuest Resources for family history research including articles from PERSI database, Freedman’s Bank database, Revolutionary War records, history books and U.S. Census materials 1790-1930. Home Improvement Reference Center via EBSCO Home Improvement Reference Center (HIRC) is a full text database designed to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance, and remodeling projects. Offers step-by-step instructions for plumbing, outdoor projects, woodworking, electrical, and decorating, as well as articles from magazines and reference books. Information Resource Center via Gale’s Also called Student Resource Center Gold, this is a full-text, multiple-subject resource for academic journals, magazines, news, reference, statistics and more. Includes multimedia content, and may be searched by suggested “popular topics”. Knovel Scientific & Engineering Data Scientific and Engineering data which may be searched or browsed by topic. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) via EBSCO Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes core journals, books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Military Education Research Library Network (MERLN) MERLN (the Military Education Research Library Network) is a comprehensive website devoted to international military education outreach. It represents a consortium of military education research libraries that work together to provide access to a variety of unique electronic resources for the use of researchers and scholars.MERLN is home to the Military Policy Awareness Links - MiPALs - which provide direct access to defense-related U.S. policy statements on selected key topics. Morningstar Investment Research Center A resource for researching investment strategies. My iLibrary Includes eBooks in areas of Agriculture , Auxiliary Sciences of History , Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources (General) , Education , Fine Arts , General Works , Geography. Anthropology. Recreation , History (General) and History of Europe , History: America , Language and Literature Law Medicine Military Science, Music and Books on Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. Navy Education Resource Center via Peterson’s Includes online practice for CLEP General and Subject Tests; Online books such as EMT, Military Flight Tests and Officer Candidate Test and a Resumix-compatible resume builder. Navy General Library Program Digital Ebooks, Audio Books & Music Content available in the following formats: Adobe® EPUB eBooks, Adobe® PDF eBooks, Mobipocket® eBooks, OverDrive WMA Audiobooks, OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks, OverDrive Music and OverDrive Video. netLibrary for the Navy General Library Program Includes eBooks in full text and audiobooks. Content includes English, French and Latin languages. Opposing Viewpoints via Gale’s Factual information clearly presented on both sides of today’s “hot button” issues. May be searched by content levels: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. Peterson's DoD MWR Libraries / Education Lifelong Learning Resource Center. A career development resource. Includes categories for College Success Tools, Military Success Tools, Portable Civilian Career Tools, High School Success Tools, Allied Health Career Tools and Getting Into Grad School. ProQuest Military Database Hundreds of Military Periodicals in full-text. Safari Technical Ebooks A digital library for technology and business professional literature. St. Thomas University School of Law Diplomacy Monitor Communiqués, transcripts and news releases from around the world. Student Resource Center Gold via Gale’s A full-text, multiple-subject resource for academic journals, magazines, news, reference, statistics and more. Includes multimedia content, and may be searched by suggested “popular topics”. Teacher Reference Center via EBSCO Provides indexing and abstracts for many of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. Tumble Talking Books Audio library which includes material for children and adults. TumbleBooks TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of animated, talking picture books as well as games for children. TumbleReadables TumbleReadables highlights the sentences as they are being read, turns the page automatically, and offers the ability for a reading child or young adult to follow along in 3 text sizes. WorldCat Use WorldCat to locate records for library materials including Books, DVDs, CDs and even individual articles. Useful for obtaining accurate information about an item.
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