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NAMTA Montessori Bibliography & Research Guide (1985-present; updated quarterly) incorporates the print bibliographies of 1985, 1995 and 2002. It contains indexing for primary and secondary materials in the English language concerning Montessori education. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by North American Montessori Teachers Association (NAMTA). Contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 for the user name and password.

National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Clinical Register cancelled, see NASW's free, online Find a Social Worker.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Papers (Nov 1994-present; full-text Mar 2000-present) provides scientific papers reported by professional economists in academia, business and the government from around the world. About 500 papers are published each year. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Digital Images (XLinks) is a part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center and contains digital documents related to slavery, abolition, and emancipation. The collection includes abolitionist broadsheets, photographs by Matthew Brady, letters and speeches of President Lincoln and other presidents, and other historic letters, documents, and pictures. The original documents are found in the Gilder Lehrman Collection of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The digital images were made available through the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Natural and Alternative Treatments (1997-present; all full-text) provides accurate, unbiased information on natural health. It contains articles on herbs and supplements, medical conditions, drug interactions, alternative therapies and homeopathy. Articles are based on double-blind, placebo-controlled studies and other forms of meaningful scientific evidence. More than 12,000 such studies are cited in the material, and new studies are added as they appear. The evidence-based content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists with the goal of providing reliable information without exaggeration or misrepresentation. The user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Naxos Music Library (XLinks) contains the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of over 165,000 tracks, including classical music, Jazz World and chinese music. It includes biographical information on composers or artists included in the database. Users can select works by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre. Playlists can be casily created for educational assignments or for hours of personal enjoyment. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Naxo Music Library. This resource is limited to 5 simultaneous users and requires Media Player 9/10.

Naxos Music Library Jazz (XLinks) contains close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,900 albums by more than 500 jazz artists. It comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. Naxos Jazz, along with Prophone and Proprius, provides the world of international Jazz, covering Sweden and Scandinavian jazz artists. US-based Fantasy Jazz has a deep jazz catalogue and offers the best in blues and R&B. Users can select works by artist, title and catalogue number. Playlists can be easily created for educational assignments or for hours of personal enjoyment. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Naxo Music Library. This resource is limited to 5 simultaneous users and requires Media Player 9/10.

NetAdvantage renamed Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage.

NetFirst included in WorldCat.

netLibrary eAudiobooks (more info; XLinks) provides access to a core collection of more than 1,200 of the latest electronic audio best-sellers, book club favorites, and award-winning authors, as well as the Pimsleur language collection of easy-to-understand language lessons for beginners, intermediate level speakers and ESL students covering 39 languages. Users can also find these eAudiobooks in XPLORE, the library's online catalog. More than one person can access a netLibrary eAudiobook at a time. Users have to create an account (more info) while at an on-campus computer workstation in order to download (more info) eAudiobooks to a personal computer workstation at home. An account is also required to create a list of favorites. A maximum of 10 eAudiobooks can be downloaded on your netLibrary account. eAudiobooks expire in 21 days; however, they can be renewed for an additional 21 days. To renew eAudiobooks access your netLibrary account. Listening to eAudiobooks on your personal computer workstation requires Microsoft Windows Media Player version 9 or above, Musicmatch Jukebox v8.2 or above, or Nullsoft Winamp v5 or above. Once downloaded, eAudiobooks can be transferred (more info) and listened to on a personal portable listening device (supported portable listening devices). To access, click Audiobooks Center on the netLibrary homepage. NOTE: netLibrary eAudiobooks are not compatible with the Macintosh operating system or iPod players.

netLibrary eBooks (all full-text: more info; XLinks) provides access to about 15,000 electronic books on many different topics. The full-text of these eBooks may be browsed for 15 minutes or checked-out and read online for 2 hours. It includes books in the Vault Career Library. Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog. In most cases only one person can access a netLibrary eBook at a time. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by netLibrary. Create an account (more info) at an on-campus computer workstation to add books to a list of favorites.

New Databases is a list of research databases acquired during the current academic year.

New Grove Dictionary of Music And Musicians included in Oxford Music Online.

Newswire see XU Digital Newspaper.

New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (library only database) contains the guide to theology and exegesis, 3,000 lexical and topical entries, integrated cross references, and indexes. It includes abbreviations and transliterations. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Zondervan Publishing.

New Testament Abstracts (1985-present; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a research and bibliographic aid for scholars of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Formerly a library only database, this resource is now available over the Internet from off-campus locations. It covers the New Testament, gospels, acts, epistles, revelation, biblical theology and the world of the New Testament. It contains 38,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 13,500 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts. In addition, approximately 800 current books are summarized annually. It is produced by a partnership between the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. The user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

New York Times Historical Database (1851-within four years of the present; all full-text; updated annually; RefWorks help; XLinks) contains full-page and article images of every page of every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF. It includes ads, comics, cartoons, photos, maps and other graphics. It is produced by the New York Times and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.

NewsBank Newspapers renamed America's Newspapers.

Newspaper Abstracts cancelled, see America's Newspapers or Newspaper Source.

Newspaper Source (1984-present; updated daily; some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for 4 national newspapers; selected full-text for 245 regional U.S. newspapers, 18 international newspapers, 6 newswires, 9 newspaper columns; and cover-to-cover full text for Christian Science Monitor and Los Angeles Times. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Nineteenth Century Masterfile (NCM) (1802-1920; updated quarterly; no full-text) was formerly called Poole's Plus and covers the 19th century. It indexes periodicals, books, newspapers, and government documents. It includes the Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906), Jones and Chipman's Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922), the Psychological Index (1894-1905), Richardson' Index to Periodical Articles in Religion (1890-1899), Stead's Index to Periodicals (1890-1906), Cumulative Index to Selected List of Periodicals (1896-1899), Catalog of Scientific Papers - Mechnaics, Physics, Mathematics (1800-1900), New Yort Times Index (1863-1905), New York Daily Tribune Index (1875-1906), Palmer's Index to the Times (1880-1890), Index to the Oregon Spectator (1846-1854). It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Paratext Resource.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries & Oral Histories (1800-1950; all full-text; XLinks) contains 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information providing a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, the series provides a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines. The collection is particularly useful to researchers, because much of the original material is difficult to find, poorly indexed, and unpublished; most bibliographies of the immigrant focus on secondary research; and few oral histories have been published. In selected cases, users will be able to hear the actual audio voices of the immigrants. The showcase provides a selection of cartoons from Puck Magazine and the images of a diary by Rose Qwong. Users can search by author, source, year, place, nationality & heritage, personal event, resource and subject. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

North American Women's Letters & Diaries (Colonial -1950; all full-text; XLinks) includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Materials have been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies, supplemented by more than 7,000 pages of previously unpublished material. The collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the database. Users can search by authors, source, year, place, historical event and personal event. The showcase provides page images of selected diaries and letters. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence (streaming videos), contains videos of 16 innovative women who are widely regarded as nursing's premier scholars: Virginia Henderson, Myra Levine, Dorothy Johnson, Rosemarie Parse, Sr. Callista Roy, Florence Nightingale, Martha Rogers, Hildegard Peplau, Madeleine Leininger, Dorothea Orem, Reva Rubin, Betty Newman, Imogene King, Margaret Newman, Ida Orlando Pelletier, and Jean Watson. The entry for each theorist includes a bibliography of the their writings and a resource list of helpful websites and organizations. The original video series was produced by the Helene Fuld Health Trust and the user interface is provided by FITNE. To begin click the VLRC Login button in the top right corner of the page. Contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 for the login and password. Macromedia or Quicktime players are required to view the videos. Click Required Plugins in the left menu to download one of these programs. This subscription is limited to 150 users per year.

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