Access
to Learning Resources
Transcripted credit instructors and students have the same level of access to NWTC
learning resources (libraries, laboratories, databases, etc.) as post-secondary
students and instructors.
NWTC Library Resources:
How Do I Find Library Materials?
If you are teaching NWTC coursework in high school, you and your students have access
to NWTC Library Resources, please see below for more information:
• Use Library Search (located at www.nwtc.edu/
library) to search all of the NWTC Library’s
resources at once or to just search the Catalog
(No Articles) or the online Journal List.
• After searching, you will see a resource list
that allows you to fi lter the results on the left
side of the screen. You can limit by resource
type, location, date, subject, and more. You can
even limit right away to Films on Demand online
videos or Ebrary ebooks.
• You can use the Advanced Search feature to
limit to discipline before searching. This helps
when you are searching for articles and want to
focus the search on subject-specifi c databases.
You can even limit right away to items from
Films on Demand or Ebook Central.
• The Catalog Only search is useful when you do
not want to see all of the journal articles
in your results.
It provides results for anything that the Library
has cataloged (books, ebooks, videos, online
videos, audio, and journals).
• The Journal List shows you which online
journals are accessible through the Library’s
subscriptions and which years of coverage are
provided. This is handy when you are looking for
e-journals to explore or when you have a citation
and want to see if the Library has the article
available online.
• When accessing online resources, you will be
asked to login with your NWTC ID and password.
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How Do I Access Films on Demand?
• You can use Library Search to fi nd online videos,
or you can visit our Films on Demand guide and
use the link provided there -
http://nwtc.libguides.com/fi lms
• If you search Films on Demand directly, your
results will show both titles (entire videos) and
segments (video clips). You can use the links on
the right to limit your results.
• When you fi nd videos you like, remember to
scroll down and click on Embed/Link under the
video to see the Record, Title or Segment URL.
Copy that URL to share with students or to save
(never use the URL at the top of your browser
since it will not work off -campus). You could also
use the Embed Code to embed the video directly
into Blackboard Learn (just copy the code,
create a new item in Blackboard Learn, switch to
HTML Code View, and paste in the Embed Code).
• You are also able to create playlists or save
videos in folders if you fi rst create your own free
account in Films on Demand.
How Do I Access Ebook Central?
• You can access Ebook Central through Library
Search or by going directly to
http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/
lib/nwtc-ebooks.
• You will need to login with your NWTC ID and
password when you start to open ebooks or
if you wish to save books to your bookshelf or
make notes.
• You can read books online or download pages or
chapters to share with your students
in Blackboard or via email.
• To link to ebooks, follow the instructions
at http://nwtc.libguides.com/ebrary