President’s Day is celebrated during the month of February. The other part of the newspaper exhibit is dedicated to biographies about some of the lesser known presidents of the United States as well as the current president, Barack Obama.
To learn more about the presidents, visit the White House’s Presidents website.
Every year during the month of February, we celebrate Black History Month. This year’s theme is Black Women in American Culture and History. On the bulletin board exhibit, we have books about famous African American women as well as famous African American men and some overview books.
To learn more about Black History, visit the Library of Congress’ African American History Month website.
The Carolina Games Summit will be held at Wayne Community College on Saturday, February 4 starting at 10:00 a.m. Part of the newspaper exhibit area has books that cover many areas of game development as well as the history of video games and information on vintage games.
To learn more about the Carolina Games Summit, visit the website.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center provides users with detailed, yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. Features included in the database are:
Small Engine Repair Reference Center is available under the Other Resources tab and then under the Other Databases link. It is under the category of Business and Technology.
If you have any questions or comments about the new Small Engine Repair Reference Center, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
Small Business Reference Center offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding. It also includes business videos on a wide variety of topics and state-specific resources. Small Business Reference Center is available through WCC Single Search under the category of Business and Technology.
If you have any questions or comments about the new Small Business Reference Center, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 290 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
The database contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. Each of the main essays includes links to related full-text articles hand-picked by the editor.
Points of View Reference Center is available through the WCC Single Search under the category Current Issues.
If you have any questions or comments about the new Points of View Reference Center, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
Legal Information Reference Center contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. The database also offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues. Legal Information Reference Center is available through WCC Single Search under the category of History and Government.
If you have any questions or comments about the new Legal Information Reference Center, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
Hoover’s Online is the largest business information database that includes more than 65 million companies, 85 million contacts, and 900 industry segments. With Hoover’s you can get the latest headlines and news from more than 2,000 top worldwide sources delivered to you via email alerts.
Also included with Hoover’s are:
Hoover’s Online is available under the Other Resources tab and then under the Other Databases link. It is under the category of Business and Technology.
If you have any questions or comments about the new Hoover’s Online, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. The database contains more than 2.6 million records from more than 2,300 domestic and international titles dating back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles). Environment Complete is available through WCC Single Search under the category Business and Technology.
If you have any questions or comments about the new Environment Complete, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.
Entrepreneurial Studies Source offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of the world’s largest social network sites for high-tech entrepreneurs.
Subjects covered in the database include:
Entrepreneurial Studies Source is available through WCC Single Search under the category Business and Technology.
If you have any questions or comments about the new Entrepreneurial Studies Source, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.