Recommended E-book Collections
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EBSCO eBook Collection
EBSCO eBooks Collection spans a variety of topics. Most books in this collection are in PDF format. Many titles in the EBSCO eBook Collection can be downloaded in their entirety to your computer or mobile reading device.
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Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks is a collection of online reference books on a variety of topics including business, history, literature, health & medicine, social science, technology, and more. The inclusion of key word definitions within its concise encyclopedia entries makes this database the perfect starting point for professional and personal research.
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OverDrive
OverDrive is a growing collection of popular eBooks, eAudio and magazines available for download. Users may checkout materials for up to three weeks and place holds on eBooks and eAudio currently in use. Available in browser and on the Libby app.
COD Students, Faculty, and Staff sign in with their school email. District Residents sign in with their library card number and pin.
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ProQuest Ebook Central
Ebook Central is a large and growing collection of books on a variety of topics. All books in this collection are also accessible through the COD Library catalog. Use your Ebook Central account to check out and download books, use the reading tools, and create reading lists.
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R2 Digital Library
The R2 Digital Library is a web-based, health sciences, eBook database featuring a collection of medical, nursing, and allied health titles. It can be accessed on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and web-capable electronic readers. It has an A-Z index of drug names, diseases, and topics that are searchable by discipline, practice area, or condition.
Titles are limited to one user per copy, if the title you need is in use come back at a later time and try again.
Recommended Srteaming Media Collections
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Kanopy
The Kanopy video collection covers a variety of subjects across many disciplines. Kanopy's strongest offerings include global and historical feature films, indie titles, and documentaries. Title availability is split between "in collection" and "request" tabs. Users needing titles for assignments can request access via the request button. Faculty can reach out to the Electronic Resources team for future assistance at e-resources@cod.edu
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Nursing Education in Video
Nursing Education in Video is a collection of streaming videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. All the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations by agencies such as OSHA and CMS.
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Global Health Care: Issues and Policies
The goal of this text is to impart a well-rounded perspective to how certain areas around the globe are oftentimes significantly impacted by world events.
Global health 101
a clear, concise, and user-friendly introduction to the most critical issues in global health, illustrating key themes with an extensive set of case studies, examples, and the latest evidence.
Global Health: Geographical Connections
A comprehensive and authoritative examination of the key issues relating to global health. Written by a leading health geographer, the book offers a critical and rigorous analysis of contemporary challenges facing world health.
Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings
A majority of people living in rural areas and urban slums worldwide have minimal access to healthcare. This text illustrates how to start, develop, and maintain a health care program in poor areas across the world.
Wellness Around the World: an International Encyclopedia of Health Indicators, Practices, and Issues [2 Volumes]
This two-volume set introduces student and general interest readers to global and cross-cultural health studies. Its profiles of 195 countries utilize a standardized format to examine the common factors that contribute to a nation's well-being, such as healthcare infrastructure, prevalent diseases and conditions, and diet and nutrition, while also touching on particular issues and concerns unique to each country
Hodge's Public Health Law in a Nutshell, 5th
Public Health Law in a Nutshell, 5th Edition provides a core assessment of the critical role of law in America to protect communal health. The field of public health law encompasses constitutional powers, legislative authorities, and extensive regulations in promotion of public health and safety.
Fields Virology: Emerging Viruses
This text serves as the authoritative, up-to-date reference book for virologists, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, and physicians.. Covers both basic science and medical features of each virus, emphasizing viruses of medical importance and interest, while also including other viruses in specific cases where more is known about their mechanisms of replication or pathogenesis.