http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/S/encyclopedias-dictionaries-almanacs.html en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:41:36 -0400 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/ebooks/S/sage-knowledge.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/S/S_sage-research-methods.jpg" alt="SAGE Research Methods" height="129px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/sage/"><img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /></a> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://knowledge.sagepub.com/advancedsearchform" title="SAGE Knowledge" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://knowledge.sagepub.com/advancedsearchform')" shape="rect">SAGE Knowledge</a> </span></h2><p><i>SAGE Knowledge</i> provides full-text ebooks in the social sciences in HTML and PDF.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/ebooks/S/sage-knowledge.html">Full record</a></p> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:42:00 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/ebooks/S/sage-knowledge.html Ebook packages Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Restricted to Virginia Tech users Screencast tutorials available Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/sage-research-methods.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/S/S_sage-research-methods.jpg" alt="SAGE Research Methods" height="129px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/sage/"><img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /></a> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.srmo.sagepub.com/advancedsearchform" title="SAGE Research Methods" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.srmo.sagepub.com/advancedsearchform')" shape="rect">SAGE Research Methods</a> </span></h2><p><i>SAGE Research Methods</i> indexes full-text books, reference sources, the "little green book" series (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences), the "little blue book" series (Qualitative Research Methods), journal articles, and videos. 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