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October 14, 2009

Contact:
Andra Liwag
NSU Office of Public Affairs
954-262-5309 office
954-873-8494 cell
andrali@nova.edu

Learn How to Access More Than $1,000,000 Worth of High-Quality Digital Information
for FREE at NSU's Library

Third Annual "Passport to Information Day" is open to the public on Thursday, Oct. 22

FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Dive into more than $1,000,000 worth of electronic resources for FREE at Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center during its Third Annual "Passport to Information Day" on Thursday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Save money, access better research tools, and learn to go beyond books mastering digital information including databases, ebooks and more. Get resources for:

  • Job seekers: Ferguson's Career Guidance Center, Testing & Education Reference Center

  • Students, parents & teachers: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, World Book, Daily Life Online, History Study Center, Issues & Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints

  • Genealogists & those working on family trees: Ancestry Library, Burke's Peerage, Heritage Quest Online, Origins Net

  • Small businesses: Demographics Now, Key Business Ratios

  • Academic researchers: Project Muse, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

  • Authors & reporters: NewsBank NewsFile Collection with Periodicals, Academic OneFile, PQ Central

  • Health & wellness answers: Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module, Health Reference Center Academic

  • Legal research: Lexis Nexis Academic

This FREE event is open to the public and will be held at the Alvin Sherman Library, on NSU’s main campus at 3301 College Ave. in Davie. Don’t miss your chance to:

  • Better understand available information, and what the library's digital resources can do for you.

  • Navigate a database to quickly find full-text articles and get more targeted search results.

  • Build a strong research foundation to better serve you in the future.

There will also be nearly $600 worth of FREE prizes and giveaways. For more information, please visit www.nova.edu/library/passportday/ or call 954-262-4542.