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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:

• Over 440 full-text reference books with original photos and illustrations that guide the user through every job
• Information on more than 25 years of many engine models
• More than 80,000 repairs are covered
• Routine maintenance information on topics such as tune-ups, brake service, and even extensive repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly
• Ability to select a type of product, specific brand, specific model/engine type, and specific area of that model/engine type
• All model numbers are also searchable

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:

• Powerful search, sort, and download features that offer flexibility and advanced customization to support a wide range of corporate programs.
• Editorial analysis on key competitors, industry trends, and financial conditions for thousands of companies worldwide.

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:

• Business Planning
• Communications
• Innovations
• Management
• Marketing
• Organizational Behavior
• Product Development
• Raising Capital
• Risk Taking

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.

Biography Reference Center is another new database provided by NC LIVE and EBSCOhost. This database offers a comprehensive collection of more than 461,000 full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases. Biography Reference Center also offers more than 30 genre categories including actors, authors, composers, etc. Biography Reference Center is available through the WCC Single Search under the category Quick Search.

If you have any questions or comments about the new Biography Reference Center, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.

Art & Architecture Complete is a new database provided by NC LIVE and EBSCOhost. This database provides coverage of more than 300 periodicals and 200 books as well as more than 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others. Art & Architecture Complete covers a wide variety of pertinent subjects, including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design, and much more. Art & Architecture Complete is available through WCC Single Search under the category Art and Images.

If you have any questions or comments about the new Art & Architecture Complete, please contact WCC Library staff at 919-739-6891 (ext. 6891 on-campus), or at wcc-library@waynecc.edu.

At the beginning of the year, NC LIVE updated some of the existing databases that we have access to through WCC Single Search. The main change is that there is more content and more of the content is full-text. The updated databases include:

Academic Search Premier (now called Academic Search Complete)

Business Source Premier (now called Business Source Complete)

Literary Reference Center (now called Literary Reference Center Plus)

MAS Ultra (now called MAS Complete)

MasterFILE Premier (now called MasterFILE Complete)