Torreyson Library

Events

Electronic Books and Media

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Health Films Online
Torreyson Library has access to 20 health-related films on demand lasting from 20 minutes to over 3 hours. Titles include:
  • COPD: The Struggle to Breathe;
  • Echoes of Autism;
  • Hookworm;
  • Immune from Harm: Discovering Vaccines;
  • Infectious Diseases: More Mobility, Greater Danger;
  • Living with Alzheimer's;
  • Measles;
  • MRSA-Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aerus;
  • NewsHour Medical Ethics and Issues Anthology;
  • Outbreak in America: When the Flu Pandemic Hits Home;
  • Outbreak in Asia: How a Flu Pandemic is Born;
  • Pneumococcal Disease; Rotavirus; Science in Everyday Life:
  • Health and Wellnes Video Clips, Part 2; Seeking Perfection;
  • Understanding Hepatitis A, B and C;
  • Understanding Mental Illness and Schizophrenia;
  • Who's Normal Anyway?
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Torreyson Library has access to 10 health-related reference sets. Encyclopedia entries include images, graphs and charts. Titles include:

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics provides quality and up to date physical science data used by scientists and engineers.

Milestone Documents of American Leaders

Musicians and Composers of the Twentieth Century

NetLibrary

Provides access to 10,912 eBooks and 3,407 publicly accessible eBooks. Subject areas include: American History, Literature, Computer Science, Education, Library Science, Bibliographies, Publishing, Medicine/Health, Law, Psychology, Women/Gender Studies, Ecomonics & Business, Film/Media Studies, Languages/Philology/Linguisitics, Music, Sociology, Ecology/Environmental Studies, Bilogy/Natural History/Microbiology, Agriculture, travel guides, testing guides, and more.
Nutritional Care Manual (ADA) (On Campus Access Only)
The ADA Nutrition Care Manual is published by the American Dietetics Association. The Nutrition Care Manual is consistent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services� Interpretive Guidelines for the Hospital Conditions of Participation. NCM also meets the Joint Commission�s Hospital Accreditation Standards 2007. Additionally, NCM has been named the preferred diet manual by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program.
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of over 130,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music.
Naxos Music Library - Jazz
Naxos Music Library Jazz is one of the most comprehensive collection of Jazz music available online. It offers close to 22,600* tracks of jazz from over 2,300* albums.
R2 Library
Provides e-books in Nursing and the Health Sciences. Currently there are a limited number of titles, as we are building this collection. However, as usage increases, purchases will be based on those titles users want/need to access.
Who's Who on the Web

Includes 1.3 million notable men and women from all fields of endeavor and from around the world. Also includes American History biographies