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Applied Communications

This guide will navigate you to trusted resources in your field, both as a student and after you graduate.

Student Resources contains databases and e-books which are accessible with your WITC credentials.

Program Pages (Automotive to Welding) contains links to trusted websites that are available to everyone and guidelines on how to evaluate any information you find.

APA Help links to our guide on APA formatting.

Key Resources

Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier is a renowned scholarly resource providing superior full-text academic journals covering the major areas of academic research.

Everyday Engineering
A video series available on the Kanopy database. This series is a collection of lectures on topics across the trades. All videos are Closed Captioned.

ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Provides a single source for scholarly journals, newspapers, reports, working papers, and datasets along with millions of pages of digitized historical primary sources and more than 450,000 ebooks.

Trade & Technical Magazines

Cutting Tool Engineering
"Helping Manufacturing Professionals Enhance Productivity."
Available on the Superior Campus
Industry Week
"Providing Comprehensive, Authoritative Coverage of U.S. Manufacturing."
Available on the Superior Campus
Motor Age
"Advancing the Automotive Service Professional since 1899."
Available on the Superior Campus

Additional Resources

BadgerLink This link opens in a new window
Wisconsin's Online Library, providing Wisconsin residents with licensed content not available through regular search engines.
WISCAL This link opens in a new window
eBooks purchased and owned by the Learning Resource Center at WITC. A platform shared with other Technical Colleges of Wisconsin.
ebrary This link opens in a new window
Over 37,000 eBooks from trusted publishers in all academic subject areas along with powerful research tools. To use ebrary, you will set up a personal (no-cost) account and download a free version of Adobe Digital Editions on your device.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Films On Demand gives faculty and students instant access to thousands of videos neatly grouped into convenient subject-specific categories.

Kanopy
Video database with access to thousands documentaries and features films across all subjects and genres.

Applied Communications: Student Resources