Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition

It delivers fast and easy access to high quality information in a vast range of subject areas.It provides a single point of access to the full text of the Encyclopedia Britannica plus a range of other titles and databases.

Key Features included:

• Encyclopædia Britannica – over 75,000 specially written and regularly updated articles by expert contributors. 
• World Data Analyst Online – an authoritative resource that provides comprehensive statistics on every nation of the world.
• Gateway to the Classics – short stories, plays, essays, letters and extracts from significant works of world history, literature and philosophy.
• Primary Sources – access manuscripts, diaries, memoirs, letters, journals, and drawings on chosen topics.
• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus – access definitions and audio pronunciations by clicking on any word in the database. 
• Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Quotations.
• Over 27,000 images and maps, plus 3,300 animations, videos, and audio files.

Access Limit: Unlimited 

Access:
For NJC students, teachers and staff. Available on and off-campus.

How to Access:
Follow asknlearn where you need to login using your IC for authentication purposes. Then you go into Newslink without second authentication requires. The link can be accessed under Content------>School Resources.

NewsLink

What is Newslink?

Newslink is an online newspaper archive database, which offers archived news articles published by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) newspapers publications from as far back as 1989.  

We subscribed to the following newspapers:

• My Paper

• The Straits Times

• The Business Times

• Berita Harian

• The New Paper

• Berita Minggu (Malay)

Newslink resource is updated to Academic pdf package in October 2012. Hence, it is easier to download and save the articles at anytime from anywhere.

Access Limit: Unlimited 

Access:
For NJC students, teachers and staff. Available on and off-campus.

How to Access:
Follow asknlearn where you need to login using your IC for authentication purposes. Then you go into Newslink without second authentication requires. The link can be accessed under Content------>Newslink at asknlearn.

Geography in the News

What is Geography in the News?

Geography in the News is on line resources from The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), which is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography, founded in 1830.

Our school subscribed to Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)  as School Member.

Description:

Geography in the News provides support for KS3, GCSE, IB and A level students through:

• A growing bank of 125+ topical in-depth case studies providing geographical interpretation to contemporary news issues.
• Case studies linked to KS3, GCSE, IB and AS/A2.
• Access to academic research to enhance your subject knowledge.
• Interviews with leading geographical experts.
• Online lectures about key geographical issues including Chris Pattern on surviving the 21st century and Lord Stern on climate change.
• Teaching resources to accompany our 21st Century Challenges discussion series, focusing on the big geographical issues that will affect our future.

Access Limit: Unlimited (School Membership)

Access:
For NJC students, teachers and staff. Available on and off-campus, username and password required.

How to Access:
Follow asknlearn where you need to login using your IC for authentication purposes. Then you can find details user name and password for Geography in the News under "Links" menu tab.