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International Flag Display

The international flags on display in the Learning Commons represent our students who are on non-immigrant visa status. This does not include permanent residents, asylum, or refugee statuses. Enrollment status is also a factor determining which flags are currently displayed.

Library Resources

Library Catalog
Find Books and EBooks by searching the Franklin library’s catalog to find print books or by searching Ebook Databases to find e-books.
OhioLINK
Students in Ohio — Can't find the book you want in the Franklin Library? Try the OhioLINK catalog. You can request to have an item sent to any of Franklin's locations for pick up, or you can pick up at any other OhioLINK library.

Ebook Central
A collection of almost 150,000 eBooks on business, computer science/IT, humanities, nursing/allied health, and more. Additional functionality such as bookmarking, note taking and printing/copying features are available by creating an Ebook Central account. Contains single use, multi-use and unlimited use titles.
EBSCO eBook Collection
Full text ebooks on a variety of topics.
Electronic Book Center
Thousands of scholarly and reference e-books covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Contains content from Chadwyck-Healey, Oxford Scholarship Online, Wiley, Springer, Sage, ABC-CLIO, and Oxford Reference. Unlimited use titles with no digital rights management.
R2 Digital Library
The R2 platform includes eBooks in on a variety of topics in healthcare, including nursing, mental health topics, physical therapy, and more.
O'Reilly Learning Platform
(Formerly Safari Tech Books.) Online books on information technology and business.Database also includes learning paths, case studies, videos and tutorials. Whether on-campus or off-campus: enter Franklin University email address to access. You do not need to create an account, just enter your email address.
University Press Scholarship Online
Full-text of unlimited access electronic books from Oxford University Press, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, MIT Press, and Yale University Press.
Wiley Online Library
Full-text of unlimited-access electronic books published by Wiley.

Top Study Tools
Check out other resources available to students from the Learning Commons.
Library Quick Start Guide
Understanding Plagiarism
Evaluating Sources
Tools and strategies for finding sources, evaluating them, and then citing them properly.
APA Guide
Examples and tips for correctly using APA Style 7th Edition.
RefWorks
Learn how to use RefWorks, and online citation manager that helps keep track of your references as well as create in-text citations and reference lists.

Learning Commons Video Tutorials
A series of short video tutorials that cover several topics including navigating the Learning Commons website, researching databases, APA, tutoring, and testing.