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Vocational Studies Premier This link opens in a new window
Vocational Studies Premier is designed specifically for junior and community colleges. Subjects include accounting, agricultural sciences, child care services, cosmetology, culinary arts, forestry, food service management, graphic arts, hair dressing, hospitality management, interior design, journalism, plumbing, heating & air conditioning, veterinary technology and welding to name a few.
NFB (National Film Board of Canada) Streaming Videos This link opens in a new window
Streaming video from the National Film Board of Canada. Enjoy documentaries, animations, alternative dramas and interactive productions on the web, on your personalized home page, or on your iPhone. Holland College Library Services has subscribed to NFB Campus to allow access to an extra 1,150 videos as well as allowing educators to create NFB Campus profiles to taylor these educational videos around their classroom requirements. You can search the NFB website for classroom study guides to accompany videos.
eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
The Academic Collection has over 200,000 program-related eBooks from Ebsco, viewable and downloadable online

All titles in the Fundamental Arts collection
This link will list all titles in the Fundamental Arts collection in the Holland College Library.
All titles in the Fundamental Arts Special collection
This link will list all titles donated from the collection of Erica Rutherford. There are 386 titles in this collection
Art Canada Institute (free)
Provides "authoritative yet accessible resources on Canadian art history that offer peer-reviewed art scholarship to the public;" currently they are developing a database of online art books on individual artists. Check out the link "Our Programs" to see their plans.
AskArt database of biographies and images
The AskArt site contains images of works by artists from around the globe, as well as biographical information, exhibition listings and helpful lists of books and articles.