Database Spotlight
Home Improvement Reference Center is a full text database designed for use in public and school libraries. Content contained in the database will focus on home improvement and home repair. The main navigation will direct researchers to high-quality repair information. Thousands of repairs will be available in the areas of outdoor projects, electrical projects, remodeling projects, plumbing projects, wood projects, decorating projects and maintenance. In addition to the repair information, other magazines and reference books focusing on home improvement will be included in the database. The intent of this new product is to provide full text articles that show instructions, tips, and suggestions for a variety of home improvement projects.
What does Home Improvement Reference Center provide?
- Step by step instructions are provided in high-quality PDF files
- Magazine and reference books are included
- Conduct keyword search or browse project categories
- Set up a personal account through STC and save your searches
- Set up search alerts: new search results can be sent as an automatic email notification
You can access Home Improvement Reference Center from this blog post or from our Databases page.
Contributed by Librarian, Ana Naumann.
