Flipster is a next-generation digital magazine distribution service which lets users access their favorite magazines from a variety of publishers through their local libraries. Accessible via a web browser or custom apps made specifically for Apple devices, Android devices, and the Kindle Fire tablet, with Flipster users can download magazines to read offline, anytime, anywhere.
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IN PERSON
Librarians and specialists are available in-person at our knowledge bar service desks on the third floor of the Learning Commons. Please visit this page for hours.
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Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
47 minutes
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging for Leaders and Managers
6 hours 7 minutes (broken into smaller sections)
Diversity and Inclusion in Marketing
29 minutes
Developing a Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Program
29 minutes
Detailed information on 30 million businesses and executives and 2 million new businesses. Includes data on over 240 million residents as well as new movers/homeowners. Special features include a background and criminal history search. Information provided on U. S. healthcare professionals. Includes a jobs database and email marketing.
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Mostly full text, a major business resource that includes access to business news, market research reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, and Harvard Business Review. Also included are thousands of relevant videos.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education is a newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and student affairs professionals.
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Research diverse perspectives, topics, and trends that align with Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, International Studies, and more. Features reliable, credible information from 14,000 international, national, and local news sources. Coverage from the 1980s to the present.
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Search here for business information on many companies. This includes SWOT analysis.
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Account registration is required HERE using your Kettering email address. NYTimes.com is a multiplatform news resource that provides unlimited access to New York Times content, including breaking news, multimedia, opinion, blogs, videos, and more.
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The most ambitious people in the world read The Wall Street Journal. Winner of 37 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, the Journal includes coverage of U.S. and world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports, health and more. It’s a critical resource of curated content in print, online and mobile apps, complete with breaking news streams, interactive features, video, online columns and blogs.
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Kettering University subscribes to standards in the following databases:
ASTM International is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services. Contains full text and the most current, up to date standards.
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If you find an industry standard for your project on Google or by using the search platforms listed below, we will try to acquire it for you. Email requests to: library@kettering.edu
Kettering University Thesis Collections
For alumni thesis requests, contact Dawn Winans at libresearchhelp@kettering.edu
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global Database - ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses.
CASE STUDIES
Are included in our following subscriptions:
Harvard Business Review Case Studies
The HBR case studies fall outside of our subscription to the Harvard Business Review. If you need a HBR case study for your entire class, you can create a course pack through their website. Here are some links to follow:
Create a HBR Educator Access Account
Steps on creating a course pack
YouTube on creating a course pack
All case studies
AVON includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs, training videos, and demonstrations. This collection is home to over 79,000 videos, with thousands of award-winning films, including the 60 Minutes collection.
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AVON - Faculty can do the following:
Create Playlists
Embed into Blackboard
Snip Specific Clips
LinkedIn Learning - Start in your Blackboard course shell at Content> Build Content> LinkedIn Learning, and the new Blackboard LTI includes the following improvements:
Ease in adding LinkedIn Learning content into your Blackboard course shells
Improved searching and filtering for content
Direct course linking
Ability to track student progress
For research assistance or an appointment contact:
Melanie Bazil - Curator of Special Collections
archives@kettering.edu | (810)762-9690
The University Archives is located in the Durant-Dort Factory One building, at 303 W. Water Street near downtown Flint. It's just a twenty minute walk along the Flint River Trail. The Archives document America’s industrial and business heritage with particular focus on the American automobile industry, the city of Flint, and the history of Kettering University.
The William C. Durant Papers, are one of the most significant collections in the Archives documenting the early history of General Motors. The Archives also contain a significant collection of General Motors automotive design artwork. The digital photo collection now exceeds 100,000 images. A partial online catalog along with digitized photos can be found below.
Search our online catalog
For assistance contact:
Melanie Bazil - Curator of Special Collections
archives@kettering.edu | (810)762-9690
The Gallery is located on campus in the Learning Commons building.
The Humanities Art Center Collection includes artworks that were donated to Kettering University and contains a permanent collection of 19th and 20th-century work, highlighting artists such as Rockwell Kent, Joan Miro, Victor Vasarely, and Anni Albers. Exhibitions are held regularly in the gallery at the Kettering University Learning Commons.
Browse our Digital Gallery
Undergraduate Catalogs 1996 - Present
Graduate Catalogs 2007 - Present
Issues starting in 2020 - present
Issues starting in 2020 - present
Current issue
Issues starting in 2011 - Summer 2019
Issues starting in 2019- present
This collection houses all documentation related to the processes and proceedings of the Kettering University Faculty Senate.
Office of Institutional Research
For institutional data requests, please email reporting@kettering.edu.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness does the following:
Links:
Documents:
Nonprofit Policy Forum 2014-Present
The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2020-Present
Stanford Social Innovation Review 2003-Present
The Chronicle of Higher Education 1989-Present
Journal of Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society 2001-Present
Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing 2001-Present
Journal of Philanthropy and Education 2017- Present
The Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership 2010-Present
Nonprofit Management & Leadership 1998-Present
Nonprofit World 1987-Present
Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions
1900-Present
The NonProfit Times 2007-Present