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eBooks and Efficiencies in Acquisitions Expenditures and Workflows
(2013-04)East Carolina University’s Joyner Library acquires ebooks through several different methods, including packages, firm orders, and most recently, a Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) program. Because we expect our volume of ... -
Effectiveness of the Nintendo® Wii Fit™ games on the balance of a community-dwelling older adult in Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)The aim of this study was to determine if the Nintendo® Wii Fit™ was an effective and motivating modality for fall prevention with an older adult who has MG and lives in Eastern North Carolina. With the increasing number ... -
The effectiveness of the Interactive Metronome® as a tool to improve selective attention of veterans within their roles in post-secondary education settings in eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2014)The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of the Interactive Metronome specific to improving attention. As veteran enrollment continues to increase in higher education, attention in the classroom and ... -
Effects of Land Use Change on Juvenile Fishes, Blue Crab, and Brown Shrimp Abundance in the Estuarine Nursery Habitats of North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)The U.S. coastal region is home to more than half of the American population. Also, the coastal counties' population is growing much faster than that of inland counties. With a high density and an increasing population, ... -
The Effects of Text Messaging on Students’ Literacy.
(2014)Texting has become any every day task that many teenagers engage in on a day to day basis. Many of those text messages that are sent often contain textisms. The use of textisms is starting to become more accepted among the ... -
Effects of the Pre-K Handwriting Without Tears Program on Handwriting Readiness Skills of Preschoolers with Pre-Writing Deficits in a Rural Eastern North Carolina Head Start Program
(East Carolina University, 2010)The purpose of this study was to determine if preschoolers with pre-writing deficits who received additional small group exposure to the Pre-K Handwriting Without Tears® (HWT) - Get Set for School TM (GSS) program would ... -
Effects of Urbanization on Stream-Riparian Zone Connection along Low Order Coastal Plain Streams of North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-18)Headwater stream reaches, vital areas of exchange between upland and aquatic systems, are commonly affected by stream burial because they constitute a large fraction of total stream length and are more economically feasible ... -
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Electronic Theses and Dissertations Workshop
(2014-03)Presentation for graduating students who are required to deposit a thesis or dissertation. This presentation describes the deposit process using the Vireo ETD management system, the university's institutional repository, ... -
Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance: MRSA
(2014)Antibiotics once cured infectious diseases that were before deadly and incurable. Though this was an incredible medical breakthrough, only a few years later antibiotic resistance emerged and became another medical problem ... -
The Emergence of the Crop-Lien System in Eastern North Carolina
(2010)The slave-plantation system was clearly evil and a war was fought to end it. The Reconstruction period was a half hearted attempt to institute reforms in former slave states. Regionally and locally the former slave-owners ... -
Emergency Mosquito Control on a Selected Area in Eastern North Carolina After Hurricane Irene
(2014)Natural disasters such as hurricanes may contribute to mosquito abundance and, consequently, arbovirus transmission risk. In 2011, flooding from Hurricane Irene in eastern North Carolina (NC) resulted in increased mosquito ... -
Encyclopedia of North Carolina (Review)
(East Carolina University, 2006)This article reviews the Encyclopedia of North Carolina by William S. Powell. -
End of the Line : The Wright's Creek Commercial Fishing Graveyard, Belhaven, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)A 1994-1995 survey (Babits and Kjorness 1995) discovered the presence of several abandoned vessel complexes in Wright's Creek, a rural area located between the Pamlico and Pungo Rivers in North Carolina. These graveyards, ... -
Engaging Undergraduates in Special Collections Through English Composition
(East Carolina University, 2008-06)In an atmosphere of increasingly homogeneous general collections, it has been said that special collections holdings will be what sets academic libraries apart from one another. Because of this shift, it is becoming ... -
Establishing Accessibility for E-Journals: A Suggested Approach
(East Carolina University, 2002)Libraries in the United States are required by law to make library programs and services accessible to people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (1998) ... -
Evaluating Spatial and Temporal Overlap Between Larval Alosines and Potential Zooplankton Prey in Lower Roanoke River and Albemarle Sound, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)Spatial and temporal overlap between zooplankton and larval American shad (Alosa sapidissima), river herring (alewife A. pseudoharengus and blueback herring A. aestivalis), and hickory shad (A. mediocris) was evaluated in ... -
Evaluating the Library’s Open and Affordable e-TextbookProgram as a Student Success Initiative
(2023-10-19)Academic Library Services at East Carolina University leads a two-part affordable and alternative textbook program as part of a key initiative for its Strategic Framework. One part of the program is the Course Adopted ... -
Evaluating the Sustainability of Heritage Tourism and Historic Preservation in New Bern, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2010)After nearly a half century of suburbanization, economic development specialists and urban planners have begun to appreciate the unique aesthetic and heritage landscapes of underutilized downtown areas as potential geographic ...