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The Dictionary of Old English Electronic Corpus is a complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts. There are 3047 texts in the corpus.
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The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) A-G defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600 - 1150 A.D.) of the English language, using today's most advanced technology. The DOE complements the Middle English Dictionary (which covers the period 1100 - 1500 A.D.) and the Oxford English Dictionary (which documents the development of the English language to the present), the three together providing a full description of the vocabulary of English.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
New Product: ENVIROnetBASE
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- Techniques and know-how to reduce pollution, emissions, work-related exposures, and environmental contamination
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- Methods for site assessment, remediation, soil and water quality monitoring, and statistical tools for analyzing the results
- Tools, techniques, and technologies for remote sensing, GIS, and photogrammetry for environmental monitoring
Friday, November 21, 2008
New Product: Vault Online (Career Planning)
Vault's Online Career Library is the union of our in-depth printed and online content. It includes essential industry information synthesized with specific, insider company reports which are of particular interest to students and professionals, normally available only by individual subscription.
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* Insider Company Snapshots -Over 4,000 carefully researched, balanced, and continually updated company profiles
* Career Advice Articles - More than 3,000 exclusive articles, the largest online career advice hub of its kind, covering four main categories.
* Industry Overviews - Detailed accounts which bring users inside top industries, from investment management to manufacturing. Find out skills needed to succeed, career path, salary ranges, industry outlook and more.
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* Downloadable Vault Career Guides - PDF Versions of Vault's full-length best-selling books presented in their entirety.
* Insider Company Snapshots -Over 4,000 carefully researched, balanced, and continually updated company profiles
* Career Advice Articles - More than 3,000 exclusive articles, the largest online career advice hub of its kind, covering four main categories.
* Industry Overviews - Detailed accounts which bring users inside top industries, from investment management to manufacturing. Find out skills needed to succeed, career path, salary ranges, industry outlook and more.
* Occupational Profiles - Include real quotes from current professionals and detail specific job functions, uppers and downers in a given occupation, career path and salary data.
* Vault Video - Vault's 50+ Insider Videos focus on general job search and interview advice, how to score top internships, advice from Vault's own editors, and workplace diversity.
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New Images in ArtStor (Art, Anthropology, Panoramas)
Seattle Art Museum
- more than 2,500 high-quality images of works from the museum's permanent collection, including representations of non-Western art from a wide range of cultures and time periods.
Contemporary Photographs of Mali and Yemen from James Conlon
- approximately 800 contemporary photographs depicting architecture and cultural sites and objects in Mali and Yemen. The collection will focus on earthen architecture in Djenné in Mali and Tarim in Yemen.
Additional QTVR panoramas from Columbia University
-Columbia’s Department of Art History and Archaeology Visual Media Center (VMC) will contribute approximately 200 QTVR panoramas of the sites and architecture of the Dogon area of Mali to the ARTstor Digital Library.
More community murals from Timothy Drescher now available in ARTstor
- ARTstor has released an additional 3,700 images to the Community Murals Collection (Timothy Drescher) in the Digital Library.
European architecture and sculpture images
- more than 600 images of European architecture and sculpture to ARTstor.This collection focuses on Italian and English architecture.
- more than 2,500 high-quality images of works from the museum's permanent collection, including representations of non-Western art from a wide range of cultures and time periods.
Contemporary Photographs of Mali and Yemen from James Conlon
- approximately 800 contemporary photographs depicting architecture and cultural sites and objects in Mali and Yemen. The collection will focus on earthen architecture in Djenné in Mali and Tarim in Yemen.
Additional QTVR panoramas from Columbia University
-Columbia’s Department of Art History and Archaeology Visual Media Center (VMC) will contribute approximately 200 QTVR panoramas of the sites and architecture of the Dogon area of Mali to the ARTstor Digital Library.
More community murals from Timothy Drescher now available in ARTstor
- ARTstor has released an additional 3,700 images to the Community Murals Collection (Timothy Drescher) in the Digital Library.
European architecture and sculpture images
- more than 600 images of European architecture and sculpture to ARTstor.This collection focuses on Italian and English architecture.
Backfiles added to International Political Science Abstracts
This database contains over 262,700 records from over 1,000 journals published from 1951 to the present. Approximately 8,000 new records are added to the database each year.
We are pleased to announce that all of the bibliographic records in IPSA are now available online back to Volume One, exclusively on EBSCOhost, making an additional 24 years available. This marks the first time that researchers can access IPSA records as far back as 1951. A previous backfile enhancement provided IPSA records back to 1975, which means that now, EBSCOhost users have access to all 58 years of IPSA records.
- from EBSCO
We are pleased to announce that all of the bibliographic records in IPSA are now available online back to Volume One, exclusively on EBSCOhost, making an additional 24 years available. This marks the first time that researchers can access IPSA records as far back as 1951. A previous backfile enhancement provided IPSA records back to 1975, which means that now, EBSCOhost users have access to all 58 years of IPSA records.
- from EBSCO
Canadiana. org
Bulletin Volume 8 No. 4 - September 2008
Inside this issue:
Early Canadian Periodicals project – ambitiously successful!
Facsimile to end 22 year history of publication
Copyright Research: a successful summer project
Letter to Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner
Harvard University Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians
Claude Bonnelly receives CARL 2008 Award of Merit
IFLA 2008: the booth-sitter report
Inside this issue:
Early Canadian Periodicals project – ambitiously successful!
Facsimile to end 22 year history of publication
Copyright Research: a successful summer project
Letter to Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner
Harvard University Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians
Claude Bonnelly receives CARL 2008 Award of Merit
IFLA 2008: the booth-sitter report
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
New Titles added to Eighteenth Century Journals
Such an interesting project. Adam Matthew has worked with the holding libraries to create entirely new digitized versions, unlike the normal practice of digitizing from microfilm.
Just added to the collection are
The Bombay Courier
The British Military Library, or Journal
Calcutta Gazette, or Oriental Adviser
Calcutta Gazette
The Farmer’s Magazine
Jamaica Mercury and Kingston Weekly
The Mirror
Royal Gazette
The Tribune
Just added to the collection are
The Bombay Courier
The British Military Library, or Journal
Calcutta Gazette, or Oriental Adviser
Calcutta Gazette
The Farmer’s Magazine
Jamaica Mercury and Kingston Weekly
The Mirror
Royal Gazette
The Tribune
New Product: State Papers Online
Eventually we will have the entire collection, but this first installment covers
The Tudors, 1509-1603.
Tons of fun, including the usual Henry VIII hi-jinks.
See if you can find the
"Petition of Tho. Pope, Richard Burbage, John Hemings, Augustine Phillips, William Shakespeare, Wm. Kempe, Wm. Siye, Nicholas Tooley, and other owners and players of the Blackfriars' Theatre, to the Council, for permission to finish the reparations and alterations at that theatre begun at their own expense..." and the notes attached by various "keepers of the record" regarding authenticity.
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But what makes this unique collection truly rise above all others, is the ability to cross search the Calendars and access the documents directly from their individual Calendar entries. By overcoming the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry to the original facsimile document, State Papers Online, 1509–1714 marks a huge advance for historians in all disciplines, both as a research tool and as a teaching resource."
The Tudors, 1509-1603.
Tons of fun, including the usual Henry VIII hi-jinks.
See if you can find the
"Petition of Tho. Pope, Richard Burbage, John Hemings, Augustine Phillips, William Shakespeare, Wm. Kempe, Wm. Siye, Nicholas Tooley, and other owners and players of the Blackfriars' Theatre, to the Council, for permission to finish the reparations and alterations at that theatre begun at their own expense..." and the notes attached by various "keepers of the record" regarding authenticity.
"State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Monarch. The papers feature the office archives and correspondence of the secretaries of state serving the Monarch as facsimile manuscript documents accessed directly or via the fully searchable Calendar entries (abstracts or transcriptions). This collection contains information on every facet of English government, including social and economic affairs, law and order, religious policy, crown possessions and intelligence gathering as well as Britain's international relations and foreign policy.
But what makes this unique collection truly rise above all others, is the ability to cross search the Calendars and access the documents directly from their individual Calendar entries. By overcoming the difficulty of matching an individual Calendar entry to the original facsimile document, State Papers Online, 1509–1714 marks a huge advance for historians in all disciplines, both as a research tool and as a teaching resource."
New Product : Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination
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Friday, November 07, 2008
Social Theory Collection now in Catalogue
Alexander Street Press' Social Theory collection.
"Social Theory offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. The current release features more than 90,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Ulrich Beck, Howard Becker, Nancy Chodorow, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman, Robert Merton, and Talcott Parsons."
To retrieve all 194 titles added, do a general keyword search on 'SOTH {099}'
--Aaron
"Social Theory offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. The current release features more than 90,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Ulrich Beck, Howard Becker, Nancy Chodorow, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman, Robert Merton, and Talcott Parsons."
To retrieve all 194 titles added, do a general keyword search on 'SOTH {099}'
--Aaron
New Product: International Philosphical Bibliography and Elenchus Bibliographicus
Bibliographies from 1997 to present
Bibliographies prior to 1997
"The aim of the bibliography is to list philosophical literature as such; the adjective is understood rather strictly, with the result that scientific disciplines which are more or less related to philosophy, and even the auxiliary sciences of philosophy and of the history of philosophy, are not treated of in their own right. Only publications relating to the methods or the philosophy of these sciences, together with publications of a general nature relative to the objects treated of by these disciplines, are referred to; these will be found in the section of the bibliography devoted to the corresponding branch of philosophy. This rule applies particularly to the following disciplines: symbolic logic, linguistics, psychology, aesthetics and theology."
In principle, the bibliography is confined to philosophical literature published in the following languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan. No claim is made to give an exhaustive list of works published in other languages.
Elenchus bibliographicus
"1998 to current of Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses (ETL), The bibliography (ca. 15,000 entries) covers the entire field of Theology and Canon Law: History of Theology, History of Religions, Old and New Testament, Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology, Sacramentology and Liturgy, Ascetic and Mystical Theology, Moral and Pastoral Theology, and Canon Law"
Bibliographies prior to 1997
"The aim of the bibliography is to list philosophical literature as such; the adjective is understood rather strictly, with the result that scientific disciplines which are more or less related to philosophy, and even the auxiliary sciences of philosophy and of the history of philosophy, are not treated of in their own right. Only publications relating to the methods or the philosophy of these sciences, together with publications of a general nature relative to the objects treated of by these disciplines, are referred to; these will be found in the section of the bibliography devoted to the corresponding branch of philosophy. This rule applies particularly to the following disciplines: symbolic logic, linguistics, psychology, aesthetics and theology."
In principle, the bibliography is confined to philosophical literature published in the following languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan. No claim is made to give an exhaustive list of works published in other languages.
Elenchus bibliographicus
"1998 to current of Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses (ETL), The bibliography (ca. 15,000 entries) covers the entire field of Theology and Canon Law: History of Theology, History of Religions, Old and New Testament, Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology, Sacramentology and Liturgy, Ascetic and Mystical Theology, Moral and Pastoral Theology, and Canon Law"
New Product: McGraw Hill's Access Pharmacy
A flexible resource, AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
New Product: TaxnetPro
Searching "loophole" yields 135 results!
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New Product: Aristoteles Latinus
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New Product: Encyclopedia of popular music
Encyclopedia of popular music
It has an entry for Bachman-Turner-Overdrive, but no Stompin' Tom. sigh
"Containing 27,000 entries and over 6,000 new entries, the online edition of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music includes 50% more material than the Third
Edition. Featuring a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Key dates, biographies, and further reading are provided for artists covered, along with complete discographies that include record labels, release dates, and a 5-star album rating system."
It has an entry for Bachman-Turner-Overdrive, but no Stompin' Tom. sigh
"Containing 27,000 entries and over 6,000 new entries, the online edition of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music includes 50% more material than the Third
Edition. Featuring a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Key dates, biographies, and further reading are provided for artists covered, along with complete discographies that include record labels, release dates, and a 5-star album rating system."
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
New product announcement--> WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service) (Finance, Markets, Economics)
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
IP access is only available from Scurfield Hall. To access WRDS from other locations University of Calgary Faculty and Ph.d. students may apply for individual accounts by contacting the Business Library or the Maps, Academic Data, Geographic Information Centre.
Wharton Research Data Services, or WRDS, is a comprehensive web-based data management system that allows faculty and students to easily retrieve information from a wide variety of financial, economic, and marketing data sources. WRDS is best known for its holdings of historical financial data from CRSP and COMPUSTAT. This data covers over 30,000 companies and includes security prices and trading volume, income and balance sheet items. Provides access to IBES' analyst projections for earnings and sales. WRDS also contains stock market indices, bond prices and interest rates, mutual fund and stock ownership information, options data, and a wide array of macroeconomic time series. International data, marketing and industry reports, and web usage data are also available on WRDS.
IP access is only available from Scurfield Hall. To access WRDS from other locations University of Calgary Faculty and Ph.d. students may apply for individual accounts by contacting the Business Library or the Maps, Academic Data, Geographic Information Centre.
Wharton Research Data Services, or WRDS, is a comprehensive web-based data management system that allows faculty and students to easily retrieve information from a wide variety of financial, economic, and marketing data sources. WRDS is best known for its holdings of historical financial data from CRSP and COMPUSTAT. This data covers over 30,000 companies and includes security prices and trading volume, income and balance sheet items. Provides access to IBES' analyst projections for earnings and sales. WRDS also contains stock market indices, bond prices and interest rates, mutual fund and stock ownership information, options data, and a wide array of macroeconomic time series. International data, marketing and industry reports, and web usage data are also available on WRDS.
Gale announces updates to Literature Criticism Online!
Gale is pleased to announce a new release of Literature Criticism Online, which brings a variety of new features to this digitized collection of Gale's major criticism. The ten individual, award-winning Gale series that comprise Literature Criticism Online present a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
In response to customer feedback, the following new features are now live to current users of the database:
* Browse Topics - access 600+ topical entries easily through our new alpha-browse feature, with new entries added regularly.
* Updated indexing in "Browse Works" and "Browse Authors" - deep cross-referencing found in Gale's Literary Index is now integrated within Literature Criticism Online.
* Titles Discussed - works entries include links to all relevant pages that discuss a related title within any given essay - extreme cross-referencing at work.
* Updated language - intuitive "Inside this Entry" and "Inside this Volume" links provide easily understood directions for exploring volumes and entries.
* Updated design to Print/View PDFs - page limits reduce the amount of loading time (and printer paper) for patrons who want more than just a two-page spread.
* Hit-Term Highlighting and Relevant Pages now available for Keyword searches - originally active in full-text searches, this has now been applied to keyword searches, too.
* New design for navigating to Relevant Pages - find your search terms easily by navigating directly to relevant pages with the click of a mouse.
* Cleaner InfoMarks for document Source Citations - links are more readily recognized in bibliographies, coursepacks, social bookmarking sites and more.
Some additional basic changes in Literature Criticism Online will have a MAJOR effect on how relevancy and currency are perceived within the database. By changing the Basic Search default index from "Full-text" to "Keyword" and changing the default sort from "Publication Date Ascending" to "Publication Date Descending", users will find the most up-to-date entries and relevant keyword search results at their fingertips, without changing anything other than their search terms!
Coming this Fall, Literature Criticism Online will become cross-searchable with two other major digitization efforts -- Something About the Author and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. These major sets are considered the premier publications in literary reference, bringing unsurpassed volumes of biographical content, images and commentary on all the major authors covered in Literature Criticism Online and beyond.
For more information, please contact your local sales rep: http://www.uptilt.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=4rs,1260j,2j24,mbxc,b507,a39k,kbqs
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In response to customer feedback, the following new features are now live to current users of the database:
* Browse Topics - access 600+ topical entries easily through our new alpha-browse feature, with new entries added regularly.
* Updated indexing in "Browse Works" and "Browse Authors" - deep cross-referencing found in Gale's Literary Index is now integrated within Literature Criticism Online.
* Titles Discussed - works entries include links to all relevant pages that discuss a related title within any given essay - extreme cross-referencing at work.
* Updated language - intuitive "Inside this Entry" and "Inside this Volume" links provide easily understood directions for exploring volumes and entries.
* Updated design to Print/View PDFs - page limits reduce the amount of loading time (and printer paper) for patrons who want more than just a two-page spread.
* Hit-Term Highlighting and Relevant Pages now available for Keyword searches - originally active in full-text searches, this has now been applied to keyword searches, too.
* New design for navigating to Relevant Pages - find your search terms easily by navigating directly to relevant pages with the click of a mouse.
* Cleaner InfoMarks for document Source Citations - links are more readily recognized in bibliographies, coursepacks, social bookmarking sites and more.
Some additional basic changes in Literature Criticism Online will have a MAJOR effect on how relevancy and currency are perceived within the database. By changing the Basic Search default index from "Full-text" to "Keyword" and changing the default sort from "Publication Date Ascending" to "Publication Date Descending", users will find the most up-to-date entries and relevant keyword search results at their fingertips, without changing anything other than their search terms!
Coming this Fall, Literature Criticism Online will become cross-searchable with two other major digitization efforts -- Something About the Author and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. These major sets are considered the premier publications in literary reference, bringing unsurpassed volumes of biographical content, images and commentary on all the major authors covered in Literature Criticism Online and beyond.
For more information, please contact your local sales rep: http://www.uptilt.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=4rs,1260j,2j24,mbxc,b507,a39k,kbqs
To sign up for a free Webinar, visit: http://www.uptilt.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=4rs,1260j,2j24,do6i,24uh,a39k,kbqs
Centre For Research Libraries newsletter-->Manhattan Project
The Fall 2008 issue of FOCUS on Global Resources highlights CRL resources that support research and teaching on early atomic science, in particular the Manhattan Project and development of the first atomic bomb. The issue features a Claremont Graduate University historian’s perspective on some newly digitized CRL collections, with links to those collections.
To view this and past issues of FOCUS, visit: http://www.crl.edu/focus/toc.asp
To download FOCUS in PDF format, go to: http://www.crl.edu/PDF/pdfFocus/Fall08.pdf
To view this and past issues of FOCUS, visit: http://www.crl.edu/focus/toc.asp
To download FOCUS in PDF format, go to: http://www.crl.edu/PDF/pdfFocus/Fall08.pdf
Earthscape to Cease Publication
We would like to take this moment to thank University of Calgary for its
support of the Columbia Earthscape site. You have helped us focus the
awareness of scholars and students on many vital environmental issues
affecting our planet.
As indicated last week, Earthscape will cease operations on June 30,
2009. While we can no longer update this site with new content, we
will maintain the current information through June 30, 2009.
We appreciate your commitment to and interest in the Columbia Earthscape
site.
Kind regards,
Mary
support of the Columbia Earthscape site. You have helped us focus the
awareness of scholars and students on many vital environmental issues
affecting our planet.
As indicated last week, Earthscape will cease operations on June 30,
2009. While we can no longer update this site with new content, we
will maintain the current information through June 30, 2009.
We appreciate your commitment to and interest in the Columbia Earthscape
site.
Kind regards,
Mary
Friday, September 05, 2008
New Product Announcement-->Criminal Justice Abstracts
Criminal Justice Abstracts
"Criminal Justice Abstracts, the criminology database from SAGE Publications, contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
Prepared in co-operation with the Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University Law Library, Criminal Justice Abstracts covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing. The database contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice."
"Criminal Justice Abstracts, the criminology database from SAGE Publications, contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
Prepared in co-operation with the Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University Law Library, Criminal Justice Abstracts covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing. The database contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice."
New Product Announcement-->Tests in Print
Tests in print
Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
New Product Announcement-->Mint Global
Mint Global
Another one of those mysterious business products.
I had to allow popups for this to work with firefox.
Four different databases are presented in a modular format.
Companies
Users can build reports containing detailed standardised financial information (when available) or summary information, ownership details, graphics plus data from the other modules. Information for listed companies is comprehensive but MINT GLOBAL'S major strength is its extensive coverage of private companies.
Market Research
Over 2,600 industry and 2,700 company profiles from Datamonitor to add depth and authority to your research.
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Stories from various high profile sources such as the FT Newswires and Newspapers, Dow Jones Newswires and Reuters. MINT GLOBAL also includes M&A news and rumours from our own database ZEPHYR. A webwatch service trawls 25,000 live web sources for up to the minute news.
Scanned reports
This module gives you the option to refer back to original documentation when you need it. Listed companies' reports are provided in full colour PDF files from Global Reports as well as quarterly and interim reports and corporate and responsibility documentation. For US listed companies full SEC filings are provided by Edgar Online. For many other countries reports are scanned from various registries.
Another one of those mysterious business products.
I had to allow popups for this to work with firefox.
Four different databases are presented in a modular format.
Companies
Users can build reports containing detailed standardised financial information (when available) or summary information, ownership details, graphics plus data from the other modules. Information for listed companies is comprehensive but MINT GLOBAL'S major strength is its extensive coverage of private companies.
Market Research
Over 2,600 industry and 2,700 company profiles from Datamonitor to add depth and authority to your research.
News
Stories from various high profile sources such as the FT Newswires and Newspapers, Dow Jones Newswires and Reuters. MINT GLOBAL also includes M&A news and rumours from our own database ZEPHYR. A webwatch service trawls 25,000 live web sources for up to the minute news.
Scanned reports
This module gives you the option to refer back to original documentation when you need it. Listed companies' reports are provided in full colour PDF files from Global Reports as well as quarterly and interim reports and corporate and responsibility documentation. For US listed companies full SEC filings are provided by Edgar Online. For many other countries reports are scanned from various registries.
New Product Announcement-->Henry Stewart Talks
Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection
Oddly compelling, this is a collection of audio lectures with accompanying slides covering a wide range of topics. The product received a raft of positive comment from faculty when we tested it in the summer, and, while it seems a bit quaint in presentation, it does appear to be very useful as a teaching and learning supplement.
BibServices will be including marc records for the individual talks in the near future. Aaron did some work with the HST group and was able to determine they are in the process of preparing what looks to be some good quality records.
Oddly compelling, this is a collection of audio lectures with accompanying slides covering a wide range of topics. The product received a raft of positive comment from faculty when we tested it in the summer, and, while it seems a bit quaint in presentation, it does appear to be very useful as a teaching and learning supplement.
BibServices will be including marc records for the individual talks in the near future. Aaron did some work with the HST group and was able to determine they are in the process of preparing what looks to be some good quality records.
New Product Announcement-->
Social Theory
Social Theory offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. The current release features more than 76,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Ulrich Beck, Howard Becker, Nancy Chodorow, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman, Robert Merton, and Talcott Parsons.
Social Theory offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. The current release features more than 76,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Ulrich Beck, Howard Becker, Nancy Chodorow, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman, Robert Merton, and Talcott Parsons.
New Product Announcement-->CCH Titles
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reporter. Statutes and regulations edition
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://business.cch.com/ipnetwork
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reporter. Opinions, orders and decisions edition
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://business.cch.com/ipnetwork
Federal securities law reporter
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://business.cch.com/ipnetwork
Federal estate and gift tax reporter
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://tax.cchgroup.com/ipnetwork
Standard federal tax reporter
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://tax.cchgroup.com/ipnetwork
Federal excise tax reporter
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://tax.cchgroup.com/ipnetwork
Labor law journal (Note: access has been added to the print record. I have also asked Serials Solutions to add this title)
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://hr.cch.com/ipnetwork
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://business.cch.com/ipnetwork
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reporter. Opinions, orders and decisions edition
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://business.cch.com/ipnetwork
Federal securities law reporter
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://business.cch.com/ipnetwork
Federal estate and gift tax reporter
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://tax.cchgroup.com/ipnetwork
Standard federal tax reporter
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://tax.cchgroup.com/ipnetwork
Federal excise tax reporter
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://tax.cchgroup.com/ipnetwork
Labor law journal (Note: access has been added to the print record. I have also asked Serials Solutions to add this title)
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://hr.cch.com/ipnetwork
New Product Announcement-->RefAware
RefAware
RefAware – a web-based current awareness service. Providing one source for a
variety of research data, RefAware constantly scours the internet for the latest information and automatically delivers newly found data. By harnessing the speed and accessibility of the internet, RefAware provides a comprehensive, up-to-the minute picture of today’s global
research
Basically an alerting service. Take some time to explore this product...you'll need to set up an account. Why buy this when so many journals and packages offer alerting services as well...mostly because we are looking for tools that help users avoid repetitive work..one stop shopping. Still, with only 8,000 journals on its list I won't be deleting any of my existing alerts right away....we'll have to see. By you guys using the product and getting responses from faculty we'll be able to give the vendor good feedback.
RefAware – a web-based current awareness service. Providing one source for a
variety of research data, RefAware constantly scours the internet for the latest information and automatically delivers newly found data. By harnessing the speed and accessibility of the internet, RefAware provides a comprehensive, up-to-the minute picture of today’s global
research
Basically an alerting service. Take some time to explore this product...you'll need to set up an account. Why buy this when so many journals and packages offer alerting services as well...mostly because we are looking for tools that help users avoid repetitive work..one stop shopping. Still, with only 8,000 journals on its list I won't be deleting any of my existing alerts right away....we'll have to see. By you guys using the product and getting responses from faculty we'll be able to give the vendor good feedback.
New Product Announcement-->TALES Online
Tales Online
Tales Online is a database of folktales, fairytales, myths of indigenous peoples, legends, sagas, and fables of world cultures in collections. All of the texts and notes are exact duplication of the original and no attempt has been made to either alter the style or wording contained in the original collection. Although at times the language is awkward, it is true to the original.
The collections contained in the database includes journal articles, archival material, and tales contained in printed volumes. Each tale is analyzed by a professional or advanced student folklorist. The analysis includes: an identification of the "genre" of the tale; a notation is made if the tale is field collected or adapted. (A field collected tale is spoken by a storyteller -- anyone who is telling a story--and the tale is recorded by an individual listening to the tale. The tale is either published in a journal, placed in an archive for listening, or is later selected for inclusion in a collection in a book.) Along with the preceding the analyzer identifies the "tale type," "motifs," (a classification system of individual events which occur within a tale,) identification of characters appearing in the tale and their role, (see glossary for an explanation of the various roles possible,) and the various settings that appear in the tale.
These analyses help identify various elements of a tale in which a user may be interested. For example: role--hero, villain; setting--forest, the sea, a cave; and any other terms which may appear in the description for each tale type or motif. The use of these various analyses enable one to locate a number of tales that contain similar elements.
To aid in the selection of appropriate tale(s) a short summary has been written for each tale and appears on the results page along with the title and the source of the tale. This enables you to include all of the information for each tale in a bibliography if needed.
Tales Online is a database of folktales, fairytales, myths of indigenous peoples, legends, sagas, and fables of world cultures in collections. All of the texts and notes are exact duplication of the original and no attempt has been made to either alter the style or wording contained in the original collection. Although at times the language is awkward, it is true to the original.
The collections contained in the database includes journal articles, archival material, and tales contained in printed volumes. Each tale is analyzed by a professional or advanced student folklorist. The analysis includes: an identification of the "genre" of the tale; a notation is made if the tale is field collected or adapted. (A field collected tale is spoken by a storyteller -- anyone who is telling a story--and the tale is recorded by an individual listening to the tale. The tale is either published in a journal, placed in an archive for listening, or is later selected for inclusion in a collection in a book.) Along with the preceding the analyzer identifies the "tale type," "motifs," (a classification system of individual events which occur within a tale,) identification of characters appearing in the tale and their role, (see glossary for an explanation of the various roles possible,) and the various settings that appear in the tale.
These analyses help identify various elements of a tale in which a user may be interested. For example: role--hero, villain; setting--forest, the sea, a cave; and any other terms which may appear in the description for each tale type or motif. The use of these various analyses enable one to locate a number of tales that contain similar elements.
To aid in the selection of appropriate tale(s) a short summary has been written for each tale and appears on the results page along with the title and the source of the tale. This enables you to include all of the information for each tale in a bibliography if needed.
Updated ArtStor content (civil war, design, art history)
Century Magazine Illustrations of the American Civil War
The Century Magazine Illustrations of the American Civil War collection is now available in the Digital Library. This collection is the result of a project undertaken by Allan Kohl, Visual Resources Librarian at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, to assemble images depicting Civil War battle scenes and camp life, as well as details of weapons and uniforms.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design collection now available in ARTstor
More than 450 images are now available from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Visual Resources Collections's Slide Library depicting works of art and architecture.
Final Images added to Sansoni Archive (Frick Art Reference Library) collection
The final images from the Sansoni Archive at the Frick Art Reference Library are now available in the ARTstor Digital Library. Digitized from large–format negatives, these images are prized by scholars as a unique visual record of lesser–known and largely unpublished works of art, many of which have subsequently been damaged, lost, or destroyed
The Century Magazine Illustrations of the American Civil War collection is now available in the Digital Library. This collection is the result of a project undertaken by Allan Kohl, Visual Resources Librarian at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, to assemble images depicting Civil War battle scenes and camp life, as well as details of weapons and uniforms.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design collection now available in ARTstor
More than 450 images are now available from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Visual Resources Collections's Slide Library depicting works of art and architecture.
Final Images added to Sansoni Archive (Frick Art Reference Library) collection
The final images from the Sansoni Archive at the Frick Art Reference Library are now available in the ARTstor Digital Library. Digitized from large–format negatives, these images are prized by scholars as a unique visual record of lesser–known and largely unpublished works of art, many of which have subsequently been damaged, lost, or destroyed
New look for Credo Reference
What you'll see in the updated Credo:
We have added a number of new features to the site, as well as updating and improving our current features:
Faceted browsing -- REFINE searches by subject, person, location, type of content, and entries with images, animations or audio. Plus, quickly locate our long, encyclopedic entries.
LINK directly from CREDO into your other online resources! View search results in another library resource with one click - through our new "Related Resources" feature. Library configurable.
MULTILINGUAL interface -- change the interface language to Spanish, French, Chinese, Polish or Urdu.
New, vastly improved CONCEPT MAP -- invaluable for visual learners and mind mappers.
SAVED RESULTS & CITATION MANAGEMENT -- export to your tool of choice -- RefWorks, EndNote and others. BOOKMARK in your favorite site - Del.icio.us, Facebook and many more.
Thoroughly EXPLORE each title by quickly locating people and places cited, images, and contributors. Hover mouse over index for article preview.
BROWSE for books not only by subject, title or type but now by Dewey or Library of Congress classifications.
One of our key new features is the ability to provide seamless navigation from Credo Reference into other library resources - your OPAC, journals databases, etc. For more information about setting up these Resource Links, download instructions (pdf).
You can begin setting up these links now before the August release. Any links will transfer to the new site.
We have added a number of new features to the site, as well as updating and improving our current features:
Faceted browsing -- REFINE searches by subject, person, location, type of content, and entries with images, animations or audio. Plus, quickly locate our long, encyclopedic entries.
LINK directly from CREDO into your other online resources! View search results in another library resource with one click - through our new "Related Resources" feature. Library configurable.
MULTILINGUAL interface -- change the interface language to Spanish, French, Chinese, Polish or Urdu.
New, vastly improved CONCEPT MAP -- invaluable for visual learners and mind mappers.
SAVED RESULTS & CITATION MANAGEMENT -- export to your tool of choice -- RefWorks, EndNote and others. BOOKMARK in your favorite site - Del.icio.us, Facebook and many more.
Thoroughly EXPLORE each title by quickly locating people and places cited, images, and contributors. Hover mouse over index for article preview.
BROWSE for books not only by subject, title or type but now by Dewey or Library of Congress classifications.
One of our key new features is the ability to provide seamless navigation from Credo Reference into other library resources - your OPAC, journals databases, etc. For more information about setting up these Resource Links, download instructions (pdf).
You can begin setting up these links now before the August release. Any links will transfer to the new site.
Friday, July 25, 2008
New Credo Content
* Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, Routledge
* Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature, Routledge
* Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology, Routledge
* Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Elsevier
* Encyclopedia of Ethics, Routledge
* Encyclopedia of Insects, Elsevier
* Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English, Routledge
* Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Elsevier
* Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Elsevier
* An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930, Routledge
* Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children, Routledge
* International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management, Elsevier
* Science in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
* Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
* Science in the Enlightenment: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
* Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature, Routledge
* Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology, Routledge
* Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Elsevier
* Encyclopedia of Ethics, Routledge
* Encyclopedia of Insects, Elsevier
* Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English, Routledge
* Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Elsevier
* Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Elsevier
* An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930, Routledge
* Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children, Routledge
* International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management, Elsevier
* Science in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
* Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
* Science in the Enlightenment: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
ArtStor hosting our Archivision slides
Marilyn sent this note earlier
I am pleased to announce that Archivision Base, Module 1 and Module 2 collections - a total of 30,000 high quality architecture, landscape architecture and public art images - are now live in ARTstor for the convenience of the University of Calgary community! University of Calgary users may use these images as they would any ARTstor image. You will see this collection listed along with the others on the Welcome Page under the heading “Institutional Collections.”
Give this a whirl, especially if you haven't tried ArtStor before. It isnt' just for art remember, its also a great source of images for instruction and presentations.
Sadly, you can't then post your presentation to a public web page. Curse those copyright kill joys.
I am pleased to announce that Archivision Base, Module 1 and Module 2 collections - a total of 30,000 high quality architecture, landscape architecture and public art images - are now live in ARTstor for the convenience of the University of Calgary community! University of Calgary users may use these images as they would any ARTstor image. You will see this collection listed along with the others on the Welcome Page under the heading “Institutional Collections.”
Give this a whirl, especially if you haven't tried ArtStor before. It isnt' just for art remember, its also a great source of images for instruction and presentations.
Sadly, you can't then post your presentation to a public web page. Curse those copyright kill joys.
ArtStor Updates--contemporary art, archaeology, baroque
First images of contemporary art from the Franklin Furnace Archives
More than 600 images from the Franklin Furnace Archives are now available in the ARTstor Digital Library. These images depict events presented and produced by Franklin Furnace, and include works by Guillaume Bijl, Willie Cole, Karen Finley, Teh–Ching Hsieh, Liza Lou, Robbie McCauley, Ana Mendieta, and Shirin Neshat.
Additional images from the Carnegie Institution of Washington Photographs of Mayan Excavations (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University)
ARTstor has added more than 14,000 images of Mayan excavations from the renowned photographic archives of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, which documents archaeological excavations throughout Central America.
Renaissance and Baroque architecture and sculpture from the Ralph Lieberman Archive (Harvard University)
Harvard University is collaborating with ARTstor to digitize and distribute approximately 3,500 images of Renaissance and Baroque architecture and sculpture photographed by Ralph Lieberman. A majority of the images document architecture and sculpture in Italy, but the collection will also include sites in other European countries, such as Germany and Spain.
More than 600 images from the Franklin Furnace Archives are now available in the ARTstor Digital Library. These images depict events presented and produced by Franklin Furnace, and include works by Guillaume Bijl, Willie Cole, Karen Finley, Teh–Ching Hsieh, Liza Lou, Robbie McCauley, Ana Mendieta, and Shirin Neshat.
Additional images from the Carnegie Institution of Washington Photographs of Mayan Excavations (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University)
ARTstor has added more than 14,000 images of Mayan excavations from the renowned photographic archives of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, which documents archaeological excavations throughout Central America.
Renaissance and Baroque architecture and sculpture from the Ralph Lieberman Archive (Harvard University)
Harvard University is collaborating with ARTstor to digitize and distribute approximately 3,500 images of Renaissance and Baroque architecture and sculpture photographed by Ralph Lieberman. A majority of the images document architecture and sculpture in Italy, but the collection will also include sites in other European countries, such as Germany and Spain.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
New Product Announcement-->Waterloo directory of English newspapers and periodicals, 1800-1900
Waterloo directory of English newspapers and periodicals, 1800-1900
Here is a directory to the largest single body of historical documents arising out of nineteenth century England at the height of the British Empire. This empire was by some measures the most powerful and influential in the history of civilization: she held sway over the largest land mass and the greatest proportion of the world’s people. Having become in the 19^th century one of the most literate of all societies, England established the Victorian periodical and newspaper press as a primary vehicle of participatory democracy. The /Directory /provides a more comprehensive, detailed and useful bibliographical record (including Locations and facsimile Title Pages) than we yet have for printed books, government publications or manuscripts of the century. It is subject-comprehensive, intending to include every periodical and newspaper published on a regular basis, from daily to annually, in every language, within England: a goldmine for cultural historians, genealogists and all subject specialists. Newspapers and periodicals were more than one-hundred-fold the volume and readership of printed books.
Here is a directory to the largest single body of historical documents arising out of nineteenth century England at the height of the British Empire. This empire was by some measures the most powerful and influential in the history of civilization: she held sway over the largest land mass and the greatest proportion of the world’s people. Having become in the 19^th century one of the most literate of all societies, England established the Victorian periodical and newspaper press as a primary vehicle of participatory democracy. The /Directory /provides a more comprehensive, detailed and useful bibliographical record (including Locations and facsimile Title Pages) than we yet have for printed books, government publications or manuscripts of the century. It is subject-comprehensive, intending to include every periodical and newspaper published on a regular basis, from daily to annually, in every language, within England: a goldmine for cultural historians, genealogists and all subject specialists. Newspapers and periodicals were more than one-hundred-fold the volume and readership of printed books.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Changes to Business & Company Resource Center
1) The addition of 35 new investment report providers from the Reuters Research on Demand collection, including: ASK Raymond James & Associates Ltd., Ibersecurities, Standard & Poor's Outlook and many more!
These reports diversify the quality investment resources available.
Over 1.5 million reports are available in BCRC with a 3-year rolling backfile
2) A new & improved "Financials Tab" that transforms static and non-exportable data into data that is dynamic, easy to analyze and easy to export Now you can:
Analyze a company across time
Compare a company's financials to their competitors, or choose specific companies to compare
Review annual or interim financial information, looking back up to 6 years or 5 interim periods
Export the data
These reports diversify the quality investment resources available.
Over 1.5 million reports are available in BCRC with a 3-year rolling backfile
2) A new & improved "Financials Tab" that transforms static and non-exportable data into data that is dynamic, easy to analyze and easy to export Now you can:
Analyze a company across time
Compare a company's financials to their competitors, or choose specific companies to compare
Review annual or interim financial information, looking back up to 6 years or 5 interim periods
Export the data
New Interface-->MLA International Bibliography via CSA
CSA url for MLA international bibliography:
This is in addition to our existing link via ProQuest. Because of the partnership between CSA and ProQuest there was no additional cost to adding the link.
This is in addition to our existing link via ProQuest. Because of the partnership between CSA and ProQuest there was no additional cost to adding the link.
New Product Announcement-->Natural & Alternative Treatments (replaces Evidence Based Complementary Medicine)
Natural & Alternative Treatments
Natural & Alternative Treatments contains detailed information on more than 180 different conditions and the conventional and natural treatments used to treat them, over 200 herbs and supplements, plus drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions for more than 75 drug categories.
Natural & Alternative Treatments contains detailed information on more than 180 different conditions and the conventional and natural treatments used to treat them, over 200 herbs and supplements, plus drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions for more than 75 drug categories.
Credo Reference New Content
Latest Additions
Handbook of Forensic Psychology
Black's Veterinary Dictionary, A&C Black in Medicine
Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories in Philosophy & Psychology
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Elsevier in Social Sciences
Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Resource for Mental Health and Legal Professionals, Elsevier in Philosophy & Psychology
Handbook of Vegetable Pests, Elsevier in Science
International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent, Elsevier in Philosophy & Psychology
Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary: Completing the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Press in Biography
Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z, A&C Black in Language
We're updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon!
Handbook of Forensic Psychology
Black's Veterinary Dictionary, A&C Black in Medicine
Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories in Philosophy & Psychology
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Elsevier in Social Sciences
Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Resource for Mental Health and Legal Professionals, Elsevier in Philosophy & Psychology
Handbook of Vegetable Pests, Elsevier in Science
International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent, Elsevier in Philosophy & Psychology
Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary: Completing the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Press in Biography
Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z, A&C Black in Language
We're updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon!
New Artstor Content (Bodleian, Classical Sculpture, Pre Columbian, Architecture, Islamic Art)
Collection release: Manuscripts and Early Printed Books (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford)
The Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford and ARTstor announce the release of 25,000 high–quality images digitized from the Bodleian Library's outstanding collection of Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts.
Additional images added to Classical Sculptures (Berlin State Museums)
ARTstor has added 120 new images to the Classical Sculptures (Berlin State Museums) collection. Now including more than 400 images, this collection focuses on the unique Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman sculptures housed at the Pergamon Museum and at Karl Friedrich Schinkel's landmark Altes Museum.
Additional images from Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives
ARTstor has released approximately 3,500 additional images from the Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives. These high–quality images, scanned from large–format color transparencies, focus on key European artists and collections from major European museums outside Italy.
Images of Pre–Columbian objects and sites from the Moreen O'Brien Maser Memorial Collection (Skidmore College)
Images from the Moreen O'Brien Maser Memorial Collection (Skidmore College) are now available in ARTstor. The collection includes approximately 800 images of Pre–Columbian objects and sites from the Southwest United States, Central America, South America, Europe, and Egypt.
Warburg Institute to contribute images of Renaissance and Baroque book illustrations to ARTstor
The Warburg Institute will contribute approximately 10,000 images of Renaissance and Baroque book illustrations to the ARTstor Digital Library. The images will be selected from the rare book collection housed at the Warburg Institute Library.
Collaborative agreement with University of Texas at Austin: Wang and Long Archives
ARTstor is collaborating with the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin to distribute more than 600 images of modern European and American architecture. The images will be digitized from slides housed in the School of Architecture's Visual Resources Collection and created by two of its faculty members, Wilfried Wang and Christopher Long.
Upcoming Collection: Pattern in Islamic Art (David Wade)
David Wade has partnered with ARTstor to distribute approximately 1,500 images of Islamic art in the Digital Library. These images illustrate patterns and design features found throughout the Islamic world, from the Middle East and Europe to Central and South Asia.
The Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford and ARTstor announce the release of 25,000 high–quality images digitized from the Bodleian Library's outstanding collection of Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts.
Additional images added to Classical Sculptures (Berlin State Museums)
ARTstor has added 120 new images to the Classical Sculptures (Berlin State Museums) collection. Now including more than 400 images, this collection focuses on the unique Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman sculptures housed at the Pergamon Museum and at Karl Friedrich Schinkel's landmark Altes Museum.
Additional images from Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives
ARTstor has released approximately 3,500 additional images from the Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives. These high–quality images, scanned from large–format color transparencies, focus on key European artists and collections from major European museums outside Italy.
Images of Pre–Columbian objects and sites from the Moreen O'Brien Maser Memorial Collection (Skidmore College)
Images from the Moreen O'Brien Maser Memorial Collection (Skidmore College) are now available in ARTstor. The collection includes approximately 800 images of Pre–Columbian objects and sites from the Southwest United States, Central America, South America, Europe, and Egypt.
Warburg Institute to contribute images of Renaissance and Baroque book illustrations to ARTstor
The Warburg Institute will contribute approximately 10,000 images of Renaissance and Baroque book illustrations to the ARTstor Digital Library. The images will be selected from the rare book collection housed at the Warburg Institute Library.
Collaborative agreement with University of Texas at Austin: Wang and Long Archives
ARTstor is collaborating with the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin to distribute more than 600 images of modern European and American architecture. The images will be digitized from slides housed in the School of Architecture's Visual Resources Collection and created by two of its faculty members, Wilfried Wang and Christopher Long.
Upcoming Collection: Pattern in Islamic Art (David Wade)
David Wade has partnered with ARTstor to distribute approximately 1,500 images of Islamic art in the Digital Library. These images illustrate patterns and design features found throughout the Islamic world, from the Middle East and Europe to Central and South Asia.
New Content in World Development Indicators
One of the major changes is that WDI Online now has 854 indicators available for 209 economies and 18 groups from 1960 to 2007, where data are available. This is an increase of over 100 indicators from 2007!
The other major change in the data is that we are no longer showing a combined entry for Serbia and Montenegro, these are now shown separately. Please note however, for Serbia, some indicators, such as those series for which data appear only for Serbia and not Montenegro--e.g. aid, environment, external debt, balance of payments, various social indicators excluding population--continue to include data for Montenegro through 2005.
For your reference, click here to view the new series list, plus the additions/deletions/changes from the previous version. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the changes.
The other major change in the data is that we are no longer showing a combined entry for Serbia and Montenegro, these are now shown separately. Please note however, for Serbia, some indicators, such as those series for which data appear only for Serbia and not Montenegro--e.g. aid, environment, external debt, balance of payments, various social indicators excluding population--continue to include data for Montenegro through 2005.
For your reference, click here to view the new series list, plus the additions/deletions/changes from the previous version. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the changes.
Linked subject headings in Project Muse
Users of Project MUSE articles and Tables of Contents in our recently-launched new format may have noticed an additional feature - "clickable" subject headings for each article, allowing fast and easy connections to related content in Project MUSE. Built upon the rich controlled vocabulary classification of all MUSE articles and reviews with Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) by our in-house professional
cataloging staff, this new functionality quickly connects scholars to additional relevant content to enhance their research.
cataloging staff, this new functionality quickly connects scholars to additional relevant content to enhance their research.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
New Product Announcement-->Faculty of 1000 Medicine
Faculty of 1000 medicine
Its distinguished faculty of over 2400 of the world's top clinicians and researchers select, rate and evaluate the most important and influential articles, presenting a continuously updated, authoritative guide to the medical literature that matters...
* Time-saving: enables you to stay on top of the vast amount of medical literature quickly and easily.
* Informative: provides access to the opinions from leaders in medicine.
* Clinically applicable: offers perspectives on how articles affect, or even change clinical practice, as judged by respected leaders in the field.
* Cross-indexed coverage: you will be alerted to the articles that matter in adjacent fields that you might otherwise miss.
* Personal customization: email alerts and stored searches ensure you receive updated content regularly in your areas of interest.
* Cross-disciplinary: multiple evaluations of single articles provide varying perspectives across disciplines.
* Article Ranking: the F1000 Factor rates articles based on their individual merit rather than the journal in which they appear 'to further' focus your reading and provide a complement or alternative metric to the impact factor.
Its distinguished faculty of over 2400 of the world's top clinicians and researchers select, rate and evaluate the most important and influential articles, presenting a continuously updated, authoritative guide to the medical literature that matters...
* Time-saving: enables you to stay on top of the vast amount of medical literature quickly and easily.
* Informative: provides access to the opinions from leaders in medicine.
* Clinically applicable: offers perspectives on how articles affect, or even change clinical practice, as judged by respected leaders in the field.
* Cross-indexed coverage: you will be alerted to the articles that matter in adjacent fields that you might otherwise miss.
* Personal customization: email alerts and stored searches ensure you receive updated content regularly in your areas of interest.
* Cross-disciplinary: multiple evaluations of single articles provide varying perspectives across disciplines.
* Article Ranking: the F1000 Factor rates articles based on their individual merit rather than the journal in which they appear 'to further' focus your reading and provide a complement or alternative metric to the impact factor.
New Product Announcement-->Faculty of 1000 Medicine
Faculty of 1000 medicine
Its distinguished faculty of over 2400 of the world's top clinicians and researchers select, rate and evaluate the most important and influential articles, presenting a continuously updated, authoritative guide to the medical literature that matters...
* Time-saving: enables you to stay on top of the vast amount of medical literature quickly and easily.
* Informative: provides access to the opinions from leaders in medicine.
* Clinically applicable: offers perspectives on how articles affect, or even change clinical practice, as judged by respected leaders in the field.
* Cross-indexed coverage: you will be alerted to the articles that matter in adjacent fields that you might otherwise miss.
* Personal customization: email alerts and stored searches ensure you receive updated content regularly in your areas of interest.
* Cross-disciplinary: multiple evaluations of single articles provide varying perspectives across disciplines.
* Article Ranking: the F1000 Factor rates articles based on their individual merit rather than the journal in which they appear 'to further' focus your reading and provide a complement or alternative metric to the impact factor.
Its distinguished faculty of over 2400 of the world's top clinicians and researchers select, rate and evaluate the most important and influential articles, presenting a continuously updated, authoritative guide to the medical literature that matters...
* Time-saving: enables you to stay on top of the vast amount of medical literature quickly and easily.
* Informative: provides access to the opinions from leaders in medicine.
* Clinically applicable: offers perspectives on how articles affect, or even change clinical practice, as judged by respected leaders in the field.
* Cross-indexed coverage: you will be alerted to the articles that matter in adjacent fields that you might otherwise miss.
* Personal customization: email alerts and stored searches ensure you receive updated content regularly in your areas of interest.
* Cross-disciplinary: multiple evaluations of single articles provide varying perspectives across disciplines.
* Article Ranking: the F1000 Factor rates articles based on their individual merit rather than the journal in which they appear 'to further' focus your reading and provide a complement or alternative metric to the impact factor.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Credo Reference Content Added
Latest Additions
Late Antiquity: A Guide to The Postclassical World
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Modern Criticism and Theory, Edinburgh University Press in Literature
Late Antiquity: A Guide to The Postclassical World, Harvard University Press in History
Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-present in Biography
The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965, Harvard University Press in Social Sciences
The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, Harvard University Press in Medicine
We're updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon!
* Dictionary of Accounting, A&C Black in Business
* Philip's Encyclopedia 2008 in Encyclopedias
Late Antiquity: A Guide to The Postclassical World
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Modern Criticism and Theory, Edinburgh University Press in Literature
Late Antiquity: A Guide to The Postclassical World, Harvard University Press in History
Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-present in Biography
The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965, Harvard University Press in Social Sciences
The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, Harvard University Press in Medicine
We're updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon!
* Dictionary of Accounting, A&C Black in Business
* Philip's Encyclopedia 2008 in Encyclopedias
Social Work Abstracts Backfiles Added to 1966
We are pleased to announce that your Social Work Abstracts database subscription has been enhanced, as we have digitized the citations included in the print journal Social Work Abstracts, back to the first volume and issue. To accomplish this, we worked with the publisher, the National Association of Social Workers, to deepen the coverage back to March 1966.
The previous Social Work Abstracts backfile included coverage from 1978. These additional citations are presented online for the first time, and made available electronically only via EBSCOhost . As a result of the completion of the backfile project, researchers using EBSCOhost will have access to more than 13,600 additional citations.
The previous Social Work Abstracts backfile included coverage from 1978. These additional citations are presented online for the first time, and made available electronically only via EBSCOhost . As a result of the completion of the backfile project, researchers using EBSCOhost will have access to more than 13,600 additional citations.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
New Product Announcement-->International Tables for Crystallography
International tables for crystallography
The series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials. Emphasis is given to symmetry, diffraction methods and techniques of crystal structure determination, and the physical and chemical properties of crystals. Each volume also contains discussions of theory, practical explanations and examples, all of which are useful for teaching.
The series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials. Emphasis is given to symmetry, diffraction methods and techniques of crystal structure determination, and the physical and chemical properties of crystals. Each volume also contains discussions of theory, practical explanations and examples, all of which are useful for teaching.
New Product Announcement-->The Music Index Online
The music index online
The Music Index is the single most comprehensive subject-author guide to music periodical literature. Published by Information Coordinators, d/b/a Harmonie Park Press, the editor-librarians have surveyed data from more than 850 music periodicals from over 40 countries. The Music Index has been available in print since 1949. The Music Index Online edition features over 1.4 million records. The searchable database is updated quarterly with about 100,000 new records added annually. In 2008, The Music Index Online coverage will span from 1973 to the present. Some backfile data from the period 1962-1972 is also included. Topics concerned with every aspect of the classical and popular world of music are thoroughly categorized and organized according to the framework of an internal Subject List which includes both Geographical and Subject Headings. The thoroughness of indexing and subject heading research, along with comprehensive coverage of the music field, makes The Music Index Online an invaluable resource for both the novice scholar and the experienced academician.
Design Abstracts Retrospective 1903 - 1986
Design abstracts retrospective
DAR provides coverage of more than 100 design and design-related
journals most of which have ceased publication, but which are
distinctly important to the development of design concepts in the early
20th century. DAR contains more than 24,000 abstracts and is updated
quarterly, with 15,000 records added per year.
DAR provides coverage of more than 100 design and design-related
journals most of which have ceased publication, but which are
distinctly important to the development of design concepts in the early
20th century. DAR contains more than 24,000 abstracts and is updated
quarterly, with 15,000 records added per year.
New Product Announcement-->Design proFiles
Design proFiles
Design ProFILES (DP), is the most comprehensive collection of profiles in design and design-related fields. It provides information about more than 8,000 designers and design-related organizations that were influential in the 20th century world of design, including over 1,000 female designers. It is therefore considered the largest product of its kind. It is updated quarterly, with over 5,000 new profiles added each year.
Design ProFILES (DP), is the most comprehensive collection of profiles in design and design-related fields. It provides information about more than 8,000 designers and design-related organizations that were influential in the 20th century world of design, including over 1,000 female designers. It is therefore considered the largest product of its kind. It is updated quarterly, with over 5,000 new profiles added each year.
Upgrade to Encyclopedia of Islam
We are happy to inform you that Brill has begun to upgrade The Encyclopaedia of Islam Online, particularly the data of EI2. The first steps in this process include:
- Changes to the search engine, the user interface of which has been improved in several ways. For example, the presentation of the search results has been made significantly more user friendly.
- The entries of EI2 had many hyperlinks (all internal cross-references) with a limited added value. These links have now been removed, which makes the texts easier to consult on the screen. Only the original cross-references of the paper version have been retained. Over the next months a selected number of relevant links will be restored.
- We are also in the process of changing various orthographical oddities in the entries of EI2, most of which have crept in during digitalization.
- In the new format references to the printed edition have been added to all articles of EI2 online.
EBSCOhost updates
Dear EBSCO Customer,
We are pleased to update you with the following information about new and upcoming features:
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- Our Flash Demonstration ( http://www.ebscohost.com/2.0_flash) and
PowerPoint on our marketing web site (www.ebscohost.com) now include details on the search query breadcrumb trail, and the Choose Databases enhancement. - A New EBSCOhost 2.0 Brochure is now available electronically. (http://www.ebscohost.com/special/temp02-08/interfaceBrochure.pdf?marketID=1)
- EBSCO's Support Site now includes the EBSCOhost 2.0 Support Center, (http://support.epnet.com/ebscohost2) completely devoted to all things 2.0., with a link to the online training registration form. (http://training.ebsco.com)
EBSCOhost and EBSCOadmin Updates - Available Now:
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EBSCOhost and EBSCOadmin Updates - Coming Soon:
- Multiple Database Limiters will appear with those limiters common to all databases being searched, even when they do not apply to all of those databases. Any of the five most popular search limiters: Full Text, Published Date, Publication, Peer Reviewed and References Available may be included in the common limiter area, above the database-specific section on the search screen, provided they are supported by at least one of the databases being searched.
- Enhanced Clustering will provide more cluster types (controlled by the library administrator), including Publication, Company, Geography, NAICS/Industry Codes, etc.
- SUSHI Web Service Support means that library administrators will be able to generate COUNTER Reports using EBSCOhost's secure SUSHI Web Service. The automated process will begin when a library's electronic records management (ERM) system requests a usage report to be automatically transmitted to EBSCO via the library's SUSHI client, after which a COUNTER report will be prepared and returned to the library.
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New ebook collection added to catalogue
Hello everyone!
Ebook records for Morgan and Claypool's Synthesis Digital Library have been added to the catalogue. A product description and sample titles are included below.
Special thanks to ITS for their help with this collection!
--Aaron Wood
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
SYNTHESIS is an innovative information service for the research, development and educational communities in engineering and computer science. It combines authoritative content with advanced digital delivery to create a product that is substantially more useful than traditional print and digital publications.
Content, Structure, and Scope
The basic component of the library is a 50- to 100-page electronic book that synthesizes an important research or development topic, authored by a prominent contributor to the field. We call these Lectures and believe that they offer unique value to the reader by providing more synthesis, analysis, and depth than typical research journal articles. They are also more modular and dynamic than traditional print or digital handbooks, such as collected volumes and monographs. We believe that they are ideal entry points to new areas for researchers, advanced developers, and students.
SYNTHESIS is organized by series, each managed by a prominent consulting editor. The series editor oversees lecture topic and author selection as well as peer review to assure quality. SYNTHESIS launched in October 2005 with an initial selection of series in engineering and computer science. New titles in each series will be posted to the site as they become available.
Additional series and titles will be added and revised as necessary. This constant influx makes the library dynamic in a way that has never been achieved with existing print or electronic products. Over time, SYNTHESIS will grow to encompass the entire scope of its subject disciplines. Our goal is to create one of the largest and most complete compilations of knowledge in engineering and computer science.
Audience
SYNTHESIS is expected to be useful to a broad range of professionals, researchers, and students.
For the researcher, it provides an ideal introduction to new fields. This is an increasingly important benefit as science and engineering become more interdisciplinary.
For the practicing engineer, it provides a method of staying current on developments in research at university, corporate, and government labs.
For the professor and student, it provides a source of information on advanced topics that will be more accessible than the journal literature and that can be relied upon to be authoritative and complete. SYNTHESIS titles are available to licensing institutions campus-wide with unlimited concurrent use. Titles can also be saved, printed, and emailed, making them perfect courses of any size.
Key Features and Advantages
The Lecture format:
* Enables user to more efficiently find information specific to their interest.
* Allows for a high level of authoritativeness, as authors focus on their area of active research.
* Enables the library to be extremely current since Lectures in fast moving fields will be frequently updated. Also, Lectures are published as soon as they are completed rather than when the last in a batch is finished (as with print reference works).
* Offers the potential to be exhaustively complete since the format can accommodate contributions on even the most specialized topics.
Both simple and advanced searching is supported with the ability to personalize and save results.
SYNTHESIS incorporates extensive reference linking both internally and externally. External linking using CrossRef and OpenURL standards provides instant access to linked sources from subscribed publishers.
An email alerting service delivers notification of the availability of new Lectures and new hits based on saved searches.
SYNTHESIS is indexed by Google as well as science and engineering indexing services.
--
Aaron Wood
Metadata Librarian
Bibliographic Services
Libraries and Cultural Resources
University of Calgary
Phone: (403) 220-6161
Fax: (403) 284-2109
aawood@ucalgary.ca
Ebook records for Morgan and Claypool's Synthesis Digital Library have been added to the catalogue. A product description and sample titles are included below.
Special thanks to ITS for their help with this collection!
--Aaron Wood
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
SYNTHESIS is an innovative information service for the research, development and educational communities in engineering and computer science. It combines authoritative content with advanced digital delivery to create a product that is substantially more useful than traditional print and digital publications.
Content, Structure, and Scope
The basic component of the library is a 50- to 100-page electronic book that synthesizes an important research or development topic, authored by a prominent contributor to the field. We call these Lectures and believe that they offer unique value to the reader by providing more synthesis, analysis, and depth than typical research journal articles. They are also more modular and dynamic than traditional print or digital handbooks, such as collected volumes and monographs. We believe that they are ideal entry points to new areas for researchers, advanced developers, and students.
SYNTHESIS is organized by series, each managed by a prominent consulting editor. The series editor oversees lecture topic and author selection as well as peer review to assure quality. SYNTHESIS launched in October 2005 with an initial selection of series in engineering and computer science. New titles in each series will be posted to the site as they become available.
Additional series and titles will be added and revised as necessary. This constant influx makes the library dynamic in a way that has never been achieved with existing print or electronic products. Over time, SYNTHESIS will grow to encompass the entire scope of its subject disciplines. Our goal is to create one of the largest and most complete compilations of knowledge in engineering and computer science.
Audience
SYNTHESIS is expected to be useful to a broad range of professionals, researchers, and students.
For the researcher, it provides an ideal introduction to new fields. This is an increasingly important benefit as science and engineering become more interdisciplinary.
For the practicing engineer, it provides a method of staying current on developments in research at university, corporate, and government labs.
For the professor and student, it provides a source of information on advanced topics that will be more accessible than the journal literature and that can be relied upon to be authoritative and complete. SYNTHESIS titles are available to licensing institutions campus-wide with unlimited concurrent use. Titles can also be saved, printed, and emailed, making them perfect courses of any size.
Key Features and Advantages
The Lecture format:
* Enables user to more efficiently find information specific to their interest.
* Allows for a high level of authoritativeness, as authors focus on their area of active research.
* Enables the library to be extremely current since Lectures in fast moving fields will be frequently updated. Also, Lectures are published as soon as they are completed rather than when the last in a batch is finished (as with print reference works).
* Offers the potential to be exhaustively complete since the format can accommodate contributions on even the most specialized topics.
Both simple and advanced searching is supported with the ability to personalize and save results.
SYNTHESIS incorporates extensive reference linking both internally and externally. External linking using CrossRef and OpenURL standards provides instant access to linked sources from subscribed publishers.
An email alerting service delivers notification of the availability of new Lectures and new hits based on saved searches.
SYNTHESIS is indexed by Google as well as science and engineering indexing services.
--
Aaron Wood
Metadata Librarian
Bibliographic Services
Libraries and Cultural Resources
University of Calgary
Phone: (403) 220-6161
Fax: (403) 284-2109
aawood@ucalgary.ca
New Product Announcement--Pidgeon Digital ( Architecture)
Pidgeon digital
Welcome to Pidgeon Digital the online version of The Pidgeon Audiovisual collection of illustrated talks by architects and related designers. This continuing archive, to which new talks are being added regularly, is a unique library of contemporary attitudes which will become of priceless value to future generations.
The collection was founded in 1979 by Monica Pidgeon (long-time editor of the influential magazine Architectural Design) so as to be able to hear the actual voices of the designers of buildings and listen to their ideas.
Welcome to Pidgeon Digital the online version of The Pidgeon Audiovisual collection of illustrated talks by architects and related designers. This continuing archive, to which new talks are being added regularly, is a unique library of contemporary attitudes which will become of priceless value to future generations.
The collection was founded in 1979 by Monica Pidgeon (long-time editor of the influential magazine Architectural Design) so as to be able to hear the actual voices of the designers of buildings and listen to their ideas.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
New Product Announcement-->African American Music Reference
African American music reference
African American Music Reference will bring together 50,000 pages of text reference, biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies which chronicle the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music. The database is constantly expanding to include comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.
African American Music Reference will bring together 50,000 pages of text reference, biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies which chronicle the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music. The database is constantly expanding to include comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.
New Product Announcement-->Encyclopedia of Islam
The encyclopaedia of Islam
Note: this includes access to two separate editions, requiring two urls to be in the record
New ed., v.1-12: http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/uid=3167/title_home?title_id=islam_islam
3rd ed., 2007-
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/uid=3167/title_home?title_id=ei3_ei3
The Encyclopaedia of Islam sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World from religion and history to politics and culture. It embraces articles on distinguished Muslims of every age and land, on tribes and dynasties, on the crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the various countries and on the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. Its geographical and historical scope encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all modern Islamic states.
Note: this includes access to two separate editions, requiring two urls to be in the record
New ed., v.1-12: http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/uid=3167/title_home?title_id=islam_islam
3rd ed., 2007-
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/uid=3167/title_home?title_id=ei3_ei3
The Encyclopaedia of Islam sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World from religion and history to politics and culture. It embraces articles on distinguished Muslims of every age and land, on tribes and dynasties, on the crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the various countries and on the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. Its geographical and historical scope encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all modern Islamic states.
New Product Announcement-->Encylcopedia of the Qu'ran
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an
Drawing upon a rich scholarly heritage, Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān (EQ) combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qurʾān. It is an encyclopaedic dictionary of Qurʾānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within Qurʾānic studies. With nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, the EQ is the first comprehensive, multi-volume reference work on the Qurʾān to appear in a Western language.
Drawing upon a rich scholarly heritage, Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān (EQ) combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qurʾān. It is an encyclopaedic dictionary of Qurʾānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within Qurʾānic studies. With nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, the EQ is the first comprehensive, multi-volume reference work on the Qurʾān to appear in a Western language.
New Product Announcement-->Brill Dictionary of Religion
The Brill dictionary of religion
The Brill Dictionary of Religion explicitly reflects the transformation that the academic study of religion has undergone within the last twenty years.
The rationale that underlies the selection of entries and their respective presentation is aimed at reflecting the many aspects of religious fields of discourse in modern societies. To succeed in this endeavor, two perspectives have to be combined: First, the public and communicative aspects of religion have to be addressed explicitly; entries such as “Media,” “Perception,” “Collective Representations,” or “Everyday Life” are examples of this attempt.
The large number of illustrations, sometimes tracing religion in unexpected places, likewise underscores this rationale. Second, the historical dimension is of crucial importance, because a proper understanding of modern religious discourses is impossible without knowledge of the past and a comparison with different periods and contexts. That is why the reader will also find historical overviews both of concepts and of religious traditions.
The Brill Dictionary of Religion explicitly reflects the transformation that the academic study of religion has undergone within the last twenty years.
The rationale that underlies the selection of entries and their respective presentation is aimed at reflecting the many aspects of religious fields of discourse in modern societies. To succeed in this endeavor, two perspectives have to be combined: First, the public and communicative aspects of religion have to be addressed explicitly; entries such as “Media,” “Perception,” “Collective Representations,” or “Everyday Life” are examples of this attempt.
The large number of illustrations, sometimes tracing religion in unexpected places, likewise underscores this rationale. Second, the historical dimension is of crucial importance, because a proper understanding of modern religious discourses is impossible without knowledge of the past and a comparison with different periods and contexts. That is why the reader will also find historical overviews both of concepts and of religious traditions.
New Product Annoucement-->Dictionary of gnosis and western esotericism
Dictionary of gnosis & western esotericism
this Dictionary brings together a great range of historical currents and personalities that have flourished in Western culture and society over a period of roughly two millennia, from Late Antiquity to the present. By doing so, it intends not only to provide a comprehensive reference work, but also to question certain ingrained assumptions about the
history of Western religion and culture, and promote new agendas and analytical frameworks for research in these domains. What is at stake in such a shift of perspective can best be illustrated by taking a short look at the main terminological conventions that have traditionally been dominant.
this Dictionary brings together a great range of historical currents and personalities that have flourished in Western culture and society over a period of roughly two millennia, from Late Antiquity to the present. By doing so, it intends not only to provide a comprehensive reference work, but also to question certain ingrained assumptions about the
history of Western religion and culture, and promote new agendas and analytical frameworks for research in these domains. What is at stake in such a shift of perspective can best be illustrated by taking a short look at the main terminological conventions that have traditionally been dominant.
New Product Announcement-->Encyclopedia of Judaism (Brill Online)
Encyclopaedia of Judaism
This new edition of The Encyclopaedia of Judaism nearly doubles the original 3-volume edition in size. It includes fifty-two previously unpublished entries (approximately half a million words) in addition to the entries from the two separately published supplementary volumes. The project now is comprised by more than 225 entries, two and a half million words. Alongside the many gaps in the initial The Encyclopaedia of Judaism that the new entries fill, bibliographies have been updated for all the entries. The result is that this new edition presents what we conceive to be the authoritative consensus of the present age of learning in the humanities and social sciences upon fundamental issues of Judaism. Indeed, this collection of systematic topical expositions shows how the religion, Judaism, is to be presented in the setting of the study of religions.
This new edition of The Encyclopaedia of Judaism nearly doubles the original 3-volume edition in size. It includes fifty-two previously unpublished entries (approximately half a million words) in addition to the entries from the two separately published supplementary volumes. The project now is comprised by more than 225 entries, two and a half million words. Alongside the many gaps in the initial The Encyclopaedia of Judaism that the new entries fill, bibliographies have been updated for all the entries. The result is that this new edition presents what we conceive to be the authoritative consensus of the present age of learning in the humanities and social sciences upon fundamental issues of Judaism. Indeed, this collection of systematic topical expositions shows how the religion, Judaism, is to be presented in the setting of the study of religions.
New Product Announcement-->Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (EWIC) is an interdisciplinary, transhistorical, and global project. It brings together upwards of 1,000 scholars to write critical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim, and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. It aims to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present. EWIC hopes both to offer the state of the art in the broad sweep of topics to inform the general audience and to take on cutting-edge issues to stimulate new research in new terrains.
The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (EWIC) is an interdisciplinary, transhistorical, and global project. It brings together upwards of 1,000 scholars to write critical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim, and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. It aims to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present. EWIC hopes both to offer the state of the art in the broad sweep of topics to inform the general audience and to take on cutting-edge issues to stimulate new research in new terrains.
New Product Announcement-->Brill's New Jacoby Online
Brill's new Jacoby
Note: also includes Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, requiring two urls to be in the record
Brill's new Jacoby
Fragment der griechischen Historiker
Brill's New Jacoby (BNJ) is a new edition of the 856 fragmentary historians that comprise F. Jacoby's monumental Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker Parts I-III, but with significant additions. Each author has a Greek text (updated from that of Jacoby where relevant); facing English translation; new, critical commentary (for the first time for authors 608-856, on which Jacoby did not write commentaries); a brief encyclopaedia-style entry about his life, works, importance, etc.; and a select bibliography. BNJ will also include several new authors and many fragments of existing authors that were either unknown to Jacoby or excluded by him. (Depending on the topic they deal with, new authors will be given the same number as the preceding one followed by an A or B in order to distinguish them.) Jacoby's numbering system has been retained so that readers may also consult FGrH without having to refer to a concordance.
BNJ will be published online in batches of 50-60 fragmentary authors every six months, beginning in December 2006 and ending in 2013. Each entry is subject to a stringent peer-refereeing process. There are currently 108 scholars in 16 countries working on the authors: a list of these scholars, together with authors and anticipated publication date, will be published with the next batch of authors.
Note: also includes Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, requiring two urls to be in the record
Brill's new Jacoby
Fragment der griechischen Historiker
Brill's New Jacoby (BNJ) is a new edition of the 856 fragmentary historians that comprise F. Jacoby's monumental Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker Parts I-III, but with significant additions. Each author has a Greek text (updated from that of Jacoby where relevant); facing English translation; new, critical commentary (for the first time for authors 608-856, on which Jacoby did not write commentaries); a brief encyclopaedia-style entry about his life, works, importance, etc.; and a select bibliography. BNJ will also include several new authors and many fragments of existing authors that were either unknown to Jacoby or excluded by him. (Depending on the topic they deal with, new authors will be given the same number as the preceding one followed by an A or B in order to distinguish them.) Jacoby's numbering system has been retained so that readers may also consult FGrH without having to refer to a concordance.
BNJ will be published online in batches of 50-60 fragmentary authors every six months, beginning in December 2006 and ending in 2013. Each entry is subject to a stringent peer-refereeing process. There are currently 108 scholars in 16 countries working on the authors: a list of these scholars, together with authors and anticipated publication date, will be published with the next batch of authors.
New Product Announcement-->Classical Music Reference Library
Classical music reference library
Classical Music Reference Library brings together more than 30,000 pages of essential reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music, in a unified online database. Included are the authoritative reference titles Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music, which have never before been available in electronic form. The Baker's titles, edited by the late Nicholas Slonimsky, offer a comprehensive and highly accessible set of musical reference texts that are essential to music study.
Classical Music Reference Library offers comprehensive coverage of all classical genres, spanning music from the Medieval period to the 21st century, including definitions of musical terms and biographical information on the major classical composers and artists. The first release includes the Baker's resources, as well as biographies, chronologies, primary source readings, and critical texts.
Future releases will include links with Classical Music Library and Classical Scores Library for subscribing customers allow users to find reference materials, and then link straight to audio recordings or scores relevant to that material, as well as more detailed indexing.
Classical Music Reference Library brings together more than 30,000 pages of essential reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music, in a unified online database. Included are the authoritative reference titles Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music, which have never before been available in electronic form. The Baker's titles, edited by the late Nicholas Slonimsky, offer a comprehensive and highly accessible set of musical reference texts that are essential to music study.
Classical Music Reference Library offers comprehensive coverage of all classical genres, spanning music from the Medieval period to the 21st century, including definitions of musical terms and biographical information on the major classical composers and artists. The first release includes the Baker's resources, as well as biographies, chronologies, primary source readings, and critical texts.
Future releases will include links with Classical Music Library and Classical Scores Library for subscribing customers allow users to find reference materials, and then link straight to audio recordings or scores relevant to that material, as well as more detailed indexing.
New Product Announcement-->Garland encyclopedia of world music online
The Garland encyclopedia of world music online
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.
Each volume contains an overview of the region, a survey of its musical heritage, traditions and themes; and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include detailed photographs that show musicians, musical instrument, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study. Since its first publication in 1997, The Garland Encyclopedia has been the preeminent reference work for research in ethnomusicology. It has won numerous awards, including the Dartmouth Medal, the New York Public Library Outstanding Reference Book award, and Library Journal's award as one of the 50 Reference Sources for the Millennium. Now for the first time, the entire set of 10 print volumes is available as a single, integrated online database, with additional features from Alexander Street Press.
The first release includes the entire set of 10 print volumes available (over 9,200 pages). Future releases will contain more indexing as well as links to the associated audio examples for each volume.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.
Each volume contains an overview of the region, a survey of its musical heritage, traditions and themes; and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include detailed photographs that show musicians, musical instrument, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study. Since its first publication in 1997, The Garland Encyclopedia has been the preeminent reference work for research in ethnomusicology. It has won numerous awards, including the Dartmouth Medal, the New York Public Library Outstanding Reference Book award, and Library Journal's award as one of the 50 Reference Sources for the Millennium. Now for the first time, the entire set of 10 print volumes is available as a single, integrated online database, with additional features from Alexander Street Press.
The first release includes the entire set of 10 print volumes available (over 9,200 pages). Future releases will contain more indexing as well as links to the associated audio examples for each volume.
ew Product Announcement-->Urban Studies Abstracts
Urban studies abstracts
Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies, and Canadian Journal of Urban Research
Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies, and Canadian Journal of Urban Research
New Product Announcement-->Violence & Abuse Abstracts
Violence & abuse abstracts
Violence & Abuse Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Violence & Abuse Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
New Product Announcement-->Shock and Vibration Digest
Shock & vibration digest
This will come in handy when they start the pile driving for the new building.
Shock & Vibration Digest includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to shock and vibration, including noise, vibration technologies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Shock & Vibration and Noise Control Engineering Journal.
This will come in handy when they start the pile driving for the new building.
Shock & Vibration Digest includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to shock and vibration, including noise, vibration technologies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Shock & Vibration and Noise Control Engineering Journal.
New Product Announcement-->Race Relations Abstracts
Race relations abstracts
Race Relations Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Race, Ethnicity & Education and Ethnic & Racial Studies.
Race Relations Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Race, Ethnicity & Education and Ethnic & Racial Studies.
New Product Announcement-->Public Administration Abstracts
Public administration abstracts
Public Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Public Administration Review, Public Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Public Administration.
Public Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Public Administration Review, Public Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Public Administration.
New Product Announcement-->Peace Research Abstracts
Peace research abstracts
Peace Research Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including International Journal of Peace Studies, International Journal on World Peace, and Conflict Management & Peace Science.
Peace Research Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including International Journal of Peace Studies, International Journal on World Peace, and Conflict Management & Peace Science.
New Product Announcement-->Human Resources Abstracts
Human resources abstracts
Human Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Human Resources, Human Resource Management, and Human Resource Development International.
Human Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Human Resources, Human Resource Management, and Human Resource Development International.
New Product Announcement-->Family Studies Abstracts
Family studies abstracts
Family Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Family Studies, Journal of Marriage & Family, and Family Relations.
Family Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Family Studies, Journal of Marriage & Family, and Family Relations.
New Product Announcement-->Educational Administration Abstracts
Educational administration abstracts
Educational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Educational Administration & History, American Journal of Education, and Cambridge Journal of Education.
Educational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Educational Administration & History, American Journal of Education, and Cambridge Journal of Education.
New Product Announcement-->Abstracts in Social Gerontology
Abstracts in social gerontology
Abstracts in Social Gerontology includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Abstracts in Social Gerontology includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
New JSTOR Platform to launch April 4th
We are excited to announce that the new JSTOR platform will be launched on Friday,
April 4. The behind-the-scenes process for switching from the existing JSTOR to the new platform will begin around 7:00 a.m. EST. We will be making changes throughout the day, but the vast majority of users should experience no interruption or downtime. If you do have any difficulties, though, please contact support@jstor.org.
A document describing features of the new platform is included in the JSTOR Sandbox
(sandbox.jstor.org). The Sandbox also has links to tutorials and training materials focused on the new JSTOR interface. In addition, a list of newly scheduled webinars appears at the end of this announcement, with links to online registration.
We would like to thank all of you for your comments over the past few months and your patience more recently as we performed additional testing. As always, your comments have proven to be invaluable. We look forward to your ongoing feedback as we continue adding enhancements and new content.
Sincerely,
JSTOR User Services
support@jstor.org
Webinars
The following training webinars are led by JSTOR User Services staff. A phone and a computer with online access are required. To register, follow a link in the list below.
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/507861435
Using the JSTOR Interface
Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/780793020
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/469266764
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/401053120
Using the JSTOR Interface
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/680252260
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/958097487
April 4. The behind-the-scenes process for switching from the existing JSTOR to the new platform will begin around 7:00 a.m. EST. We will be making changes throughout the day, but the vast majority of users should experience no interruption or downtime. If you do have any difficulties, though, please contact support@jstor.org.
A document describing features of the new platform is included in the JSTOR Sandbox
(sandbox.jstor.org). The Sandbox also has links to tutorials and training materials focused on the new JSTOR interface. In addition, a list of newly scheduled webinars appears at the end of this announcement, with links to online registration.
We would like to thank all of you for your comments over the past few months and your patience more recently as we performed additional testing. As always, your comments have proven to be invaluable. We look forward to your ongoing feedback as we continue adding enhancements and new content.
Sincerely,
JSTOR User Services
support@jstor.org
Webinars
The following training webinars are led by JSTOR User Services staff. A phone and a computer with online access are required. To register, follow a link in the list below.
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/507861435
Using the JSTOR Interface
Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/780793020
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/469266764
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/401053120
Using the JSTOR Interface
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/680252260
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/958097487
Hints for Searching Polling the Nation
Hints aren't much, but a reminder of the product.
Search Hints for Polling the Nations
To conduct a successful search, it will be helpful for users to spend some time thinking about the goal of the search.
It is best to avoid putting too many words in the search. For example, to search for comparison of the Iraq war and the Vietnam war, it will be counter productive to enter “comparison of the Iraq war and the Vietnam war.” Simply enter Iraq and Vietnam in the question field. By keeping the search terms simple many questions will be displayed. Additional criteria can always be added to better focus the search.
To follow trends and compare attitudinal changes on an issue, users can find questions with identical wording for review. To find questions with identical wording, copy the question without the question mark and paste it in the search field. If the question is especially long, it may be necessary to select just a portion, containing key words of the question.
Combine a topic and one or two words in the text of the question to focus a search. The examples below demonstrate how to explore several different issues related to gun control.
Issue Would you support or oppose a law requiring a nationwide ban on semi automatic handguns?
Search Topic – Gun Control
Keyword - ban
Issue Do you favor or oppose stricter gun control laws in this country?
Search Topic – Gun Control
Keyword - Stricter gun control laws
Issue Do you think stricter gun control laws would reduce the amount of violent crime in this country or not?
Search terms Topic – Gun Control
Keyword - crime
Search Hints for Polling the Nations
To conduct a successful search, it will be helpful for users to spend some time thinking about the goal of the search.
It is best to avoid putting too many words in the search. For example, to search for comparison of the Iraq war and the Vietnam war, it will be counter productive to enter “comparison of the Iraq war and the Vietnam war.” Simply enter Iraq and Vietnam in the question field. By keeping the search terms simple many questions will be displayed. Additional criteria can always be added to better focus the search.
To follow trends and compare attitudinal changes on an issue, users can find questions with identical wording for review. To find questions with identical wording, copy the question without the question mark and paste it in the search field. If the question is especially long, it may be necessary to select just a portion, containing key words of the question.
Combine a topic and one or two words in the text of the question to focus a search. The examples below demonstrate how to explore several different issues related to gun control.
Issue Would you support or oppose a law requiring a nationwide ban on semi automatic handguns?
Search Topic – Gun Control
Keyword - ban
Issue Do you favor or oppose stricter gun control laws in this country?
Search Topic – Gun Control
Keyword - Stricter gun control laws
Issue Do you think stricter gun control laws would reduce the amount of violent crime in this country or not?
Search terms Topic – Gun Control
Keyword - crime
Backfiles added->Current Digest to the Post Soviet Press (1949 to present)
Current digest of the Soviet Press
The Current Digest of the (Post)Soviet Press was founded in 1949. Each week it presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English. The translations are intended for use in teaching and research. They are therefore presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors, not of the publisher of the journal.
The Current Digest carried translations of all important documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet government, providing an impressive documentary record of:
The Current Digest of the (Post)Soviet Press was founded in 1949. Each week it presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English. The translations are intended for use in teaching and research. They are therefore presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors, not of the publisher of the journal.
The Current Digest carried translations of all important documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet government, providing an impressive documentary record of:
- all significant speeches by Soviet leaders;
- meetings of all Party congresses, including the 1956 20th Party Congress and Nikita Khrushchev’s “secret speech” denouncing the Stalinist “cult of personality”;
- all five-year plans and reports on plan fulfillment;
- all important Soviet laws, including initial drafts, official public discussion of the drafts, and final versions as adopted by the USSR Supreme Soviet;
- Soviet diplomacy, Soviet-US summits and other meetings of Soviet leaders with their foreign counterparts; and
- all Soviet treaties, including arms-control treaties, and all major foreign-policy developments, from the Cuban missile crisis through the Soviet war in Afghanistan and withdrawal from that country.
OED abandons the alphabet!
MAJOR CHANGE IN CHOICE OF REVISED WORDS PUBLISHED ONLINE!
The sequence of revised entries published online since March 2000 has proceeded from the letter M, to quit shilling (representing between a fifth and a quarter of the dictionary). According to that model, the present publication batch would include words from quits to somewhere early in the letter R.
But after several years of steady alphabetical publication, editors of the OED have decided a change was necessary. The latest update departs radically from the former model, in that its 2,116 entries consist for the most part of key English words from across the alphabet, along with the other words which make up the alphabetical cluster surrounding them. From now on, the editors will alternate between these two models each quarter, with the next publication range (in June 2008) continuing from quits, and the subsequent one (September 2008) presenting a further range of major words and their associated alphabetical clusters.
The main purpose of this change is to revise, much earlier than would otherwise have been the case, important English words whose meanings or application have developed most over the past century. Some of these key words are, as one might expect, among those often looked up by readers of the OED.
For more information about the new update program, click here.
NEW AND REVISED WORDS AND SENSES
For your convenience, click here to see a list of the full range of newly revised words. Some words included in this update are: computer, gay, free, heaven, and hell, and the controversial expletive the f-word.
You know what a boycott is, but what about a girlcott? For a list of new words and their meanings, click here.
LATEST NEWS FROM OXFORD ONLINE
This spring we welcome the online versions of two more of our celebrated Oxford reference works, The Encyclopedia of the Modern World and Encyclopedia of Semiotics, which are now available for purchase via the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
Also, I'm delighted to announce the launch of Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music Online, as well as the redesigned Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online. Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music Online are the new gateways for online art and music information, respectively, and will be the home for forthcoming art reference products and subscriptions.
Free trials are available to our new online resources -- simply send an e-mail to oxfordonline@oup.com and let us know which product(s) you'd like to try!
Oxford offers a variety of materials to help your patrons get the most from the Oxford English Dictionary Online: help guides, a guided tour, and a search box which will enable your users to search the Dictionary directly from your website.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Back File Added --> Current Digest to the Post Soviet Press (1949 - present)
Current digest of the (Post) Soviet Press
http://dlib.eastview.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/sources/publications.jsp?uid=350
The Current Digest of the (Post-)Soviet Press was founded in 1949. Each week it presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English. The translations are intended for use in teaching and research. They are therefore presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors, not of the publisher of the journal.
The Current Digest carried translations of all important documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet government, providing an impressive documentary record of:
http://dlib.eastview.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/sources/publications.jsp?uid=350
The Current Digest of the (Post-)Soviet Press was founded in 1949. Each week it presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English. The translations are intended for use in teaching and research. They are therefore presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors, not of the publisher of the journal.
The Current Digest carried translations of all important documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet government, providing an impressive documentary record of:
- all significant speeches by Soviet leaders;
- meetings of all Party congresses, including the 1956 20th Party Congress and Nikita Khrushchev’s “secret speech” denouncing the Stalinist “cult of personality”;
- all five-year plans and reports on plan fulfillment;
- all important Soviet laws, including initial drafts, official public discussion of the drafts, and final versions as adopted by the USSR Supreme Soviet;
- Soviet diplomacy, Soviet-US summits and other meetings of Soviet leaders with their foreign counterparts; and
- all Soviet treaties, including arms-control treaties, and all major foreign-policy developments, from the Cuban missile crisis through the Soviet war in Afghanistan and withdrawal from that country.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Upcoming changes to Credo--training on offer
Credo will be launching a new platform in June.
To prepare for these changes, Credo is offering online training sessions.
The training takes about 45 minutes and will highlight some of the
searching capabilities and key resources, suggest how to promote and
customize your site using your admin tools, and finally offer a sneak peak
of the new platform that will be launching in June.
Thursday, March 20th at 1pm (EST) 3pm (MST)
Or
Wednesday, March 26th at 10am (EST) 12pm (MST)
Or
Wednesday, March 26th at 3pm (EST) 5pm (MST)
Or
Monday, March 31 at 1pm (EST) 3pm (MST)
To view the most recent training schedule and to sign up, please visit:
http://corp.credoreference.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=560&Itemid=106
When you sign up, you will be sent connection information.
Please check the Credo website later for more updates and training
sessions.
News in Canadian Digitization--Canadiana. org Bulletin
Highlights in this issue
* Upcoming Alouette Canada Portal with 1,000,000 metadata records
* Work will continue on Canadian Directories
*
* Upcoming Alouette Canada Portal with 1,000,000 metadata records
* Work will continue on Canadian Directories
*
Safari Tech Training Sessions
Hi. Karen Hinton from ProQuest will be conducting two training sessions on Safari Books Online on Thursday, March 20 in IC B. The sessions, which will feature the same content repeated, will take place from 1-2 pm and 2-3 pm. Please invite any interested colleagues both inside and outside LCR.
Note that these sessions are in addition to the session dealing with the ProQuest and CSA databases that will be held in the morning of the same day (9:30 - 11:00 am)
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks.
Andrew
Note that these sessions are in addition to the session dealing with the ProQuest and CSA databases that will be held in the morning of the same day (9:30 - 11:00 am)
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks.
Andrew
New Product Announcement-->Erudit
Erudit
This database has been activated on Serials Solutions and SFX.
We are investigating marc records for the books etc.
This database has been activated on Serials Solutions and SFX.
We are investigating marc records for the books etc.
Érudit welcomes any Academic journal, regardless of its publisher and country of origin. It is also the site of dissemination of Quebec journals supported by the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC). The collection covers a wide range of disciplines in the human, social and natural sciences. The search tool allows to look into a corpus comprised of recently published articles and retroactively digitalized articles from past issues. Two publishing centres handle e-journal production: one located at Université de Montréal and the other at Université Laval.
Through its activities, Érudit has developed expertise in the production and dissemination of E-books. It adheres to the most stable digital text-processing norms pertaining both to e-Books and Web content. Beyond e-book production, this site is experimental in two respects. First, it enables publishers to develop a graphic design and the means to e-books availability for readers. Second, offering e-books in one form or another constitutes a form of experimentation concerning uses and new services for readerships.
Érudit is a dissemination platform for Theses by various universities. As a starting point, this site, which is based on an interuniversity-network architecture, provides free access to online theses from Université de Montréal, Université Laval and other universities in North America and Europe.
The Other documents and data section contributes to scientific communication expansion through the submission and dissemination of texts such as research reports and notes, conference presentations and other documents that authors-researchers wish to post online. The documents under this section are not the ones awaiting approval for publication in the journals disseminated by Érudit; this section is independent of the journal publishers. It relies upon the cooperation of numerous research structures while providing an individual online deposit service. This free-access section presents an interuniversity-network architecture and provides compatibility with the Open Archives initiative protocol.
New Product Announcement-->Armed Conflict Database
Armed conflict database
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://acd.iiss.org/
Welcome to the IISS Armed Conflict Database, a frequently updated source of information on armed conflicts worldwide. You can generate reports and download data as well as browse through the yearly analyses and fact sheets online.
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://acd.iiss.org/
Welcome to the IISS Armed Conflict Database, a frequently updated source of information on armed conflicts worldwide. You can generate reports and download data as well as browse through the yearly analyses and fact sheets online.
Refworks Webinars
We are pleased to announce the RefWorks Webinar schedule for April 2008. In addition to our Fundamentals and Advanced Feature sessions, we're also offering a session specifically on RefShare. And this month we're offering sessions in German and Spanish, and sessions in English by our U.K.-based trainer. Please feel free to share the links below with your users or simply direct them to the RefWorks website (www.refworks.com) to enroll. Registration is limited to 50 people per class and enrollment is required:
RefWorks Fundamentals
This 75 minute session covers all the basics - creating a RefWorks account, importing data, organizing your database and generating a bibliography. Great for new users or even existing users who would like a refresher.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -05:00, New
York) Enroll Now!
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=718580033
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -05:00, New
York)
Enroll Now!
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=712177973
Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -05:00, New
York)
Enroll Now!
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=710020681
RefWorks Fundamentals
This 75 minute session covers all the basics - creating a RefWorks account, importing data, organizing your database and generating a bibliography. Great for new users or even existing users who would like a refresher.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -05:00, New
York) Enroll Now!
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=718580033
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -05:00, New
York)
Enroll Now!
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=712177973
Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -05:00, New
York)
Enroll Now!
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=710020681
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