*WRDS is the de facto standard for business data, providing researchers worldwide with instant access to financial, economic, and marketing data though a uniform, web-based interface. This hosted data service has become the locus for quantitative data research and is recognized by the academic and financial research community around the world as the leading business intelligence tool.

*To obtain a user account for WRDS, OSU students and faculty will be required to register for a free account.

If you have any questions about this resource:

College of Business students and faculty should contact Roger Graham, Professor of Accounting, roger.graham@bus.oregonstate.edu.

All other OSU students and faculty should contact Laurie Bridges, Business and Economics Librarian, laurie.bridges@oregonstate.edu.

(Free Registration Required) The Paley Center’s media archive is the largest of its kind, with over 140,000 television and radio programs and commercials spanning almost 100 years and over 70 countries. The collection has been curated to capture the most artistically and culturally significant examples in each program genre, including news, public affairs, documentaries, performing arts, children’s programming, sports, comedy and variety shows, and commercial advertising. The Center adds thousands of new programs to its archive each year, ensuring that the collection continues to document our history, as well as media’s ever‐growing influence on our society and culture.

This OSU Trial runs through 10/31/2011.

Please tell us what you think. Comments on this resource can be submitted on the electronic resource evaluation form.

eHRAF Archaeology is an online cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on archaeological traditions of the world and is modeled after eHRAF World Cultures. eHRAF is unique because each archaeological tradition contains a variety of full-text source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF’s comprehensive tradition and subject classification systems: the Outline of Archaeological Traditions (OAT), and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). These retrieval systems extend search capability well beyond keyword searching thus allowing for precise tradition and subject retrieval, even in a foreign language.

eHRAF Archaeology database provides researchers and students access to archaeological materials for comparative studies within and across regions.

This OSU Trial runs through 3/31/2012.

Please tell us what you think. Comments on this resource can be submitted on the electronic resource evaluation form.

The eHRAF World Cultures is an online cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups from around the world. eHRAF is unique because each culture contains a variety of full-text source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF’s comprehensive culture and subject classification systems: the Outline of World Cultures (OWC), and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). These retrieval systems extend search capability well beyond keyword searching, allowing for precise culture and subject retrieval, even in a foreign language. As a multicultural database, eHRAF appeals to many academic disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, and any other area with an interest in cultural diversity.

This OSU Trial runs through 3/31/2012.

Please tell us what you think. Comments on this resource can be submitted on the electronic resource evaluation form.

The World Bank eLibrary is the World Bank’s collection of 6,000+ books, reports, journals, and working papers including:

  • Development Outreach, World Bank Economic Review and World Bank Research Observer journal articles published since 1996
  • Development Economics (DEC) policy research working papers published since 1995
  • e-books and reports (dating as far as the 1970’s in some cases) plus all new formal publications upon release

All content can be viewed online and downloaded free of DRM (with the exception of a watermark).

This OSU Trial runs through 10/31/2011.

Please tell us what you think. Comments on this resource can be submitted on the electronic resource evaluation form.

Govistics is the U.S.’s most comprehensive cost of government database, specializing in local government finance.  Govistics contains a decade of spending data across 8 major categories (e.g. education, public safety, social services) and 33 subcategories (e.g. K-12 education, police, welfare) for 39,000 state, county, and local governments.  Govistics also contains detailed spending data for 15,000 school districts, and its graphical interface helps users track, compare, and contextualize spending.  The data is harmonized, allowing users to perform “apples to apples” comparisons across state and county lines. Users can also download a customized spreadsheet for further analysis.

 

This OSU Trial runs through 9/25/2011.

Please tell us what you think. Comments on this resource can be submitted on the electronic resource evaluation form.

Reaxys contains the most relevant reaction and substance data from journals and patent literature. Information on single- and multi-step reactions is deeply indexed and complemented by a synthesis planner to fulfill criteria applicable to a research chemist’s needs.

  • Reaxys contains experimental reaction and substance data extracted from trusted literature dating back to 1771, not available elsewhere
  • Reaxys includes a synthesis planner allowing researchers to identify and combine selected reaction steps to generate the most effective synthesis strategy.
  • It uses “chemistry as organizing principle”: clearly laid out substance or reaction profiles reducing time to get to the relevant results.
  • Experimental procedure texts from patent literature reduce the need to go to the original document
  • Intelligent filter and ranking tools allow researchers to find the “best” hits from this extensive source fast.
  • With Reaxys you can link directly to full-text documents (journals and patents) to enable further exploration of all the scientific literature
  • Multiple formats allow to export results, merge with other data or share data with colleagues (DOC, PDF, XLS, SD, RD, RIS, EndNote/Reference Manager).
  • Commercial availability flags have direct links to chemical directories: synthesize or buy, whichever is more efficient.

For assistance with the Reaxys database, please contact your subject librarian or Laurel Kristick, the Chemistry Librarian – 541-737-7276; laurel.kristick@oregonstate.edu.

Several OCLC services will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance on Saturday, July 9 at 10:00 PM until Sunday, July 10 at 3:00 AM (PST).

 

Affected Services:
ArchiveGrid
Connexion
Dewey services
Digital Archive
FirstSearch
FTP services
OCLC Usage Statistics
WorldCat
WorldCat Collection Analysis
WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway
WorldCat Identities
WorldCat Resource Sharing
WorldCat Selection service
Cooperative Open Platform
Cover art display in WorldCat.org & WorldCat Local
Discovery Mobile Web
xISSN & xISBN

Geobase (an Elsevier database) is no longer available at Oregon State University.  For many years OSU Libraries were able to provide access to this database through a provider that charged a set price on a per search basis. That access is no longer being offered.  Subscribing to Geobase through Elsevier is not possible due to the increased price.

Please contact Andrea Wirth (andrea.wirth@oregonstate.edu) if you have questions about alternatives to Geobase.