Category Archives: Databases

Trial Access: BibliBoard Ebook Platform

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Need a break from studying? Looking for some leisurely reading over the Winter Break?

Try BiblioBoard (free registration may be required to utilize all features)


Until January 6, 2016, OSU Libraries & Press will be trialing access to the BiblioBoard ebook platform. You will find a variety of ebooks works from world-renowned publishers in areas such as Comics & Graphic Novels, LGBTQ, Travel, Self-Help, Cooking, DIY, Spanish Language (Fiction & Non-Fiction), Indie Authors, Innovative Fiction, Contemporary NonFiction, World History, Childrens Books, and and much, much more. You can read online or download BiblioBoard’s App for your Android, Apple, or Kindle Fire device.

If you have any questions or difficulties accessing BiblioBoard, please contact us for help.

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

 

 

World Cinema Streaming Video Collection: Closed Captions Added

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Closed Captions are now available on many of the 399 classic and contemporary feature films in the World Cinema Streaming Video Collection that are not already subtitled. In addition, most of the films with closed captions also now have searchable, interactive transcripts.

Films Media Closed Captions and Transcripts illustration

Here are just a few of the many titles that now contain closed captions and transcripts:

Trial Database: PrivCo.com

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This OSU Trial runs through 12/1/2015.

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PrivCo.com is a useful source for business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. There are currently profiles for over 850,000 firms, 20,000 investors and 100,000 private market deals, with information and in-house analysis added daily. Use for doing company, investor, M&A, venture capital funding, or private equity research. Searchable by advanced criteria in all categories. Entrepreneurship programs will like the ability to search for investors, or private companies in specific, emerging industries. Job seekers may use the venture capital funding search to search for companies that are raising funding and most likely hiring.

Trial Database: Passport

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This OSU Trial runs through 11/16/2015.

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Passport (from Euromonitor International) is an online market research database you can use to understand the global business environment. It includes industry research and market reports (including Consumer Health, Consumer Electronics, Retailing, and Travel & Tourism), global company profiles, country reports, statistics, and more. (Note that some functionality is not available in the trial database.)

 

Trial Database – Music Online: Listening

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This OSU Trial runs through 10/30/2015.

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Music Online: Listening is a comprehensive, high-quality streaming audio collection of music. This ever-expanding collection includes the complete content of Alexander Street’s collections in popular music, classical music, jazz, American song, world music, and the Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries. For even more detailed information about the content included in this collection, click HERE.

Now Available: World Cinema Collection

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The World Cinema Collection contains over 380 streaming feature films from around the globe. From the silent era to contemporary films, this collection spans over 100 years of international films from Europe, Japan, America, Africa, Latin America, India, China, the Middle East and more. This collection is a useful resource for studying the history of cinema, learning about the cultures of various countries, or improving foreign language skills.