Database Trial: Cambridge Histories Online

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OSU Libraries has a trial of the Cambridge Histories Online. This trial will run through October 17, 2008.

Cambridge Histories Online brings together over 250 volumes from the renowned Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped into topics, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical subject areas. The extensive bibliographic referencing and other leading functionality, enhances usability and makes this resource ideal for any type of historical research.

Please let us know what you think of this resource. Comments can be submitted on the Database Trial Evaluation Form.

Database Trial: Shakespeare Survey

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OSU Libraries has a trial of the Shakespeare Survey. This trial will run through October 17, 2008.

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism.

Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year’s textual and critical studies, and of the year’s major British performances. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from Shakespeare’s time to our own, have characterised the journal from the start.

The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs.

Shakespeare Survey Online makes all issues of the Survey, including over 90% of the original images, available online for the first time.

Please let us know what you think of this resource. Comments can be submitted on the Database Trial Evaluation Form.

New features in Web of Knowledge, Journal Citation Reports, and EndNote Web

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ISI has made several enhancements to their products.

The next time you access ISI Web of Knowledge resources, you’ll find enhancements that provide you with totally new options for research:

  • Web of Science: Citation Mapping – be the first to see the beta version of this powerful new Web of Science® visualization tool. Visualize citation relationships and understand the meaning of a cited reference search. Map citations by author, institution, country, subject, and more!
  • Web of Science and Biosis: Additional All-Database search options – now you can sort by Times Cited and search for specific addresses within an All-Database search, making this powerful feature even more flexible and convenient.
  • Journal Citation Reports: New 2007 Data for Journal Citation Reports® – the new 2007 data provides the most current information available to determine a publication’s impact and influence in the global research community.
  • EndNote Web: Collaborate and share material easier with EndNote®Web • Designate read/write access for shared EndNote Web folders. Link to the full text of articles directly from EndNote Web records.

Database Trial: ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection

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We are pleased to let you know that the OSU Libraries are conducting a trial of ACLS Humanities E-Book. The trial will run through June 30, 2008.

This electronic resource includes 1700 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected for their continuing importance to students and scholars. In summer 2008, and every year thereafter, HEB will be adding 500 titles to the collection.

The project includes both in-print and out-of print books and adds 500 titles a year. It is a collaboration of the American Council of Learned Societies, various constituent members of the ACLS and nearly 95 publishers.

Areas include: Comparative/World, Africa, America, Asia, Latin America, Europe (Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern), the Middle East, Byzantium and the Mediterranean, and Australasia/Oceania, plus Women’s studies, of the Native Peoples of the Americas, and history of Economics, Science and Technology, Archaeology, Art History, Folklore, Religion, Musicology, and Political Science.

Lists of titles can be found online at: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/titlelist.html

This site allows for simultaneous multi-user access; individual books can be added to e-reserve; and you can link from a syllabus to books/chapters. If we subscribe, a cataloging record for each book in the collection will appear in our catalog with a link to the online text.

To try the site, go to: http://www.HumanitiesEBook.org

Although searching and browsing are always unrestricted, to access the full text you will need to use a login and password. Please contact your Subject Librarian</a for the login and password information.

Please let us know what you think of the site and whether you would like us to subscribe. Comments can be submitted on the Database Trial Evaluation Form.

Database Trial: London Times Digital Archive 1785-1985

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A trial of the London Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 has been set up and will run through May 29, 2008.

The Times Digital Archive is a full-image online archive of every page published by The Times [London] from 1785-1985. The text within the images is fully searchable at the article level. Users can easily search news articles, obituaries, advertising and classifieds — virtually everything that appeared in the newspaper. Results are displayed at the article level and users may view the article — or the full page upon which it appeared.

Comments on this trial can be submitted through the Database Trial Evaluation Form.

ACCESS RESTORED: Wiley Interscience Journal Access Technical Difficulties

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4/10/08: Wiley has corrected the problems and access to the Wiley Interscience Journals is restored.

This message is to alert you of an interruption in the online service for Wiley InterScience.

On Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at approximately 12:00 noon U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time, the Wiley InterScience server facility experienced technical difficulties. The problem is being addressed and a follow-up notice will go out as soon as access is restored.

At this time, the library does not have an estimated time that the journals will be available again.

Database Trial: WestLaw

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OSU Libraries has a current trial of the WestLaw Campus Research database. Campus Research is an easy-to-use online research service that provides college and university students with access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources.

Campus Research includes the following:

    News and Business Content

    • Newspapers. Includes current and archival newspapers like The New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Boston Globe, Financial Times, and hundreds more!
    • Magazines. Provides current and archival issues of sought-after sources like Newsweek, the Economist, Consumer Reports, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Spectator, Publishers Weekly, and Business Week.
    • Trade Journals. Offers current and archival issues for virtually any discipline. Includes titles like U.S. Banker, Securities Industries News, Accountancy Age, Advertising Age, PR Week, Modern Physician, and many more.
    • Company Information. Provides SEC filings and Hoover’s company records, including profiles for thousands of private and public U.S. corporations.
    • International Publications. Includes popular international sources like European Report, Middle East Observer and World News Connection.
    • Newswires. Get the most current news from more than 400 newswires, including the Associated Press, U.S. Newswire, and numerous international wires.
    • Newsletters. Access timely information across many specialties, including Alternative Medicine Alert, Agriculture Chemical News, White House press releases, Wireless News, and many others.
    • Broadcast Transcripts. Offers more than 900 television and radio transcripts that includes national and local news content from ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC, PBS, and BBC radio.
    • Foreign Language Publications. Search non-English news sources available in Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
  • Law Content
    • American Jurisprudence 2d (Am Jur 2d). An encyclopedia that provides summary and analysis of all fields of American state and federal law. It contains many citations to cases, statutes, and law review articles. It also includes analysis of the spirit and intent of the courts in construing the law, and Legislative intent in enacting and amending the law.
    • American Law Reports (ALR). ALR provides a continually updated series of articles (annotations) on legal topics discussed in key cases. The articles provide objective analysis of different sides of an issue, written in a narrative style.
    • More than 700 law reviews and journals. Law reviews are scholary journals published by most accredited law schools. They contain thorough discussions of current issues and trends in the law, with comprehensive analysis by scholars and legal professionals. They are also an excellent source of citations to cases. Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, American Journal of Legal History, Stanford Law Review, and International and Comparative Law Quarterly are just a few of the hundreds of highly respected publications available.
    • United States Code Annotated (USCA). USCA combines the official text of the United States Code with relevant cases, historical notes, indexes, cross-references and other annotations.
    • All federal and state cases including U.S. Supreme Court cases. Easily accessible through West’s National Reporter System, an exclusive system of reporting federal and state cases that’s editorially enhanced for complete research.
    • State statutes and regulations. Includes statutes from all 50 states and D.C. and administrative codes from all 44 states.
    • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The full body of federal administrative regulations.
    • Federal Register. Includes 50,000 pages of current regulatory, administrative and executive materials generated by key federal entities.

This trial is password-based; please contact your Subject Librarian for the login and password. The trial will end on March 15, 2008. Comments on the trial can be sent through the Database Trial Evaluation Form.

Database Trial: PsycNET Trial

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OSU Libraries has a current trial of the APA PsycNET database. PsycNET is the American Psychological Association (APA) platform for their electronic resources including:

  • PsycINFO – bibliographic database of scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. PsycINFO covers journals, books, reviews, and dissertations.
  • PsycARTICLES – full-text database of journals published by APA and other publishers in subject areas such as applied psychology, health, theory, research, social/personality, and more.
  • PsycBOOKS – full-text database of APA books, classic books, and entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology.
  • PsycEXTRA – a gray literature database. Gray literature is material written for professionals and disseminated outside of peer-reviewed journals. Documents include newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, consumer brochures, and more.
  • and PsycCRITIQUES – full-text database of book and film reviews.

This trial is password-based; please contact your Subject Librarian for the login and password. The trial will end on March 31, 2008. Comments on the trial can be sent through the Database Trial Evaluation Form.