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Two New Databases

ealtman — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:16:58 +0000

Greenfile (EBSCO) indexes scholarly, government and general interest titles covering information on all aspects of human impact on the environment.
Literature Criticism Online (GALE) provides full-text access to the literary critical works in classical and medieval, contemporary and twentieth-century literature.

EndNote Web

ealtman — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:31:13 +0000

You can now use EndNote Web to collect and manage your citations — even produce a “Works Cited” list. Go to the EndNote Web start page to create your account. See Managing Citations Using EndNote Web for more information.

LexisNexis Summer Web Seminars

ealtman — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:38:30 +0000

LexisNexis is offering summer web seminars. You can register here: http://www.lexisnexis.com/academicwebseminars/

You’ll receive immediate confirmation of registration and the instructions for logging in to the seminar are emailed about 24 hours before the seminar itself. Please be sure to note the date(s) you’ve signed up for on your calendar.

Hispanic American Newspapers

ealtman — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:38:28 +0000

The database America’s Historical Newspapers now includes full-text access to Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980, a compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Digital Exhibition on Anti-Semitism

ealtman — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:51:30 +0000

The Oviatt Library presents In Our Own Backyard: Resisting Nazi Propaganda in Southern California 1933-1945, a virtual version of the 1989 CSUN Urban Archives Center exhibit of the same name. The original exibition was co-sponsored by The Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, the Martyrs Memorial & Museum of the Holocaust, and the CSUN Bibliographic Society. It includes materials contributed by Joseph Roos, UCLA Special Collections, and the California State Archives.

Who’s Who on the Web

ealtman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:40 +0000

Marquis Who’s Who on the Web has been added to Databases A-Z. It contains biographies of over 1.4 million people of note in the United States and around the world, taken from 21 Marquis Who’s Who print publications such as Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Who’s Who in American Politics. 1985-present. Access limited to 1 user at a time.

History Databases Added

E. Altman — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:40:14 +0000

New in Databases A-Z:

Databases Added

ealtman — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:07:34 +0000

The following 5 databases were added:

The Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) is now linked to our Databases A-Z and Find Articles and Research Data subject pages. The database includes more than 60,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions.
ArtStor, a digital archive with nearly 500,000 world art and architecture images, is now available through our Databases A-Z and Find Articles and Research Data subject pages. See the ArtStor FAQ page for more information.
Sage Journals Online, which provides full-text access to over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine, has been added to our Databases A-Z page.
Communication & Mass Media Complete now abstracts over 600 journals in communication studies, speech, mass media, journalism, linguistics, and communicative disorders, with full text for more than 240 journals (on Databases A-Z).
Ethnic NewsWatch now includes Ethnic Newswatch: A History, a retrospective backfile of titles with coverage from 1960 through 1989 (on Databases A-Z).