The Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science is an electronic book collection comprised of brief lectures on a variety of technical topics. These 50 to 150 page lectures are written by prominent engineers, researchers, and scientists. The lectures treat their topics in more detail and with more background information than a standard journalContinue reading “Synthesis – Trial ended May 19, 2008.”
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Shakespeare Survey – Trial ended September 26, 2008.
Libraries purchased. 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 ofContinue reading “Shakespeare Survey – Trial ended September 26, 2008.”
Safari Tech Books Online – Trial ended October 4, 2008.
An e-reference library for programmers and IT professionals. Send comments to John Forys.
Monthly Catalogue of US Government Publication, 1895-1976 – Trial ended September 30, 2008.
The Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications, 1895-1976 is a faithful digital version of the US Government Printing Office’s authorized government bibliography from 1895 to June 1976. Send comments to Marianne Mason.
Mergent Horizon – Trial ended June 20, 2008.
Libraries purchased. Mergent Horizon is an online research application that includes the most comprehensive database of US-traded companies organized by the goods and services from which they derive their revenues as well as their key business relationships. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Medieval Travel Writing – Trial ended October 22, 2008.
This new collection from Adam Matthew Digital presents manuscripts of some of the most important works of European travel writing from the later medieval period. The chief focus is on journeys to central Asia and the Far East, including accounts of travel to Mongolia, Persia, India, China and South-East Asia. Send comments to Rijn Templeton.
R2 Digital Library – Trial ended December 31, 2008.
Libraries purchased some titles. The R2 Library, a collection of electronic books in the health sciences from Rittenhouse Book Distributors, is currently being evaluated by the Hardin Library. Books in the collection come from a wide variety of publishers, including Wiley, Thomson Healthcare, Elsevier, McGraw-Hill, and many others. Please send comments, including recommendations on individualContinue reading “R2 Digital Library – Trial ended December 31, 2008.”
PsycINFO – Trial ended May 2, 2008.
Libraries purchased. PsycINFO is an abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. PsycINFO contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, cited references, and descriptive information to help you find what you need across a wide variety of scholarly publications in the behavioral and social sciences. Send comments to Dottie Persson.
PsycEXTRA – Trial ended May 2, 2008.
PsycEXTRA, a gray literature database, is a companion to the scholarly PsycINFO database. It supplies clinicians, information professionals, policy-makers, researchers, and consumers with a wide variety of important information in psychology, behavioral science, and health. Most of the content was written for professionals and disseminated outside of peer-reviewed journals. Documents include newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technicalContinue reading “PsycEXTRA – Trial ended May 2, 2008.”
PsycBOOKS – Trial ended May 2, 2008.
PsycBOOKS is a full-text database of books and chapters in the American Psychological Association’s array of quality electronic databases. Each month books published by APA and classic books from other publishers are added to the database. For a list of the latest releases, please click here. Send comments to Dottie Persson.