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Oct 3 2011

Education in Video – Trial ended December 3, 2011

Education in Video is the first online collection of searchable, streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers.  This first release contains 118 titles comprising 77 hours of video footage.  One time purchase cost:  $31,500

Highlights of this release include:

  • Primary source video from respected providers showing teachers in classrooms using research-based teaching techniques with students.
  • Video content that explores fundamental educational theories, including foundational research experiments better understood when seen rather than explained in a book.
  • Teaching guides and other supplemental materials are included with the videos (as PDFs on the video page) when they are available from the publisher.
  • Specialized browses such as “Educational Topics” to focus in on key educational topics and “Educators and Experts” to find particular speakers in videos.
  • Limit searches by grade level allows you to zero in on a particular student population.
  • Plus all of the Alexander Street Press video features – scrolling, synchronous transcripts, the ability to make annotated clips and playlists, and semantic indexing.

Please send additional comments to Dottie Persson.

Oct 3 2011

PsycTHERAPY – Trial ended November 1, 2011

PsycTHERAPY™ is a database containing more than 300 videos featuring therapy demonstrations showing clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families.  Annual subscription fee:  $5,000

  • More than 200 different topics covered throughout hundreds of hours of filmed demonstrations
  • Demonstrations exemplifying various therapist interactions with individuals, couples, and families
  • Interactions from therapy demonstrations utilizing a wide range of approaches
  • Contains only unscripted, spontaneous therapy sessions taped in the last 10 years
  • Highly flexible tool with synchronized, searchable transcripts that enhance user navigation and access
  • Ability to tag segments of each therapy demonstration to create, save, or share personal playlists
  • Growing collection of demonstrations with new content being added biannually

Please send additional comments to Dottie Persson.

Oct 3 2011

PsycTESTS — Trial ended November 1, 2011

PsycTESTS™ is a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments as well as descriptive and administrative information.  Annual subscription fee:  $6,500

  • Tests include those compiled from a systematic review of peer-reviewed journals published by APA, Sage, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Taylor & Francis, and other large publishers; technical reports from PsycEXTRA®; contributions from individual test authors; collections from the Archives of the History of American Psychology; and more
  • Commercially available tests indexed by APA are also included, with links to purchase the instrument from the publisher
  • Other instruments are available for download and use, and many records include documentation such as instructions or scoring sheets
  • Textual information is in printable PDF; some tests are multi-media or computer software

Please send additional comments to Dottie Persson.

Sep 22 2011

ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom 2 – Trial ended October 19, 2011

The Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Personal Papers of African Americans and Records of Civil Rights Organizations.
Covering 1895 to 1992, the second module in this collection focuses on the experiences of individual African
Americans, as told through diaries, personal correspondence and more. In addition, it includes important
records from a number of organizations including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. Topics covered
include: agriculture, education, the economy, religion, politics, race relations, and more.

Please send additional comments to Ed Shreeves.

Sep 19 2011

African American Periodicals & African American Newspapers – Trial ended October 31, 2011

African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 features more than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations’ bulletins, annual reports and other genres.

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states—including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.

Please send additional comments to Janalyn Moss.

Aug 26 2011

Entrepreneurial Studies Source – Trial ended September 12, 2011

Entrepreneurial Studies Source offers full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of the world’s largest social network sites for high-tech entrepreneurs.

Please send additional comments to Dave Martin.

Jul 25 2011

IBISWorld China — trial ended December 31, 2011

IBISWorld China currently publishes 192 China Reports. Each report is updated regularly by a team of dedicated industry economists and range in size from a minimum of 25 to over 40 pages each. Students studying International Business can use these reports to gain a better understanding of the industries that make up China’s economy.

Please send additional comments to Dave Martin.

Jun 8 2011

DSM Premium – Trial ended July 8, 2011

DSM Premium at PsychiatryOnline provides access to the most comprehensive, sophisticated reference and research tool available for mental health professionals and students. It comprises 16 reference books including DSM-IV-TR, four peer-reviewed journals including American Journal of Psychiatry, and complete DSM archives.

Please send addtional comments to Janna Lawrence or Dottie Persson.