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Oct 13 2010

State Papers Online – Trial ended November 12, 2010

State Papers Online, 1509-1714, is a groundbreaking new online resource for the study of Early Modern Britain and Europe. By reuniting State Papers Domestic and Foreign with the Registers of the Privy Council and State Papers in the British Library, the collection creates a new backbone for research and teaching in politics, government, social economic and religious history. State Papers Online, 1509-1714 reproduces the original historical manuscripts in facsimile linking each manuscript to its corresponding fully-searchable Calendar entry. By overcoming the challenge of matching an individual Calendar entry to the original Paper, State Papers Online 1509-1714 marks an enormous advance in historical research.

Please send additional comments to Marsha Forys.

Sep 9 2010

Times of India historical newspaper archive – Trial ended 9 October 2010

The Times of India was founded in 1838 to serve British residents of West India.Today this historical newspaper serves researchers interested in studying colonialism and post-colonialism, British and world history, class and gender issues, international relations, comparative religion, international economics, terrorism, and more.

In its pages, The Times of India illuminates key historical events such as the Sepoy Mutiny, which lead to British rule in India; the formation of the Indian National Congress; and the rise of Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement. It captures the 1947 partitioning of India and Pakistan, the war over the Kashmir region, and the creation of Bangladesh. It reports on the assassinations of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi; the Bhopal industrial disaster, which resulted in thousands of deaths; and the rise of Pakistan as a nuclear power. And, it provides coverage of sports, the Indian film industry, and other stories of everyday life.

[Please scroll to the bottom of the page and select "ProQuest Historical Newspapers Times of India (1838 – 2001)."]

Please send additional comments to Edward Miner.

Sep 1 2010

Communication Abstracts – Trial ended December 31, 2010

Communication Abstracts, formerly produced by Sage Publications, is a comprehensive source of information about communication-related publications on a world-wide scale. Containing over 235,000 records, Communication Abstracts covers major journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource that encompasses the breadth of the communication discipline. Coverage includes recent literature in the areas of communication processes; interpersonal communication and relations; economics and communication; communication, culture, and society; education and communication; health communication; political communication; communication, regulation, and the law; organizational communication; public relations; advertising, marketing, and consumer behavior; mass media; journalism and news media; popular culture and the media; communication and information technology; telecommunications; and communication theory and research. Over 250 titles are now presented with cover-to-cover coverage. Other new features include searchable references for over 180 titles, and a Publications Authority of key titles.

Please send additional comments to Ericka Raber.

Aug 17 2010

LibraryMusicSource.com – Trial ended 1 September 2010

LibraryMusicSource.com is the largest collection of Western Classical sheet music ever assembled. Users will have access to over 300,000 pages of sheet music from over 35,000 works including the entire piano works of Chopin, all the songs of Schubert, all the organ music of J. S. Bach, and all the orchestra parts and scores of Beethoven, among others. Now the complete or nearly complete published works of the world’s great composers for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano, organ, voice, chorus, strings, winds, percussion and guitar are available online.

Please send additional comments to Ruthann McTyre.

Aug 17 2010

Yomidasu Rekishikan – Trial ended 15 September 2010

Yomidasu Rekishikan (ヨミダス歴史館) includes Yomiuri shinbun 1874 to the present: image format from 1874 to 1989; full text 1986 to the present, along with the English edition: the Daily Yomiuri (Sept. 1989- to the present), both searchable by article, keyword, subject category, and issue. Charts and photographs are not included. Also includes biographical information on 26,000 people.

Please send additional comments to Chiaki Sakai.

Jul 26 2010

Sanborn Maps GeoEdition — Trial ended August 30, 2010.

ProQuest’s Sanborn Maps Geo Edition (1867-1970) is a geo-referenced version of the Sanborn collection for the US, already purchased and available at http://sanborn.umi.com/.
The Geo Edition currently contains geo-referenced Sanborn maps from 20 large US cities (none in Iowa, closest is Chicago). Geo-referencing the maps enables layering of the same location from earliest to latest Sanborn map. Within this program, the geo-referenced Sanborn maps can be superimposed over the modern street, satellite, and hybrid layers found in Google maps.
Searching is available by address or GPS coordinates. Geo Edition maps can be saved in either JPEG or Geotiff format (the latter retains its georeferencing and can be added to a GIS program such as ArcGIS).
By the end of 2010, ProQuest plans to complete the georeferencing for the other city / town maps from states represented by the 20 initial cities. After that, work will begin on georeferencing maps from all remaining states, but no state-by-state time table exists.

Please send additional comments to Mary McInroy.

Jul 23 2010

Business Environment Research Reports — Trial ends December 31, 2010

IBISWorld’s Business Environment Research Reports are a suite of strategic products that explain how economic, demographic and other changes impact on people, enterprises and commerce. By using a unique ‘outside-looking-in’ approach we examine a company’s external environment to help you successfully control business risks and identify market opportunities.

Business Environment Research Reports are available as 2-3 page reports on around 300 key Business Environment indicators.

Please send additional comments to Dave Martin.

Jun 2 2010

Bureau van Djik (BVD) databases – Trial ended June 30, 2010

Please note: When first logging in to these databases you must use the trial username/password and create a personal username/password.

Trial Registration Username: Iowa Register
Trial Registration Password: Register

Amadeus** contains comprehensive information on over 14 million companies across Europe. You can use it to research individual companies, or search for companies matching a specific profiles. The database contains detailed company overviews, financial reports, corporate ownership structures, global M&A information, as well as a variety of business intelligence on companies.

**Also available for trial via WRDS

Oriana contains comprehensive information on companies across the Asia-Pacific region. You can use it to research individual companies, or search for companies matching a specific profiles. The database contains detailed company overviews, financial reports, corporate ownership structures, global M&A information, as well as a variety of business intelligence on companies.

Osiris has information on listed, and major unlisted/delisted companies from around the world. The database contains detailed company overviews, financial reports, corporate ownership structures, global M&A information, as well as a variety of business intelligence on companies. Different templates are used to show accounts in the correct formats for their company type and location.

Bankscope contains comprehensive information on more than 30,000 banks from around the world. Banksope can be used to research individual banks, as well as to search for banks with specific profiles by using hundreds of different search criteia. Bankscope has up to 16 years of detailed financials or each bank, as well as bank and country ratings, bank ownership structures, global M&A activity and news.

ISIS contains comprehensive information on insurance companies from around the world. ISIS includes financial statements, ratings and intelligence on more than 9,000 insurance companies – nearly 7,000 non-life companies, 3,500 life, 800 composite and 357 Lloyd’s Syndicates.

Please send additional comments to Dave Martin.