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American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1 & 2 – Trial ended June 30, 2010.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1 presents over 500 titles dating from 1691 through 1820. This series consists of over 850,000 pages, and is broad and deep in scope. Almost every seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American title is represented in addition to the majority of works published before 1821. Subject strengths include but are not limited to Afro-Americana, agriculture, children’s literature, education, eighteenth-century imprints, leisure and hobbies, Masonic works, medicine, religion, science and technology, the trades, and women’s literature. Long runs of popular magazines can be found here, as well as unusual and short-lived titles, such as works published in Peru and Cuba, an early millennial publication, satirical serials, music journals, and titles printed and edited by women.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2 presents over 1,000 titles dating from 1821 through 1837. Series 2 is second of the five series created from serials holdings belonging to one of the premier repositories in the United States, the American Antiquarian Society. The subject matter covered in Series 2 represents the Jacksonian Democracy era in history and is broad in scope including agriculture, entertainment, history, literary criticism, and politics.

Please send additional comments to Janalyn Moss.

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works -Trial ended March 15, 2010

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works is a searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material. Send comments to Dan Gall.

Counseling and Therapy in Video – Trial ended March 15, 2010

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Counseling and Therapy in Video provides an online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling—400 hours and more than 330 videos on completion. The collection’s wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study counseling. Send comments to Dan Gall.

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Art & Architecture Complete – Trial ended May 1, 2010

Art & Architecture Complete is a comprehensive bibliographic database that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 730 academic journals, magazines and trade publications with full text for over 330 periodicals and 215 books, as well as selective coverage for over 70 publications, and an Image Collection of over 64,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others. The database has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes art scholars, artists, designers, college students, and general viewers. Send comments to Rijn Templeton.

Simply Map Health Module – Trial ended October 31, 2009.

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The Health Module answers frequently asked questions about disease, health status, doctor visits and more. EASI has modeled the health statistics for the U.S. population based upon age, sex, and race probabilities. The probabilities are modeled against the EASI Census, current year and five year forecasts. The sources of this data is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Click the “All” button in the Variables Side Tab to display the Health Data folder at the bottom of the window. Send comments to Mary McInroy.