Libraries purchased.
A business to business search engine that includes 2.3M companies in 66 countries referenced by 57.000 product & service keywords 860.000 trade names and 4.6M executive name. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Polymer Library – Trial ended December 18, 2008.
Polymer Library is an online library providing valuable information to the rubber, plastics, adhesives and composite industries. Source materials include over 300 journals, together with conference papers, specifications and standards, books, reports, press releases, company literature, data sheets and directories. PL also has Patent records from 1994 – 2001.
Plunkett Research Ltd – Trial ended March 5, 2008.
Plunkett Research, Ltd. is a leading provider of industry sector analysis and research, industry trends and industry statistics. Their research reports and online subscription services are used by the corporations, consultants, universities, libraries and government agencies. Plunkett Research, Ltd. was established in 1985. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Oxford Scholarship Online – Trial ended April 26, 2008.
Libraries purchased.
Oxford Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 1,900 Oxford books. Send comments to edward-shreeves@uiowa.edu
Oxford African American Studies Center – Trial ended March 23, 2008.
Libraries purchased.
The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The resource provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field. Send comments to Janalyn Moss.
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 – Trial ended October 22, 2008.
Contains newspaper titles from 22 states between 1808-1980. Send comments to Marsha Forys.
Global Market Information Database (GMID) – Trial ended February 29, 2008.
Global Market Information Database (GMID) , from Euromonitor International, offers quality international market intelligence on industries, countries and consumers. Send comments to Dave Martin.
The Gilded Age – Trial ended March 31, 2008.
The Gilded Age brings primary documents and scholarly commentary together into a searchable collection that is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history. In addition to an extensive selection of key treatises that reflect the social and cultural ferment of the late nineteenth century, The Gilded Age offers a wealth of rare materials, including songs, letters, photographs, cartoons, government documents, and ephemera. This primary content is enhanced by video interviews with scholars and numerous topical critical documentary essays specially commissioned for the project by Alexander Street Press. Send comments to janalyn-moss@uiowa.edu
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1975-1996) – Trial ended March 14, 2008.
Libraries purchased.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1975-1996) consist of translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from nations around the globe. These media sources were monitored in their languages of origin, translated into English and issued by an agency of the U.S. Government. FBIS Daily Reports from Readex represent a unique resource for the study of foreign affairs, business, law, sociology, political science and more, as they cover all regions of the world. During the trial period, access is available for the Middle East and Africa (1974-1987) and Near East and South Asia (1987-1996). Send comments to Brett Cloyd.
Electronic Enlightenment – Trial ended December 31, 2008.
Libraries purchased.
EE presents more than 53,000 letters and documents from the best critical editions from Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Edinburgh University Press, the Voltaire Foundation, and University of Toronto Press. In subsequent updates, additional leading scholarly and university presses will be joining the project, including Duke, Johns Hopkins, Norstedts, Pickering & Chatto, Virginia Historical Society, and Meiner Verlag. EE offers innovative online access to the correspondence of nearly 6,000 writers including Addison, Bentham, Boswell, Defoe, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Locke, Pope, Rousseau, Smith, Swift, Sterne and Voltaire.