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Literature Resource Center – Trial ended May 30, 2007.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Primary Sources in Counseling and Psychology, 1950 to Present – Trial ended Sept. 30, 2007.
Primary Sources in Counseling and Psychology 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. New material is added on a biweekly basis and, when complete, the database will containContinue reading “Primary Sources in Counseling and Psychology, 1950 to Present – Trial ended Sept. 30, 2007.”
Life and Times of Jorge Luis Borges – Trial ended April 13, 2007.
Libraries purchased. This database allows searches from a variety of queries and provides bibliographic, textual, chronological, and illustrated matter. Subjects covered are all those of interest to Borges: literature, culture, history, politics, philosophy, linguistics, and art.
Library Literature Retrospective: 1905-1983 – Trial ended March 31, 2007.
Library Lit Retrospective provides indexing of over 1,200 periodicals, with citations to more than 500,000 articles. It also includes: thousands of monograph and book review records extend coverage far beyond journals to the whole scope of library and information science literature; multilingual coverage, with translated titles and English language summaries, covers journals in French, Spanish,Continue reading “Library Literature Retrospective: 1905-1983 – Trial ended March 31, 2007.”
19th Century British Library Newspapers Digital Archive – Trial ended November 22, 2007.
Libraries purchased. The 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth century Britain. This new collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands,Continue reading “19th Century British Library Newspapers Digital Archive – Trial ended November 22, 2007.”
Religion Databases from Ebsco – Trial ended July 16, 2007.
Libraries purchased. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA’s online collection of major religion and theology journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 488,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journalsContinue reading “Religion Databases from Ebsco – Trial ended July 16, 2007.”
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online – Trial ended October 14, 2007.
Libraries purchased. Initially offering millions of words, phrases, and translations, in French, German, Spanish and Italian, the site will expand to include many other languages such as Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Polish. Included are usage examples and illustrative phrases, grammar guidance, click-through verb tables and pronunciation charts, explanations of grammatical terms, and help with spellingContinue reading “Oxford Language Dictionaries Online – Trial ended October 14, 2007.”
Japan Knowledge Databases – Trial ended November 30, 2007.
JapanKnowledgeshttp://na.jkn21.com/ Jitsushttp://moji.na.jkn21.com/ Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikeishttp://rekishi.jkn21.com/ Nikkoku Onlineshttp://nikkoku.jkn21.com/ Send comments to chiaki-sakai@uiowa.edu
International Who’s Who – Trial ended April 27, 2007.
From heads of state, politicians, religious leaders and ambassadors, to the eminent and successful in business, finance, technology, film, music, fashion, sport, literature and the performing arts, The International Who’s Who outlines the lives and achievements of more than 25,000 of the most distinguished men and women from almost every country in the world.