An e-reference library for programmers and IT professionals.
Send comments to John Forys.
Monthly Catalogue of US Government Publication, 1895-1976 – Trial ended September 30, 2008.
The Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications, 1895-1976 is a faithful digital version of the US Government Printing Office’s authorized government bibliography from 1895 to June 1976. Send comments to Marianne Mason.
Mergent Horizon – Trial ended June 20, 2008.
Libraries purchased.
Mergent Horizon is an online research application that includes the most comprehensive database of US-traded companies organized by the goods and services from which they derive their revenues as well as their key business relationships. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Medieval Travel Writing – Trial ended October 22, 2008.
This new collection from Adam Matthew Digital presents manuscripts of some of the most important works of European travel writing from the later medieval period. The chief focus is on journeys to central Asia and the Far East, including accounts of travel to Mongolia, Persia, India, China and South-East Asia. Send comments to Rijn Templeton.
R2 Digital Library – Trial ended December 31, 2008.
Libraries purchased some titles.
The R2 Library, a collection of electronic books in the health sciences from Rittenhouse Book Distributors, is currently being evaluated by the Hardin Library. Books in the collection come from a wide variety of publishers, including Wiley, Thomson Healthcare, Elsevier, McGraw-Hill, and many others. Please send comments, including recommendations on individual book titles that you find useful, to Janna Lawrence.
PsycINFO – Trial ended May 2, 2008.
Libraries purchased.
PsycINFO is an abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. PsycINFO contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, cited references, and descriptive information to help you find what you need across a wide variety of scholarly publications in the behavioral and social sciences. Send comments to Dottie Persson.
PsycEXTRA – Trial ended May 2, 2008.
PsycEXTRA, a gray literature database, is a companion to the scholarly PsycINFO database. It supplies clinicians, information professionals, policy-makers, researchers, and consumers with a wide variety of important information in psychology, behavioral science, and health. Most of the content was written for professionals and disseminated outside of peer-reviewed journals. Documents include newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, consumer brochures, and more. Send comments to Dottie Persson.
PsycBOOKS – Trial ended May 2, 2008.
PsycBOOKS is a full-text database of books and chapters in the American Psychological Association’s array of quality electronic databases. Each month books published by APA and classic books from other publishers are added to the database. For a list of the latest releases, please click here. Send comments to Dottie Persson.
LexisNexis Statistical DataSets – Trial ended June 30, 2008.
Please contact Marianne Mason for username and password.
Lexis Nexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection – Trial ended September 30, 2008.
Libraries purchased.
The Hearings collection includes two parts. Part A includes material from 1833-1979. Part B includes 1980-2003. From the publisher: “Hearings contain the full transcripts of the proceedings, including all oral statements, committee questions, and discussion. They also contain texts of related reports, statistical analyses, correspondence, exhibits, and articles presented by witnesses or inserted into the record by committee members and staff.” Send comments to Marianne Mason.