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Tag: Databases

Old Databases Page Listing for Business and Company Resource Center to Be Dropped

In September 2012, Gale relaunched Business and Company Resource Center with a totally redesigned interface and a new name, Business Insights: Essentials (as noted in this post on the reference blog). Since that launch, we’ve been offering a link to Business Insights: Essentials on the databases page under two separate listings (one for the current name and one for the old name).

After the Summer semester is over, we will finally remove the listing under the old name and keep just the listing using the current name.

New Database: LGBT Life with Full Text

Thanks to a CUNY Central acquisition, all CUNY libraries now have access to LGBT Life with Full Text, which is on the EBSCOhost platform. Our links to this database can be found on the main databases page as well as the following subject listings of databases:

  • History
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Women’s Studies

If there are other subject listings of databases that you think this one should be added to, please post it here in the comments or email Mike with that request.

The database is notable not just for the subject area it covers but also for its mix of periodicals and ebooks and its thesaurus.

Two New Primary Source Collections from Gale

All CUNY libraries now have access to two new digital collections of primary sources from Gale:

  • Slavery & Anti-Slavery
  • Nineteenth Century Collections Online

They have been added to our A-Z databases page and the history databases page.

ProQuest Databases Down This Saturday Night

I just got an email from ProQuest alerting customers that all ProQuest databases will be down for six hours, beginning at 10 pm this Saturday night:

On Saturday, March 9, 2013 ProQuest will install new enhancements, features, and databases, to improve the research experience. Highlights from this release include:

  • Publication search & discover enhancements
  • Thesaurus search & discover enhancements
  • Athens authentication software upgrade to the Shibboleth® based OpenAthens Federation

A six (6) hour maintenance window is needed to install these enhancements. The window will take place from Saturday, March 9, 2012, at 22:00 ET to Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 4:00 ET.

The databases affected are:

  • ABI/INFORM Global‎
  • Alt-PressWatch‎
  • American Periodicals‎
  • Ethnic NewsWatch‎
  • GenderWatch‎
  • PAIS International‎ (1914 – current)
  • The New York Times (1851-2009)‎
  • The Wall Street Journal (1889-1995)‎

 

 

TRIAL: Oxford Handbooks

We have a trial to the new redesigned Oxford Handbooks. It runs until March 6. It is available on campus only.

Oxford Handbooks Online brings together the world’s leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate. 14 subjects are available:

Archaeology
Business and Management
Classical Studies
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Economics and Finance
History
Law
Linguistics
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Religion

I am very interested in any feedback you may have. Please fill out our new form, leave a comment below or email me directly.

Trial: Statistical Abstract of the United States

Proquest is now offering the Statistical Abstract of the United States in electronic format.

The online ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. includes monthly updates to tables, deep searching at the line-item level, powerful facets for narrowing search results, image and spreadsheet versions of all current and historical tables, along with links to provider sites.

Proquest has published a LibGuide with searching and other information that might be useful as you evaluate this databases.

 

I am very interested in any feedback you may have. Please fill out our new form, leave a comment below or email me directly.