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More Database Trials and Expanded Database Access

In the past week, we’ve added a dozen or more additional resources to our growing list of databases that we have trial access to or that the vendor has temporarily expanded our existing access. The “Trials” tab on the A-Z databases page has temporarily been renamed “Trials & COVID-19” to indicate the mix of resources found there. On that page, you’ll see one box for all the trials and expanded access we now have courtesy of vendors who wanted to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a separate box on that page for the few databases that we were already considering as subscription possibilities.

Please look over the list of newly added resources and let me know by email or a comment on this post which subject database pages some of those resources should be added to.

List of All Database Trials or Temporary Expansion of Content Access

We’ve taken advantage of many offers this past week for free database trials or expanded content access in our already subscribed databases. A complete and still growing list of these can be found on the Trials tab of the A-Z databases page. If the trial or expanded access is long enough (at least 3 months), then we’re also adding some of those trial links to subject database pages as well. Feel free to add any of these trial database to your research guides, too.

Database Trial: HeinOnline Academic

Description (from the vendor)

Includes more than 100 million pages of multidisciplinary content in more than 100 subject areas, including history, political science, criminal justice, religious studies, international relations, women’s studies, pre-law, and many more. With more historical content than any other database, HeinOnline provides access to 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world. Among the many databases included, HeinOnline’s journal collection features nearly 2,800 periodicals relating to a variety of subject areas, with all coverage dating from inception to the most currently published issues in most cases.

Trial Ends
December 15, 2020

Access
On and off campus. Database is listed on the Trials tab on the databases page.

Feedback
Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).

Database Trial: JoVE

Description
JoVE is a database offering video demonstrations of research and lab methods across a wide range of disciplines (primarily STEM). Our trial is for the “Brain & Behavior” collection, which includes ~2000 videos from the following parts of the database:

  • Video Journal (peer-reviewed content)
    • Behavior
    • Neuroscience
  • Science Education (geared more toward undergraduate students)
    • Advanced Biology
    • Psychology

Brief previews of the videos we don’t have access to in this trial are also available (JoVE has nearly 12,000 in its collection).

Trial Ends
March 25, 2020

Access
On and off campus. Use the link on the Trials tab on the databases page.

Feedback
Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).

Database Trial: Very Short Introductions

Description
Collection of ebooks published by Oxford University Press that offer overviews of a wide range of academic subjects.

Trial Ends
March 4, 2020

Access
On and off campus. Use the link on the Trials tab on the databases page.

Feedback
Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).

Database Trial: Granta

Description
Full text access to the complete run of Granta, a literary magazine.

This trial is on the Exact Editions platform where we already have subscription access to the Times Literary Supplement (TLS).

Trial Ends
November 17, 2019

Access
On and off campus. Use the link on the Trials tab on the databases page.

Feedback
Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).

Database Trial: PolicyMap

Description (from the vendor)
An online U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications for college students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate schools use us in their curriculum and research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.

Trial Ends
October 31, 2019

Access
On and off campus. Use the link on the Trials tab on the databases page.

Feedback
Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).

Database Trial: World Newspaper Archive

Description
Full text of newspaper articles from the Latin American Newspapers Series 1 (1805-1922) and Latin American Newspapers Series 2 (1822-1922).

Trial Ends
July 31, 2019

Access
On and off campus. Use the link on the Trials tab on the databases page.

Feedback
Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).

Database Trial: AM Explorer

Description (from the vendor, Adam Matthew Digital)

Through AM Explorer, you can now search millions of pages of primary source collections spanning the 15th – 21st centuries, including a wealth of new content added every year.

  • Award-winning collections spanning the social sciences and humanities, developed in collaboration with leading libraries and archives
  • Discover millions of pages of unique primary source content which empower students and researchers to develop critical thinking
  • Powerful digital collections that transform teaching and research on important themes such as: Borders and Migrations, Gender and Sexuality, Global History, and War and Conflict
  • Single point of access through AM Explorer with built-in federated search functionality across all collections
  • Wealth of additional features to enhance student engagement including Handwritten Text Recognition, Data Visualisation, Video and Oral Histories

Trial Ends
July 5, 2019

Access

On and off campus. Use the link on the Trials tab on the databases page.

Feedback

Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).

Database Trial: Digital Theatre Plus

Through March 19, CUNY has a trial for Digital Theatre Plus. Access is available from on and off campus (look for the link on the Trials tab of the Databases page).

This database offers streaming video recordings of plays performed on stages around the world. The site also offers commentary and analysis of many of the featured works.

Please share news of this trial with faculty you work with and encourage them to provide feedback using the Qualtrics form linked to on the Trials tab of the Databases page.