Monday, December 7, 2009
SAGE Fulltext Collections
FYI, our SAGE Full-text Collections, Communications Studies Full-Text and Criminology Full-Text, will no longer be available via the CSA platform after the end of December 2009. They have been moved to the SAGE platform and our database links have been updated to reflect this.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
TRIAL: HistoryMakers Video from Proquest
We now have trial access to the HistoryMakers Video collection from Proquest, through the end of the month.
To access the trial please visit: http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=3196408 (password is required, email ballmATfiu.edu for access)
About HistoryMakers:
This resource is a digital archive of 100 videos of oral history interviews of contemporary African Americans, produced in partnership with The HistoryMakers (www.thehistorymakers.com), a non-profit organization founded by Julieanna Richardson in 1999 with the mission of uncovering and preserving the untold stories of America.
These digital oral histories depict those have broken barriers and accomplished significant achievements across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in business, science, education, government, entertainment, sports, and other fields. These are 2-3 hour digitized videos, fully subject-indexed, available for online viewing in full, or in segments. Search or browse through the list by name, occupation, or theme. Watch and hear firsthand experiences, education and career struggles and triumphs. Create accounts of ancestor history, childhood, Civil Rights era relevant playlists for your class, research papers, or projects.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
TRIAL: CREDO Online Reference Library
We now have trial access to the Credo Online Reference Library through December.
To access the trial, please visit: http://www.credoreference.com/
ABOUT CREDO:
"Credo Reference is a leading provider of reference services for libraries and information centers.
Partnering with many of the world's leading publishers, Credo Reference combines publishing expertise with the latest digital technologies to unlock the knowledge value of reference material. By using unique proprietary technology that integrates information through a network of intelligent, multi-dimensional cross-references, Credo Reference delivers real added value to students, researchers, businesses and reference help desks worldwide.
There are over 395 titles consisting of an aggregate of 3.2 million entries all interconnected by millions of links. Credo Reference is unique in the industry in its offering each library the ability to customize the reference service to meet the needs of their user base. "
To access the trial, please visit: http://www.credoreference.com/
ABOUT CREDO:
"Credo Reference is a leading provider of reference services for libraries and information centers.
Partnering with many of the world's leading publishers, Credo Reference combines publishing expertise with the latest digital technologies to unlock the knowledge value of reference material. By using unique proprietary technology that integrates information through a network of intelligent, multi-dimensional cross-references, Credo Reference delivers real added value to students, researchers, businesses and reference help desks worldwide.
There are over 395 titles consisting of an aggregate of 3.2 million entries all interconnected by millions of links. Credo Reference is unique in the industry in its offering each library the ability to customize the reference service to meet the needs of their user base. "
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