We now have trial access to the CQ Press Political Reference Suite.
The collection includes 28 titles including:
Congress and the Nation Series, The New York Times on the Supreme Court, A to Z Series, Political Handbook of the World, The Contemporary Middle East, Political History of America's Wars, Encyclopedia of the First Amendment, Supreme Court Yearbook Series, Encyclopedia of Indian Policy and Law, The Supreme Court Compendium, Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, Vital Statistics on American Politics
Guides Series, Vital Statistics on the Presidency, Historic Documents, Washington Information Directory, The New York Times on the Presidency
Trial access is available through 12/5/2009.
To access the trial, visit: http://library.cqpress.com/prs
For more information on the collection and the titles, visit:
http://www.cqpress.com/reference/pages/129
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
National Hispanic Heritage Month, free databases
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, through October 15, Alexander Street is offering free access to select full-text, online collections for libraries. Explore poetry, short stories, folk tales, novels, memoirs, non-fiction, and plays in both Spanish and English from Latino writers around the world.
Access these collections now through October 15:
Latino Literature<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?AlexanderStreetPress/8727703eba/4d73fb691c/b41dc0d12d >
Caribbean Literature< http://cts.vresp.com/c/?AlexanderStreetPress/8727703eba/4d73fb691c/e686a56a45 >
Access these collections now through October 15:
Latino Literature<http://cts.vresp.
Caribbean Literature< http://cts.vresp.
To access the collection, please contact ballm@fiu.edu
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
TRIALS: Gale Digital Collections
We now have trial access to 3 Digital Collections from Gale. They are:
The Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850:
The Making of the Modern World offers researchers new ways to understand the emergence of modern economics and other social sciences. It's the most comprehensive collection in existence for researching the literature of economics from this period. This unrivalled online library offers instant access to the theories, practices, and consequences of economic and business activity in the West, from the last half of the 15th century to the mid-19th century. It combines the strengths of two pre-eminent collections — the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library and the Kress Collection of Business and Economics at the Harvard Business School — along with supplementary materials from the Seligman Collection in the Butler Library at Columbia University and from the libraries of Yale University.
Trial access is available via the URLs below and runs through October 14.
The Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850:
The Making of the Modern World offers researchers new ways to understand the emergence of modern economics and other social sciences. It's the most comprehensive collection in existence for researching the literature of economics from this period. This unrivalled online library offers instant access to the theories, practices, and consequences of economic and business activity in the West, from the last half of the 15th century to the mid-19th century. It combines the strengths of two pre-eminent collections — the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library and the Kress Collection of Business and Economics at the Harvard Business School — along with supplementary materials from the Seligman Collection in the Butler Library at Columbia University and from the libraries of Yale University.
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926:
... provides a wealth of research material necessary for intensive studies of the history of the New World.
Joseph Sabin’s Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from Its Discovery to the Present Time has been heralded as a cornerstone in the study of the history of the Western Hemisphere. Gale’s Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 takes the works currently captured from that bibliography and makes them available online.
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive:
a historical archive that embraces the scholarly study of slavery in a comprehensive, conceptual and global way.
- Part I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition
Trial access is available via the URLs below and runs through October 14.
| Product | URL |
| MAKING OF MODERN WORLD | |
| SABIN AMERICANA DIGITAL ARCHIVE | |
| SLAVERY AND ANTI-SLAVERY: A TRANSNATIONAL ARCHIVE PART I |
Friday, July 24, 2009
TRIAL: AP Image Database
AP Images is a research tool that gives you unlimited access to photos, audio clips, graphics and text articles of the Associated Press.
Some of what you can experience on AP Images:
- Photos - There are more than 5.5 million photographs from 1825 to today (up to the minute), with about 3,000 new photos added every day.
- Graphics - There are more than 180,000 graphics, including maps, timelines, logos and graphs.
- Audio - Over 4,500 hours of audio clips dating from as far back as the 1920s, including hourly newscast updated 24/7.
- Text - In excess of 2.2 million full primary source articles which can be explored via highlighted search terms as they appear in the body of the story.
To access the trial, please contact ballm@fiu.edu
Sunday, April 19, 2009
TRIALS: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL), Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL), & Oxford International Encyclopedia
We now have trial access to, the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL), Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL), & Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History from the College of Law Library. All trials are available via IP registration so no usernames/passwords are required.
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL), published in partnership with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is a fully revised online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law published in print between 1991 and 2001 under the general editorship of Rudolf Bernhardt. This online resource includes more than 700 new topics, not covered in the previous print edition, on international organizations and international co-operation as well as coverage of topical issues such as Piracy, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, and the trial. Articles reflect modern developments with increased coverage of international criminal law, international dispute settlement, trade law and environmental law.
To begin using the Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online, visit: http://www.mpepil.com
Trial is available through May 16
Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) integrates important decisions on public international law from international courts and tribunals, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals. ORIL consists of the following content modules:
- Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts
- Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law
- Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law
- Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction
- Oxford Reports on International Investment Claims
It offers users case reports which contain commentary and analysis. Case reports include headnotes, summary of case facts and judicial holdings, full text of the opinion of the courts, analytical commentary from scholarly experts, accurate translations of non-English judgments, and a list of cases and instruments cited. The Oxford Law Citator, a powerful research tool which links related Oxford materials and provides additional information on all references within these materials.
To begin using ORIL, visit: http://www.oxfordlawreports.com.
Trial is aviable through May 16
The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, edited by Stanley N. Katz, is the first encyclopedia of law to provide both historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems. The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History covers legal history from ancient to modern times. Approximately 1,000 articles explore the traditions of Ancient Greek Law, Ancient Roman Law, Medieval Roman Law, Chinese Law, English Common Law, Islamic Law, United States Law, and the laws of such other regions as Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Major categories of law explained in detail include private law (contract, tort, civil procedure), public law (statutory, criminal, etc.), and higher or constitutional law. Using statutes and administrative rulings, judicial decisions, and descriptions of legislatures, agencies, and courts, the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History offers a clear background on geographically distinctive laws, their origins, and their consequences throughout world history.
To begin using The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, visit: http://www.oxford-legalhistory.com
Trial is available through June 16
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL), published in partnership with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is a fully revised online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law published in print between 1991 and 2001 under the general editorship of Rudolf Bernhardt. This online resource includes more than 700 new topics, not covered in the previous print edition, on international organizations and international co-operation as well as coverage of topical issues such as Piracy, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, and the trial. Articles reflect modern developments with increased coverage of international criminal law, international dispute settlement, trade law and environmental law.
To begin using the Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online, visit: http://www.mpepil.com
Trial is available through May 16
Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) integrates important decisions on public international law from international courts and tribunals, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals. ORIL consists of the following content modules:
- Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts
- Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law
- Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law
- Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction
- Oxford Reports on International Investment Claims
It offers users case reports which contain commentary and analysis. Case reports include headnotes, summary of case facts and judicial holdings, full text of the opinion of the courts, analytical commentary from scholarly experts, accurate translations of non-English judgments, and a list of cases and instruments cited. The Oxford Law Citator, a powerful research tool which links related Oxford materials and provides additional information on all references within these materials.
To begin using ORIL, visit: http://www.oxfordlawreports.com.
Trial is aviable through May 16
The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, edited by Stanley N. Katz, is the first encyclopedia of law to provide both historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems. The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History covers legal history from ancient to modern times. Approximately 1,000 articles explore the traditions of Ancient Greek Law, Ancient Roman Law, Medieval Roman Law, Chinese Law, English Common Law, Islamic Law, United States Law, and the laws of such other regions as Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Major categories of law explained in detail include private law (contract, tort, civil procedure), public law (statutory, criminal, etc.), and higher or constitutional law. Using statutes and administrative rulings, judicial decisions, and descriptions of legislatures, agencies, and courts, the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History offers a clear background on geographically distinctive laws, their origins, and their consequences throughout world history.
To begin using The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, visit: http://www.oxford-legalhistory.com
Trial is available through June 16
Thursday, April 16, 2009
TRIAL: ALA's Guide to Reference
We now have a trial subscription toALA's Guide to Reference.
"The American Library Association's Guide to Reference is an essential subscription database for reference librarians, researchers and other library users. The Guide to Reference, formerly Guide to Reference Books, has a long history in print as a core publication of librarianship in the United States. This new Guide is the first to be published electronically and the first to engage the Web as a medium for reference publishing and services.
The online Guide includes more than 16,000 trusted go-to sources and offers guidance in the form of introductory essays and annotations for entries. With its searchable, browsable, internally and externally linked database, the Guide facilitates the kinds of reference, teaching, collection development, and bibliographic work its predecessors have supported.
In it you can: Find over 16,000 essential print and web reference resources; Browse and search capabilities help you pinpoint the resources you need; Create customized reading and collection development lists; Establish a personal or institutional user profile to add notes, create lists and pathfinders; Discover List of Categories; Connect from Guide to Reference through WorldCat’s Find in a Library service
To access the trial visit: http://www.guidetoreference.org/
It is IP authenticated so username and password is not required.
The subscription runs from April 16, 2009 through June 16, 2009.
Friday, April 3, 2009
TRIAL: House of Commons Parliamentary Papers from Proquest
We now have a trial to House of Commons Parliamentary Papers from Proquest
This trial runs from 04/02/2009 to 05/01/2009.
To access the trial, please visit http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=2976376
a password is needed, to get the password please email: ballmATfiu.edu
"The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP) are the most detailed primary source for the past two centuries, for Britain, its colonies and the wider world. They are a major part of the historical record. The Parliamentary papers influenced public opinion and social and political philosophy, and provided a forum for ideas for hundreds of thinkers, among them Marconi, Keynes, and Beveridge. They are the working documents of government for all areas of social, political, economic and foreign policy, showing how issues were explored and legislation was formed."
TRIAL: Fuente Académica
We have a long-term trial to Fuente Académica form EBSCO.
This trial runs through November, and can be found on our research/database pages.
"Fuente Académica is a collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology."
Thursday, March 26, 2009
TRIALS: D&B Private Company Database & Mergent Horizon
We now have trial access to D&B Private Company Database & Mergent Horizon
D&B Private Company Database:
Mergent Horizon: http://www.mergenthorizon.com/rp/xa/
" Mergent Horizon provides users with seamless capabilities for finding, filtering and organizing information about companies and industries. Comprehensive coverage is provided for all companies that are actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ--over 6,200 in total, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance sectors.
D&B Private Company Database:
Is being run in conjunction with our normal Mergent Online subscription. " Mergent offers an integrated solution for private and public company information, provided by insight from Dun and Bradstreet®
- Up to 4 years of key financial information on over 400,000 Global Private Companies
- Integrated screening and searching for Public and Private Companies
- Full company reports in printable
- PDF file format
- Ability to view competitors on both Private and Public companies"
Mergent Horizon: http://www.mergenthorizon.com/rp/xa/
" Mergent Horizon provides users with seamless capabilities for finding, filtering and organizing information about companies and industries. Comprehensive coverage is provided for all companies that are actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ--over 6,200 in total, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance sectors.
TRIAL: Global Jewish Database (the Responsa Project)
We now have short trial access to:
The Global Jewish Database (the Responsa Project)through Tues. April 7
To access the trial visit: http://www.responsa.co.il/
no login is necessary, users should be IP authenticated when on campus.
"The Global Jewish Database (the Responsa Project) contains the world's largest electronic collection of Jewish texts in Hebrew ever recorded, which embody thousands of years of Jewish learning. The database includes numerous works from the Responsa Literature - rabbinic case-law rulings which represent the historical-sociological milieu of real-life situations. In addition, the database includes the Bible, the Talmud and their principal commentaries; works about Jewish law and customs; major the codes of Jewish law, such as Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and the Shulchan Aruch with its principal commentaries; midrashim, Zohar, etc…"
Thursday, March 12, 2009
TRIAL: Mergent InvestorEdge
NEW TRIAL: Mergent Investor Edge
"Mergent InvestorEdge provides a powerful business research tool, access to the documents and financial information you need for each individual company – incorporating the latest research technology for comprehensive investment research. Look up all corporate documents including annual, industry and equity reports as well as general contact information for each domestic and international company..."
To access trial: http://www.mergentinvestoredge.com/
trial runs through 3/31/2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
TRIALS: ProQuest & EBSCO
We now have access to 3 new trials...
From ProQuest, Early English Books Online (EEBO)
through April 4
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
From EBSCO, Health Business™ Elite
through April 5
This database provides comprehensive journal content detailing all aspects of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care institution management. Topics covered include hospital management, hospital administration, marketing, human resources, computer technology, facilities management and insurance. Health Business™ Elite contains full text content from more than 480 journals such as H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks, Harvard Business Review (available back to 1922), Health Facilities Management, Health Management Technology, Healthcare Financial Management, Marketing Health Services, Materials Management in Health Care, Modern Healthcare, and many more.
Title List: http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=2&topicID=79
Public Administration Abstracts
through April 5
Public Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to public administration, including public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
The index contains 60,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as: Journal of Public Economics, Public Administration, Public Administration Review, etc. EBSCO has digitized the full archive of this index, bringing coverage back to 1974.
Monday, February 23, 2009
TRIAL: ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspapers Collection
trial runs from 2/23-3/31
to access the trial visit: http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=2919515
A password is needed to access the trial, please email ballm@fiu.edu for password information.
"ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers provide cultural perspective and insight to events that shaped the United States in the twentieth century. From the beginnings of the protest movement to end segregation to the ongoing challenges involving affirmative action and racial profiling, Black Newspapers provides a record of social change spanning almost a century from the perspective of those most effected by racism in American life. Covering major events to everyday life, these titles are invaluable research tools for studying American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and art."
Monday, February 2, 2009
TRIAL: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
We now have a trial to the Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery, from SAGE e-Reference. The trial is a 60-day trial and will run through March.
To access the title, you can visit the SAGE e-Reference Portal: http://sage-ereference.com/FullBrowse.html
or go to the title directly: http://sage-ereference.com/substance/
Access is set up via IP authentication, so no login or password is required.
As always, please pass along any feedback or suggestions regarding the trial and forward to any interested faculty members/students.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
NEW TRIAL: Defining Gender, 1450-1910
We now have access to a trial from Adam Matthew Publishers,
Defining Gender, 1450-1910.
It is a digital collection of primary source materials including ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, poetry, receipt books and conduct and advice literature. Many of the pieces are accompanied by essays or editorials. You can find out more about the collection here:
To access the trial, visit: http://www.gender.amdigital.co.uk/
The trial is IP authenticated, on campus access only.
It will be active until Feb. 2, 2009.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
TRIAL: CQ Press Political Reference Suite
We now have trial access to the CQ Press Political Reference Suite of titles.
"CQ Press Political Reference Suite of Online Editions integrates many of CQ Press's acclaimed reference titles on government and politics into a user-friendly, electronic format that offers a number of Web-enabled features that makes navigating this wealth of content intuitive and easy. Users can now access political reference content from CQ Press online by either searching or browsing the Reference Suite as a whole or by entering one of the online editions and beginning there."
To access the trial, visit: http://library.cqpress.com/prs/
Titles include:
CQ Almanac
Contemporary Middle East (Released July 2008)
Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (Online Edition released 2008)
Guide to U.S Elections
Guide to the Presidency
Guide to Congress
Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
Guide to Political Campaigns in America
Elections A-Z
Presidency A-Z –
The Supreme Court A-Z
The U.S. Constitution A-Z
Supreme Court Compendium
Political History of America's Wars
Congress and the Nation
Historic Documents Series
Supreme Court Yearbook:
Political Handbook of the World
Politics in America 2007
Washington Information Directory 2007
Vital Statistics on American Politics 2007-2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
TRIAL: Mergent Horizon
We have a trial for Mergent Horizon through 10/31/2008
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.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
TRIAL: Greenwood eBooks Complete Set
We now have a trial to the Greenwood eBooks Complete Set.
To access the trial, visit: http://ebooks.greenwood.com/
Trial ends: 11/05/2008
Titles cover Reference and non-reference areas in the following subjects:
Anthropology
Architecture & Planning
The Arts
Business
Communications
Crime & Justice
Economics
Education
Family Resources
Family Studies/Issues
Gay & Lesbian Studies
Grants
Health/Medicine
History
Interdisciplinary Studies
Law
Library & Information Science
Literature
Military Studies
Multicultural Studies
Philosophy
Political Science
Popular Culture
Psychology
Reference
Religious Studies
Science
Sociology
Women's Studies
Thursday, September 11, 2008
ARTstor Trial
We have trial access to ARTstor through October 2.
For information about the trial, please see the following announcement.
Monday, August 25, 2008
TRIAL: Scopus
We now have a trial for Scopus.
Trial is IP authenticated, so you can access it immediately via their homepage: http://www.scopus.com/
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. It's designed to find the information scientists need. Quick, easy and comprehensive, Scopus provides superior support of the literature research process.
For more information on Scopus, please visit http://info.scopus.com/overview/what/
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