Friday, April 25, 2008

New library databases

Andruss Library has added a number of new databases to our Web pages:

ARTstor - a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences. (Arts & Humanities)

CHEMLIBnetBASE - Over 180 volumes of chemistry research online, ranging from nanoscale and natural products chemistry to separation methods and surfactant science. Available from CRC Press/Taylor and Francis (Sciences)

CHEMnetBASE - Contains CRC publications: Combined Chemical Dictionary, Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds, Dictionary of Drugs, Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, Dictionary of Natural Products, Dictionary of Organic Compounds, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Polymers: a Property Database, and Properties of Organic Compounds. (Sciences)

GreenFILE - Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment, including scholarly, government and general-interest titles with content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. (Sciences)

Humanities International Complete - Provides full text of over 770 journals, books and other published sources from around the world, covering all aspects of the humanities. (Arts & Humanities)

IOPscience -Provides access to over 80 full-text journals in physics, across scientific, technical and medical disciplines. 1874 - present. (Sciences)

Kraus Curriculum Development Library Online - A searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards that brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.

Lexis-Nexis Congressional - Contains legislative information including texts of bills, legislative histories, and Congressional committee hearings. (Social Sciences)

Points of View Reference Center - Provides help in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Use as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. Each essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. (General)

Ulrich's Web - Contains bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types — academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world. (Reference Sources)

U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 - Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes. (Social Sciences)

If you have any questions, comments, or problems regarding the Library's databases, please contact me.

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