New E-Resource: Vogue Archives (ProQuest)

Now available:

Vogue Archives (ProQuest)

Vogue provides a record of American and international popular culture; a unique primary source for the study of fashion, gender and modern social history. Marketing students can research the history of a brand identity by viewing every advertisement for a brand such as Revlon, Coty, Versace or Chanel between specified dates. Researchers in cultural studies and gender studies can explore themes such as body image, gender roles and social tastes from the 1890s to the present. The latest issue will be added each month with no embargo period. Users can search through all text, captions, and titles throughout the magazine, including advertisements, covers and fold-outs.

E-Resource News: Former “Wilson” Databases Available via EBSCOhost

Databases formerly available via the Wilson platform are now available via EBSCOhost.  These databases include:

Applied Science & Technology
Book Review Digest Retrospective
Education Full Text
Readers’ Guide Retrospective

If you have set up a MyWilsonWeb account to save searches and records, you should know that MyWilsonWeb accounts will be eliminated. Any saved searches or records will be lost. Now that the databases have been moved to the EBSCOhost platform, you can create a MyEBSCOhost account and recreate your saved searches there.

You can access your saved MyWilsonWeb searches from the following URLs until 12/31/11.

Applied Science & Technology
Book Review Digest Retrospective
Education Full Text
Readers’ Guide Retrospective

If you have any questions or concerns about the switchover from WilsonWeb to EBSCOhost, please do not hesitate to contact Jen Holman at jholman at uwlax dot edu.

New In Reference: Oct/Nov 2011

New In Reference: Oct/Nov 2011

E-Resource Trial > Yearbook of International Organizations (Brill)

Trial ends: December 31, 2011
Should we add this database? Please let us know.
The Yearbook is a database of detailed profiles of more than 60,000 international organizations in all disciplines. Active, inactive, and dormant organizations are included, as well as both non-governmental (NGO) and intergovernmental (IGO) organizations. The database covers 300 countries and territories, and includes approximately 1,200 new entries each year. Besides physical and virtual contact information, each record details the structure, staff, languages, finances, aims, activities, events, publications, statistical information, and analyses of the organization. Records can be formatted into Excel, CSV, and Word. (Updates every 6-8 weeks)

New E-Resource: Hearings (ProQuest Congressional)

Now available:

Hearings (ProQuest Congressional)

Published and unpublished hearings from U.S. Congressional committee hearings proceedings. All hearings contain the full transcripts of the proceedings, including all oral statements, committee questions, and discussion. Published hearings also contain texts of related reports, statistical analyses, correspondence, exhibits, and articles presented by witnesses or inserted into the record by committee members and staff. For more recent hearings, see FDsys.

New E-Resource: OECD iLibrary

Now available:

OECD iLibrary

OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It includes 20 book collections by theme, 24 periodicals, the OECD statistical databases, and the OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals. Publications can be accessed using the list of categories on the OECD iLibrary home page or they can be found by using a keyword search. An “advanced” search feature allows for searching of journals only. (Updated daily)

Mac Users and EBSCOhost PDF Problems

I have been hearing that some Mac users are having problems viewing PDFs from within EBSCOhost databases. I apologize if you have been frustrated by this lack of functionality and offer this solution: download the Schubert | It plugin.

Did this solution work for you? Please let us know in the comments.

New In Reference: Summer and Sept. 2011

New In Reference: Summer 2011

New In Reference: 9/21/2011

New In Reference: 9/28/2011

E-Resource Trial > Vogue Archives (ProQuest)

Vogue Archives (ProQuest)
Trial ends: October 15, 2011
Should we add this database? Please let us know.
Vogue provides a record of American and international popular culture; a unique primary source for the study of fashion, gender and modern social history. Marketing students can research the history of a brand identity by viewing every advertisement for a brand such as Revlon, Coty, Versace or Chanel between specified dates. Researchers in cultural studies and gender studies can explore themes such as body image, gender roles and social tastes from the 1890s to the present. The latest issue will be added each month with no embargo period. Users can search through all text, captions, and titles throughout the magazine, including advertisements, covers and fold-outs. Trial ends: October 15, 2011

E-Resource Trial > eBrary

eBrary
Trial ends: October 21, 2011
Should we add this database? Please let us know.
Ebrary is a collection of thousands of online full text books and other materials in a variety of subject areas. The ebrary platform requires browser plugin software (the ebrary reader) to access these titles. Ebrary’s default screen, called Quick View, allows instant viewing of documents in your browser. To print, copy, or use other advanced features you can use the InfoTools menu from Quick View, or launch the ebrary Reader (recommended). Printing from the ebrary Reader will result in better print quality. The Plug-in Reader (Windows, Mac): Simply click the “ebrary reader” button to install and launch.