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Access World News from NewsBank  Evaluate this database

Offers complete electronic editions of more than 3,900 U.S. and global news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, video clips, and news blogs.  Provides extensive coverage with more than 200 million current and archived articles at local, regional, national and international levels.  Shortcut links are provided to “All Wisconsin News”, “Major Metro Titles”, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Trial runs through December 21, 2009.

 

CRCnetBASE from CRC Press  Evaluate this series

This dictionary is a structured database containing detailed information on chemical substances.  It includes descriptive and numerical data on the chemical, physical and biological properties of compounds; systematic and common names of compounds; literature references; structure diagrams and their associated connection tables.

Trial runs through June 25, 2009.

 

DynaMed from DynaMed  Evaluate this series

Dynamed is a clinical reference tool intended primarily for point-of-care use.  It can be accessed off-campus and also works with PDAs.

Trial runs through July 2009.

 

Political Science Complete from EBSCO  Evaluate this series

Indexes and abstracts for more than 1,900 titles and full text from 500+ publications, including top-ranked scholarly journals, recent reference works, and professional conference papers.  Coverage includes law and legislation, comparative politics, political theory, international relations, humanitarian issues and non-governmental organizations.

Trial runs through July, 2009.

 

ProQuest Central

Multidisciplinary database with 11,000+ titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text.  It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets.  Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more.

Trial runs through May 15, 2009.

 

Public Affairs Index from EBSCO  Evaluate this series

Covers national and global public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international commerce and conflict.

Trial runs through July, 2009.

 

Synthesis e-book series from Morgan & Claypool publishers.  Evaluate this series

This e-book publisher offers 50 to 100 page electronic books that synthesize an important research or development topic in the areas of engineering and computer science.  Individual titles are available in both PDF and PDF Plus format.  The PDF Plus format allows for quicker downloads and provides links to higher resolution graphics where needed.

Trial runs through July 31, 2009.

 


New Databases Added since January 2008

17th & 18th Century Burney Newspaper Collection (added 06/23/08) Connect
America's Historical Newspapers (added 6/17/08) Connect
Art Museum Image Gallery (added 12/10/08) Connect
ARTFL Project (added 9/18/08) Connect
ATLA Religion Database + ATLA Serials (added 6/26/08) Connect
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in...(various topics) (added 9/30/08) Connect
The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics (added 4/08/08) Connect
The Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion, and Culture (added 4/08/08) Connect
CIINAHL (change of vendor 12/31/08) Connect
CoPA, Commercial Pattern Archive (added 4/30/09) Connect
COS (3/19/09) Connect
CQ Congress Collection (added 05/09/08) Connect
CQ MoneyLine (added 10/27/08) Connect
CQ Voting and Elections Collection (added 05/09/08) Connect
Credo Reference (added 05/12/09) Connect
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1869 to the Present (added 6/26/09) Connect
Encyclopedia of Enlightenment (added 6/22/09) Connect
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (added 3/3/09) Connect
Encyclopedia of Popular Music (added 3/26/09) Connect
Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute (11/05/08) Connect
Global Market Information Database (new interface - Passport Markets - 06/24/08) Connect
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with "Full Text (12/17/08) Connect
Investext (11/06/08) Connect
Lexi-Comp Online for Dentistry (08/28/08) Connect
Library of Latin Texts (Series B added) (1/5/09) Connect
Mergent Horizon (added 10/13/08) Connect
Mergent Online (added 10/14/08) Connect
Mergent WebReports (added 06/13/08) Connect
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source (added to Health Sciences in ProQuest 11/05/08) Connect
Oxford Reference Online Premium (4/09/08) Connect
Oxford Scholarship Online - Philosophy (4/09/08) Connect
RiskMetrics (available via WRDS) (7/08/08) Connect
Scitopia (free Science & Engineering search engine) (11/07/08) Connect
Stat!Ref-Medical (10/27/08) Connect
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 (9/30/08) Connect
Vanderbilt Television News Archive (09/22/08) Connect
World News Archive—Latin American Newspapers (06/30/09) Connect

 


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