University Libraries
New Electronic Resources Added 2004-2005:
|
E-RESOURCE |
DESCRIPTION |
|
|
American National Biography Online is the premier source of information about over 18,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture, including the 17,435 original biographies from the print edition; biographies are updated quarterly -- including articles on recently deceased notables as well as figures from the past who were not subjects in the print edition; over 900 articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History provide historical and social context to the biographies; over 2,500 illustrations with more added with each update; and regular updates to the bibliographies. (Oxford University Press) User guide/online help: http://www.anb.org/articles/help/help_set.html
|
|
|
American Periodicals Series collection includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. American Periodicals Series Online chronicles the development of America across 150 years. The journals in this collection cover three broad periods: -89 journals published between 1740 and 1800 offer insights into America's transition from colonial times to independence. The journals support research for a range of academic fields. Titles include Massachusetts Magazine, which published America's first short stories, and Thomas Paine's Pennsylvania Magazine, which reported on inventions. One of the first mass printings of the Declaration of Independence, a letter by George Washington on the crucial Battle of Trenton, and the thoughts of Benjamin Franklin are among the highlights of content from this period. -The first 60 years of the 19th century became the golden age of American periodicals, with general interest magazines, children's publications, and more than 20 journals for women. Many of the publications reflect on the growing debate over slavery, including the serialization of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom.s Cabin in National Era that preceded the novel. Also available are hard-to-find materials, such as Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the Southern Literary Messenger, as well as the first appearances of Nathaniel Hawthorne's stories in New England Magazine, and Margaret Fuller's contributions to the Dial. -118 periodicals published during the Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction (1865-1877) eras reflect the nation in turmoil and growth, and titles from the 1880s through 1900 capture the settling of the West and the emergence of modern America. Early professional journals, including Publications of the American Economic Association and Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, popular titles such as Scribner's and Lippincott.s issued by publishing houses, celebrations of Americana in Ladies. Home Journal , and the incisive political and social commentary of Puck and McClure.s illustrate the variety of the American experience. Because the database contains digitized images of periodical pages, researchers can see all of the original typography, drawings, graphic elements, and article layouts exactly as they were originally published. (ProQuest)
|
|
|
L'Annee Philologique (also known as APh or "The Year in Philology") is the most comprehensive index to scholarship in Classical Studies. As such, it provides citations and brief descriptions (but not full-text) for journal articles (over 1,800 are indexed), books, book reviews, conference proceedings, etc. on all aspects of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Subjects range from language and literature to religion, archaeology, history, philology and more. Forty-four years (1959-2002) of L'Année Philologique (volumes 30 to 73) were put on-line by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, in collaboration with the American Philological Association and the Database of Classical Bibliography (DCB). It covers material published from 1959 to the present, but is a few years behind. Many foreign language publications are included, reflecting its broad international scope. 12,500 new records are added each year. Each spring a new volume will be added to the database. (Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique) User guide/online help: http://www.annee-philologique.com/aph/aph.cgi?FILE=mode_emploi.htm&CONTEXT=030299-1123681898
|
|
|
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) provides abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. The scope of ARTbibliographies Modern extends from artists and movements beginning with Impressionism in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late 20th century. Although some entries date back to the late 1960s, ABM's coverage generally begins in 1974 and includes art topics from the late 19th century onwards and photography since its invention in 1839. A particular emphasis is placed upon adding new and lesser-known artists and on the coverage of foreign-language literature. Approximately 13,000 new entries are added each year. It covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art, including performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theater arts, crafts, jewelry, illustration, and more, as well as the traditional fine arts of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
|
|
|
ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 200,000 art images including architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts and design, as well as archeological and anthropological objects and visual and material culture. ARTstor also provides a software tool for manipulating the images: zooming and panning, saving groups online for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering preservations both offline and online. This resource is available only for educational and scholarly uses that are noncommercial in nature. This product was started by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2001. (ARTstor, Inc.) |
|
|
Black Drama contains the full text of 1200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 100 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works featured in this resource are rare or out-of-print. More than a quarter of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays, including some by writers such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others. Supporting documentation on related productions, theaters, production companies, as well as select playbills, production photographs, and other ephemera related to the plays complete the collection. This collection explores a wide range of themes including civil rights and desegregation. (Alexander Street Press) User guide/online help: http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/bldrlive/bldr.help.html
|
|
|
Black Thought and Culture contains over 700 full text nonfiction sources, written by nearly 400 leading African American authors. Along with well-known works by such authors as Frederick Douglass, the collection also features unique, fugitive, and never-before-published materials including interviews, journal articles, letters, and political leaflets. Though still incomplete, this collection is envisioned by Alexander Street Press as a legacy of the nonfiction prose and oratory of prominent African Americans to support research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art. (Alexander Street Press) User guide/online help: http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/BLTCLive/bltc.help.html
|
|
|
Book Review Digest provides citations and excerpts to reviews of over 112,000 English-language adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction books. Over 7,000 new books are covered by the database each year. Critical evaluations are chosen from 109 leading American, British, and Canadian periodicals in the humanities, social and general sciences, and library review media. To be included in this resource a book must be published or distributed in the United States or Canada. Online coverage is from January 1983 to the present. (H.W. Wilson)
|
|
CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (Provided by VIVA) |
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics continues to be a ready reference book of chemical and physical data needed by physical scientists and engineers. It provides a wide coverage of data on the properties of inorganic and organic compounds. This version includes new tables, as well as updates and expansions of many others. Revisions to the handbook have kept up with advances in semiconductors and high-temperature superconductors; addressed environmental concerns by providing data on pollutants, contaminants, global warming, and ground water contamination; and revised data to reflect new standards. The print copy is the premier source of physical properties data, mathematical tables, and sources of critical data, chemical nomenclature, symbols, and terminology. Published since 1913, it is updated and enhanced annually. Data in the online version is presented in PDF format or in interactive table format. Users can browse or search this source for the information they need. (CRC Press, LLC) User guide/online help: http://www.hbcpnetbase.com/help/default.asp
|
|
Datastream Advance |
Datastream Advance is a powerful financial tool combining Thomson Financial data (Datastream) with its own reporting and charting interface (Advance). This interface allows users to request over 100 standard reports, create charts, and work with available data. Available financial data includes over 75,000 active equities covering 64 developed and emerging markets, access to I/B/E/S current and forecast earnings for about 20,000 equities covering 45 markets, and Worldscope company fundamental data and financial ratios for over 30,000 companies over 58 markets; extensive worldwide pricing and dividend coverage for unit and investment trusts; over 100,000 market, global, sector, and equity indices; bonds, warrants, and convertibles, domestic and international issues, in an increasing range of major currencies, covering 32 markets; over 400,000 time series for 175 countries, with history back to 1950s, sourced from central banks, national statistics offices, and the OECD and IMF databases; 3000 spot prices of commodities; Foreign Exchange Rates for over 45 currencies and over 2500 interest rates from over 50 markets; futures covering 25 countries with over 50,000 time series providing prices and other trading related information; and options covering 2000 contracts with over 300,000 series available. On Campus access only, available at the Fenwick and Arlington Campus Libraries. For use by George Mason University students, faculty and staff only. DataStream Advance is not available for walk-in visitors of the library who are not affiliated with GMU. (Thomson Financial)
|
|
|
Digital National Security Archive provides the full text of more than 43,000 declassified U.S. Government documents from 1945 to the present. This significant collection of primary source material offers users an important research tool for the study of U.S. foreign policy, intelligence and security issues. The database includes twenty core collections, each focused on a single topic, and representing more than 400,000 pages. These cover such areas as the Cuban Missile Crisis, Iraqgate, South Africa, and U.S. Nuclear History. In addition, new collections are added each year, including the recent group of documents on Terrorism and U.S. Policy. Each collection contains a wide range of policy materials including Presidential directives, memos, diplomatic dispatches, and briefing papers. Each collection also offers supplemental material such as a chronology, glossary and bibliography. (ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey) User guide/online help: http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/nsaindexhelpx.htm
|
|
Digital Sanborn Maps (for VA, DE, MD, & MT) |
The Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. Originally intended to help insurers assess risk, Sanborn maps now are valuable historic tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, and environmentalists. These maps are large-scale plans containing data about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Information on the maps include an outline of each building, its size and shape, construction materials, heights, function of structures, and location of windows and doors. Street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers are provided as well. The plans highlight building use, giving such details as names of factory owners and details of the manufactured items in some cases. Many large factories and commercial buildings even show use at the room level. Other included features shown are pipelines, railroads, wells, dumps, and heavy machinery. Current access to these maps is limited to towns and cities in Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Montana from 1867-1970. (ProQuest) User guide/online help: http://sanborn.umi.com/HelpFiles/index.html
|
|
Engineering Index: Compendex (Engineering Village 2) |
Compendex (Engineering Index) is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary engineering database providing references to information published in over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences, and technical reports. This resource expansively represents the broad subject areas of engineering and applied sciences, treating the following subjects: chemical and process engineering; computers and data processing; applied physics; electronics and communications; civil, mechanical, and materials engineering; and subtopics within these fields. Coverage runs from 1969 to the present and is updated weekly. About 250,000 records are added each year. (Elsevier)
|
|
(Provided by VIVA) |
ENGnetBase brings together over 300 online and full text engineering handbooks from CRC Press. Subjects cover a wide range of engineering disciplines, as well as some computer science and physical sciences areas. Examples of categories include biomedical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, lasers and optical engineering, management, mechanical engineering, nanotechnology, packaging, and systems engineering. Search by subject categories, table of contents of individual titles, or via search interfaces. Handbooks include data, facts, figures, graphs, equations, illustrations, charts, and more. (CRC Press, LLC) User guide/online help: http://www.engnetbase.com/ejournals/info/howitworks.asp, additional information available from a .help. button on the Advanced Search screen.
|
|
|
Europa World Yearbook Online is the electronic version of the Europa World Year Book. Europa World provides full text political and economic information on over 250 countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, and international organizations. Each country entry typically includes a map and flag, an overall profile including descriptions of recent political and economic affairs, key statistics (area, population, economy, industry, finance, trade, transport, communications media, and education), and directories divided into the categories of government and politics, society and media, and business and commerce. Entries in the directories include names, addresses, contact details, and other information about organizations based in that country or territory. The home page features .Recent News. with an international country focus. Information is updated on an ongoing basis. (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) User guide/online help: http://www.europaworld.com/help/h010
|
|
|
Film Indexes Online joins the Film Index International (BFI) and the AFI Catalog together in one resource, offering the most comprehensive and authoritative coverage of films available. It is a key resource in film studies and complements history, literature, music, and performing arts resources as well. The Film Index International is a filmography, providing international coverage of approximately 115,000 films and 57,000 film personalities from over 170 countries. Its content includes international film awards and prizes, plot summaries, and full cast and crew lists. Film records contain detailed film information, whereas person records include complete biographical information. References to film journals are also cited in many of these records. All eras of film-making are covered, from early silent movies to recent box-office hits. The AFI Catalog provides a detailed view of American feature films produced since 1893, including full production and cast information and plot summaries and notes. As the ultimate American national filmography, this resource documents about 46,000 films from 1893-1970, plus the ten films from 2000-2003. Researchers can search these resources simultaneously or individually either by browsing or using keywords. (ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey) User guide/online help: http://film.chadwyck.com/help/contents.htm
|
|
|
Historic Documents Series Online Edition contains the entire 33-volume collection of the Historic Documents published by Congressional Quarterly Press annually since 1972. Each volume contains approximately one hundred primary source documents covering the most significant events of the year. Documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions. Each document has an introduction that provides its historical and intellectual context. Search the collection by keyword or browse by title, topic, or the cumulative index. (CQ Press) User guide/online help: http://library.cqpress.com/historicdocuments/html/help/help_index.htm
|
|
|
Historical Newspapers from ProQuest provide access to full-text and full-image articles of the Atlanta Constitution, 1868-1925. Most issues in this collection include digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. This resource is searchable and provides access to news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisement. (ProQuest) |
|
|
Historical Newspapers from ProQuest provide access to full-text and full-image articles of the Boston Globe, 1872-1925. Most issues in this collection include digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. This resource is searchable and provides access to news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisement. (ProQuest)
|
|
|
Historical Newspapers from ProQuest provide access to full-text and full-image articles of the Chicago Tribune, 1849-1984. Most issues in this collection include digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. This resource is searchable and provides access to news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisement. (ProQuest)
|
|
|
Historical Newspapers from ProQuest provide access to full-text and full-image articles of the Christian Science Monitor, 1903-1991. Most issues in this collection include digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. This resource is searchable and provides access to news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisement. (ProQuest)
|
|
|
Historical Newspapers from ProQuest provide access to full-text and full-image articles of the Los Angeles Times, 1881-1984. Most issues in this collection include digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. This resource is searchable and provides access to news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisement. (ProQuest)
|
|
|
IMB database comprises records deriving from articles published in periodicals (journals) and in miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues) published world-wide. Includes subjects relating to the Middle Ages are included, within the date range 300-1500 AD; and geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. (Brepolis)
|
|
(Provided by VIVA) |
Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student. It includes information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more. LRC contains material gathered from a variety of databases, such as: Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography Online, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, and the MLA International Bibliography. The Literature Resource Center also includes full-text critical essays on major authors via links to more than 260 prominent literary journals; over 5000 explications and overviews of prominent literary works; links to 5400 websites focusing on major authors and their works; over 6000 timeline events to help place literature in its historical and social context, 2300 author portraits; and a guide to writing a Modern Language Association-style research paper. (Gale/Thomson) User guide/online help: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?locID=viva_gmu&ste=116
|
|
|
NetLibrary offers an easy-to-use information and retrieval system for accessing the full text of reference, scholarly, and professional books. NetLibrary eBooks are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week - from any location in the world, with additional features such as a dictionary, index, and easy keyword searchability. NetLibrary collection IV includes new content from the top academic and trade publishers in subjects suited for academic and public libraries. The collection has some new editions of the more popularly used titles in subjects ranging from business and computer science to education, literature, history, reference, and much more. It contains 7,659 titles and 10,677 copies. The emphasis is on current (2004) titles forward. (NetLibrary/OCLC) User guide/online help: http://legacy.netlibrary.com/help/index.asp
|
|
|
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is one of the premier databases covering social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites. Opposing Viewpoints also contains a Research Guide designed to help students analyze the information they retrieve, develop critical thinking skills, and prepare for oral or written presentation of their opinions on social issues. (Gale/Thomson) User guide/online help: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/OVRC?vrsn=224&locID=viva_gmu&ste=34
|
|
|
Oral History Online is a landmark database of English language oral histories. It contains more than 30,000 pages of full-text content that is available nowhere else in electronic format. This full-text material includes Ellis Island oral history narratives, exclusive Black Panther party interviews, and other oral histories. Oral History Online is also an index to free oral history information on the Web including more than 100,000 index entries and more than a million tags. It provides an organized structure and in-depth searching to oral history repositories, collections, and interviews (sometimes with transcripts or multi-media options). The database is updated quarterly. (Alexander Street Press) User guide/online help: http://www.alexanderstreet6.com/orhi/orhi.help.html
|
|
|
An illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001. The Oxford DNB provides full, accurate, concise, and readable articles on noteworthy people in all walks of life. No living person is included: the Dictionary's articles are confined to people who died before 31 December 2000. It covers people who were born and lived in the British Isles, people from the British Isles who achieved recognition in other countries, people who lived in territories formerly connected to the British Isles at a time when they were in contact with British rule, and people born elsewhere who settled in the British Isles for significant periods or whose visits enabled them to leave a mark on British life. (Oxford University Press)
|
|
Oxford Reference Online (Premium Collection) |
Oxford Reference Online (Premium Collection) provides electronic access to more than 100 dictionaries and reference works published by the Oxford University Press. This full-text searchable collection of authoritative reference volumes spans 25 subject areas, comprising more than a million individual entries. The topics covered include fine and performing arts, folklore, literature, law and politics, sciences, computing, and business and economics. Also provided are bilingual dictionaries of foreign languages, quotation reference sources, timelines, and full-color maps and illustrations. The Premium Collection enhances the 100+ books in the Core Collection with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. This means an additional 140,000 entries, including 50,000 longer, in-depth, signed entries with bibliographies. (Oxford University Press) User guide/online help: http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/HELP.html/help/h10
|
|
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)Online |
PNAS is one of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials. With coverage dating back to 1914, it publishes research reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy. Coverage in PNAS spans the biological, physical, and social sciences. PNAS is published weekly in print, and daily online in PNAS Early Edition. PNAS is abstracted and/or indexed in: Index Medicus, PubMed Central, Current Contents, Medline, SPIN, JSTOR, ISI Web of Science, and BIOSIS.
|
|
|
&n bsp; ; &n bsp; PolicyFile indexes research and publication abstracts addressing the complete range of public policy research. Indexes, abstracts, and links directly to current research on virtually every public policy issue--domestic and international. A database of over 51,000 records is updated weekly, and more than 50 percent of the abstracts link directly to the full text of research reports and studies. Access to over 330 think tanks, research organizations, and advocacy groups including: the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Democratic Leadership Council, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution, and the World Bank, among others. (ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey) User guide/online help: http://www.policyfile.com/policy/help.htm
|
|
|
PsycEXTRA, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), is a bibliographic and full-text companion to the scholarly PsycINFO database. The document types included in PsycEXTRA consist of technical, annual and government reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, consumer brochures and more. This database complements PsycINFO and the other APA databases with extensive coverage of gray literature relating to psychology and related fields and contains nearly 53,000 records, with over 30,000 additional records added annually. Additionally, PsycEXTRA can be searched on EBSCOhost using an electronic version of APA's official Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms as found in PsycINFO. (APA/EBSCO) User guide/online help: Information available from a .Help. link on the PsycEXTRA main search screen. &n bsp; ; &n bsp; ; &n bsp; ; &n bsp; |
|
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) is an open access publisher of two online full-text peer-reviewed journals: PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine publishing research articles in all areas of biology and medicine. Public Library of Science makes the original published reports of ideas, discoveries, and research results in the life sciences and medicine (and eventually other fields) freely available online, without restrictions on use or further distribution, free from private or government control. PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine compete head-to-head with the leading existing publications in biology and medical research, publishing the best peer-reviewed original research articles, timely essays, and other features. PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine are also unique in their effort to reach an audience beyond the scientific and medical communities. Every research article is paired with a synopsis article written for a general audience. In addition, PLoS Medicine provides a brief "Patient Summary" of each research article and PLoS Biology publishes primers to accompany selected research articles. User guide/online help: http://www.plos.org/faq.html
|
|
|
Reference Universe is a database of article titles and back-of-the-book indexes for subject encyclopedias and reference works. Title(s) and page number(s) of reference book(s) that contain your search term are returned in a list. This database contains links to over 6000 works, and includes: complete back-of-the-book indexes; article titles; articles and indexes in e-books; and links to online reviews. All of this information is linked to records in your local library catalog when possible. (Paratext) User guide/online help: Information available from a .Help. link on the Reference Universe main search screen.
|
|
|
Short Story Index is the electronic version of the standard reference work Short Story Index. The database provides easy access to fifteen years of a classic and unique reference work. The index provides references to short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals. The periodicals are those indexed in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and Humanities Index. The database contains over 84,000 short stories entries which include author, title and subject for stories from collections; author and title for stories from periodicals. Subjects covered include theme, locale, narrative technique or device (such as surprise endings, dialect stories, parodies, story within a story) and genre. The full text of 1,600 stories is also included. (H.W.Wilson) |
|
|
Source OECD is a full-text electronic portal for publications of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Included is the authoritative research that the OECD conducts on a broad range of economic, technical, and social subject areas, in its Country Surveys, and in its statistical databases and reference sources. SourceOECD organizes this voluminous output into a full-text online library that consists of 20 thematic book collections, 24 periodicals, three reference titles, and 34 statistical databases.24 from the OECD itself and another ten from the International Energy Agency . (OECD) User guide/online help: http://oberon.sourceoecd.org/vl=10198067/cl=32/nw=1/rpsv/help/search_tips.htm
|
|
|
Television News Archives collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989. These special reports and periodic news broadcasts cover presidential press conferences and political campaign coverage, and national and international events such as the Watergate hearings, the plight of American hostages in Iran, the Persian Gulf war, and the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001. Material in the archive can be identified for use through the TV-NewsSearch Database. In addition, through its detailed content related to news events, this resource also serves as a unique reference tool for studying historical and political events. (Vanderbilt University)
|
|
|
Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, Women and Social Movements in the U.S. seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding at the same time that it makes the insights of women's history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools. The database contains the following resources: 61 document projects that interpret and present documents, most of which are not otherwise available online. Altogether these document projects provide more than 1,600 documents, approximately 740 images, and over 600 links to other websites; 21,000 pages of documents pertaining to Women and Social Movements; a dictionary of social movements and organizations; a chronology of U.S. Women's History; and Teaching Tools with lesson ideas and document-based questions related to the website's document projects. (Alexander Street Press) User guide/online help: http://www.alexanderstreet6.com/wasm/wasm.help.html
|
|
World Bank Online Publications: |
World Bank e-library is an essential information resource in the area of social and economic development. It includes: all current and recent World Bank titles, documents and papers in PDF and other user-friendly formats; titles available on or about the publication date of the print edition; access and download capability to a complete World Bank Publications Excel spreadsheet for over 1400 publications in the e-Library; and over 2000 Policy Research Working Papers. Database may be searched by geographic region or by topic. World Development Indicators Online is the premiere data source on the global economy. It contains statistical data for over 600 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2003 (selected data for 2004) for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Global Development Finance Online contains statistical data for the 136 countries and country groups. The database covers external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections. User guide/online help: http://lysander.worldbank.catchword.org/vl=20423412/cl=48/nw=1/rpsv/help/search_tips.htm |