Over 100 new items were added to the libraries’ collections in September. Check out our New Acquisitions page to see what we’ve been adding to our collections, now including DVDs in our listing. The list is arranged by Library Location, then by Library of Congress Call #.
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New Items in our Collections: September 2009
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Wizard of Oz Anniversary
Friday, September 25th, 2009UT Libraries commemorate the 70th anniversary of the film The Wizard of Oz with several new purchases,
- The Wizardry of Oz: The Artistry and Magic of the 1939 MGM Classic,
- The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic,
- The Real Wizard of Oz: The Life & Times of L. Frank Baum,
- The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy: Wicked Wisdom of the West
- as well as Marvel’s graphic adaptation, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
And if you’re a fan of Oz, you might enjoy Wicked, Son of a Witch, and Lion Among Men, best-selling contemporary stories about the world of Oz by Gregory Maguire.
Of course, we also have the original 1939 film of the Wizard of Oz as well as some of the original Oz books by L. Frank Baum.
Music Online Trial
Friday, September 11th, 2009For the next several weeks, we have trial access to the Music Online database. This database includes both resources for listening to a variety of music, and reference materials to learn more about music in different genres.
Some of the subsets included are:
- American Song: http://amso.alexanderstreet.com
- African American Music Reference: http://aamr.alexanderstreet.com/
- Contemporary World Music: http://womu.alexanderstreet.com
- The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online: http://glnd.alexanderstreet.com
- Classical Music Library: http://clmu.alexanderstreet.com
- Classical Scores Library: http://shmu.alexanderstreet.com
- Classical Music Reference Library: http://bakr.alexanderstreet.com
- Jazz Music Library: http://jazz.alexanderstreet.com
We will have access to this database during a trial period until October 25, 2009. As always, we would appreciate your comments during the trial period. Let us know if this would be useful to you in your classes or your research by e-mailing us.
Natural Standard Database Trial
Friday, September 11th, 2009We have a current trial to Natural Standard, a database which evaluates complementary medicine therapies. Natural Standard was developed by clinicians and researchers to provide high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. For each therapy covered by Natural Standard, a research team systematically gathers scientific data and expert opinions. Validated rating scales are used to evaluate the quality of available evidence. Information is incorporated into comprehensive reports which are designed to facilitate clinical decision making.
As always, we would appreciate your comments during the trial period, ending October 11, 2009. Let us know if this would be useful to you in your classes or your research by e-mailing us.
JAMAevidence Trial
Friday, September 11th, 2009We have a trial subscription to JAMAevidence from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) integrates the best available evidence with clinical experience that allows clinicians to recommend, and their patients to make, informed choices consistent with their values. This resource will help you understand EBM and how to use it in making evaluations, with content primarily from two textbooks:
- Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition
- The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
As always, we would appreciate your comments during the trial period, which ends October 1, 2009. Let us know if this would be useful to you in your classes or your research by e-mailing us.
Passport trial from Euromonitor
Friday, September 11th, 2009We have a trial subscription to Passport GMID from Euromonitor. Passport is an international business information system, with statistics, market reports, and other sources to analyze international markets. You can search by industries, companies, or brands. Our trial access will only be good for a few weeks, so check it out today!
As always, we would appreciate your comments during the trial period. Let us know if this would be useful to you in your classes or your research by e-mailing us.
New Items in our Collections: August 2009
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Over 300 new items were added to the libraries’ collections in August. Check out our New Acquisitions page to see what we’ve been adding to our collections, now including DVDs in our listing. The list is arranged by Library Location, then by Library of Congress Call #.
GREENR: Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources
Thursday, August 20th, 2009The UT Libraries now subscribe to GREENR, an information portal on environmental and energy topics from around the world. You can browse pages on a variety of topics, or do your own keyword searches to bring up:
- Academic and Trade journal articles
- Videos, Images, and Podcasts
- Conference papers
- Reports & Statistics
- … and more!
Whether you’re studying current events, biology, public policy, engineering, or physics, there’s something in this database for you! Check it out!
Knovel Database Trial (Engineering & Physical Sciences)
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
We have a trial subscription to the Knovel database until August 21, 2009. Knovel is a collection of handbooks in the physical sciences and engineering and allows you to both locate information and manipulate the data for easy analysis. Tables are available as interactive spreadsheets, and you can search for specific property values. For more information about this product, and to start searching, see this announcement. A video demo is also available to guide you through the basics of searching and analyzing using Knovel.
As always, we would appreciate your comments during the trial period. Let us know if this would be useful to you in your classes or your research by e-mailing us at wade.lee@utoledo.edu.
Two Database Trials: GREENR & Global Issues in Context
Monday, July 13th, 2009During the next month we have access to two new databases. Please check them out and let us know what you think about them!
Global Issues in Context offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. It includes a variety of sources and media formats:
- Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, contemporary stances, and the impact of each of the issues and news events featured.
- Expert Perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects, for example, cultural, religious, political, social, economic, scientific or health related.
- Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations.
- Full-text international Magazines, Academic Journals, and News Sources.
- Primary Sources, such as legislation and court proceedings
- Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts
- Such Multimedia elements as images, podcasts, and audio
- Links to Web sites, including government sites and organizations
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is similar to the above, but focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment. Designed as a one-stop site, this resource provides news, video, primary source documents and more in highly accessible research areas covering relevant categories such as energy systems, healthcare, food and others. You can explore the data in issue, organization and country portals. Includes interactive maps, multimedia, and customizable news.
These trials will end in md-August, 2009. Please send any comments to wade.lee@utoledo.edu.
