Database Trial

Trial for Oxford Islamic Studies Online

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The Libraries now have a trial for Oxford Islamic Studies Online, a database providing full-text of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, two interpretations of the Qur’an, a Concordance of the Qur’an, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, and the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World.

The trial will continue until September 27th, 2012. Please send comments or questions to Peter Stern, Judaic and Near Eastern Studies liaison librarian, at 413-545-3967.

Trial for CAB E-Books

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The Libraries now have a trial for CAB e-books published by CABI since 2000. The entire CAB collection includes over 500 titles covering the applied life sciences, with collections of titles in agriculture; animal and veterinary science; environmental life sciences; human health, food and nutrition; leisure and tourism; and plant sciences.

The trial goes through June 15th. Contact Naka Ishii, ISEL Reference Librarian, at 413-545-1656 with questions or comments.

Trials for 5 Jewish-American and Jewish Historical Newspapers

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The Libraries now have trials for the following historical newspapers:

These trials end April 19th, 2012. If you have questions or comments, please contact Peter Stern, Middle Eastern and Judaic Studies liaison librarian, at 413-545-3967.

Trial for Digital National Security Archive

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The Libraries have a trial for  the Digital National Security Archive which includes collections of declassified government papers. Among the 38 current collections are:

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
  • El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980–1994
  • Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973–1990
  • China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960–
  • South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962–
  • Presidential Directives on National Security, Part 1: From Truman to Clinton
  • Kissinger Telephone Conversations: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
  • U.S. Military Uses of Space, 1945–1991

You can search within the documents and their bibliographies, by date and topic, and by an overall keyword search. The database provides comprehensive indexing and full-text is available via scanned documents.

This trial runs through April 6th, 2012. Contact Barbara Morgan, Law Librarian, at 413-545-6850 with questions or comments.

Trials: American History in Video, Anthropology Online, Manuscript Women’s Letters and Diaries

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The Libraries are offering trials for three Alexander Street Press databases through April 8th, 2012:

  • American History in Video  presents historical events as covered over time through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.  Please send comments to Jim Kelly, Humanities Research Services Librarian, 413-545-3981.
  • Anthropology Online presents written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies covering human behavior across the world. Please send comments to Liz Fitzpatrick, Anthropology Liaison Librarian, 413-545-5963.
  • Manuscript Women’s Letters and Diaries presents the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries from the holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. Please send comments to Beth Lang, Women’s Studies Liaison Librarian, 413-545-6890.