New online reference source

Literature Criticism Online: 1 new database, 10 reference titles

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The Literature Criticism Online database includes content from 10 distinct sources:

  • Children’s Literarure Review
  • Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism
  • Drama Criticism
  • Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
  • Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
  • Poetry Criticism
  • Shakespearean Criticism
  • Short Story Criticism
  • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

You can search for your keywords or author name across all these titles or within each one. You can also browse the contents of each title or the names of authors.

If you would like assistance using this new reference source, contact a librarian.

Database for Sustainable Building Practices

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BuildingGreen Suite collects articles on sustainable design, U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system and GreenSpec Guideline Specifications; case studies of high performance buildings; and a directory of green products from windows and doors, to paints & coatings, sitework and landscaping, insulation and lighting. It also includes issues of Environmental Building News back to 1992. The database is designed for browsing, though simple search is also available.

What did they say about that book?

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The Book Review Digest Retrospective includes citations, abstracts and some excerpts of book reviews published in English language periodicals between 1908-1982. The reviews are of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. You can browse or search by author or review author, subject, publication year, title, etc.

A search for the title Charlotte’s Web retrieves 15 citations from publications such as The Horn Book, New Statesman and Nation, Springfield Republican, the New York Times, etc. A search for the author, “White, Elwyn Brooks” produces 13 records for the books The Fox of Peapack, and other poems, Stuart Little, A Subtreasury of American Humor, The Wild Flag, and others. A search for the author “White, E.B.” produces a different set of titles, including the book Elements of Style for which White wrote a chapter on writing for the second edition.

Whether meandering or drilling, the Book Review Digest Retrospective provides a fascinating path to commentary on literature at the time of its publication. About Stuart Little, R.C. Benet says in the Saturday Review of Literature (Dec. 8th, 1945), “The humorous, wise quality found in E. B. White’s other work is reflected here in miniature.” Words that portend a classic in the making?

New Music and Performing Arts Literature Portal

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Music and Performing Arts Online provides searching and access to content from both the International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) and the International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text (IIMP). The portal to the two combined databases offers both searching and browsing of journals and reference sources (e.g. glossary, pronunciation guide, opera synopses). You can sort search results by journal, language, date, organization, etc. IIMP also includes the full content of many sources.

About the Book and its Author: see Literary Reference Center

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Literary Reference Center is a new addition to our online collections that delivers from book chapters and journal articles of literary criticism, as well as a literary glossary, a literary-historical timeline, and a literary encyclopedia. You can search for specific titles and authors, or browse lists of works and authors.

A search for “Jane Austen” and Emma produces 97 records; you can browse the complete list or by type, such as biographies, plot summaries, literary criticism, reviews and periodicals. Other features of Literary Reference Center include spotlights on specific authors and works, a person of current interest (e.g. Charles Simic, the new Poet Laureate),  and lists most studied authors and works.

Additional reference sources about literature in our online collections include Literature Resource Center and Literature Online.

Stat!Ref: New nursing e-books

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The Library now subscribes to a collection of 34 e-books on various topics relevant to nurse practitioners. The Stat!Ref gateway provides a place to search across contents of all the titles, or you can select the “Table of Contents” tab and see a list of individual titles to which you can connect directly.

For more information about this new resource, contact the Nursing Library Liaison, Jim Craig.

Massachusetts Newstand: New source for Mass. newspapers

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Massachusetts Newstand is made available to state residents by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. It includes:

  • The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, 2005 – current;
  • Boston Globe in two sections, 1980 – 1996 and 1987-current;
  • Boston Herald 1991 – current;
  • BusinessWest Magazine, Chicopee 1992 – current;
  • Haverill Gazette 1992 – 1997;
  • New England Business Magazine, current;
  • North Adams Transcript 2005 – current;
  • Quincy Patriot Ledger 1991 – current;
  • Plymouth County Business Review 1991 – current;
  • Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise 2005 – current;
  • New Bedford Standard Times 1992 — 1997;
  • Lowell Sun, Lowell, 2004 – current;
  • Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1989 — current

This newspaper collection replaces Newstand.