More ProQuest Congressional

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The Libraries have purchased the 1789-1969 Serial Set and Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1932 to add to our ProQuest Congressional collection. The complete Serial Set covers 1789-2013 and includes House and Senate committee reports. Executive Branch Documents is an annotated bibliography and full text of all documents listed in the Checklist of Public Documents 1789-1909, and updated from 1910-1932 with indexing by subjects, names, agency report numbers, and SuDocs Classification.

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New African American Music Reference

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African American Music Reference from Alexander Street Press includes book chapters, essays, images and liner notes covering traditional African American blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel and more. You can browse or search by musical genre, material type (biography, interview, artwork, etc.), people, subject, insturments and much more.

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ReferenceUSA Is Back

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We’ve re-established our subscription to ReferenceUSA, a directory of Canadian and U.S. businesses and residential white pages, as well as U.S. health care providers, job listings and internships, and new businesses. You can also search for consumer lifestyle data, such as apparel, motor vehicles, pets, sports, travel and more, with limits for name, city, and state.

If you have questions about this resource, contact Mike Davis, Business Reference Librarian, at 413-545-6822.

More Classical Music Library!

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The Libraries has purchased volumes II and III of the Classical Music Library from Alexander Street Press. The entire library includes over 25,000 unique classical works from medieval times to the 21st century. You can browse or search by composer, genre, time period, instrument performers, titles and more. You select individual tracks to play or establish an account and create playlists to save and play anytime.

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E-Journal Backfiles Added for AGU, Biopolymers, Journal of Food Science, Neurology

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The Libraries have purchased the historical content for the following titles. You can find these journals through UMA WorldCat, the UMass Amherst Catalog, or the UMass Amherst E-Journals list.

From the American Geophysical Union (AGU):

  • EOS Transactions – 1969-1996
  • Geophysical Research Letters – 1974-1996
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles – 1987-1996
  • Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres – 1984-1996
  • Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans – 1969-1996
  • Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets – 1991-1996
  • Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth – 1968-1996
  • Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics – 1968-1996
  • Journal of Geophysical Research (pre-split) – 1949-1997
  • Paleoceanography – 1986-1996
  • Radio Science – 1969-1996
  • Reviews of Geophysics – 1963-1996
  • Tectonics – 1982-1996
  • Terrestrial Magnetism (1st incarnation of JGR) – 1896-1898
  • Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity (2nd incarnation of JGR) – 1899-1948
  • Water Resources Research – 1965-1996

Please note: We also subscribe to the current volumes of these AGU titles which are still in publication.

In addition, we purchased the following backfiles:

  • Biopolymers – 1963-1995
  • Journal of Food Research – 1936-1996
  • Neurology – 1951-current

More Comics!

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The Libraries have added the second volume of Underground and Independent Comics from Alexander Street Press. Included in our two volumes are over 420 adult comic and graphic novel series and 1,900 books with interviews and critical essay. You can browse by characters, genres, publishers, series and subjects or search the extensive indexing of the content.

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Access World News on Trial

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Access World News is an extensive source of news from local, regional, national and international printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos back to 1903 where available. Coverage includes 8,268 sources from 150 countries.

The trial continues through July 18, 2014. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.)