The Libraries have added coverage to the following ProQuest Congressional Collections:
These complement previously purchased date coverage for these collections, as well as Bills & Laws, Legislative Histories, House & Senate Documents and other collections.
If you have questions about using these collections, Ask Us!
The Libraries have added Contemporary World Music to our collection of streaming audio databases. From Alexander Street Press, you can browse musical tracks by instrument, cultural group, genre, people, place and more, or you can search by keyword or specific indexed field. If you create an account, you can make your own playlists and collections and save them. Find and listen to musical genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing, Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.
If you’d like assistance, ask us.
Berg Fashion Library collects images and encyclopedic coverage of dress and fashion. You can browse by time period back to the 17th century, or place. You can search books and journals by author, title, publication date, etc. and images by object type, date and designer or manufacturer. The Library also includes several lesson plans.
If you’d like help using Berg Fashion Library, ask us!
MarketLine present business data for companies, industries and geographic areas, all of which you can browse. You can also search for these and case studies, company news and financial deals. Industry reports include market outlook, data and segmentation; a “five forces analysis” of buyer power, supplier power, new entrants, substitution threats and rivalry; and leading companies. Company reports address the business overview; history; key officer biographies; locations and subsidiaries; SOT analysis; competitors; and major products and services.
If you’d like assistance using Marketline, ask us.
The Libraries have a new subscription to Routledge Performance Archive, a database of streaming audio and visual theater performances with critical commentary. You can browse content through A-Z lists of practitioners, subjects (including Actor & Actor Training, Comedy, Form & Genre, Political Theater & Performance, etc.) and commentaries. You can also search by keyword.
Please contact us if you have questions.
The Libraries have added subscriptions to the following e-journals. You may find them in the UMass Amherst library catalog or the E-Journal List:
We’re offering trials to two ProQuest Historical newspapers through May 2, 2014:
PBS Video Collection offers hundreds PBS production documentaries and series covering history, science and technology, diversity studies, business, and current events on the Alexander Street Press platform. You can browse by title, people, disciplines, series or search with these limits.
The database trial ends May 17, 2014. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.)
A-R Editions’ Online Music Anthology contains sheet music from antiquity through the romantic era, with extensive contents for the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque. The music is fully indexed and searchable by composer, title, style period, genre, nationality, language, and more.
This database trial ends June 30, 2014. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.) Annual cost is $1,000.
Public Documents Masterfile brings together 19 sources of U.S. government information and provides indexing for current and historic documents covering public policy, physical sciences, technology, agriculture and the social sciences. You can search by keywords or limit by source, author, SuDoc number and date.
If you’d like assistance using this resource, contact Barbara Morgan, Law Librarian, at 413-545-6850. The trial goes through May 2, 2014. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.) Annual cost is $3,995 or one-time purchase is$32,000.