Database: ETHNIC NEWS WATCH

In case you missed the original post on the @thelibrary...

Do you want more than one point of view? Need a magazine or journal article written in Spanish for a class? Now you can get these and more! Albertsons Library proudly announces digital access to over 1,000,000 articles from minority and ethnic newspapers, magazines, and journals from 1990 to the present. Through the addition of Ethnic Newswatch (ENW) to our growing list of databases, we now offer faculty and students diverse perspectives and a valuable new resource for interdisciplinary study.

According to the publisher, Proquest, “ENW presents a comprehensive, full-text collection of nearly 1.6 million articles from more than 280 publications offering both national and regional coverage. While the content may mirror mainstream media coverage, the viewpoints are decidedly unique.” ENW offers the voices of “Asian-American, Jewish, African-American, Native-American, Arab-American, Eastern-European, and multi-ethnic communities.” With such a diverse list of resources, Ethnic Newswatch will prove to be an excellent resource supporting study in numerous disciplines including: ethnic studies, cultural studies, gender studies, history, political science, communication, current events, literatures, languages, philosophy, social sciences, education, music, fine arts, mathematics, and sciences.

You can access Ethnic Newswatch any time by going to the Alberstons Library database page and clicking on “Ethnic Newswatch" from the A-Z list. The library also offers access to ENW (and most of our other databases) from your home computer; you merely need your BroncoWeb ID and password to login....

If you need more information about this library resource or others, please be sure to contact me.

Database Trials Page

Check out the newest feature on the library's "Find Articles, Databases" page: database trials.

On this page you can see what new online products the library is thinking about buying that we have made available for you to use on a trial basis.

Now you can tell us what you think -- just fill out the comment form at the bottom of the page.

Your feedback will help us support the academic pursuits of the Boise State University community.

(post taken from the @theLibrary blog)

Database Trials

Albertsons Library has trial access to the databases listed below. Access from off-campus is limited to current Boise State University faculty, students and staff. Give these resources a whirl and let us know what you think.

APA PsycNET - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
Britannica Online Academic Edition - Trial exires 3/31/2008
Britannica's Original Sources - Trial exires 3/31/2008
Contemporary Women's Issues - Trial 2/27/2008 - 3/28/2008
PsycARTICLES via APA PsycNET - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
PsycARTICLES via EBSCO - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
PsycINFO via APA PsycNET - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
PsycINFO via EBSCO - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
Spanish Reference Center - Trial exires 3/31/2008
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering & Computer Science - Trial starting - 3/03/2008
World Book Advanced - Trial expires 3/31/2008

Go to the Trials page for additional database and login/password information. Any feedback that you can provide would be appreciated as we contemplate the ability of these databases to support programs at Boise State University.

WestLaw adds News & Business

Westlaw, one of the premier legal research databases available to you via the Library's website, has added a new collection of databases known as News and Business:

• * Newspapers - Includes current and archival newspapers like The New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Boston Globe, Financial Times, and hundreds more!


• * Magazines -Provides current and archival issues of sought-after sources like Newsweek, the Economist, Consumer Reports, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Spectator, Publishers Weekly, and Business Week.


• * Trade Journals -Offers current and archival issues for virtually any discipline. Includes titles like U.S. Banker, Securities Industries News, Accountancy Age, Advertising Age, PR Week, Modern Physician, and many more.


• * Company Information - Provides SEC filings and Hoover’s company records, including profiles for thousands of private and public U.S. corporations.


• * International Publications - Includes popular international sources like European Report, Middle East Observer and World News Connection.


• * Newswires - Get the most current news from more than 400 newswires, including the Associated Press, U.S. Newswire, and numerous international wires.


• * Newsletters -Access timely information across many specialties, including Alternative Medicine Alert, Agriculture Chemical News, White House press releases, Wireless News, and many others. -


• * Broadcast Transcripts -Offers more than 900 television and radio transcripts that includes national and local news content from ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC, PBS, and BBC radio.


• * Foreign Language Publications. Search non-English news sources available in Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.

Let us know if you need assistance to access this or any of the 230+ research databases available to you at Albertsons Library.

EBSCO databases return!

Albertsons Library is pleased to announce the following Ebsco databases are now available on the Online Databases page:

Academic Search Premier
AGRICOLA
Atl HealthWatch
Business Source Premier
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Computer Source
ERIC
Fuente Academica
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
MAS Ultra (School Edition)
MasterFILE Premier
MedicLatina
MEDLINE
Middle Search Plus
Military and Government Collection
Newspaper Source
NoveList K-8
NoveList
Primary Search
Professional Development Collection
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Teacher Reference Center
TOPICsearch


ABI/INFORM Complete (Business), ABI/INFORM Dateline (Business), ABI/INFORM Global (Business) and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (Business) will not be renewed when these databases expire at the end of 2007.

Happy searching!

New Database: Historical Los Angeles Times

Albertsons Library has added the Historical Los Angeles Times newspaper database (1881-1985) to its online resources. This new addition along with the Historical New York Times (1851-2003) provides great coverage for those interested in historical newspaper research. These resources are located under "H" for Historical on the Albertsons Library's Article Indexes and Online Database list: http://library.boisestate.edu/indexes/index.htm

Additional newspaper resources including the Idaho Statesman (from 1999-present) are available here: http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/subjectindexes/newspapers.htm

Database Spotlight: Sociological Abstracts

With its significant depth of coverage and indexing, the database Sociological Abstracts is great starting point for researchers interested in Sociology. The database can be accessed from the Albertsons Library's A-Z database list or directly from here.

CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in Sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records published by Sociological Abstracts in print during the database's first 11 years, 1952-1962, have been added to the database as of November 2005, extending the depth of the backfile of this authoritative resource. Cover is 1952-current with new records added monthly. Approximately 30,000 additional records are added each year.


Major areas of coverage include:
Culture and social structure
Demography and human biology
Economic development
Environmental interactions
Evaluation research
Family and social welfare
Health and medicine and law
History and theory of sociology
Management and complex organizations
Mass phenomena and political interactions
Methodology and research technology
Policy, planning, forecast and speculation
Radical sociology
Religion and science
Rural and urban sociology
Social development
Social differentiation
Social psychology and group interaction
Sociology of the arts, business, education
Studies in violence and power
Substance abuse and addiction
Welfare services
Women's studies


For more information on this database please see the CSA Sociological Abstracts Factsheet located here.

Sociology Journals in JSTOR

Did you know that the database JSTOR has 43 full-text Sociology journals available in its collection?

At the bottom of the JSTOR Advanced Search Screen there is a feature to limit to select subject areas including Sociology. By clicking on the "+" next to the subject area you can view the journals under that discipline. For Sociology it should look like this (scroll to the bottom of the screen).

Remember JSTOR provides more of a historical scope regarding its collection so recent issues are not often included.

If you have any questions about this database or any others available through the library, please let me know.

NEW DATABASE PLATFORM FOR NEXT SEMESTER

NEW ONLINE RESOURCES AVAILABLE January 1, 2007
For the past eight years a large selection of databases, purchased by the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICFL) and Idaho Public Schools with a $500,000 appropriation from the Idaho State Legislature, have been available to all citizens and libraries in Idaho. Linking Idaho databases (LiLI-D) are online services providing full-text articles from magazines, professional journals, newspapers, and reference books to all Idaho residents. Best of all, LiLI-D is free to all Idahoans.
A new four year database contract has been signed, effective January 1, and the major vendor has changed from EBSCO to Thomson Gale. The current package of LiLI-D resources will remain available until December 31, 2006. The new LiLI-D package (the individual products are listed below) will become available on January 1, 2007.
The new products available Jan. 1, 2007 include:
Book Index with Reviews
Book Collection: Non-Fiction
InfoTrac OneFile
* Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture
* General Reference Center Gold
* General Science Collection
* Home Improvement Collection
* InfoTrac Student
* InfoTrac Junior
* Kids InfoBits
* Insurance and Liability Collection
* Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure
* Vocations, Careers and Technical Education
* War and Terrorism Collection
Academic OneFile
* Agriculture Collection
* Communications and Mass Media
* Computer Database
* Criminal Justice Collection
* Diversity Studies Collection
* Educator's Collection
* Environmental Studies and Policy
* Expanded Academic ASAP
* Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
* Health Reference Center Academic
* Information Science and Library Issues
* InfoTrac Nursing and Allied Health
* LegalTrac
* Military and Intelligence Database
* Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
* Pop Culture Collection
* Psychology Collection
* Religion & Philosophy Collection
* Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy
* US History Collection
* World History Collection
Business and Company Resource Center
* General BusinessFile
* Business and Company Profile ASAP
Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers (Full Collection)
Informe
Gale Virtual Reference Library Selected Titles
* Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America, 1st Edition, 6V
* Biology, 1st Edition, 4V
* Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 1st Edition, 5V
* Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 1st Edition, 4V
* Encyclopedia of Cancer, 1st Edition, 2V
* Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 1st Edition, 2V
* Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2nd Edition, 5V
* Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 2nd Edition, 3V
* Encyclopedia of Small Business
* Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
* World of Earth Science, 1st Edition, 2V
For a complete list of the indexes and databases that will not be available after December 31, 2006, see
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/subjectindexes/list.htm

Please send your comments, questions, or concerns to Peggy Cooper, Head of Collection Development, x62311, pcooper@boisestate.edu

SAGE - Sociology Collection

The Alberstons Library has recentedly added the Sociology SAGE Full-Text Collection to its online resources. The collection is available from the FIND ARTICLES / ONLINE DATABASES list on the library homepage.

Sociology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 33 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 24 years, encompassing over 12,700 articles. It covers such subjects as Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Classical Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Work and Employment (Labor Studies).
The searchable database consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) as well as the complete text of each journal article. Every bibliographic record in the Collection links to the appropriate full-text in PDF format.

For more information please see this factsheet from CSA.