tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343Sat, 14 Sep 2024 04:39:16 +0000http://chengextra.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)Blogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4578602611408164450Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:43:00 +00002022-03-30T13:43:07.536-04:00The Cheng Library has recently added three primary source databases to its collection. Produced by Reveal Digital and hosted on the JSTOR platform, the databases spotlight under-represented 20th-century voices of dissent. They are:American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the InsideOn March 24, 1800, "Forlorn Hope" became the first newspaper published within a prison by an incarcerated http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2022/03/three-new-open-access-primary-source.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-7297499825513539120Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:10:00 +00002022-03-30T13:38:15.707-04:00The Cheng Library has recently added three new databases to its collection. Produced by HeinOnline, the databases form part of Hein's "Social Justice Suite": Gun Regulation and Legislation in America - Featuring periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, congressional hearings, Congressional Research Service reports, Supreme Court briefs, links to several hundred scholarly http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2022/03/three-new-databases-spotlight-social.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-8080675471990152381Fri, 24 Jan 2020 22:36:00 +00002020-01-24T17:38:15.061-05:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce it is providing trial access to Social Explorer during the Spring 2020 semester. Social Explorer is a web-based data mapping tool you can use for research and presentations on a wide variety of topics. The database provides hundreds of thousands of data indicators across demography, economy, health, education, religion, crime and more, from a variety of http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2020/01/trial-access-to-social-explorer-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-650453803689024453Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:45:00 +00002019-01-28T17:45:44.825-05:00The Cheng Library has converted several Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins subscription journals to an online format, and the following are available now: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing (Volume 20, Number 2, March/April 2002 - Present)Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing (Volume 20, Number 1, January/February 2001 - Present)Holistic Nursing Practice (Volume 13, Number 2, January 1999 - http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-online-for-spring-semester-nursing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-7986671579538147204Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:03:00 +00002018-09-10T20:03:16.677-04:00The Cheng Library's recent purchase of 37 new reference titles on the Credo Reference platform brings our online full-text reference collection to over 1,030 titles from 125 major publishers, just in time for a new semester and new research products. Our customized collection is built to focus on the majors and programs offered at WPUNJ, and it offers one of the best starting points forhttp://chengextra.blogspot.com/2018/09/get-great-start-on-your-research-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-1944525992421799737Thu, 08 Feb 2018 02:29:00 +00002018-02-07T21:29:03.168-05:00From now through the end of the spring semester the Cheng Library is offering trial access to the Morningstar Investment Research Center, which offers real-time access to comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds.The database currently provides information on: 14,500+ Stocks 24,800+ Mutual http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2018/02/trial-access-to-morningstar-investment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4359565889892720629Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:43:00 +00002018-01-30T00:44:31.462-05:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of two databases containing large collections of primary source material for historical research. The American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection, 1684-1912, on the EBSCOhost platform, provides full-text access to over 7,500 historic periodicals published between 1684 and 1912, digitized from the extensive collections ofhttp://chengextra.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-resources-for-historical-research.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3555265713152395288Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:31:00 +00002017-04-04T13:35:21.804-04:00The Business and Management Collection, produced by Henry Stewart Talks (HSTalks), consists of over 1,000 video lectures and case studies by experts from commerce, industry, the professions and academia. The Cheng Library is providing trial access to the collection through April 30. The Collection is divided into six broad subject areas: Finance, Accounting and Economics Global Business http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2017/03/trial-access-to-hstalks-business-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-7979592586497849450Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:00:00 +00002016-01-29T14:00:57.406-05:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of a major new electronic resource this semester. The American Council of Learned Societies Humanities E-Book Collection contains over 4,600 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities and social sciences selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching. The collection includes titles from over 100 http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2016/01/american-council-of-learned-societies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3173435486149823571Wed, 27 Jan 2016 23:22:00 +00002016-01-27T18:22:17.716-05:00It's a new year, a new semester, and a new set of learning challenges for students. For those courses requiring research papers and projects, one of the Cheng Library's most useful research starting points is Credo Reference's Academic Core database, a full-text collection of over 800 high-quality reference works, including single- and multi-volume specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2016/01/start-semester-on-right-foot-with-credo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-8434522937898189627Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:36:00 +00002015-09-09T13:14:17.131-04:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce that it has added Statista to its database collection for the 2015-2016 academic year. The Statista database provides a portal to quantitative data on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 sources. Designed for use by business customers, researchers, and students, it offers access to data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2015/07/statista-provides-numbers-you-need.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3934092640374765958Wed, 28 Jan 2015 01:34:00 +00002015-01-27T20:44:53.701-05:00 Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Volume I and Volume II, from Alexander Street Press, is a unique online series that lets students and researchers peer deeply into the client-therapist relationship and follow the progress — and the setbacks — of clients across multiple therapy sessions. The Cheng Library is providing trial access to these collections from now through March 21. This http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2015/01/trial-access-to-counseling-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-8055495009043068586Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:01:00 +00002014-11-06T13:06:31.632-05:00From now through December 12, the Cheng Library is offering trial access to Euromonitor International's Passport database. Euromonitor's Passport is a global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, surveys and breaking news on industries, countries and consumers worldwide.  Passport connects market research to a company's goals and annual planning, analyzing markethttp://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/11/trial-access-to-euromonitors-passport.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-93516774056460262Sat, 04 Oct 2014 14:52:00 +00002014-11-06T12:18:57.756-05:00 The Cheng Library's new SocINDEX database provides access to the broad spectrum of sociological study. With a backfile extending to 1895, it features more than 2.1 million records and contains citations and abstracts from over 4,400 journals, over 1,000 books, and over 400 magazines, plus additional references to working papers, educational reports, trade publications, conference papers, and http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/10/socindex-offers-research-on-all-aspects.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-1758443577714761944Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:18:00 +00002014-09-24T17:29:26.921-04:00 The year the Cheng Library is offering two new databases to support undergraduate and graduate study and research in politics and public policy. Political Science Complete is a full-text resource on politics and public policy offers access to: over 900 academic journals (with full-text access to almost 500 titles) over 300 books over 43,000 conference papers from the major national, regional,http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-political-with-political.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-155192027295099211Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:12:00 +00002014-09-22T15:12:16.022-04:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce that we are now offering TWO new databases providing music online through streaming audio technology:The Naxos Music Library is a large online classical music library. It offers streaming audio access to over 100,000 albums and features over 1.4 million tracks covering both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new albums are added to the library every http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/09/theres-music-in-air-and-online-naxos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4984287243150589323Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:47:00 +00002014-09-15T16:47:07.927-04:00GenderWatch is our newest full-text database for supporting teaching and research in gender and women's studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) research. The database offers over 300 titles, with more than 250 in full-text, from an array of academic, radical, community and independent presses, with coverage back to 1970. Researchers and teachers may access more than 219,000 http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/09/genderwatch-database-offers-full-text.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4016237503786162185Thu, 11 Sep 2014 22:34:00 +00002014-09-11T18:41:35.235-04:00Following a budget cut in 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for its Statistical Compendia program, resulting in the discontinuation of major statistical publications, including the Statistical Abstract of the United States, one of the most important and useful reference publications ever produced. Subsequent to this decision, the database company ProQuest began http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/09/got-data-if-you-want-em-statistical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-1336284766258908766Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:53:00 +00002014-09-10T00:53:47.233-04:00Starting this fall, the Cheng Library is offering PsycTESTS, a research database produced by the American Psychological Association that provides access to over 20,000 psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration. The database is a most valuable resource for any student or faculty http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/09/new-this-fall-psyctests-database.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-2109970783948526696Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:57:00 +00002014-09-03T08:57:39.671-04:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce that the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database is now available. The database includes three million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over one million full-text dissertations available for download in PDF format. It represents a significant enhancement to the University community's http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/09/proquest-dissertations-and-theses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-2466784230182346508Thu, 15 May 2014 21:09:00 +00002014-05-15T17:18:05.020-04:00Now through June 30 the Cheng Library is offering trial access to the American Psychological Association's PsycTESTS database on the EBSCOhost platform. PsycTESTS is a research database from the American Psychological Association that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/05/trial-access-to-apa-psyctests-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-6480531182460268726Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:36:00 +00002014-03-25T00:36:21.498-04:00Maney Publishing, a British-based company, is offering trial access to its collection of over 150 scholarly journals through April 20. The collection includes titles in materials science and engineering, the humanities and social sciences, and health science.Maney publishes extensively for learned societies, universities and professional bodies around the world, and its titles are peer-reviewed. http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/03/trial-access-to-maney-online-research-e.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4209028594566963698Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:40:00 +00002014-03-19T09:40:17.217-04:00The Jazz Music Library, from Alexander Street Press, is a large audio database of recorded jazz from the early 1920s to the present, including all major jazz genres (vocal jazz, bebop, acid jazz, big band music, modern jazz, and more). The database currently provides streaming access to more than 130,000 tracks, with new recordings added monthly. Trial access to the database is available now http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/03/trial-access-to-jazz-music-library-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-6190046757483801245Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:44:00 +00002014-03-07T13:44:04.109-05:00The Naxos Jazz Music Library is one of the most comprehensive collection of recorded jazz music available online. It offers over 65,000 tracks of jazz from more than 6,000 albums. Over 12,000 jazz artists are represented in the collection. The Naxos Jazz Music Library comprises the catalogues of Blue Notes Records, 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz and over 150 other labels. US-based Fantasy has the http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/03/naxos-jazz-music-library-trial-access.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3662827369364068418Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:38:00 +00002014-01-07T13:38:50.966-05:00The Cheng Library's electronic book collection continues to grow this year with the addition of over 20,000 titles to the Ebrary Academic Complete database.The new titles, which bring our total Ebrary collection up to over 110,000 titles, including recent books by such distinguished academic publishers as Wiley, Ashgate, Edinburgh University Press, Harvard University Press, and Peter Lang, among http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2014/01/20000-more-e-books-added-to-ebrarys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0