tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343Mon, 28 May 2012 03:50:16 +0000http://chengextra.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)Blogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-6830884226544483949Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:46:00 +00002012-04-03T12:46:30.356-04:00The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and physical research in a video format. It was established in 2006 as a new tool in life science publication and communication, with participation of scientists from leading research institutions. JoVE takes advantage of video technology to capture and transmit the http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/04/try-journal-of-visualized-experiments.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-366566128049779760Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:39:00 +00002012-03-01T16:39:48.517-05:00Publisher Palgrave Macmillan is offering free online access to all 76 of their journal titles during the month of March. The journals cover several subject areas, including business and management, economics, education, finance, information systems and technology, marketing, statistics, political science and international studies, social and cultural studies, urban design, real estate and http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/03/free-access-to-all-palgrave-macmillan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-641578738059457022Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:45:00 +00002012-02-17T16:45:19.303-05:00Through April 15 the Cheng Library is offering trial access to the American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection (1691-1877) on the EBSCOhost platform. This rich collection consists of over 7,600 full-text periodicals comprised of over seven million pages and covering all aspects of American history and culture from the late 17th century colonial period through the end of the http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/02/trial-access-to-american-antiquarian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-2785675133187173275Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:56:00 +00002012-02-14T14:11:49.396-05:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce that campus-wide "click-through" access to the online edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education is now available. The Chronicle of Higher Education is a major news publication covering the college and university sector. The online edition of the Chronicle is published every weekday and features news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/02/chronicle-of-higher-education-is-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3169104819650305235Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:32:00 +00002012-02-03T13:32:59.928-05:00The IBISWorld database provides industry data and analysis on niche and emerging industries. Using primarily NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System) as a basis for identifying industry sectors, IBISWorld offers a collection of industry reports in the areas of agriculture, mining, utilities, construction, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trades, transportation, information, http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/02/try-ibisworld-industry-and-risk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4075290244338625313Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:17:00 +00002012-01-23T14:17:34.602-05:00Ebrary's Academic Complete, a collection of over 72,000 electronic books from major publishers suitable for university libraries, is now being provided through the Cheng Library. Over 290 publishers - including Oxford University Press, Taylor and Francis, Brill Academic Publishers, John Wiley and Sons, Cambridge University Press, and Ashgate Publishing - are represented in the collection, and http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/01/over-72000-e-books-now-available.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-8039181098532562776Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:32:00 +00002012-01-21T13:32:29.417-05:00This semester the Cheng Library has acquired three new journal collections for our JSTOR electronic archive: the Arts and Sciences Collection V, VI, and VIII. Along with the four collections already offered, we are now providing archival access to a total of over 1,500 titles, with over 890 titles - some 60 percent of the full collection - supplemented each year with new content. The three new http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/01/jstor-gets-bigger-and-better-thanks-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-8962681118234777360Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:25:00 +00002011-12-16T17:25:48.155-05:00William Paterson University is now providing over 3,800 educational videos in streaming format online for use in teaching and research through NJVid: The New Jersey Digital Video Repository. Faculty and students are invited to explore the NJVid portal to browse and search the many collections and titles available. Both full-length feature films and shorter clips suitable for in-class and online http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/12/over-3800-videos-now-available-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-5058063082891240763Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:39:00 +00002011-11-18T01:41:41.314-05:00To date the Cheng Library has purchased over 630 electronic books on the Ebrary platform. But Ebrary offers much more, and from now until December 7 students and faculty are invited to try Academic Complete, Ebrary's major collection for academic libraries. Containing over 70,000 full-text ebooks from more than 700 publishers, Academic Complete is one of the largest sources for high-quality http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/11/trial-access-to-ebarys-academic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-1181416719326400721Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:32:00 +00002011-11-17T15:32:24.690-05:00The Cheng Library is currently providing trial access to PsycTESTS, a bibliographic database published by the American Psychological Association. PsycTESTS provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration. The citation records include a summary that describes the test, http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/11/try-psyctests-trial-access-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3874102122085052117Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:59:00 +00002011-10-07T08:59:08.682-04:00Scopus is a comprehensive database providing access to the research literature of the natural and physical sciences and the social sciences. The database currently provides over 45 million citation records and indexes: over 18,000 peer-reviewed journals over 400 trade publications over 300 book series Also included are citations for: over 4.6 million conference papers from proceedings and http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/10/introducing-scopus-database-powerful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-413949683138285816Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:03:00 +00002011-09-09T15:03:13.037-04:00The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is a leading resource for systematic reviews in health care. A systematic review attempts to identify, appraise and synthesize all the empirical http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/09/cochrane-library-systematic-reviews-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-5307742053017381847Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:09:00 +00002011-09-08T18:09:52.387-04:00Clinical Evidence, produced by the BMJ Publishing Group, is a decision-support resource for health professionals providing evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions and systematic reviews of important clinical conditions. Clinical Evidence systematic reviews summarize the current state of knowledge and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions, based on http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/09/clinical-evidence-new-resource-for-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-2442457536883885738Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:34:00 +00002011-04-28T17:56:29.474-04:00The National Bureau of Economic Research is the nation's leading nonprofit economic research organization. Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/04/national-bureau-of-economic-research.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4402432930854181982Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:53:00 +00002011-04-21T16:57:07.671-04:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce that from 2011 it has replaced microfilm archiving of Barron's, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal with "digital microfilm" accessible through an online database. ProQuest Digital Microfilm offers high-quality, cover-to-cover page images from all three publications, including all graphics, advertisements and other features from the print http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/04/proquest-digital-microfilm-brings-page.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-8938960349654529499Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:02:00 +00002011-04-08T15:07:30.208-04:00During the month of April, Routledge is offering free online access to all of its 228 journal titles in education. While the Cheng Library already offers access to severals of these journals through direct subscriptions and full-text databases, the additional titles will all be accessible through links in our databases during April. You can also browse all of the titles through Routledge's web http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/04/over-200-education-journals-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-549296666539696981Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:55:00 +00002011-04-08T14:03:17.314-04:00The Philosopher’s Index, published by the Philosopher’s Information Center, is now available through the Cheng Library on ProQuest's CSA Illumina search platform. The Philosopher’s Index is the most current and comprehensive bibliography of scholarly research in philosophy, containing more than 450,000 records drawn from over 680 journals, originating from more than 50 countries. The literature http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/04/philosophers-index-now-available.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-7300487009456439768Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:39:00 +00002011-04-04T10:48:11.901-04:00On March 28 the New York Times announced a new policy for readers who access the paper through its own web site. The new policy allows readers to access up to 20 news stories per month for free; beyond that number, readers will be required to pay for a digital subscription.Did you know, however, that all of the news stories and editorials in each day's New York Times are available every morning http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-news-for-new-york-times-readers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4890807256962806871Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:59:00 +00002011-03-09T10:05:00.287-05:00Which Library services are important to you?How important are they?And how does the Cheng Library measure up?We really want to know, and starting March 23 we hope you'll tell us by completing a brief online survey called LibQUAL (What is LibQual?).This survey - which takes only about six minutes to complete online - tells us a great deal about the services that are important to you and will help http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/03/please-take-our-libqual-survey-march-23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3967564908742912816Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:40:00 +00002011-02-16T16:47:30.787-05:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of Cambridge Journals Online, a collection of over 290 high-quality journals published by Cambridge University Press. The collection is especially strong in the following subject areas:MathematicsHistoryLawPolitics and International RelationsLanguage and LinguisticsArea StudiesEcology and ConservationMusicPsychology and PsychiatryBiology http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/02/now-available-over-290-journals-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-7556025426867627034Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:15:00 +00002011-02-03T16:19:18.980-05:00The Oxford English Dictionary, published by the Oxford University Press, is a comprehensive dictionary of the English Language that stresses the historical origins of words. The online edition provides quick and easy access to approximately 600,000 words from 1150 C.E. to the present day, with details of their meaning, history, and pronunciation, both present and past. It traces the usage of http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/02/try-oxford-english-dictionary-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-954674012092476655Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:47:00 +00002011-02-02T12:54:45.964-05:00The ARTstor digital library, available through the Cheng Library, is a large and ever-growing database that currently contains over one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for teaching and research. Today the database features over 150 collections with contributions from outstanding museums, http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/02/using-artstor-for-teaching-faculty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-5752210539594193489Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:56:00 +00002011-01-28T13:02:17.124-05:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of over 260 new electronic books in a variety of subject areas though the Ebrary E-Book service. These books, when added to the 4,182 already in our collection from netLibrary, increase the Library's e-book collection to over 4,400 titles.The new titles, which include academic monographs and reference titles from several different http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2011/01/library-adds-over-260-titles-to-its-e.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4964383533172941665Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:22:00 +00002010-10-07T13:25:03.853-04:00M.E. Sharpe, a publisher of books and journals in the social sciences and humanities, is currently offering trial access to 18 major reference titles through its online portal Sharpe Online Reference. The titles cover a variety of topics in U.S. and global history and culture. All titles can be browsed and searched (individually or across all titles). The site also includes an image gallery, an http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2010/10/trial-access-to-sharpe-online-reference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-9094688865824527153Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:59:00 +00002010-10-06T12:04:24.339-04:00Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys is a leading source of professional industry analysis used by investment advisors, corporations, consulting firms, government agencies, and law offices. Over 50 of the largest North American and global industries are covered by the reports available in the database, along with a larger number of sub-industry reviews.Each report is authored by a Standard & Poor'shttp://chengextra.blogspot.com/2010/10/standard-poors-industry-surveys-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0