tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343Sun, 19 May 2013 00:33:51 +0000http://chengextra.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)Blogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3589462163555835503Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:40:00 +00002013-03-27T13:46:28.183-04:00As part of our ongoing conversion of reference sources from print to online, the Cheng Library has added an online subscription to Hoover’s Academic and Mergent Intellect. The Hoover’s Academic database contains detailed proprietary information about more than 40,000 public and non-public companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives, with additional information about 90 million companieshttp://chengextra.blogspot.com/2013/03/company-and-industry-research-just-got.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-8708470037365601631Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:21:00 +00002013-03-10T19:21:30.945-04:00Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, EDITLib offers a portal to aggregated, peer-reviewed research on the latest developments and applications in educational technologies and e-learning. Encompassing more than 25 years of published international journal articles, conference papers, e-books, and multimedia content from tens of thousands of leading authors, http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2013/03/trial-access-to-editlib-digital-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-4427833775899128633Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:04:00 +00002013-01-16T11:05:37.385-05:00The Cheng Library is offering trial access to the VAST: Academic Video Online database through February 15. VAST, published by Alexander Street Press, is a one-stop multidisciplinary resource for streaming video covering a wide variety of academic disciplines. Subjects covered in the database include: American and world history, anthropology, area and ethnic studies, art and architecture, http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2013/01/trial-access-to-vast-streaming-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-2448864081512571149Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:32:00 +00002012-11-26T18:01:38.514-05:00Faculty seeking grant funding opportunities and potential collaborators in their areas of research expertise now have a new integrated tool to help with both tasks. The Pivot database, which replaces the former Community of Scholars Funding Opportunities database, provides access to funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billion from a wide variety of sources in the U.S. and other countrieshttp://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-pivot-database-helps-identify-grant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-8820319780163806142Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:17:00 +00002012-10-18T18:26:02.026-04:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce that, starting with the just-released Volume 139, we are now providing online access to the International Directory of Company Histories. The Directory offers accurate and detailed information on the development of the world's largest and most influential companies. Each three- to five-page entry is detailed with facts gathered from popular magazines, http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/10/now-online-international-directory-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-7974811777787273188Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:36:00 +00002012-10-08T00:36:58.830-04:00The Cheng Library is pleased to announce that EBSCO has made possible extended trial access to two major databases from the American Psychological Association. The trials are to run from October 2012 through the end of June 2013. PsycCRITIQUES is a database of full-text book reviews featuring current scholarly and professional books in psychology. It also publishes reviews from a psychological http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/10/extended-trial-access-to-two-major.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-6218216850703816357Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:44:00 +00002012-09-13T12:44:23.197-04:00The electronic Human Relations Area Files (eHRAF) database of full-text ethnographic field research, eHRAF World Cultures, is one of the best sources for the comparative study of cultures, and it continues to get better with expanding coverage of human cultures and new content.The database now includes over 4,000 documents - many of them book-length studies - in full-text, representing almost http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-content-and-new-look-for-ehraf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-2051658152283276970Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:52:00 +00002012-09-10T17:52:51.613-04:00From now through November 9, students and faculty have access to Palgrave Macmillan's complete ebook monograph collections on the PalgraveConnect platform.Palgrave Macmillan currently offers some 10,000 scholarly ebooks in several subject areas, with a particular emphasis on fields in the humanities, social sciences, and business. The ebooks are compatible with most e-reader technology and http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/09/trial-access-to-10000-palgrave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-3157802551467687137Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:11:00 +00002012-09-10T17:11:42.630-04:00Trial access to the CEIC Database portal is now available through September 21. The fourteen CEIC databases available during the trial offer extensive developing and developed markets macroeconomic data, with over a million time series covering economies from the U.S. and China to Vietnam, Bulgaria and Chile. CEIC Data has been helping economists and analysts make sense of the world economy sincehttp://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/09/try-ceic-database-for-macroeconomic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-2959586969169322563Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:07:00 +00002012-09-07T14:07:30.756-04:00The Scopus database provides wide access to peer-reviewed research in the sciences and social sciences, indexing over 18,500 journals, 400 trade publications, 340 book series, and 4.9 million conference proceedings. The database presently contains over 47 million records going as far back as 1823 and as up-to-the-minute as "articles-in-press" from over 3,800 journals. Every subject discipline in http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/09/have-you-tried-scopus-for-science.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-5661295920917526012Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:50:00 +00002012-06-27T14:50:44.170-04:00 The Cheng Library is pleased to announce it has acquired the online version of the "Retrospective" edition of the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, covering the years 1890 through 1982, and provided on the EBSCOhost search platform. First published in 1901 by the H.W. Wilson Company, the Readers' Guide served for over a century as the major subject index to popular general-interest http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/06/readers-guide-to-periodical-literature.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925395300909688343.post-6638966239589306141Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:06:00 +00002012-06-21T17:06:44.591-04:00Last year's generous gift from the Student Government Association (SGA) supported the refurbishment of Instruction and Research Technology's Preview Room in the Library's Media Services Department, the creation of the new Nexus news center space, and the purchase of three archival journal collection from the popular and highly respected JSTOR service. Following completion of these projects, the http://chengextra.blogspot.com/2012/06/gift-that-kept-giving-sga-gift-funds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richard Kearney)0tag: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)0