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Tips & Tricks: Understanding Academic Databases

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:47:00 +0000

If you're new to academic databases, it can be tricky at first to understand what their purpose really is and why they do not all have the full text. It can also be difficult to understand the difference between the database and the platform or provider.

Back in the dark ages before the internet, you had three key ways to find information on a topic -- the library card catalog, indexes and guides, and following citation trails. In reality, these things still exist, we've just started using computers to help do a lot of the work (and often improve the tools in the process).

Indexes would have a list of publications they subscribed to that covered a particular topic. The American Humanities Index (for example) received copies of hundreds of journals that covered the humanities, as well as many literary magazines. They would then create a citation for each article and decide what topics were covered by that article. They would then create several different index cards for that one record: One with the author's name at the top, followed by the full citation, and two to three more with different topics at the top of the card, followed by the citation.

Let's make up a citation to show an example:
Smith, John. 1999. "Mark Twain's Role in Shaping Southern Literature" Journal of Crazy Ideas 42(1):20-28

The index would have been arranged alphabetically. If knew John Smith had written an article, but, you couldn't remember where it was published, you turn to "Smith, John" and find the citation. If you were interested in Mark Twain, you'd turn to "Twain, Mark." Or you might find it under "American Literature." Once you knew your citation, you could go find it in the library. At the time, this was the best way to find the articles that you needed. However it was limited by the constraints of space. Indexes tended to have small print, abbreviated journal titles, and could only index an article under a limited number of topics. There was no space to print abstracts of each article either.

Databases are working with this same model. They collect the citation and apply subject headings to it. However, since the information is all on computers, you no longer have the problem of space. Instead of having a citation repeated in three to four places, one record is created with distinct fields. The computer searches those fields for a match. As server space became cheaper, it became easier to add more features like abstracts and even full-text. In a nutshell, online databases have much more flexibility in searching. It also means that it can be harder to focus your search.

The database provider is much like the publisher of the old indexes (some of which are still around). They take the information and package it into an easy-to-use form. Typically, each provider has their own distinct platform. EBSCOHost, ProQuest and CSA are each providers with their own platform. The platform is then used to search and display the data you need. Often providers own (or license) several different databases, all of which are then available on their platform.

As a rule of thumb, the database is the collection of indexed information. The platform is the software that searches and displays information.

Information, Technology & Culture Round-up

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:06:00 +0000

Today's IT&C Round-up covers privacy concerns, copyright protection, the digital divide, social networking, and the impact of technology on our lives.

Technology & Culture

Europe Clears Mobiles on Aircraft
"Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules. The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more." We'll see whether the United States follows suit on this.

Overloading the Brain: Multitasking
"We make choices like this every day. We decide where to go to college, what to eat for dinner, who to date. And a lot of our choices are irrational, influenced by irrelevant information. We are of course capable of making deliberate, logical choices as well; recent science suggests that the brain is like a hybrid engine, constantly switching back and forth between reasoned calculation and rapid intuition. But what determines how we will handle a particular problem in life? How do we know what part of our cognitive repertoire will be in play today?"

The study invoked does not actually involve multitasking, but, the author discusses the implication of mental fatigue on decision-making and how multitasking adds to that strain. Is this a fair extension? Perhaps, perhaps not. However other studies have shown that "...multitasking may seem more efficient on the surface, but may actually take more time in the end." Indeed, multitasking is suspected to inhibit learning. The UCLA conducted an experiment on multitasking "...in which 14 men and women in their 20s were asked to learn a simple classification task under two sets of circumstances: once with no distractions, and then while simultaneously counting the number of high-pitched beeps they heard through headphones. In both cases, subjects learned the new skill just fine. But the study, using MRI scans, showed that when asked to multitask, the subjects used a totally different part of their brains �?? the striatum rather than the hippocampus." Essentially, because a different area of the brain is active, it inhibits the ability of the individual to recall the information in a flexible way.

Social Networking

He loves me? He loves me not? Check Facebook.
Having been on Facebook for a bit myself, I've been intrigued by the way it spreads social status information. XKCD poked fun at Facebook's dating profiling months ago. However, I find it interesting that this aspect finally caught the attention of CNN. Social networking isn't solely for keeping track of who's involved with who.

Collaborative Innovation Networks: Innovation through Social Networking
"A question. What connects Facebook enthusiasts in China busy translating the social networking site into Mandarin and a community of orthopaedic surgeons swapping ideas on how to treat spinal injuries? The answer. They're both examples of a worldwide phenomenon that is changing the way people -- and ultimately businesses -- develop ideas.

Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs) are online communities of like-minded people working together to create innovations. Author and scientist Peter Gloor originated the term. He describes it as a "cyberteam of self-motivated people with a collective vision.""

Similarly, social networking has led to the development of the microfinancing model, allowing individuals to choose to lend money to people who would normally be considered too risky by most banks. Kiva.org is a non-profit organization where the investors are repaid though do not make any money from the loan. Prosper.com works more like a standard loan where the money is paid back to the investors with interest. How well do the programs work? I'm not sure. From an investor's point of view, it spreads the risk around. From the borrower's point of view, it could be as bad as some of the high interest credit cards. Still, it's a fascinating concept.

Digital Divide

Navajo Nation Likely to Lose Internet Service
The Navajo Nation will likely lose internet service over the possibility that they had been double-billed previously. The E-rate program that pays for their service will be withholding money from the provider.

Privacy and Information Access
Health Database Was Set Up to Ignore �??Abortion�??
Johns Hopkins University said Friday that it had programmed its computers to ignore the word �??abortion�?? in searches of a large, publicly financed database of information on reproductive health after federal officials raised questions about two articles in the database.

Search engines should delete personal data held about their users within six months
"The body was set up to provide expert opinion to the European Commission and to make recommendations in the areas of personal data and privacy. The Commission usually adopts the recommendations the body makes.

The report also said search engines did not need to gather additional personal data, beyond the IP address of a machine being used, in order to deliver basic search results and advertisements." That last is particularly interesting, in light of another article in which Dr Richard Clayton, a computer security researcher at the University of Cambridge, declared that the Phorm targeted advertising system breaks current privacy laws in the UK.

Last but not least: Copyright
Do Student's Lecture Notes Infringe on the Professor's Copyright?
University of Florida professor Michael Moulton thinks copyright law protects the lectures he gives to his students, and he's headed to court to prove it.

Moulton and his e-textbook publisher are suing Thomas Bean, who runs a company that repackages and sells student notes, arguing that the business is illegal since notes taken during college lectures violate the professor's copyright.

This is one of the stickiest copyright controversies I've seen recently. Do your notes violate copyright law? Is the law only violated if the notes are then sold? Does a lecture even count as protected material or does it signal lazy teaching if the notes are reused from year to year? You tell me.

New JSTOR platform launches today

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:38:00 +0000

Regular JSTOR users might notice that the database looks a bit different today. JSTOR has just released an updated interface. Here's what they say about it:

sandbox.jstor.org

You can see the new JSTOR by linking through the library's Databases A-to-Z page or any of our subject pages.

Need help with the new JSTOR? Stop by the reference desk (or IM us at SkidRef).

Enjoy!

Information Tips and Tricks: Article Citations, Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:15:00 +0000

Article Citations 101, Part Two: Practicing Reading a Citation

In part one, we talked about how to identify the parts of a citation. You'll want to take a look at that post first. Now we�??ll dissect a couple citations. While these citations are good examples of some of the variations you may see, each field has its own citation rules. Many journals and databases also have their own rules. However, with some basic concepts and practice, you�??ll be able to decipher any citation. Familiarizing yourself with some of the different citation styles such as APA, Chicago and MLA will also help you understand both reading and writing citations. For more information on citations visit the library's citation page. To help you create citations for your own work try the Citation Machine.

Citation from EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier:

MARK--RECAPTURE--RECOVERY MODELING AND AGE-RELATED SURVIVAL IN LITTLE PENGUINS (EUDYPTULA MINOR). By: Sidhu, Leesa A.; Catchpole, Edward A.; Dann, Peter. Auk, Jul2007, Vol. 124 Issue 3, p815-827, 13p; (AN 26133923)

Article Title: �??MARK--RECAPTURE--RECOVERY MODELING AND AGE-RELATED SURVIVAL IN LITTLE PENGUINS (EUDYPTULA MINOR)�??
-- Like most databases, the article title is listed first.

Authors: Sidhu, Leesa A.; Catchpole, Edward A.; Dann, Peter.
-- the word �??By�?? makes this one easy, doesn�??t it?

Journal Title: Auk
-- This one might have been tricky for you. No �??Journal of�?? to tip you off. But, the only thing �??Auk�?? could be is the journal title.

Volume & Issue: Vol. 124 Issue 3
-- Spelled out nicely for you.

Pages: p815-827, 13p
-- Most bibliographies will not list how many pages long the article is.

Date: July 2007

Odd Things: (AN 26133923)
-- This is a code that EBSCO uses to identify that particular record. This is not something you would use to cite this article; however, you can use that code to find that article again in Academic Search Premier.

Citation from that article�??s bibliography:

EBERHARDT, L. L. 1985. Assessing the dynamics of wild populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 49:997-1012.

Article Title: Assessing the dynamics of wild populations.
-- In this case it�??s after the author and the year. However, the journal title is obvious.

Author: EBERHARDT, L. L.
-- Right where you�??d expect the author in most bibliographies.

Journal Title: Journal of Wildlife Management
-- �??Journal�?? makes it easy to tell the original source of the article.

Volume & Issue: 49
-- Many styles of bibliography will put the volume & issue before a colon and the pages after it. Usually it follows the form Vol (issue): pp-pp. Here there�??s only one number beforehand. How do you know whether it�??s the volume or the issue? In truth, you can�??t know for sure. They may be listing the volume only and assuming you�??ll figure out the issue based on the page number. Or they may only publish issues without using volumes at all. If requesting this via interlibrary loan, put it in either space and add a note about the citation.

Pages: 997-1012
-- see volume & issue explanation above

Date: 1985
-- It�??s the only number that could possibly be the date, if nothing else.

Information Tips and Tricks: Article Citations, Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:04:00 +0000

Welcome to the first of another new regular column on the Scribner Library Blog! Here you�??ll find research tips and tricks from basic concepts to tricky details. Whether you�??re a research neophyte or a master of information, we hope you�??ll find something useful here. For our first few tips, we�??ll be starting with some basics.

Article Citations 101, Part I: The Basics

So, you�??ve found a citation, and, the abstract of the article sounds like exactly what you need. But what is it and where is it? Alternately, you've found an article that looks great. What information do you need to know to find it again? Or to tell someone else where to find it? Today, we�??ll cover the basics of the parts of a citation of a journal article. In part two, we�??ll dissect some examples.

The main pieces of a citation are as follows:

Article Title �?? The title of the article is often listed first in citations in electronic databases. This allows people to scan their hits to find relevant articles. However, it is rarely listed first in bibliographies, unless there is no author listed.

Article Author(s) �?? Often listed after the article title in e-databases, but, almost always first in most bibliographies.

Journal Title �?? Usually after the article title and author, the journal title is often underlined or italicized in bibliographies but not always. Sometimes you�??ll simply need to follow your intuitions. Journal titles will be broader interest than the article title and often contain the word �??journal�??.

Volume & Issue �??Volume and issue are publishing terms. For example, let�??s say the Journal of Widgets runs one issue per month, but, two volumes per year. Therefore, the October issue would likely be Volume 2, Issue 4. Knowing an article is from 1994, but, not which volume and/or issue could lead you to having to search through that entire year to find that article. If there is no issue, but, there�??s a month given be sure to note the month.

Pages �?? Just like in a book, this tells you were to find the article you want. However, some journals will use continued pagination from issue to issue, but, not volume to volume. Issue 1 of the Journal of Widgets would end on page 128. Issue 2 would begin on page 129, and, so on through that volume.

Year/Date �?? Date of publication. Always at least a year.

For more on citations, visit the library's citation resources page as well as the Article Citations Part II.

New database trials

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:14:00 +0000

The library is currently offering trial access to several research databases. If you haven't checked our trial database page in a while, take a look. New trials include:

Aluka (African Studies)
CQ Electronic Library (American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs)
Literature Resource Center & Literature Criticism Online
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
Readers Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982 (Multidisciplinary/General interest)

Enjoy!

Information, Technology & Culture Round-up

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:12:00 +0000

They Know Who You Are, They Know What You've Bought

RFID tags can be highly useful bits of technology, but, they are not without risk of abuse. All it takes to read them is a scanner. If every item in your home contained a RFID chip from when it was purchased, while it might make it easier for you to check out at the store, it might also allow a criminal to scan your home to know what items you have. Washington State has enacted a law that "makes it a Class C felony to intentionally scan another person's identification remotely without his or her knowledge and consent, for the purpose of fraud, identity theft, or some other illegal purpose." However, this law would not stop businesses from collecting the information for targeted advertisement. Engadget discusses the potential for abuse. Even if businesses themselves didn't abuse the information they collected, collected information always has the risk of being stolen. In some cases, privacy is required for true security.

Death of the Print Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia publishers are steadily moving away from the standard print tomes that have been library and home standards for generations. In many ways the move makes sense. Electronic encyclopedia can have longer entries and are easier to maintain. Yet I'll admit a certain fondness for that kind of reference material that I suspect won't completely disappear. While electronic media make it easy to find information on a particular topic, you can't have the same moments of serendipitous discovery as an entry on another page caught your eye.

Professor as an Open (Face)Book

Apparently more and more professors have moved to Facebook and other social networking sites. Is this cool? Creepy? I think that depends on the professors and the students coming across them to be honest. As someone in the academic field who has been involved in social networking for the past seven years, I think this trend is likely to continue to grow.

A Computer Screen You Can Fold

Similar in concept to the Kindle, the Readius is an e-book reader. However, the makers of the Readius wanted a larger screen without sacrificing portability. The solution? An e-ink screen that can be folded.

Genetic Testing Gets Personal

�??More than 20 companies today offer "personalized genomics" tests that promise to help clients discern from their DNA what diseases they are likely to get, whether they are shy or adventurous, even their propensity to become addicted to drugs. A growing number bypass doctors and deal directly with consumers�?�

Personalized medicine, the detection of people's individual health risks and the tailoring of preventive strategies and therapies just for them, has been a buzzword for years. But it remained elusive until technological advances allowed researchers to scan huge stretches of human DNA quickly and at relatively modest expense�?�"

If you haven't seen the movie Gattaca, I'd recommend it. It explores the many-fold issues surrounding profiling people by their genetic makeup. These issues are becoming real, despite the fact that we've barely scratched the surface in our quest to understand how genetic disposition relates to environmental factors.

And that's the information, technology & culture round-up.

Information, Technology & Culture Round-up

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:28:00 +0000

Welcome to the first Information, Technology & Culture Round-up. How will technological innovations change the way we access information? Where is the line between personal privacy and public information? How do we filter through all of the information that is thrown at us every day? These are the kinds of topics we'll be discussing here on a somewhat regular basis.

ISP Tracking and Targeted Advertising
How would you feel if a company monitored every move you made on the internet? A company called Phrom is working with several ISPs to do just that. The goal is to then tailor advertisement to your interested, based upon where you've been online. This is not a new concept. Facebook continues to be criticized for using the Beacon program for both targeted ads and publishing user's internet activities to their friends. New York State Assembly representative Richard Brodsky has proposed legislation that would impose limitations on Internet data collection practices. However, states hands are often tied due to the Commerce Clause, which limits the ability of states to regular interstate businesses.

Battle for Information from Tibet:

This isn�??t the first time China has found itself fighting a losing battle over the flow of information due to the changes in the technology available to the average person. Blogs, Microblogs & YouTube have all contributed in spreading information on what is happening in Tibet. Verifying the information is another matter.

Freedom of Information? Maybe not.

Since September 11^th 2001, states have �??steadily limited the public�??s access to government information�?��?? Where should the line between transparency and public protection be? To better understand the importance of the openness of government information, see what the Dallas Morning News would have looked like �??�?�without access to government records and meetings.�??

Online Gaming as a Model for the Real World

Epidemiologists have already used World of Warcraft as a model of how epidemics spread. Now "Charles Blair, deputy director of the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies, said he thinks the game could provide a powerful new way to study how terrorist cells form and operate." This isn't the first time that someone has considered gaming as a way of exploring terrorist development. Clive Thompson realized that in his efforts to deal with superior players in Halo 3, he "...had, quite unconsciously, adopted the tactics of a suicide bomber -- or a kamikaze pilot."

"So after a few weeks of this ritual humiliation, I got sick of it. And I devised a simple technique for revenge... It's not just that I'm willing to sacrifice my life to kill someone else. It's that I'm exploiting the psychology of asymmetrical warfare."

And that's the IT&C Round-up.

Where's the Circ Desk?

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:39:00 +0000

Please be advised that the library�??s Circulation Department (including the front desk area) will be recarpeted during the week of January 7th. We will therefore need to shift the location of our circulation and reserves services.

Beginning Monday, January 7th:

Books and other materials may be checked out at the library�??s reference desk.
Laptop computers will NOT be available for check-out during this period.
DVDs and VHS tapes will be stored in an alternate location and will be available for check-out upon request. There may be a short delay as we retrieve them for you.
Reserves services will continue to operate but will be set up in a temporary location. If you need reserves assistance, please e-mail Jane Kjaer (jkjaer@skidmore.edu) or see her in person in room #131 (an immediate right upon entering the library).
Interlibrary Loan items can be picked up and returned at the Interlibrary Loan office, located on the library�??s first floor, around the corner from the IT Help Desk.

We anticipate that work will be completed by Friday the 11th, but resetting the department may extend into the early part of the following week.

We thank you for your patience during this process.

LI100: Electronic Information Resources- space still available!

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:13:00 +0000

Register for LI100: Electronic Information Resources today. This one-credit, half-semester course runs from January 23-March 5, 2008. LI100 will help you to:

Choose the best research topics
Find good articles for your assignments
Use the library's databases
Improve your search techniques
Find what you need in the library and on the web.

Questions? Contact Elizabeth Putnam at x5542.

New titles available in JSTOR: 20071109

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:18:00 +0000

The following journal titles are new to JSTOR. The titles that are indicated with an asterisk are ones that we have in print. Issues available in JSTOR will be withdrawn from the shelves one month after posting (December 9, 2007).

Agenda
Albion: a Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies
*American Zoologist
Arabica
*Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies
Auk
British Journal for the History of Science, continues
Bulletin of the British Society of the History of Science
Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, continues
Calendar of the Art Institute of Chicago, continues
Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, continues
Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago
*Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art
Castanea, continues
Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club
Coleoperists Bulletin
Culture, Health & Sexuality
*Design Quarterly, continues
Everyday Art Quarterly
Development in Practice
Early Science and Medicine
Environmental History, continues
Environmental History Review, continues
Environmental Review, continues
Forest & Conservation History, continues
Journal of Forest History, continues
Forest History
Forschungen und Berichte
Gender and Development, continues
Focus on Gender
Germanic Museum Bulletin
Health and Human Rights
Herpetologica
Iran & the Caucasus
Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen
Journal of Public Policy
Journal of Range Management
Kew Bulletin, continues
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew)
Memoir, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
*Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes
Quality of Life Research
Rangelands
Review of African Political Economy
Rhetoric Society Quarterly, continues
Newsletter: Rhetoric Society of America
*Science News
*Sociological Quarterly
South African Archaeological Bulletin
Third World Quarterly
Weed Science, continues
Weeds
Weed Technology
Willdenowia, continues
Mitteilungen aus dem botanischen Garten und Museum Berlin-dahlem, continues
Notizblatt des Ko�?nigl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin
Women's Review of Books
*World Bank Economic Review
*World Bank Research Observer

New title available in Muse: 20071109

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:16:00 +0000

The following title is now available to Lucy Scribner Library through Project Muse:

ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance

Anthropology Plus on FirstSearch

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:45:00 +0000

Anthropology Plus, a major indexing database for anthropology, archaeology, and related fields, has recently switched from the RLG Eureka interface to OCLC's FirstSearch. Anthropology Plus users will be happy to find more search options, full-text linking (when available), and the ability to search other FirstSearch databases like ArticleFirst and WorldCat simultaneously with Anthropology Plus. If you haven't used Anthropology Plus before, take a look. It's available through the Anthropology subject page.

New titles available in Muse: 20070928

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:09:00 +0000

The following titles are now available to Lucy Scribner Library through Project Muse:

Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
The Innes Review

LexisNexis Academic

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:34:00 +0000

The redesigned LexisNexis Academic (LNA) service is now available through Scribner Library�??s database links via either the �??Resources by Subject or Topic�?? or the �??A to Z List of Databases.�?? The LNA service has a new look and new approach to searching, with Easy Search, Power Search, and content specific search forms.

As before, LexisNexis Academic can be very useful when searching news, business, and/or legal topics.

A few possible searches using the revised LexisNexis Academic, which the LNA staff tout as �??easier, faster, and far more powerful than the old:�??

· Find contemporary news stories on a particular event

· Search a specific publication

· Find stories from newspapers in your state

· Find stories on a particular industry

A tutorial with screenshots on LexisNexis Academic is available here.

For more information please contact Barbara Norelli, x5513 or bnorelli@skidmore.edu

Full-text Newspaper Access

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:50:00 +0000

Did you know that the New York Times offers complimentary access to TimesSelect on the web for college students and faculty? To create an account, you'll need to enter your college e-mail address here: http://www.nytimes.com/gst/ts_university_email_verify.html?incamp=ts:sell_pages_tsu_2.

More Newspaper Access
The library offers full-text access to many other newspapers through databases like LexisNexis, Academic Search Premier, ProQuest Research Library, and National Newspapers. Feel free to ask a reference librarian for help in accessing these subscriptions. Here's a sample of what is available:

New York Times - LexisNexis, 1980-present; ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1857-2004
Wall Street Journal - ABI/Inform Global and National Newspapers, 1984-present
Washington Post - LexisNexis, 1977-present; National Newspapers, 1987-1996
Albany Times Union - LexisNexis, 1994-present; Newspaper Source, 1999-present

General Petraeus' Report

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:52:00 +0000

You can now access General Petraeus' recent report (and slides) on the situation in Iraq, along with the accompanying charts. Ambassador Crocker's statement is available here.

More resources on the situation in Iraq are available:

House Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearings

Report from the Iraqi Security Forces Independent Assessment Commission [Jones Commission]

Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq - DoD Quarterly Reports

White House - Reports on Renewal in Iraq

Iraq Study Group Report [Baker & Hamilton]

GAO

House Armed Services Committee

NIEs

New titles available in Muse: 20070910

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:40:00 +0000

The following titles are now available to Lucy Scribner Library through Project Muse:

English Studies in Canada
Helios
Steinbeck Review
Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture

Welcome Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:53:00 +0000

We spent a busy summer preparing for your return. Some highlights include:

New staff

Karen McAuley

Jane Kjaer

Collaborative research

Ruth Copans

Julia Dauer

Ubiquitous Cycle: Book Artists Look Back

Department of Special Collections

Pretty floors

new carpet

New databases

CQ Global Researcher

Literary Encyclopedia Online

Have a great fall semester. See you soon!

New title available in Muse: 20070716

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:40:00 +0000

The following title is now available to Lucy Scribner Library through Project Muse:

James Joyce Quarterly

New titles available in JSTOR: 20070712

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:51:00 +0000

The following journal titles are new to JSTOR. The titles that are indicated with an asterisk are ones that we have in print. Issues available in JSTOR will be withdrawn from the shelves one month after posting (August 12, 2007).

Agricultural History
Business Ethics Quarterly
Epidemiology and Infection, continues
The Journal of Hygiene
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Goodwin Series
IMF Staff Papers, continues
* Staff Papers - International Monetary Fund
Northeastern Naturalist, continues
Maine Naturalist
* The Plant Cell
Risk Management
Southeastern Naturalist
Ursus, continues
Bears: Their Biology and Management, continues
Proceedings of the Bear Workshop

New titles available in Muse: 20070702

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:14:00 +0000

The following titles are now available to Lucy Scribner Library through Project Muse:

Conradiana
Eighteenth Century
William Carlos Williams review

Family Jewels via the CIA or NSA

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:10:00 +0000

A number of U.S. Government Documents have been mentioned in the news recently. One of the most prominent is from the CIA and referred to as the "Family Jewels." This collection consists of almost 700 pages of responses from CIA employees to a 1973 directive from Director of Central Intelligence James Schlesinger asking them to report activities they thought might be inconsistent with the Agency's charter.

Interested in other CIA collections or documents? Check out the CIA Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room which provides the public with an overview of access to CIA information, including electronic access to previously released documents.

The Family Jewels collection is also available from the National Security Archive (NSA) at George Washington University. The NSA has made the collection keyword searchable and you can either download "Family Jewels" in its entirety or select smaller files for easier download. The NSA (GWU) link to the Family Jewels collection is: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm

George Washington University's NSA is an independent non-governmental research institute and library, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States.

New title available in Muse: 20070516

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:40:00 +0000

The following title is now available to Lucy Scribner Library through Project Muse:

Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies

NEW database additions!

noreply@blogger.com (Lucy Scribner Library) — Tue, 08 May 2007 13:31:00 +0000

The library has recently purchased access to two full-text databases!

Blackwell Synergy is an online journals service from Blackwell Publishing. It holds the full-text articles of over 850 journals, the majority of which are published by Blackwell on behalf of international scholarly and professional societies. The subjects covered range across Medicine, Science, Social Science and the Humanities.

SAGE Journals Online is the delivery platform that provides online access to the full text of hundreds of journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.

Both databases are found on the Electronic Resources A-to-Z page and on each Subject page (under "Multidisciplinary Article Databases").

Enjoy!