Oxford Reference Online Updated and Expanded

from the publisher: The first Oxford Reference Online Premium update of 2009 is now available.  Included in this release are outstanding new titles and editions, in addition to thousands of updated articles and biographical links.  For this update, over 3,650 entries have been updated, many of which are only available within Oxford Reference Online Premium; this release also includes over 5,470 brand new entries and over 1,600 illustrations. Continue reading “Oxford Reference Online Updated and Expanded”

Winter 2008 Electronic Resources Update

New content and other news :: See our electronic resources pages http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/research/AToZ/index.html http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/research/database/index.html for links to these resources.

New digital dictionaries and encyclopedias
v Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
v New online encyclopedias from Oxford University Press (also available via Oxford Reference Online)

o Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
o The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture
o Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
o Encyclopedia of Global Change
o Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture
o The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
o The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
o Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
o Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (coming later this semester)

New databases
v CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online): Scholarship in international affairs including working papers, occasional papers, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs as well as teaching materials.
v Earthscape: Comprehensive aggregation of resources in the earth and environmental sciences
v NYCdata from Baruch (free) New ejournals
v JSTOR Health and General Sciences :: title list
v
American Chemical Society Legacy Archives: content is blended into American Chemical Society
v Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
v Select new solo ejournals :: find via Serials Solutions http://zn6dr3pd9s.search.serialssolutions.com

o Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
o Journal of Gerontological Nursing
o Journal of Travel Research
o Journal of Culinary Science

Upgrades to existing databases
v Gale Virtual Reference expanded with many new and updated titles
v MathSciNet now links out to full-text finder
v Expansion of many Wilson databases to full text
v New interface for Lexis-Nexis Questions?
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