Pop Culture Universe trial

We’re trialing an interesting new product–Pop Culture Universe. It covers [from the publisher’s website] “new technology (iPods, gaming, gadgets)…Internet memes and chatspeak…movies, TV, radio…music…comics and graphic novels…sports and pastimes…fads, fashion, and fast food.” And it has tools for instructors to incorporate popular culture into the classroom as well as resources for student work. This product is on trial until Sept. 30.
See our trials page.  Contact Monica Berger if you want the username/password for off-campus access.

New online dictionaries/audio pronounciation help

Oxford Language DictionariesOxford Language Dictionaries Online [OLDO] has been upgraded to now include Russian and Chinese [previous languages include French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Another enhancement–OLDO now offers audio pronunciation. Pronunciation is available for headwords in every language, including Chinese and Russian. To access the pronunciations simply click on the loudspeaker icon next to the appropriate word on the entry page. 

New content on Oxford African American Studies Center

An additional 600 biographies from the African American National Biography have been added as well as 400 articles from the Oxford Companion to Black British History, the first-ever reference work to explore the story of Britain’s black population over the span of nearly 2,000 years. 30 multimedia clips are new, including Colin Powell speaking on changes in the military, historical footage of civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, a United Negro College Fund TV Ad, and more.

The Gilded Age, On Trial

(from the publisher) The Gilded Age brings primary documents and scholarly commentary together into a searchable collection that is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history. In addition to an extensive selection of key treatises that reflect the social and cultural ferment of the late nineteenth century, The Gilded Age offers a wealth of rare materials, including songs, letters, photographs, cartoons, government documents, and ephemera. This primary content is enhanced by video interviews with scholars and numerous topical critical documentary essays. Covering such themes as race, labor, immigration, commerce, western expansion, and women’s suffrage, these essays illuminate the rapidly changing cultural landscape of America during the decades between the end of the Civil War and the election of Theodore Roosevelt.”
On trial through July 1, 2008. Access on campus only.
 

New JSTOR interface & related webinars

JSTOR recently underwent a redesign. Here is a PowerPoint . JSTOR is also offering these webinars:
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/507861435
Using the JSTOR Interface Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/780793020
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/469266764
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/401053120
Using the JSTOR Interface Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/680252260
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/958097487