Archive for June, 2009

American History in Video

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

Click here to access American History in Video.

Latin American Newspapers

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Latin American Newspapers includes more than 35 nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American newspapers, featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere.

Click here to access Latin American Newspapers.

Education Full Text and ERIC

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Now you can search ERIC and Education Full Text at the same time. ERIC is the premier U.S. national bibliographic database of education literature. Sponsored by the US Department of Education, ERIC consists of two files: Resources in Education, covering document literature, and Current Index to Journals in Education. Education Full Text includes comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks in the field of education.

Access Education Full Text and ERIC here.

Research Starters - Education

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Overviews of topics sorted among twenty-four categories: Early Childhood Education, Public School Education, Adult Education, Special Education, Physical Education, Extended Learning, Service Learning, Education & the Law, School Administration & Policy, School Safety, Curriculum Organization, Politics, Government & Education, History of Education, Educational Theory, Teaching Methods, Technology in Education, Testing & Evaluation, Educational Psychology, Multicultural Education, English as a Second Language, Alternative Education, Teacher Education, Guidance & Counseling, Research in Education, Higher Education, and International Perspectives. 

Access Research Starters - Education here.

America’s Newspapers

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

America’s News enables researchers to pinpoint information on people, issues and events in the local area or around the country. Updated daily, this comprehensive resource offers tens of millions of current and archived articles and video clips from news sources nationwide in a single, fully searchable online database.  The database includes 26 South Carolina newspapers, including full-text access to The State newspaper back to December of 1987.

Click here to access America’s Newspapers.

Click here to access South Carolina Newspapers.

Click here to access The State newspaper.