Archive for the ‘Humanities’ Category

English Short Title Catalog

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

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Contains records for works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from 1473 through 1800, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period. Subject headings appear in records for items published in 1700 or earlier.

This resource is now freely available online from the British Library.  This title is also available on CD-ROM in Thomas Cooper Library - Reference Department.

Women and Social Movements - Scholar Edition

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

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We have upgraded to the Scholar’s Edition of this database. In addition to the basic content, Scholar’s Edition adds an important new resource: The Women’s Commission Reports collection is an archive of the publications and documents of local, state, and federal Commissions on the Status of Women from 1963 to the present. A future release of the Scholar’s Edition will also include the full text of the complete five volumes of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, available for the first time in electronic form.

Dissertations & Theses @ University of South Carolina

Monday, May 28th, 2007

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Current Research@ the University of South Carolina: A Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses has changed titles to Dissertations & Theses @ University of South Carolina. The database is now on the Proquest platform. It is currently listed under both titles on the Electronic Resources page.

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

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CLCD identifies children’s literature, (infant to young adult, fiction and non-fiction) by author, illustrator, subject, genre, age or grade level, language, Lexile Range and publisher. CLCD includes over 900,000 records of books and media, many including reviews.

Oxford Reference Online

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

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Oxford Reference Online contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

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In addition to the 24 electronic reference books provided by DISCUS, our subscription to Gale Virtual Reference Library now contains access to nearly 100 additional titles. The library has purchased electronic access to the Gale titles we currently have in our print reference collection. Catalog records for these titles will soon provide links to the e-text as well.

History Resource Center: U.S.

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

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History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information’s Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire American Journey Online series.

Academic OneFile

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

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Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.

Naxos Music Library

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

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The Naxos Music Library provides streaming audio access to over 170,000 tracks of music, including the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues and other licensed independent labels. Genres include classical music, historical recordings, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music.

Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000 - CD-ROM

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States: 2000 is the latest in a series of every-10-year studies conducted at the same time as the U.S. census. Like all previous reports in this series of studies on U.S. religious affiliation, data are reported by region, state and county.