All Aspects of the Ancient World
The New Pauly has become a recognized standard reference work for students and scholars of the ancient world. It provides comprehensive coverage of the ancient world from the prehistory of the Aegean (2nd millennium BCE) to late antiquity (600-800 CE). A special section of the encyclopedia is devoted to the reception of the ancient world until the present day and the history of classical scholarship. The scholarship of the New Pauly reflects both traditional and new areas and approaches presented by internationally recognised leading experts. The articles in the New Pauly cover all aspects of the ancient world: persons, places, institutions, events, artifacts, technical terms, ideas and concepts etc. The subject goes beyond the traditional paradigm by giving special attention to the interaction between Greek and Roman culture and the neighbouring Semitic, Celtic, Germanic etc. cultures. Many articles are illustrated with maps, site plans, genealogical tables, and black-and white photographs. The New Pauly is essential to all collections supporting teaching and research in classical antiquity and the classical tradition as standard reference for students, teachers, and scholars alike.
About the New Pauly Online Edition
The New Pauly Online Edition combines a familiar look with fast and effective research facilities. The entire text of Metzler's Der neue Pauly, which was published in 18 volumes (13 on Antiquity, 5 on the Classical Tradition) and one index volume, is available here together with all volumes of Brill's New Pauly now in print, with regular updates when new translations become available. Advanced search facilities, complimented by keyword and subject indices, enable the user to search and combine data efficiently from a vast corpus of over 27,000 entries end sub-entries - within seconds.
The guiding principle in developing the online version of the New Pauly was to supply its users with exactly the same information the book itself would provide, while improving their ability to search and, consequently, use the information.
Included in Pauly Online
Metzler's Der neue Pauly (German) Volumes 1-18 + index volume
Brill's New Pauly (English) Volumes 1-6 Antiquity (Summer 2005) with volume 7 (Antiquity) and volume I (The Classical Tradition) to be added before the end of 2005.
Feedback, comments, and questions about New Pauly are encouraged and should be directed to Nathan Baum (nathan.baum@stonybrook.edu) or 631.632.9959.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
Theatre in Video - TRIAL 12/5/06-1/5/07
Theatre in Video contains more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video—more than 500 hours in all. These definitive performances, by leading actors and directors, have been painstakingly licensed from a wide range of copyright holders. They are now delivered to you over the Internet, in a revolutionary new format developed specifically for drama.
For the first time, students, instructors, and researchers can bookmark specific scenes, monologues, and staging examples and then include those online links in their papers and course reserves. Class assignments and published papers will take on a whole new dimension.
While the texts of plays can serve as lasting documents, the productions are ephemeral; a live performance is gone when the curtain falls. And yet the collaborative elements of theatre in performance – the work of the actors, directors, and designers – have tremendous scholarly and educational value long after a production closes. Now, with Theatre in Video, students and researchers will be able to revisit great performances again and again, and these landmark events can become a permanent part of the curriculum.
More info from the publisher at: http://alexanderstreet.com/products/ativ.htm
For the first time, students, instructors, and researchers can bookmark specific scenes, monologues, and staging examples and then include those online links in their papers and course reserves. Class assignments and published papers will take on a whole new dimension.
While the texts of plays can serve as lasting documents, the productions are ephemeral; a live performance is gone when the curtain falls. And yet the collaborative elements of theatre in performance – the work of the actors, directors, and designers – have tremendous scholarly and educational value long after a production closes. Now, with Theatre in Video, students and researchers will be able to revisit great performances again and again, and these landmark events can become a permanent part of the curriculum.
More info from the publisher at: http://alexanderstreet.com/products/ativ.htm
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Reference USA - TRIAL until 11 Dec 2006
ReferenceUSA is directory resource available to us as a TRIAL until
11 Dec 2006.
The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format, detailed
information on more than 13 million U.S. businesses; 120 million
U.S. households; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian
businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents. Information is
compiled from the following public sources: more than 5,600 Yellow
Page and Business White Page telephone directories; annual reports,
10-Ks and other SEC information; Continuing Medical Education (CME)
directories; federal, state, provincial and municipal government data;
Chamber of Commerce information; leading business magazines, trade
publications, newsletters, major newspapers, industry and specialty
directories; and postal service information, including both U.S. and
Canadian National Change of Address updates. 250 employees make
telephone calls to verify the information on each business and health
care provider in the database. 17 million phone calls are made each year,
and businesses with 100 or more employees are phone-verified at least
twice a year.
For more information, or to send comments/suggestions/feedback, please contact
Susan Lieberthal, Business Librarian, or Aimee deChambeau, Journalism Librarian.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Play Index now online
Play Index on WilsonWeb is the electronic version of Play Index - the print version is in Main Library Reference, Call# PN1655.P55.
In the Play Index you can search over 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present in the convenient electronic form that many of you prefer.
An invaluable aid to finding the perfect plays to match your production resources, Play Index covers a wide range of plays written in or translated into English, including mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, and classic drama. Search for plays by title; author; subject (sisters, culture conflict, marriage); style (symbolism, experimental theater); genre (comedy, melodrama, musical); cast type; and more. Play Index provides the full publication details needed to locate the play in its published manifestations.
For plays published separately, the publisher, date, pagination, ISBN, and LC number are given. Plays in collections link to full bibliographic information. Teachers, students, drama coaches, theater groups, directors, performers, and researchers will heavily use this outstanding resource. Its broad scope- from puppet plays to classical drama- and detailed cast analysis make Play Index suitable to a variety of uses. Play Index includes plays published as single volumes and also plays in anthologies and collections. All Play master records contain a link to the results of an Internet metasearch of specially selected Web sites to link to full text, criticism, and other useful information.
In the Play Index you can search over 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present in the convenient electronic form that many of you prefer.
An invaluable aid to finding the perfect plays to match your production resources, Play Index covers a wide range of plays written in or translated into English, including mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, and classic drama. Search for plays by title; author; subject (sisters, culture conflict, marriage); style (symbolism, experimental theater); genre (comedy, melodrama, musical); cast type; and more. Play Index provides the full publication details needed to locate the play in its published manifestations.
For plays published separately, the publisher, date, pagination, ISBN, and LC number are given. Plays in collections link to full bibliographic information. Teachers, students, drama coaches, theater groups, directors, performers, and researchers will heavily use this outstanding resource. Its broad scope- from puppet plays to classical drama- and detailed cast analysis make Play Index suitable to a variety of uses. Play Index includes plays published as single volumes and also plays in anthologies and collections. All Play master records contain a link to the results of an Internet metasearch of specially selected Web sites to link to full text, criticism, and other useful information.
Historical Statistics of the US - TRIAL thru Dec 15th
A trial of the online version of the 4th edition of the Historical Statistics of the
According to the product notes for this new edition: Most series from the previous edition were extended by roughly thirty years, and the coverage of most topics was enhanced. More than a dozen new topics were added: American Indians, slavery, outlying areas, poverty, nonprofit organizations, and the
You may want to take the site tour before playing with the trial version of HSUS: https://hsus.cambridge.org/HSUSHelp/SiteTour/Site_tour.htm
Note that the trial version of this database only permits downloading, emailing, and pdf viewing from Part A, although you can search and view html files in all parts.
Feedback, comments, and questions about HSUS are encouraged and should be directed to Elaine Hoffman, Government Documents Librarian: Elaine.Hoffman@stonybrook.edu or 631.632.1151
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
RSC scheduled downtime 12/2/06
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) website (http://www.rsc.org) will be unavailable on Saturday 2 December 2006 from 09.00 to 17.00 GMT for essential maintenance.
The RSC apologises for any inconvenience that this downtime may cause.
The RSC apologises for any inconvenience that this downtime may cause.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
ARTstor Update
ARTstor regularly makes important collection additions and feature enhancements. The best way to learn about these updates is to join the ARTstor Announce electronic mailing list. Just send a blank email to: join-artstor-announce@lists.artstor.org and you will receive an email confirmation when you have been added to the list.
Some of the announcements made over the past few months have highlighted new collections and features such as:
• Contemporary art works by artists managed by the American and French artists’ rights societies (ARS and ADAGP)
• High quality images of key works of art and architecture from Art Resource, Scala and the Eric Lessing archives.
• Islamic art and architecture images from the personal archives of the distinguished Islamicists Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom and Walter Denny
• JSTOR/ARTstor search prototype that provides a single search interface to ARTstor and JSTOR content.
Some of the announcements made over the past few months have highlighted new collections and features such as:
• Contemporary art works by artists managed by the American and French artists’ rights societies (ARS and ADAGP)
• High quality images of key works of art and architecture from Art Resource, Scala and the Eric Lessing archives.
• Islamic art and architecture images from the personal archives of the distinguished Islamicists Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom and Walter Denny
• JSTOR/ARTstor search prototype that provides a single search interface to ARTstor and JSTOR content.
Friday, October 27, 2006
ScienceDirect - Scheduled downtime on 10/29
ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance on Sunday, October 29th for approximately 8 hours starting at 01:00 AM EDT.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
A forwarded message from the RedLightGreen Team....
Dear RedLightGreen user,
I am contacting you to let you know that on November 5th the
RedLightGreen service will end. RLG, RedLightGreen's parent
not-for-profit company has combined forces with another organization
that supports a similar service, WorldCat.org. We have decided to
invest all of our efforts into developing and supporting a single
product rather than continuing to support two.
We'd like to encourage you to update your RedLightGreen bookmarks to
point to WorldCat.org, and to try out this new service that will help
you find books and other research resources provided by nearly 12,000
libraries worldwide. Like RedLightGreen, WorldCat.org will help you
get access to research materials at your local library. WorldCat.org
is easy to use, and supports many of the same features as
RedLightGreen; the one service that WorldCat.org does not currently
support is citation formatting, but we are working on implementing
this feature in WorldCat.org in the near future.
If you saved citations in RedLightGreen, you can retrieve your
citation list from RedLightGreen until November 4th by following these
steps:
- Connect to RedLightGreen Use the Sign In link (if you aren't
automatically signed in)
- Click the Your List link in the upper right
- You can then select the E-Mail link to send your citations to your
e-mail account, or get a printer-friendly view to print or download
If you have questions or comments, use the Feedback link on any page
in RedLightGreen to let us know.
We want to take this opportunity to thank you for using RedLightGreen.
We wish you the best of luck in locating useful books and other
research resources.
The RedLightGreen Team
Dear RedLightGreen user,
I am contacting you to let you know that on November 5th the
RedLightGreen service will end. RLG, RedLightGreen's parent
not-for-profit company has combined forces with another organization
that supports a similar service, WorldCat.org. We have decided to
invest all of our efforts into developing and supporting a single
product rather than continuing to support two.
We'd like to encourage you to update your RedLightGreen bookmarks to
point to WorldCat.org, and to try out this new service that will help
you find books and other research resources provided by nearly 12,000
libraries worldwide. Like RedLightGreen, WorldCat.org will help you
get access to research materials at your local library. WorldCat.org
is easy to use, and supports many of the same features as
RedLightGreen; the one service that WorldCat.org does not currently
support is citation formatting, but we are working on implementing
this feature in WorldCat.org in the near future.
If you saved citations in RedLightGreen, you can retrieve your
citation list from RedLightGreen until November 4th by following these
steps:
- Connect to RedLightGreen Use the Sign In link (if you aren't
automatically signed in)
- Click the Your List link in the upper right
- You can then select the E-Mail link to send your citations to your
e-mail account, or get a printer-friendly view to print or download
If you have questions or comments, use the Feedback link on any page
in RedLightGreen to let us know.
We want to take this opportunity to thank you for using RedLightGreen.
We wish you the best of luck in locating useful books and other
research resources.
The RedLightGreen Team
RSC scheduled downtime 10/21/06
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) website (http://www.rsc.org) will be unavailable for up to 48 hours from 07:00 GMT on 21 October 2006 for an essential hardware upgrade.
The RSC apologises for any inconvenience that this downtime may cause.
The RSC apologises for any inconvenience that this downtime may cause.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
18th Century Collection: TRIAL until Oct 13th.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is now available as a TRIAL until October 13, 2006. Derived from the Eighteenth Century microfilm collection from Thomson Gale, ECCO features digitized versions of 150,000 printed volumes — comprising more than 26 million pages — in essence, every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. With full-text search capabilities across all 26 million pages, this collection provides multidisciplinary research opportunities not possible until now.
A wealth of original material is included in Eighteenth Century Collections Online — from books and broadsides, Bibles, tract books and sermons to printed ephemera — with works by many well-known and lesser-known individuals all providing a diverse collection of material for every scholar and researcher of the eighteenth century.
The collection is presented in seven subject areas:
• History and Geography
• Social Science and Fine Arts
• Medicine, Science and Technology
• Literature and Language
• Religion and Philosophy
• Law
• Reference
Material found in this resource is based on the English Short Title Catalogue bibliography and is derived from some of the world’s largest and most prestigious university, private, public and research libraries. Eighteenth Century Collections Online not only offers full-text searching but also many levels of metadata, which will enable researchers to study this century in fresh, new ways.
After you try Eighteenth Century Collections Online, please complete our online survey. Your opinions will help us in making a decision about subscribing to this database.
To view additional product information, visit Thomson Gale’s Eighteenth Century Collections Online website: http://www.gale.com/EighteenthCentury/index.htm.
For more information, or to send comments/suggestions/feedback, please contact William Glenn, History Librarian, at William.glenn@stonybrook.edu, or at (631) 632-7334.
A wealth of original material is included in Eighteenth Century Collections Online — from books and broadsides, Bibles, tract books and sermons to printed ephemera — with works by many well-known and lesser-known individuals all providing a diverse collection of material for every scholar and researcher of the eighteenth century.
The collection is presented in seven subject areas:
• History and Geography
• Social Science and Fine Arts
• Medicine, Science and Technology
• Literature and Language
• Religion and Philosophy
• Law
• Reference
Material found in this resource is based on the English Short Title Catalogue bibliography and is derived from some of the world’s largest and most prestigious university, private, public and research libraries. Eighteenth Century Collections Online not only offers full-text searching but also many levels of metadata, which will enable researchers to study this century in fresh, new ways.
After you try Eighteenth Century Collections Online, please complete our online survey. Your opinions will help us in making a decision about subscribing to this database.
To view additional product information, visit Thomson Gale’s Eighteenth Century Collections Online website: http://www.gale.com/EighteenthCentury/index.htm.
For more information, or to send comments/suggestions/feedback, please contact William Glenn, History Librarian, at William.glenn@stonybrook.edu, or at (631) 632-7334.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
InterDok DoPP database now available for free
InterDok Corporation has published the Directory of Published Proceedings since 1965. The print version of the Directory was converted to an online format in February of 2005, and is now available to us free of charge.
The DoPP contains over 280,000 records of published conference proceedings in Science, Medicine, Engineering, Social Sciences, and Humanities. This database is useful for verifying and/or completing title, date, sponsor, and other information associated with the published proceedings from a specific conference. Note that it does not contain, nor does it index, the contents of the proceedings.
The DoPP contains over 280,000 records of published conference proceedings in Science, Medicine, Engineering, Social Sciences, and Humanities. This database is useful for verifying and/or completing title, date, sponsor, and other information associated with the published proceedings from a specific conference. Note that it does not contain, nor does it index, the contents of the proceedings.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
IEEE Xplore scheduled downtime 9/16/06
On Saturday, 16 September, 2006, from approximately 9:00AM to 9:00PM EDT, IEEE Xplore is scheduled to undergo a major service upgrade. The site will be unavailable during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Important NetID announcement
More Computer Services to use NetID for Authentication
On August 23, 2006 at 8:30 AM the following computer services will change authentication routines to use NetID and NetID password as the only method of authentication:
To set your NetID sign on to SOLAR and click on Set Your NetID Password.
General information about NetIDs can be found on this Client Services page:
http://clientsupport.stonybrook.edu/public/netid/
Specific information about finding and setting your ID can be found here:
http://clientsupport.stonybrook.edu/public/netid/psswd.shtml
On August 23, 2006 at 8:30 AM the following computer services will change authentication routines to use NetID and NetID password as the only method of authentication:
- Dial in modems Connection to the University
- Campus Wireless service AirNet wireless network (open till 9/1/2006)
- Work-At-Home (VPN) service Encrypted connection to Campus network
- EZ-Proxy Library research databases from off Campus
- STARS Library My Account
To set your NetID sign on to SOLAR and click on Set Your NetID Password.
General information about NetIDs can be found on this Client Services page:
http://clientsupport.stonybrook.edu/public/netid/
Specific information about finding and setting your ID can be found here:
http://clientsupport.stonybrook.edu/public/netid/psswd.shtml
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Black Thought and Culture TRIAL through Sept 30th.
Black Thought and Culture from Alexander Street Press is available as a TRIAL until Sept 30th. Once you have tried the Black Thought and Culture database, please return to this blog and complete our online survey. Your opinions will help us in making a decision about subscribing to this database.
Black Thought and Culture is a landmark electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents a great deal of previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts. The ideas of nearly 100 people present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America.
Approximately 20% of the content is previously unpublished and fugitive, such as the laboriously recovered transcript of the Muhammad Ali trial; a full run of The Black Panther newspaper, with full-color images of every page as well as searchable text; and 2,500 pages of Panther oral histories owned by the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, published as text and also with selected audio files here for the first time.
Newly added is the full run of the journal Artist and Influence, originally published by the Hatch-Billops Collection. The journal includes 5,000 pages of rare interviews, oral histories, photos, original art, poetry, and other firsthand perspectives tracking African American cultural trends in the 20th century.
Note: This introduction is compiled directly from the product description at the Alexander Street Press site. For more information about individuals included in the collection, please see the complete description at Alexander Street Press.
Feedback, thoughts, and comments about are encouraged, and should be sent to Library E-Resources at liberesources@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Please don't forget to complete the survey!
Black Thought and Culture is a landmark electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents a great deal of previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts. The ideas of nearly 100 people present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America.
Approximately 20% of the content is previously unpublished and fugitive, such as the laboriously recovered transcript of the Muhammad Ali trial; a full run of The Black Panther newspaper, with full-color images of every page as well as searchable text; and 2,500 pages of Panther oral histories owned by the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, published as text and also with selected audio files here for the first time.
Newly added is the full run of the journal Artist and Influence, originally published by the Hatch-Billops Collection. The journal includes 5,000 pages of rare interviews, oral histories, photos, original art, poetry, and other firsthand perspectives tracking African American cultural trends in the 20th century.
Note: This introduction is compiled directly from the product description at the Alexander Street Press site. For more information about individuals included in the collection, please see the complete description at Alexander Street Press.
Feedback, thoughts, and comments about are encouraged, and should be sent to Library E-Resources at liberesources@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Please don't forget to complete the survey!
Friday, July 28, 2006
Lexis-Nexis Company Dossier TRIAL: ENDED
The Library has arranged for a trial of the Lexis-Nexis Company Dossier add-on to our subscription to Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. The trial runs from Aug 1 to Aug 31.
Company Dossier provides access to information on 35 million U.S. and International companies. Searches by name or ticker symbol can be entered from the main Academic Universe page, or you can choose Advanced Search for more complex inquiries.
To get to Company Dossier open Academic Universe and look in the lower right of the screen.
Once you have tried Company Dossier, please return here and complete our Lexis-Nexis Company Dossier evaluation survey.
Feedback, thoughts, and comments about are encouraged, and should be sent to Susan Lieberthal, Business Librarian, at susan.lieberthal@stonybrook.edu or 631.632.9951. Don't forget to take the survey!
Thursday, July 27, 2006
IBISWorld TRIAL: ENDED
Our trial access to IBISWorld Industry Intelligence has been extended until Aug 11th.
Please take a test drive of IBISWorld and then respond to our evaluation survey.
For more information about this trial please see the previous Screenings post.
Please take a test drive of IBISWorld and then respond to our evaluation survey.
For more information about this trial please see the previous Screenings post.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Mergent Online TRIAL: 7/20-8/3
The library has arranged for a trial of Mergent Online. Mergent Online is an Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research. This trial runs from July 20 to Aug 3.
Once you have reviewed Mergent Online please return here and take our Survey. Survey information will assist us in making better subscription decisions.
Our trial access is limited to 3 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access Mergent Online please try again later, as the limit may have been reached.
The trial provides access to the following products:
U.S. Company Data & Archives
International Company Data & Archives
U.S. Annual Reports
International Annual Reports
U.S. Earnings Estimates
International Earnings Estimates
U.S. HSD Equity Pricing (20+ Years History)
International HSD Equity Pricing (20+ Years History)
Unadjusted Equity Pricing
Mergent Equity Research Reports
Standardized Financials
Standardized Financial Transparency
Institutional Holdings
Insider Trades
Expanded Long-Term Debt
Executive Biographies
Competitor Reports
Industry Reports (North America, Asia pacific, Europe)
Experian National Business Private Company Database
Non-EDGAR Filings
Feedback, comments, and questions about Mergent Online are encouraged and should be communicated to Susan Lieberthal, Business Librarian, at susan.lieberthal@stonybrook.edu or 631.632.9951. Don't forget to take our Survey for Mergent Online!
Check out a previous post about another business database trial with IBISWorld.
Once you have reviewed Mergent Online please return here and take our Survey. Survey information will assist us in making better subscription decisions.
Our trial access is limited to 3 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access Mergent Online please try again later, as the limit may have been reached.
The trial provides access to the following products:
U.S. Company Data & Archives
International Company Data & Archives
U.S. Annual Reports
International Annual Reports
U.S. Earnings Estimates
International Earnings Estimates
U.S. HSD Equity Pricing (20+ Years History)
International HSD Equity Pricing (20+ Years History)
Unadjusted Equity Pricing
Mergent Equity Research Reports
Standardized Financials
Standardized Financial Transparency
Institutional Holdings
Insider Trades
Expanded Long-Term Debt
Executive Biographies
Competitor Reports
Industry Reports (North America, Asia pacific, Europe)
Experian National Business Private Company Database
Non-EDGAR Filings
Feedback, comments, and questions about Mergent Online are encouraged and should be communicated to Susan Lieberthal, Business Librarian, at susan.lieberthal@stonybrook.edu or 631.632.9951. Don't forget to take our Survey for Mergent Online!
Check out a previous post about another business database trial with IBISWorld.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
BioAbs & ZooRec TRIAL: ENDED
The library has arranged for a trial of Biological Abstracts (pdf description) and Zoological Record (pdf description).
Access to these databases is currently available via our Web Of Knowledge link.
The trial runs from July 12 to Aug 10.
Feedback, thoughts, and comments about Biological Abstracts and/or Zoological Record are encouraged, and should be sent to Dana Antonucci: dana.antonucci@stonybrook.edu or 631.632.7150.
Access to these databases is currently available via our Web Of Knowledge link.
The trial runs from July 12 to Aug 10.
Feedback, thoughts, and comments about Biological Abstracts and/or Zoological Record are encouraged, and should be sent to Dana Antonucci: dana.antonucci@stonybrook.edu or 631.632.7150.
Monday, July 17, 2006
7/17/06 Intermittent interruptions in Proxy services
As we upgrade our proxy server, which is what permits you to access our subscription resources from off-campus, we are experiencing periodic interruptions in service.
If you are trying to get to one of the library databases from off-campus today and receive any kind of error message, please simply wait and try again later.
Thanks for your patience while we work to improve our services to off-campus library users.
If you are trying to get to one of the library databases from off-campus today and receive any kind of error message, please simply wait and try again later.
Thanks for your patience while we work to improve our services to off-campus library users.
Friday, July 14, 2006
UlrichsWeb scheduled maintenance: Sat. 7/15
On Saturday, July 15, Ulrichsweb.com and Ulrich's Serials Analysis System may be intermittently unavailable from approximately 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST while the vendor performs scheduled server maintenance.
IBISWorld Industry Intelligence TRIAL: ENDED
The library has arranged for a trial of the IBISWorld Industry Intelligence product. The trial will run from July 14 thru July 28.
Use this link - IBISWorld Industry Intelligence - to access the trial.
“IBISWorld publishes the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of US Industry Research covering 700 industries and 98% of GDP. Each IBISWorld Industry Market Research Report of about 35 pages in length contains analysis and data on key statistics, industry structure including supply/demand chain, market characteristics, product & customer segments, cost structure industry conditions, key drivers, major players & market share, recent performance & 5-year revenue forecasts. The database is further supplemented by 8000 US and Canadian publicly- traded company profiles and 400 Economic and Demographic Data Items which explain the meaning of an external sensitivity and the IBISWorld forecast of its meaning.”
A short Getting Started Manual is available via email. If you would like a manual please contact Susan Lieberthal, Business Librarian, at susan.lieberthal@stonybrook.edu or 631.632.9951.
Feedback, thoughts, and comments about IBISWord Industry Intelligence are encouraged, and should be sent to Susan as well. Please complete our Survey regarding IBISWorld Industry Intelligence.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
ARTstor – it’s not just for Artists!
- Historians will find Civil War cartoons of John Tenniel of interest.
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies folks may find uses for the Cuban Heritage set of early 1900’s photographs and 1900’s-present postcards.
- Natural historians, botanists, biologists, and anthropologists should be excited to see images from “The First Fleet”. The First Fleet set is comprised of 629 watercolors painted by prisoners and sailors associated with the First Fleet of convicts sent from
- Early 20th Century American Sheet Music Covers should catch the attention of musicologists, illustrators, designers and historians.
- 275 amazing images from Vesalius’ treatise on human anatomy are valuable to medical historians, anatomists, and artists.
Two separate ARTstor collections of particular significance to the Stony Brook community are the Huntington Archive of Asian Art and the Mellon International Dunhuang Archive (MIDA). The
The Mellon International Dunhuang Archive (MIDA) archive is an ongoing, multi-national effort to create high-quality digital reconstructions of murals, other artwork, and texts associated with several hundred Buddhist cave shrines in
A few of the other individual collections in ARTstor include:
- The MoMA Digital Design Collection. 8,000 digital images of about 6,200 works from MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design. Only 5% of these works have been previously published. The majority of objects in this collection are not on permanent exhibition.
- The Native American Art and Culture Collection from the Smithsonian’s National Anthropological Archive includes 10,000 historical photographs digitized from the original glass plate negatives, as well as 2,000 Plains Indian “ledger drawings” from the mid- to late-19th century.
- The Illustrated Bartsch contains about 50,000 images of Old Master European Prints from the 15th to the early-19th centuries. The library also has a print copy of this work – but you cannot check it out! ARTstor’s Illustrated Bartsch allows you to browse and analyze the images from anywhere you have an Internet connection…
- The Schlesinger History of Women in America Collection contains about 36,000 photographs from the Harvard’s Schlesinger Library. These photographs document women’s work in a variety of areas such as domestic service, factories, nursing, agriculture, etc., as well women who played key roles in the women’s suffrage and women’s rights movements. This collection offers a uniquely documented view of women’s history and experience.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Interface Changes
Three of our existing databases will now be available on the EBSCOhost platform rather than through OCLC’s FirstSearch. This change also means that these databases will available for multi-database searching as discussed in a previous post.
RILM (Abstracts of Music Literature)
Reader's Guide Full Text (formerly Reader's Guide Abstracts
New SUNYConnect database package
Allows multi-database searching via EBSCOhost interface
The EBSCOhost interface is easy to use and is common across the range of databases included in the SUNYConnect package. This common platform has the added benefit of allowing you to search more than one database simultaneously.
To search multiple databases at the same time, simply connect to one of them (for example, Academic Search Premier) and click the Choose Databases tab near the top of the screen. A list of available databases will appear. Just check the boxes next to the databases you want to search simultaneously and click the Continue button. The next screen that appears will be a search screen.
The databases available to us in this SUNYConnect / EBSCOhost package are:
Academic Search Premier (Multidisciplinary)
Business Source Premier (Business)
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Nursing and Allied Health)
CINAHL Select (Nursing and Allied Health)
ERIC (Education)
Education Resource Complete (Education) - available by July 31st, 2006
Database Changes - effective July 1st
InfoTrac Onefile replaced by Academic Search Premier
In an effort to improve subject coverage and provide easier access to a variety of resources, we are switching from the InfoTrac Onefile product to Academic Search Premier as our major multi-disciplinary full-text database. Academic Search Premier is already available, and access to InfoTrac Onfile will end on June 30, 2006.
Academic Search Premier, is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database with the full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals in the collection. Subjects covered by this database include computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, as well as general interest and popular, current-event topics.
Academic Search Premier includes PDF backfiles to 1975 or further for over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color.
In an effort to improve subject coverage and provide easier access to a variety of resources, we are switching from the InfoTrac Onefile product to Academic Search Premier as our major multi-disciplinary full-text database. Academic Search Premier is already available, and access to InfoTrac Onfile will end on June 30, 2006.
Academic Search Premier, is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database with the full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals in the collection. Subjects covered by this database include computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, as well as general interest and popular, current-event topics.
Academic Search Premier includes PDF backfiles to 1975 or further for over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Create Change
The Create Change website is a resource which addresses issues in scholarly communication. The site is geared toward helping faculty and other researchers learn about sharing and using their research more effectively in a world where the scholarly communication model is rapidly changing.
The site poses the question "“Shouldn't the way we share research be as advanced as the Internet?"” and then provides information and practical methods for faculty to use in advancing the way we share research. Policies, technologies, best-practices and actions you can take to promote change are all available at the Create Change site.
Create Change was developed by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and is supported by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
The site poses the question "“Shouldn't the way we share research be as advanced as the Internet?"” and then provides information and practical methods for faculty to use in advancing the way we share research. Policies, technologies, best-practices and actions you can take to promote change are all available at the Create Change site.
Create Change was developed by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and is supported by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
LibriVox - an audiobook project
acoustical liberation of books in the public domain
LibriVox is a free, open web site (i.e., not a library-subscribed resource) that provides access to audio-books in the public domain. LibriVox relies on vounteers to read and record the books. Their mission is to make all public domain books available in audio format for free on the internet.
Most of the books that the LibriVox volunteers record come from Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg itself contains the text of over 18,000 books in the public domain. The Internet Archive and ibiblio.org host LibriVox's audio files.
LibriVox does not limit their coverage to English-language materials. There are over 20 titles already available in other languages, including German, Hebrew, Russian and Old English. In fact, although it is still a work in progress, you can listen to many of Grimm's Fairy Tales in both English and German.
If you would like to read (or in some cases, listen to) news about LibriVox, check out the in-the-press list of stories compiled at the LibriVox site.
LibriVox is a free, open web site (i.e., not a library-subscribed resource) that provides access to audio-books in the public domain. LibriVox relies on vounteers to read and record the books. Their mission is to make all public domain books available in audio format for free on the internet.
Most of the books that the LibriVox volunteers record come from Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg itself contains the text of over 18,000 books in the public domain. The Internet Archive and ibiblio.org host LibriVox's audio files.
LibriVox does not limit their coverage to English-language materials. There are over 20 titles already available in other languages, including German, Hebrew, Russian and Old English. In fact, although it is still a work in progress, you can listen to many of Grimm's Fairy Tales in both English and German.
If you would like to read (or in some cases, listen to) news about LibriVox, check out the in-the-press list of stories compiled at the LibriVox site.
Friday, May 12, 2006
MLA International Bibliography adds older content
MLA International Bibliography has added nearly 40 years of retrospective content (i.e., bibliographic citations) covering the years from 1926 to 1962.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
e-Books from Safari
Please note: Unanticipated high demand for this database has blocked some users from access. If this happens to you, please try again later. We plan to increase simultaneous access limits to alleviate the problem as soon as possible
What is Safari Tech Books Online?
Safari Tech Books Online is an electronic reference library for programming and IT students and professionals. It provides access to the electronic versions of a broad range of technical books from leading publishers. Unlike an online bookstore, with Safari Tech Books Online you can search the electronic versions a broad range of the best tech books from leading publishers simultaneously, online. You can search the entire library in a matter of seconds to pinpoint precisely the piece of information or code fragment you need. Users can even filter searches to include "code fragments only."
Which publishers can I find on Safari?
Safari Books Online, LLC is a joint venture between two leading technology publishers, O'Reilly & Associates and The Pearson Technology Group. Because Safari is publisher backed, Safari gives users first-hand access to the latest and greatest titles from O'Reilly and from Pearson's powerful collection of imprints which include: Addison-Wesley Professional, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Macromedia Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Sun Microsystems Press, Que, and Sams. Microsoft Press titles are also available in Safari. Often new titles appear in Safari even before they appear in print, helping you stay ahead of the technology curve.
This info is from the Safari Help pages.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Fiction Connection - a Readers' Advisory Service
BooksInPrint.com now includes a reader’s advisory service called Fiction Connection. Readers can use Fiction Connection to find book suggestions based on books they have already read, authors they like, or topics of interest. Biographies and biographical novels are also included in Fiction Connection. Access to Fiction Connection is available through BooksInPrint.com.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series
The Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series combines the Index Database, the Bibliography Database and the Names Database into the only electronic title for finding individual pieces of music printed in standard scholarly editions.
Because it indexes each individual piece in a collection, it provides superior access for scholars, performers, teachers, and other researchers. Music for specific performing forces is easily retrievable, thus offering detailed repertory for performers, conductors, and directors of ensembles. Approximately 135,000 index entries are included. A three-year Mellon Foundation grant will support the indexing of the music listed in the bibliography, Collected editions, historical series & sets & monuments of music, by George R. Hill and Norris L. Stephens, and to add additional titles to the bibliography and complete their indexing.
Don't worry...use HaPI!
The Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) database points users to information about tests and measurements in published journals.
HaPI includes information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.
Note: If you click the link above you will see a list of datases, from which you need to select HaPI.
HaPI includes information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.
Note: If you click the link above you will see a list of datases, from which you need to select HaPI.
Washington Information Directory available
Now available online, the Washington Information Directory (WID) has been an essential source for U.S. government and non-governmental organizations for 30 years. WID offers capsule descriptions of these organizations and allows users to quickly and easily find contact people. The online version is updated continuously.
EOLSS trial
Compiled under the auspices of UNESCO, The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) is a multidisciplinary compendium of 16 encyclopedias available on a trial basis until the end of October 2006.
Included among the 16 are encyclopedias on Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Human Resources Policy and Management; Technology, Information, and Systems Management Resources; Social Sciences and Humanities; Chemical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources. EOLSS has a thematic organization and presents a wide range of major core subjects from broad overview to great detail. [NOTE: After connecting to the link above, click on 'Access for Institutions' in the left panel.]
“EOLSS has the goal to provide a firm knowledge base for future activities to prolong the lifetime of the human race in a hospitable environment” - Richard R. Ernst, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. [See http://www.eolss.net/InformationBooklet.pdf for more details.]
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