Trial of Waters & Oceans Worldwide Database

Waters & Oceans Worldwide combines databases on all facets of international water research. Included in this collection are records from the now-ceased database Marine, Oceanographic and Freshwater Resources (MOFR), plus six of the world's major water resource databases, including WATERLIT, The Freshwater Biological Association Library Catalogue, The International Water Management Institute Database (IMWI), AQUAREF, ACQUIRE and Delft Hydro. The database includes over 1,854,600 citations and abstracts dating back to the 1970s, on all aspects of water and water-related subjects ranging from coastal and offshore engineering to pollution and water treatment. The trial runs through the end of June 2010.

ARTstor Scheduled Maintenance

ARTstor will be performing temporary maintenance on Saturday evening, May 1, 2010 between the hours of 9:00 PM and 2:00 AM EDT. At this time, service will be termporarily suspended.

American Geophysical Union Backfile Now Available

The library has recently acquired access to the digitized backfile of journals published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), a worldwide scientific community that started more than 110 years ago. A list of the journals in the collection, dates included, and links to full text are available on the AGU Digital Library website. Also available is a set of streamed AGU lectures and interviews.

The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monograph Collection - Trial Access through June 30

The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monograph Collection, Series 1: 13th Century-1893, and Series 2: 1894-1923.

These ATLA collections contain more than 29,000 titles focused on religion and theology.

Series 1 contains over 5 million pages of content and consists of titles from the 13th Century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions, with the majority of titles from the 19th century. Since religion was such an integral part of the social, political and economic fabric of life during the time period of this collection, historians researching a wide range of areas, not just religion, will find invaluable material relevant to their work.

Series 2 consists of titles published from 1894 through 1923 and presents a comprehensive picture of the growing interest in and understanding of Eastern religions from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. It also highlights significant shifts in the religious identification of Americans, and of new interest in and experimentation with non-western religions.

Series 2 contains hundreds of volumes describing the evangelical movement and collections of evangelical sermons, including coverage of the debates between science and religion in the late nineteenth century. A significant number of titles that describe the missionary activities of the period are included, as well as numerous biographies of nineteenth century theologians, which provide perspective on how and why these leaders were valued in the nineteenth century. The collection offers a unique array of books by and about women and the church, and also books about Native Americans and their religion, and the view that Puritans and others.

More information, including title lists.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Trial through June 30

The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, Series 1: 1691-1820; and Series 2: 1821-1837.

The collections include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals housed in the American Antiquarian Society, the premier library documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Series 1 presents over 500 titles, dating from 1691 through 1820, with over 850,000 total pages. Almost every seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American title is represented in addition to the majority of works published before 1821. Subject strengths include but are not limited to Afro-Americana, agriculture, children's literature, education, eighteenth-century imprints, leisure and hobbies, Masonic works, medicine, religion, science and technology, the trades, and women's literature. Long runs of popular magazines can be found here, as well as unusual and short-lived titles, such as works published in Peru and Cuba, an early millennial publication, satirical serials, music journals, and titles printed and edited by women.

Series 2 presents over 1,000 titles, dating from 1821 through 1837. The subject matter covered represents the Jacksonian Democracy era in history and is broad in scope, including agriculture, entertainment, history, literary criticism, and politics.

Historical Abstracts and America:History & Life Full-Text Upgrades Through June 30

Two of the library's important history databases, Historical Abstracts and America: History & Life, now have trial access to full-text upgrades through June 30, 2010.

Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and much more. Selective indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.

Through June 30, 2010, it will also include full text of more than 300 journals and over 130 books.

America: History and Life with Full Text
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Selective indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.

Through June 30, 2010, it will also include full-text coverage of nearly 200 journals and over 90 books.

Cambridge Books Online Trial

Cambridge University Press is one of the largest and most prestigious academic publishers in the world and publishes scholarly journals and books for subjects as diverse as astronomy, Shakespeare studies, economics, mathematics and politics. Cambridge Books Online provides desktop access to thousands of books published by Cambridge. Trial access to this collection is available until the end of March 2010.

Trial of Readers' Guide Retrospective Available

Readers' Guide Retrospective is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Over 3 million articles from approximately 375 leading magazines are indexed. Coverage for the database includes the years 1890 through 1982. The trial lasts until the end of February 2010.

ScienceDirect Scheduled Service Outage on Jan.23rd

ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 12 hours on Saturday, January 23 from 8:00AM to 8:00PM EST.

LexisNexis Scheduled Service Outage on October 31

The LexisNexis Academic, Congressional, and Statistical databases will be unavailable beginning Saturday, October 31st, at 9:00pm until Sunday, November 1st, 5:00am.

Electronic Journal Downtime -- Time Changed

Due to a required system upgrade, access to electronic journals, Galaxy databases, and full text linking will be unavailable for a 4-hour period beginning Saturday, October 24th at 2:00 am.

Open Access to American History in Video

American History in Video is freely available (no username or password required) through November 15, 2009. According to the publisher, Alexander Street Press, it includes "more than 1,500 titles and 500 hours. It will continue to grow to include more than 5,000 complete titles and 2,000 hours of rare newsreels and important documentaries from leading producers such as PBS, The History Channel®, Bullfrog Films, and California Newsreel."

Electronic Books from Springer Publishing on Trial

This trial covers all Springer eBook Collections for copyright years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 including nearly 10,000 eBooks and eReference Works, and is available until the end of October. The titles included cover a wide range of subject areas, with emphasis on science, technology, and medicine. Titles we can access are identified by green squares.

Latino Writing Collections

Trial access is available until October 15th to three collections of Latino Writing. The collections include poetry, short stories, folk tales, novels, memoirs, non-fiction, and plays in both Spanish and English from Latino writers around the world. They are made available in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month by Alexander Street Press. The collections are Latino Literature, Caribbean Literature, and Latin American Women Writers

Username: eviews
Password: hispanicheritage

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources)

GREENR focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment. Both interactive and current, GREENR allows users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. This resource provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in the categories of energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, and economic development. Through an arrangement made by SUNYConnect, the database is on trial until the end of 2009.

GSS 1972-2008 Cumulative Data File now Available

The 1972-2008 GSS cumulative data file for the National Opinion Research Center's General Social Surveys (GSS) is now available from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research via RoperExpress immediate download.

The newly released data file contains individual response coding for 53,043 respondents and 5,364 variables. The questionnaire contains a standard core of demographic and attitudinal variables, plus certain topics of special interest selected for rotation (called "topical modules"). Items that appeared on national surveys between 1973 and 1975 are replicated. The exact wording of these questions is retained to facilitate time trend studies as well as replications of earlier findings.

The Early Republic - Trial Through July 15, 2009

The new digital collection The Early Republic will be available on a trial basis through July 15, 2009. No log-in or password are required.

Explore The Early Republic.

Since 1972, 17 volumes of primary material documenting the actions, debates, and thoughts of the First Federal Congress and its members have been collected by the First Federal Congress Project (FFCP) and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. These volumes of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress are used by Congress, historians, political scientists, and jurists to understand the most important and productive Congress in United States history.

The Early Republic brings this rich legacy to the fingertips of a new generation of students and scholars. Comprising 17,000 annotated pages and 250 images, the innovative online reference features a cumulative index and robust search engine. The Early Republic will incorporate the full text of future volumes and will eventually incorporate digital editions of other publications relating to the colonial period and revolution.

After trying the collection, give us your feedback. You can leave a comment below or email William Glenn, selector for History, at william.glenn@stonybrook.edu.

More information on The First Federal Congress Project and the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791.

How To Search the collection.

Free Access to Swine Flu Information from DynaMed

Due to the recent global outbreak of Swine Influenza, EBSCO Publishing and the DynaMed Editors have made DynaMed’s information about Swine Influenza free to health care providers and institutions throughout the world. The DynaMed topic on Swine Influenza consolidates information from multiple sources for health care providers to stay current with recommendations for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating patients with flu-like illnesses during this outbreak. DynaMed Editors will continue to monitor information and update this topic as needed throughout this global crisis.

American History in Video Available Free on Web Until April 30

American History in Video, from Alexander Street Press, has been released and is available free on the Web through April 30th at http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com.

This new online resource for teaching and research will include thousands of rare newsreels from 1929 through the 1960s, including the entire series of both Universal and United. You'll also find the historic Longine Chronoscope broadcasts and hundreds of hours of documentaries from leading producers such as The History Channel®.

All videos and transcripts in the collection have been Semantically Indexed and are fully searchable and browsable.

Freely access the entire collection on the Web now through Thursday, April 30th.

http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com

No username or password required.

SBU Digitized Collections, scheduled maintenance

There may be periodic interruptions in access to the Stony Brook University Libraries' digitized collections on Wed, 2/15 as we conduct scheduled maintenance to the server on which the collections reside.