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Approximately 20% of the content is previously unpublished and fugitive, such as the laboriously recovered transcript of the Muhammad Ali trial; a full run of The Black Panther newspaper, with full-color images of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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.