Tuesday, July 28, 2009

New Databases: Alexander Street Press

With the renewal of our latest Alexander Street Press contract, new databases have been added and updates were made to existing resources. Please see a summary of changes below and click on the links for more information:

New Databases:

Oral History Online
Added to the US and World History Resource Pages

North American Indian Drama
Added to Literature and Theatre Resource Pages

Manuscript Women’s Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society
Added to the US History and Women's Studies Resource Pages

Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online
This database searches seven of our Alexander databases and provides additional content.
Added to the US & World History, and Women's Studies Resource Pages

Changes to Existing Resources:

Black Drama, Second Edition
This second version adds almost 200 new plays and over 20 new playwrights

North American Theatre Online
This resource offers original content and is now updated to be cross-searchable with content from six other Alexander databases. The results are seamlessly integrated into one set of search results.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES vendor change

Effective immediately, PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES are available through the EBSCOhost interface shared by many other library databases (including Academic Search Premier).

PsycARTICLES is provided to Woodward Library by the Tennessee Board of Regents (RODP program) and EBSCO won the bid process for the new contract. This means PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES will no longer be available through the Proquest/CSA Illumina interface.

This migration to the EBSCO interface means that the psychology databases PsycInfo, PsycArticles and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection can be searched simultaneously using the directions provided on the introduction pages for each database (http://library.apsu.edu/inform/21PsycINFO.htm).

Please let me know if you have questions concerning this migration.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009