Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice This collection documents key aspects of the history of slavery worldwide over six centuries, with 16 key areas of focus: slavery in the early Americas; African coast; the Middle Passage; slavery and agriculture; urban and domestic slavery; slave testimony; spiritualism and religion in slave communities; resistance and revolts; the Underground […]
New Database: Victorian Popular Culture
Victorian Popular Culture Spiritualism, mesmerism, psychical science and secular magic together define the cultural fields presented in this collection. It is concerned with primarily English texts published during the "long" nineteenth century, from the beginnings of Mesmerism in 1779 through to the 1930s. Access: IP Selector: John Tofanelli […]
New Database Trial: Palgrave Connect
Palgrave Connect Palgrave Connect offers libraries a flexible approach to building an ebook collection in the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Business. Access: IP Selector: Jean Laponce The trial runs through December 10, 2011. […]
New Database Trial:ACD/I-Lab
ACD / I-Lab ACD / I-Lab is a web-based1 service that provides instant access to spectral and chemical databases, and predicts properties based on chemical structures. Selector:Song Yu Access: IP The trial will run through October 31, 2011 […]
New Database: BFI Screenonline
BFI Screenonline BFI Screenonline is an extensive publicly available encyclopaedia devoted to British film and television. The site is supplemented by rich and authoritative contextual material by expert writers, specially commissioned for BFI Screenonline alongside thousands of stills, posters and press books. Film clips are accessible only to registered UK schools, colleges, universities and public […]
New Database: World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean Digital Archive
World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean Digital Archive World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean Digital Archive offers a rich collection of primary source documents about the region; academic journals and news feeds, reference articles and commentary, maps and statistics; audio and video and more. Access: IP Selector: Sean Knowlton The trial runs through October […]
New Database Trial: PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY
PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY PsycTESTS is a research database that provides access to an abundance of full-text psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments as well as descriptive and administrative information for each. PsycTHERAPY is a database of therapy demonstration videos specifically developed to enable viewers to observe how therapists spontaneously employ different approaches and techniques […]
New Database:National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
National Technical Reports Library Provides indexing and full text access to a collection of historical and current government technical reports archived by the National Technical Information Service. Selector:Danianne Mizzy Access:IP […]
New Database: ChinaScope Financial
ChinaScope Financial ChinaScope Financial offers China-focused company, sector and macro-economic data as well as media reports and market developments. Access:IP Selector:Peng Xu […]
New Database:The Vogue archive
The Vogue archive A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month. Every article, cover, photo shoot, illustration and advertisement has been digitized to the highest standard, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by designer and brand names. Selector:Nancy Friedland Access:IP […]