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New eResources

The following resources have been added in the last six months.

American Film Scripts [Alexander Street]

Authorized versions of copyrighted screenplays. Scripts from Warner Bros., Sony, RKO, MGM, etc.; from rights holders; and from writers themselves, including Paul Schrader, Lawrence Kasdan, Gus Van Sant, Neil LaBute, Oliver Stone, etc.

Book Citation Index

See Web of Knowledge.

Courts, Law and Justice [Sage]
Crime and Criminal Behavior [Sage]
Culinary Arts Collection [Gale]
MLIN

Includes an array of food journals, from Vegetarian Times to Saveur and Bon Appetit.

Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa: An Encyclopedia [Sage]
Dissertations & Theses Full-Text [ProQuest]
Full text 1997+, abstracts and citations 1861+

Includes 1.2 million full-text dissertations (1997+, plus selected older dissertations). Also includes 2.7 million citations for 1861+.

Education Source [EBSCO]

Covers all levels of education—from early childhood to higher education—as well as specialties such as multilingual education, health education, testing, etc.  Coverage Includes articles, books, yearbooks and more.  Trial ends 1/17/13.

Education [Sage]
Encyclopedia of Ancient History [Wiley]
Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics [Wiley]
Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture [Sage]
Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste [Sage]
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education [Sage]
Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology [Science Direct]
Encyclopedia of Global Religion [Sage]
Encyclopedia of Global Studies [Sage]
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior [Science Direct]
Encyclopedia of Social Networks [Sage]
Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing [Sage]
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection [Gale]
MLIN

Information from over 700 journals on agriculture, biology, geology, economics, engineering, energy, and policy related to the environment.

Ethnographic Video Online

Contains documentaries in the fields of anthropology & ethnography, documenting human culture & behavior. Includes field notes, liner notes, filmmaker biographies, related articles, study guides, etc. Trial ends 12/28/12.

Gale News Vault

Cross-searching for Gale's historical news products, including: 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers; 19th Century British Library Newspapers; Illustrated London News Historical Archive; Listener Historical Archive; Times Digital Archive; Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive.

Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection [Gale]
MLIN

Includes articles and books on all aspect of gardening and landscaping.

Gateway to North America: People, Places, and Organizations of 19th-Century New York
18th-early 20th century

Digitized primary sources from the New York Historical Society. Includes historical directories, membership lists for a wide variety of organizations and groups, commercial listings by trade, town histories, vital statistics, etc. Trial ends 11/18/12.

Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange

Primary sources documenting 15 historically-important commodities, including chocolate, coffee, cotton, oil, spices, sugar, tea, tobacco, etc. Note that download options are not available during trials. Trial ends 11/30/12.

Health and Medicine [Sage]
History of American Film [Wiley]
Homer Encyclopedia [Wiley]
International Encyclopedia of Political Science [Sage]
Juvenile Crime and Justice [Sage]
Lily: A Temperance and Feminist Newspaper
1849-1856

The first newspaper for women (ed. Amelia Bloomer 1849-1854, then Mary Birdsall 1855-1856). Initial coverage of temperance issues later expanded to include articles on child-bearing, education, and women’s rights, with many articles by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online [Gale]

19th century primary source collections, including books, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, etc.  Contents:  Asia and the West - Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange; British Politics and Society; European Literature 1790-1840 - The Corvey Collection; British Theatre, Music, and Literature - High and Popular Culture.

North American Women's Drama [Alexander Street]

 Full texts of 1,500 plays written from colonial times to the present by American and Canadian women playwrights; includes previously unpublished plays.

Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia [Wiley]
Nursing and Allied Health Collection [Gale]
MLIN

Journals related to nursing, allied health, health education, and more.

Oxford Bibliographies Online

A scholar-curated library of subject bibliographies in the humanities & social sciences; each entry offers a guided tour through key literature on a topic. Trial ends 11/4/12.

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online

Scholarly works in the humanities including hundreds of poems, plays, and prose works, written by writers between 1485 and 1660, including Donne, Marlowe, Shakespeare and more. Trial ends 11/4/12.

Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection [Gale]
MLIN

Articles for researchers and practioners of physical therapy, exercise and sports.

PsycTests [EBSCO]
1910+

Over 4,000 full-text psychological tests or test items, plus profiles of additional tests and measures.