UHD Library Blog

New Journals in Social Sciences & Humanities

UHD Library — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:57:59 -0500

This month the library added more than 900 journals in the Social Sciences and the Humanities as part of an ongoing initiative to build strong journal collections in all subjects taught at UHD. We expect to purchase more new journals in the fall, so please send us your recommendations.

Here are some of the new journals purchased this month:

For more journals purchased as part of our journals initiative, please see the Taylor & Francis Humanities & Social Sciences Library, New Journals in Social Work, National Council of Teachers of English Journals, and ScienceDirect Journals & E-Books.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

UHD Library — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:50:17 -0600

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is now available at UHD. With its coverage of 2.4 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses, this database is an essential repository of scholarship in almost every field of study. For older documents, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses provides a short absract. For more than 930,000 documents from 1997 to present, it offers access to the full text in PDF format.

Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia

UHD Library — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:40:44 -0600

The Gale Virtual Reference Library database now includes the 17-volume ebook collection Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. This set offers substantial biographies of more than 10,000 women from around 3100 BCE to the modern age. Biographies cover women from every walk of life and every corner of the world. Each biography has a list of related books, videos, and archival collections. Look for the Gale Virtual Reference Library in the Find Articles (Databases) section of the library website.

CQ Researcher

UHD Library — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:23:54 -0500

We are pleased to introduce CQ Researcher, one of the best sources for undergraduate research on public policy issues. With an archive of reports dating back to 1923, this collection has broad analysis of contemporary and historical issues. Topics range from perennial controversies like abortion and capital punishment to recent events such as the current financial crisis. Each report has analysis of the background, current situation, and future outlook for a topic, plus pro and con viewpoints, a chronology of events, maps and statistics, and a useful bibliography. Look for CQ Researcher under Find Articles (Databases).

Pop Culture Universe

UHD Library — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:59:08 -0500

Pop Culture Universe is a new database that offers analysis of popular culture trends from 1900 to the present. With books and encyclopedias published by Greenwood Press, the database has in-depth articles on topics in the arts, business, ethnic cultures, fashion, film, food and drink, literature, music, politics, recreation, religion, sports, television and radio, and technology. An easy-to-use interface makes it possible to find articles by subject, time period, people, and place. Look for Pop Culture Universe in the Find Articles (Databases) section of the library web site.