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Periodicals Archive Online

UHD Library — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:22:06 -0500

The library has added backfiles of 550 journals from the social sciences and the humanities in Periodicals Archive Online. The collection offers well-known journals in literature, history, philosophy, religion, and Spanish-language scholarship, as well as general-interest magazines. Noteworthy titles include Bentley's Miscellany (1837-1868), the original publisher of novels by Charles Dickens and stories by Edgar Allen Poe; Commentary (1945-2000); Harper's (1850-1995); Sight and Sound (1932-1995); and The Spectator (1828-2000).

JSTOR - New Journal Collections

UHD Library — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:53:07 -0500

The library has just purchased three new journal collections from JSTOR. As with all JSTOR collections, each one provides backfiles of top scholarly journals beginning with the earliest published issue but excluding current issues published in the past 3-5 years. Arts & Sciences V and Arts & Sciences VIhave 240 journals in the humanities and social sciences, with empahsis on art history, business and finance, economics, education, history, literature, linguistics, philosophy, and political science. The Life Sciences collection has 160 journals in biology, health, and general sciences. Journal titles include:

Africa Today (1954-2003)
American Philosophical Quarterly (1964-2003)
Antioch Review (1941-2005)
Chaucer Review (1966-2003)
Contemporary European History (1992-2003)
Early American Literature (1968-2005)
Environmental History (1966-2005)
Film History (1987-2003)
Financial Analysts Journal (1960-2005)
Financial Management (1972-2005)
Journal of Advertising (1972-2003)
Journal of American Ethnic History (1981-2003)
Journal of Mammology (1919-2003)
Journal of Parasitology (1914-2005)
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (1970-2003)
Middle East Journal (1947-2005)
Oikos (1948-2001)
PALAIOS (1986-2003)
Plant Cell (1989-2006)
Policy Sciences (1970-2005)
Risk Management (1999-2005)
Journal of Modern Literature (1970-2003)
Kenyon Review (1939-2005)
Latin American Literary Review (1972-2005)
Science Fiction Studies (1973-2005)
Wildlife Monographs (1958-2006)

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).