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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).

Current News Sources on the Iran Election Crisis

plensor — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:17:46 -0500

Many of the current news stories about the Iran Election situation are about how the mainstream U. S. media are failing in their coverage. If you want to see real-time information from and about Iran, see sources such as:

Twitterfall -- Choose #iranelection from the left column.

PicFog -- Choose iranelection from the left column. Warning: Some images are graphic and may be disturbing.

Of course, you can also go straight to Twitter and look for the Trending Topic #iranelection, but registration is required.

Be aware that a hazard of these real-time, non-media sites is the lack of confirmation and verification. For mainstream media sites that seem to be providing more current coverage and are authoritative, see MSNBC and BBC News.

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.

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)

Annual Reviews Journals Online

UHD Library — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:36:14 -0500

The Annual Reviews collection of journals is now available at UHD through a cooperative arrangement with the Greater Western Library Alliance. Journals from Annual Reviews are widely recognized for their authoritative summaries and assessments of current research topics in the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. Many are among the most frequently cited sources in their fields. Online access to the complete collection from 1930 to present is available in Databases & Articles and in the List of Journals.

Here are some of the journals available in the Annual Reviews collection:

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
Annual Review of Anthropology
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Annual Review of Biochemistry
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
Annual Review of Economics
Annual Review of Entomology
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Annual Review of Genetics
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
Annual Review of Immunology
Annual Review of Law and Social Sciences
Annual Review of Medicine
Annual Review of Microbiology
Annual Review of Neuroscience
Annual Review of Nutrition
Annual Review of Plant Biology
Annual Review of Political Sciences
Annual Review of Psychology
Annual Review of Public Health
Annual Review of Sociology