New and Updated Online Resources - Archived Lists

You can also find these new online resources on our Subject Guides or the UW Libraries A-Z Research Databases pages.
If you have any questions please let us know.

March 2008
African American newspapers, pt. 10 and 11: the Christian Recorder - UW Restricted
http://www.accessible.com/search/prdcls.asp
Building on the previously acquired segments, this valuable resource contains a rich information on the cultural life and history of  African-Americans during the 1800s.  There is a wealth of first-hand reports on the major events and issues of the day regarding the African-American experience.


American song - UW Restricted
For access to American song, and several other streaming audio resources, go to:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/PCHome.html
Hear the sounds of America’s history with American Song, a new database that includes music from a wide variety of ethnic groups, time periods and historical events. You’ll find songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. There are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and anti-war protests as well as hymns, funny songs, college songs, and sea shanties.


FMG on demand - UW Restricted
http://www.fmgondemand.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?cid=1169&inst=collection1169
31 documentary films from Films Media Group (FMG) are now available  for online viewing. From outsider art and coffee production to global  warming and government surveillance, these 31 films cover a broad  array of topics. To access the films go to http:// www.fmgondemand.com/ and click on the "My Collection" tab. Titles  display in alphabetical order, though users can also browse by  subjects or search using keywords. More information, including an annotated list of the 31 films, is available at http:// www.lib.washington.edu/media/fmg.html

Springer ebooks in mathematics and statistics - UW Restricted
http://www.springerlink.com/mathematics-and-statistics/?sortorder=asc&Content+Type=Books
Check out this new collection of current ebooks in mathematics and statistics.

Changes to platforms, etc.

America history and life; Historical abstracts:  these two databases from ABC-CLIO will be migrating to the Ebsco platform as of 7/1/08.  Access is available to both platforms for spring quarter.

Grove art online, Grove music online: these resources will be migrating to new platforms called Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music Online    during spring quarter.  Migration will be completed by the end of June.

Digital Collections:  Announcing the release of a redesigned and updated content.lib.washington.edu website.

Please join Digital Initiatives and Special Collections in celebrating the release of an updated Libraries Digital Collection site at http://content.lib.washington.edu/.

 

December 2007
    C:19 - UW Restricted
    http://c19index.chadwyck.com/
    C19 indexes British and American publications from the 19th century and includes the electronic equivalent of Poole's index to periodical literature, The Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900 and other sources.

    Embase (additional content beginning Jan. 2008) - UW Restricted
    http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=main&NEWS=n&DBC=y&D=emed
    EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmacological database indexing 5,000 journals from over 70 countries. Previously the Libraries subscribed to the Embase drugs and pharmacology subset only, but as of January will have access to the full database from 1988-present, including drugs and pharmacology, clinical and experimental medicine, basic biological research, health policy and management, public, occupational and environmental health, substance abuse, psychiatry, forensic science, and biomedical engineering and instrumentation. Typically, individuals writing systematic reviews in medicine are required to search both MEDLINE and EMBASE in order to complete a comprehensive literature survey.

    Family Studies abstracts - UW Restricted
    http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=26h

    MarketResearch.com - UW Restricted
    http://academic.marketresearch.com
    The database MarketResearch.com provides in depth market research reports for U.S. and global industries which are over 100 pages long each. Written and published in the U.S. by various market research firms, the reports provide quantitative and qualitative focus and analysis on leading manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and marketers. Information included are executive summaries, industry interviews, competitive analysis, market trends, product innovation, buyer behavior, market share, and market forecasts.

    U.S. Congressional Serial Set Digital Edition (additional content 1900-1980) - UW Restricted
    http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=SERIAL

NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION

    Henry M. Jackson Collection
    http://content.lib.washington.edu/jacksonweb/index.html
    750+ photographs of the political career and personal life of Henry M. Jackson. He began a Congressional career in 1941 that spanned 43 years and nine presidents.

    Jackson was a strong player in foreign and defense policies, as well as domestic energy and environmental policies, serving as a member on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the Armed Services Committee, the Governmental Affairs Committee, and chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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