eResources News

ICPSR Orientation Workshop

wiegandl — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:07:50 +0000

Through UNCW's affiliation to ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium on Political and Social Research), students and faculty have access to the world's largest archive of social science data, as well a number of other resources helpful for research, grant-writing, teaching and learning. This workshop will provide an overview of what ICPSR has to offer anyone interested in conducting research or teaching using available social and political data.

Access and other information about ICPSR.

Workshop conducted by:

Mike Maume
Associate Professor
Dept. of Sociology & Criminology
Official Representative, ICPSR
University of North Carolina Wilmington
maume [at] uncw [dot] edu

Event/Exhibit Information

Date:

March 26, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location:

Randall Library, Room 1022

Online Access to The Chronicle of Higher Education

kmm8242 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:05:51 +0000

Randall Library has purchased a campus-wide license to The Chronicle of Higher Education. If you are on-campus, you will be automatically recognized as a subscriber. If you are off-campus, use the link provided in the Library Catalog (search for "Chronicle of Higher Education"). Follow the prompts to login to the library, and you will then be recognized as a UNCW subscriber.

A Chronicle Campuswide site license offers unrestricted access to Chronicle.com. The Chronicle is academe's No. 1 source of news and information for everyone on campus — administrators, faculty members, staff, students, even guests. Features and benefits of Chronicle Campuswide include:

No need for passwords, logins, or user names.
Text from each print issue posted on Mondays without delay or embargo.
Daily site updates with the latest news and information in academe.
A searchable archive of back issues.
The Chronicle Review, the award-winning weekly magazine of ideas.
Complete data from our annual Almanac of Higher Education.
New-media extras such as slide shows, podcasts, and videos.

New eResources via NCLive

williamsl — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:37:58 +0000

NCLive has added nine new eResources/databases. Take a look at the changes:

Art & Architecture Complete: Magazines, journals, trade publications and books covering a variety of art and architecture subjects including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design, and more. Includes image collection of over 63,000 images.

Biography Reference Center: More than 450,000 biographies, including actors, authors, explorers, historical figures, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, scientists and many others.

Entrepreneurial Studies Source: Covers topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business, including key periodicals, reference books, case studies, company profiles and 600+ videos with transcripts from the Harvard Faculty Series and Vator.TV.

Environment Complete: Journals on topics including agriculture, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, urban planning, and more.

Hoover's: Business research platform allows you to search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, & geography to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds.

Legal Information Reference Center: Contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. Includes state-specific resources.

Points of View: Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 280 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.

Small Business Reference Center: Offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding. Includes business lectures and ‘how to’ videos, as well as state-specific resources.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center: Detailed, user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines.

In addition NC LIVE has upgraded seven resources, with additional full-text content and upgraded features:

Academic Search Complete: Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works.

Business Source Complete: Journals, peer-reviewed publications, magazines on a wide range of topics including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text: Journals and trade publications on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

Literary Reference Center Plus: Articles and criticisms, including peer-reviewed, bios and interviews, novels, short stories, poems, and literary magazines.

MAS Complete: For high school and junior college students. Includes magazines, original historical documents, including The Bill of Rights, The Constitution, The Federalist Papers and the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Charts, tables, and graphs.

MasterFILE Complete: General magazines, journals, and newspapers covering many subjects. Includes peer-reviewed.

NoveList K-8 Plus: Reader's advisory service for fiction and nonfiction titles, designed to support the curriculum and kids’ pleasure reading. Searchable by author, title, series name, plot, and lexile level. Includes author read-alikes and lists of award-winners.

You can find these resources on the Randall Library eResources/databases A-Z list http://library.uncw.edu/eresources/

EBSCOhost iPhone App

kmm8242 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:54:51 +0000

The free iPhone app allows iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users to search premium EBSCOhost database content. The convenience and rich functionality of the app enables users to:

Choose which databases to search
Limit results to full text or peer reviewed
Search a library’s catalog
Sort by relevance or date
Retrieve full text results in HTML and/or PDF formats
Save results for offline access at a later date
Email results to self or others
Automatically save the 25 most recent searches
Cover flow display of results

Click the link at the bottom of any EBSCOhost page to email yourself the key to the app and get started.

Do You Use MyiLibrary Audio Books?

kmm8242 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:40:20 +0000

In September 2011, the MyiLibrary Audio Books will begin transitioning to a new audio book service called Recorded Books One Click. The new service will include the same audio book titles available now, but through the new Recorded Books platform. The new platform will feature enhancements to the download process, as well as enhanced searching and browsing capabilities. All content will be iPod compatible, and there will be an iPhone app for downloading on the go with Droid and Mobile Windows 7 apps to follow.

The transition to Recorded Books One Click platform is expected to happen this fall. A specific date for the transition has not yet been announced, but we will continue to provide updates as we approach September.

**When the new Recorded Books service launches all audio book users will be required to create a new personal audio book account. Your MyiLibrary user account information will not be saved or transferred. This also means that any books you have on hold at the time of the transition will not be transferred over to the new platform.

No More Library PIN!

wiegandl — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:03:59 +0000

Randall Library is happy to announce an improved login process for accessing your Library Account* and library resources from off-campus.

Instead of having to remember your Library PIN, you now login with your UNCW username (your email address without the @uncw.edu part) and your email password.

We hope this streamlined login experience makes using the library easier!

*Note: This only applies to UNCW Students, Staff and Faculty. Other non-UNCW Borrowers still need to use their PIN.

Informaworld now "Taylor & Francis Online"

williamsl — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:04:24 +0000

The Informaworld interface has been replaced by Taylor & Francis Online. You can find Taylor & Francis Online on the eResources/Databases By Name A-Z under the letter "T". Bookmarked Informaworld links will redirect to the new interface. Taylor & Francis indexes all journals from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press; more than 10,000 eBooks from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Informa Healthcare. The new platform will offer more intuitive navigation, graphical abstracts and first page previews; as well as a mobile service for iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

From Taylor & Francis:

Why we are changing our platform from informaworld to Taylor & Francis Online?

In short – we are changing because we listened to our customers! We talked to various customer groups, including librarians, editors, authors and society partners to get feedback on what you felt about the Informaworld name. The consensus was that a name that more closely relates to Taylor & Francis Group and our imprints would be preferable to informaworld, and when alternatives were put to customer vote, the favorite was Taylor & Francis Online.

New ProQuest Coming Soon

wiegandl — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:27:24 +0000

ProQuest has an "all-new, powerful, comprehensive, and easy-to-navigate search environment [that] brings together resources from ProQuest, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), and Chadwyck-Healey." Randall Library will be migrating to this new interface in time for Fall semester.

In the meantime, you can experience the new ProQuest by following the "beta" links from our eResources list or searching our site for "proquest beta."

Want to learn more details about the new interface? View ProQuest's Quick Start Reference Overview (pdf).

ScienceDirect iPhone App

wiegandl — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:55:04 +0000

With the ScienceDirect iPhone app you can access exactly the same journals and books from your iPhone as you would be able to from on-campus. The screen is smaller but the familiar content is all there. You can look up and read a paper, share the PDF, or just explore what's out there anytime you get a bright idea.

To access the full spectrum of content, you will need to register online while on-campus (using a desktop computer or the UNCW wireless network), at www.sciencedirect.com/science/newregistration

Once you have supplied this information, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You must click on the link provided in this e-mail to activate your access to ScienceDirect iPhone app. You will only need to confirm your email once.

To validate your e-mail address:

An email will be sent to the e-mail address you provided containing a link. You must click on the link to validate your access to SciVerse ScienceDirect iPhone app.
It is recommended that you validate your e-mail address from the iPhone as it will launch the app automatically.
Until you validate your e-mail address, you may not be able to access full content.

More information about the ScienceDirect iPhone app

New eResource: European View of the Americas

williamsl — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:18:03 +0000

This database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide.

You can find "European View of the Americas" in the Randall Library eResources/Databases By Name A-Z list by clicking on the letter "E".

Access over 2,000 Health Videos

williamsl — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:56:44 +0000

Consumer Health Complete offers streaming health programs that are physician-generated with the participation of major medical institutions. You can access Health Source Complete from the Randall Library homepage. Click on the eResources a-z list (under the search box) then click on the letter "C" and "Consumer Health Complete".

Changes to Job & Career Accelerator

williamsl — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:39:35 +0000

This release features several new enhancements, including:

A redesigned resume builder with
- Over 120 model resumes written by career placement professionals
- Over 700 action words categorized by skill family
- Resume import & export functionality including Google Docs integration
Improved My Accelerator Dashboard featuring:
- New reminders section with event notification for job progress tracking
- Alerts, reminders, and Google Calendar integration
- Improved tracking forms
Expanded Search functionality featuring:
- Internship search option and entry-level job search filter for recent grads
- Links to grans, fellowships, and financing opportunities
Improved Cover Letter Builder with full-featured formatting and section reordering

Find the Job & Career Accelerator in the Randall Library eResources/Databases A-Z list under the letter "J".

Updates for SimplyMap

williamsl — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:34:57 +0000

SimplyMap 2.0 includes many improvements designed to make it easier than ever to find and analyze data and create professional, GIS quality thematic maps.

Here are a few of the most significant changes:

New easier to use, intuitive multi-tab interface
Innovative interactive wizards for maps and reports
It's easier than ever to find data variables by searching or browsing
Organize your work using tags
Easily share your work with any SimplyMap user in the country
Powerful data filters can now be applied to both maps and reports
More export options
Faster performance

Medical Searching Upgrades Almost Here

williamsl — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:51:18 +0000

As communicated in early June, several medical searching updates will soon become part of CINAHL subscriptions. We wanted to let you know that the software updates are currently scheduled to be implemented toward the end of this week.

For your convenience, we have created a PowerPoint presentation of the upgrades with screen shots included, to give you a more detailed view of what you can expect when the implementation is complete. To access the PowerPoint, click here:

http://support.epnet.com/uploads/CustSupport/UserDocumentation/EN_CINAHL_and_MeSH_tut.ppt

Please visit EBSCO's Support Site to search among thousands of FAQs and download tutorials, read the latest news in Top Stories, sign up for free, online training, and download support materials for your particular mix of products.

Send music to your mobile phone

williamsl — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:28:07 +0000

Go here http://0-clmu.alexanderstreet.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu/help/view/using_your_mobile_device for instructions on how to send music to your smart phone.

Something About the Author - new eResource

williamsl — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:12:56 +0000

The new Something About the Author Online provides first-time comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Something About the Author, the main series, and Something About the Author: Autobiography Series — more than 210 volumes, more than 19,000 entries and nearly 17,000 images.

Jobs Portal - New eResource

williamsl — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:48:17 +0000

The Jobs Portal offers resume and cover letter builders, career-related eBooks, interviewing tips, interactive practice exams, and more.

New eResource: Short Story Index

williamsl — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:30:18 +0000

5 Project MUSE Titles with added Back Issues

williamsl — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:28:42 +0000

The five new titles are:

Ethics and the Environment
The Henry James Review (complete run)
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (complete run)
Journal of Women's History (complete run)
Race/Ethnicity (complete run)

Even more back issue content will be added throughout 2010. See the curent list of titles that will be adding back issues in MUSE.

MyiLibrary audio books

williamsl — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:17:05 +0000

The new 750 eAudio books are available from the MyiLibrary Audio Books platform and will be downloadable to either an iPod or MP3 player, as well as playable on a PC or Mac computer.

View the Complete List of Downloadable Audio Books: http://nclive.org/Newsletter/jan2010/eAudio_list.xls

PBS videos

williamsl — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:13:42 +0000

NC LIVE is adding *24 new PBS videos* to its collection of more than 400 online videos, including Ken Burns’s "The War", Jane Austen’s "Northanger Abbey", "Mansfield Park", and "Persuasion", Dickens’s "Oliver Twist", Shakespeare’s "King Lear", and more.

Job & Career Accelerator - New eResource

williamsl — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:09:54 +0000

Job & Career Accelerator users can easily create professional resumes and cover letters, master interviewing and networking techniques, improve work related skills, and prepare for occupation related exams.

New eResource: CQ Political Reference Suite

williamsl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:04:13 +0000

Titles in the Political Reference Suite

Congress and the Nation Series	The New York Times on the Supreme Court
A to Z Series	Political Handbook of the World
The Contemporary Middle East	Political History of America's Wars
Encyclopedia of the First Amendment	Supreme Court Yearbook Series
Encyclopedia of Indian Policy and Law	The Supreme Court Compendium
Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion	Vital Statistics on American Politics
Guides Series	Vital Statistics on the Presidency
Historic Documents	Washington Information Directory
The New York Times on the Presidency

New images added to Cinema Image Gallery

williamsl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:51:41 +0000

Cinema Image Gallery has images from every film that was nominated for 2010 Oscars in each category:

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Screenplay (Original)

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

Best Costume Design

The record counts are as follows:

Total Images: 190,749

Total Films/TV shows: 20,783

New Images: 8,082

Those 8082 images come from 1663 Films

Those 8082 images come from 1663 Films/TV shows (not all of them new to the database)

500+ of those Films/TV shows are new to the database

Among the additions:

100 images from Twilight: New Moon

97 images from Inglourious Basterds

59 from True Blood

60 from Couples Retreat

47 from Avatar

47 from Where the Wild Things Are

47 from Sherlock Holmes

41 from Men Who Stare at Goats

39 from Invictus

39 from Nine

39 from Zombieland

36 from the Informant

18 from Up In the Air

14 from District 9

Learn more about: CQ Weekly

williamsl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:14:08 +0000

Complete source for expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and back room maneuvering. Produced by the largest news team on Capitol Hill.

New eResource: Company Profiles

williamsl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:07:46 +0000

With 10,000 company profiles, Datamonitor assesses the most important global companies, ensuring a balance between the US, European and Asian companies as well as the key vertical markets.

New eResource: Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press

williamsl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:54:06 +0000

The Current Digest of the (Post-)Soviet Press was founded in 1949. Each week it presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English. The translations are intended for use in teaching and research.

Net eResource: Consumer Health Complete

williamsl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:50:15 +0000

This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.

Designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics, CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

New eResource: Cinema Image Gallery

williamsl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:18:29 +0000

This eResource provides some of the most exciting examples of period and contemporary design–from classics and blockbusters to B movies.

New eResource: Art Index Retrospective

williamsl — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:26:51 +0000

In addition to the leading English-language art journals, Art Index Retrospective also covers a host of publications in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch, as well as important yearbooks and select museum bulletins.

Enhanced Video Player for PBS videos

williamsl — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:46:02 +0000

Now you can watch all of our PBS Videos using this new player. Features of the new enhancement include instant link generation, providing users with the ability to create links to any point in the video, added chapter points, and an improved layout. Read more here: http://nclive.org/Newsletter/dec2009/index.html#video

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities

williamsl — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:12:34 +0000

Users will be able to access publications for the following areas:

Educational Curriculum and Methods
Educational Psychology and Administration
Educational Technology and Library Science

This new resource can be found on the articles and eResources page or the Education subject guide.

ProQuest Entrepreneurship - New database

williamsl — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:24:20 +0000

ProQuest Entrepreneurship has been added as a new database.

ProQuest Entrepreneurship delivers a unique and powerful database collection - designed to arm entrepreneurs with vital resources for developing and researching their ideas while providing valuable insight to help progress and grow their product or service.

Name change for the Greenwood Digital Collection

williamsl — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:58:57 +0000

The new ABC-CLIO E-book Collection offers access to the following publications: American Slavery; Daily Life Through History; Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors; Historic Events of the 20th Century; Literature in Context.

Enhancements to Project MUSE

williamsl — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:45:49 +0000

*Article Summaries

Articles now include summaries (abstracts). Look for the link to the summary on a journal’s Table of Contents and in Search Results, next to the HTML and PDF viewing options. Summaries allow faster scanning of an article’s contents and of search results.

* Search This Journal

You can now search all issues of a MUSE journal for a particular subject. ‘Search This Journal’ search box (on a journal homepage) helps you locate articles on a particular topic within all issues of a specific journal.

* More Like This

Links automatically to articles similar in subject to the article you are reading. When you find an article in MUSE relevant to your research this feature includes links to other articles in MUSE related in subject. Look for the “More Like This” on the right side navigation bar on MUSE articles. It is a great tool for quickly locating additional articles related to your research topic.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

williamsl — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:26:33 +0000

Gale Virtual Reference Library recently updated its interface. The new interface delivers a variety of improved features including:

Improved subject indexing and faceted searching
Printing, e-mailing and exporting ability
Text-to-audio feature and article translations
Easy and intuitive bookmarking
Citation generator with exporting to End Note, ProCite, RefWorks and Reference Manager
Cross-search capability

SIMPLY MAP

williamsl — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:16:02 +0000

SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data.

SimplyMap recently developed and distributed a training guidewith exercises developed for NC LIVE member libraries. You may view the training materials here in PDF file format.

In addition to these exercises, Simply Map also provides tutorials to help users become familiar with searching and using the resource. After entering SimplyMap, click on the Tutorials link in the upper-right hand corner of the window.

CSA Illumnia and ProQuest database enhancements

williamsl — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:59:25 +0000

MLA Citation Format Change—The citation generator is being updated to reflect the MLA documentation style found in the seventh edition.
Author Naming Adjustments—In the citation generator area, author names will be presented in Last Name, First Name format. This is only for content that captures the author meta-data in a more granular format. This change reflects content from 2007 moving forward and will be added to archival content over time. Instances such as “staff writer” will not fit this format.

NoveList Interface Updates

williamsl — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:24:47 +0000

Series Searching:

A series search using the Series Title radio button will now bring up either a series master record, which contains the full information for a series including the series title list in reading order, or a list of all series that match your search terms.

For example, a search from the NoveList homepage for "Harry Potter" with the Series Title radio button selected will pull up the master record for the Harry Potter series.

From the series master record you will find the list of titles in reading order with links to each title record, as well as author information and additional information about the series. You can still easily print a series list to hand to your patron. Just click the Print link at the top of the series master record. At the Print Manager, select Detailed Citation and Abstract from the Standard Field Format drop-down menu, then click the Print button.

What We're Reading Display:

What We're Reading columns are now sorted by Date Descending, to bring the newest listings for each contributor to the top of the list. For example, from the Browse column select What We're Reading under the Adults heading. Now select the "What Georgine Olson is Reading" link. You will now find Georgine Olson's May 2009 column at the top of the list.

Popularity and First Chapters Available in Title Record:

Popularity stars and links to First Chapters and Tables of Content are now available on the right side of the title record (under the book jacket image, if available).

Custom Folders Display:

When you log in to your My NoveList account, you will now find your custom folders listed in alphabetical order. When you add a new custom folder, it will also be placed in the list alphabetically.

204 Career-related Ebooks Added to NetLibrary

williamsl — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:28:51 +0000

In March 2009, NC LIVE increased the size of its electronic book collection by acquiring 204 new E-books on topics relating to job attainment, vocational guidance, and employment. Click here to view the complete list.
These books, now available through NetLibrary, were added to enhance the content of the State Library’s new JobSearch Program, which includes training in career skills for 270 library staff members in nine workshops at public libraries across the state. The JobSearch Program will utilize NC LIVE databases and the new eBooks to support the rising number of North Carolina job hunters.

Morningstar Database Now Has Exporting Capabilities

williamsl — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:24:31 +0000

Morningstar Investment Research Center now has exporting capabilities. Database users can download 10 years of financial statements (income, cash flows, and balance sheets) and five years of daily price history for more than 10,500 stocks.
Susan Dziubinski, senior product manager for Morningstar Investment Research Center, explained, `Academic prospects have asked us for this functionality, and exporting was the top enhancement existing academic, public, and corporate clients wanted from us, as well. Exporting makes our database even more useful in the classroom, business lab, and library.`