Month: November 2008

New Database – SourceOECD

Access and search international economic statistics, books, and journals published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

SourceOECD inludes:

  •  20 thematic full-text book collections
  •  24 full-text periodicals
  • Source OECD Statistics  with access to 24 interactive databases. This feature now includes an updated Index of Statistical Variables that links to Excel tables, and links to tables of data found in the OECD Factbook, OECD in Figures, OECD Economic Outlook and other publications.
  • Access to OECD’s Working Paper series, over 800 papers, beginning with issue one.

This Subscription has been made possible through a joint commitment between the FAU Libraries, and the College of Business.

Click here for on-campus access to SourceOECD
Click here for off-campus access to SourceOECD

Studs Terkel: 1912 to 2008

Studs (Louis) Terkel, broadcaster and oral historian, born May 16 1912; died October 31, 2008
See ChicagoTribune Obituary

Over 40 years ago Studs Terkel began a conversation with the American people, asking them to expose their everyday lives. He tenderly and truthfully told our story (the
American and the human) throughout his career as broadcaster and writer. His two well known books, Working (1974) and Race: How blacks and whites think and feel about the American obsession (1992), are good examples of his oral history style. Continue reading

Oxford Art Online – November Database of the Month

Oxford Art Online is the new home of Grove Art Online and also provides access to three other well-respected resources for art reference; The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art.

Oxford Art Online is an extensive, authoritative and easily searchable online art resource.  The resources can be searched as a group or the user can select one or more individual titles to search.  Included are  more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images.  Precise search and browse capabilities allow users to refine their results by source and subject categories.  Print and Email functions are available, as well as a  “How to Cite” feature for both articles and images.  Citations can be exported to citation management software such as RefWorks and Endnote.

Click here for on-campus access to Oxford Art Online
Click here for off-campus access to Oxford Art Online