Academic Video Online

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February 2015 Database of the Month


Academic Video Online: Premium 
 
is Alexander Street’s most comprehensive video subscription, an ever-growing resource that comprises content from 39 full video collections and 8 bonus discipline clusters.

Titles in every collection and cluster within Academic Video Online: Premium have been carefully selected to meet departmental needs and include documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. You’ll find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable. Click here for  a complete list of collections.

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Engineers, Experience the New IEEE Explore

You may have already noticed that IEEE Xplore, the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineer’s comprehensive database,  has been upgraded.

The new IEEE Xplore is now easier to use and has more value-added features. You will be able to find articles faster with a new search engine and enhanced functionality.

What are the new features?

  • New interface design — intuitive, easy-to-navigate
  • New search engine — faster and more robust search results
  • Faceted search  — post-search refinements allow you to narrow or expand your initial search
  • Personalization  — set your preferences, save searchers, create alerts…and more

Visit the new IEEE Xplore at IEEE EXplore: IEEE/IEL Electronic Library.

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Compendex – December Database of the Month

Compendex (1970 to present) is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research available today. Coverage includes nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.
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ScienceDirect – October Database of the Month

Elsevier’s ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering high impact journals in the fields of Science, Engineering, Humanities and the Social Sciences. Florida Atlantic University has access to over 1,000 of these titles, including archival collections in Business and Management, Biochemistry and Genetics, Economics, and the complete Cell Press backfiles.

The platform offers sophisticated search and retrieval functionality and new tools that allow efficient downloading of content that can be shared, stored and passed to colleagues. One can search by authors, titles, topics and utilize all your favorite boolean operators, or search on one or more disciplines. This system also produces alerts for new articles online and when a new journal issue hits the “stands.”

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