Sports Business Research Network (SBRnet) is an online international sport marketing and business information provider focusing on sport participating; fan profiles; sports facilities; sport finance; sporting goods; sponsorship, marketing, media and directories.
SBRnet’s database has been expanded to include a complete directory of U.S. and Canadian college sports programs, as well as a links directory to over 10,000 sports organizations. Continue reading
U.S. History in Context (formerly History Resource Center) delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from an extensive online collection of historical information.
Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives; articles from classic Macmillan Reference USA™ and Charles Scribner’s Sons® references; as well as other Gale content such as country and era overview information, and full-text periodicals and journals. This broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference works, primary documents and scholarly analysis includes: Continue reading
Due to increasing popularity and new development of the web version of SciFinder, CAS is announcing the discontinuation of the client version of SciFinder on June 30, 2011 for all U.S. and Canadian academic institutions. On this date, all seats at these institutions will access the web version only. For moving to the web version see SciFinder now available on the Web.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors recently approved a new Access to Information policy. In keeping with this new policy, the The World Bank has made the following databases free to the public. You can also find these databases on the Libraries’ Indexes/Databases pages.
The World Bank Open Data
The World Bank’s Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data. The Development Data Group coordinates statistical and data work and maintains a number of macro, financial and sector databases. These databases are used by teams to prepare Country Assistance Strategies, poverty assessments, research studies and other forms of economic and sector work. Included are World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators and Global Economic Monitor. Continue reading
What Happened to 360 Search?
360 Search has been replaced by the new search engine, SearchWiSE. Both are designed to search multiple resources and return results in one interface. Because 360 Search works by searching outside databases and pulling the information in, it was sometimes slow and a little clunky. SearchWiSE is basically the next generation of searching – all of the information, from books to title level indexing of online journals, is housed and searched in one place. So now when you conduct a search, you will uncover much of what is unique to FAU Libraries, and your results will be returned quickly in one intuitive interface.
What is SearchWiSE?
SearchWise uses a single search box — that helps you discover information in all formats from the Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ collections — including print and electronic books, journals and newspapers, videos, CDs, and digitized collections. All of these formats are integrated into a single results list. You see what you want, click through to the full text if available or, in the case of physical materials, find its location in the library.
To put it simply, SearchWiSE does for libraries what Google does for the Web. SearchWise is powered by the Summon™ service which works by pre-indexing content, allowing instant and true relevancy-ranked results.
Let us know what you think of SearchWiSE by email, commenting below, or on the Libraries’ Facebook page.
Classical Music Library is a fully searchable classical music resource — a comprehensive collection of distinguished classical recordings from renowned classical music labels such as EMI, Decca and Deutsche Grammophon. You can also search Classical Music Library along with other music reference databases at Music Online.
Especially useful features are the Playlists and clip-making tools which allow you to organize content and integrate a group of selected works or movements into course assignments. For information on other features see Classical Music Library has a new look.
Stream special selections of music by the Libraries’ music staff Continue reading
The enhanced features of the new EBSCOhost viewer bring a real browsing experience to the online journal. I was impressed by the clean navigation — seamlessly jumping from one issue to the next, and skimming a hyperlinked table of contents while the selected article remains in view. FAU’s subscription EBSCO databases include CINAHL, Academic Search Premier, and Business Source Premier (see EBSCOhost for a complete list of databases). View a short demonstration here.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900 provides a complete historical record of nineteenth century Britain, its former colonies and the wider world. The primary source material is the most complete collection of its kind and provides insight into the background of current legislation, policy decision making and the political environment. Woven through the collection is the social philosophy and opinion of the time. The political thinking of Jenner, Arnold, Trollope, Mill, Faraday, Babbage, Telford and Brunel, among others, makes the collection exciting for serious researchers. Continue reading
Women and Social Movements in the United States Scholar’s Edition is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women’s history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding about U.S. history generally at the same time that it makes the insights of women’s history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools.
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?
Visit the new IEEE Xplore at IEEE EXplore: IEEE/IEL Electronic Library.