New E-Resources

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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August/September 2016 Database of the Month

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle’s website features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; an archive of previously published content; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.

If you are on campus, simply go to Chronicle.com for access. If you are off campus, access The Chronicle by using links available on the library website, or by going to Chronicle.com and creating an account using your @fau.edu email address.

MarinLit: a database of marine natural products

MarinLit is a database dedicated to marine natural products research. The database was established in the 1970s by Professors John Blunt and Murray Munro at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. It was designed as an in-house system to fulfil the needs of the University of Canterbury Marine Group and has evolved to contain unique searchable features and powerful dereplication tools. The extremely comprehensive range of data contained along with these powerful features makes MarinLit the database of choice for marine natural products researchers.

MarinLit is text and structure searchable. Queries can be built across a number of fields and parameters. Along with comprehensive information on relevant published articles and compounds, MarinLit provides dereplication tools based on experimental and predicted data.

For video tutorials and other information, please see the MarinLit Blog created by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Nursing Assessment in Video

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April 2016 Database of the Month

Nursing Assessment in Video provides demonstrations and step-by-step instructions for performing physical assessments of patients.

Nursing Assessment in Video is an online database that provides access to the best-selling assessment series of training videos from Medcom Inc. Each title features leading industry experts providing hands-on demonstrations and step-by-step instructions in key assessment areas. All content was produced since 2012, so users can depend on the collection to deliver the most accurate, up-to-date information available.

Topical Coverage

Titles in Nursing Assessment in Video include:

  • The Respiratory System
  • The Key to Quality Patient Care
  • The Musculoskeletal System
  • The Digestive System
  • The Integumentary System
  • Head and Neck, Mouth and Throat
  • Eyes, Ears, and Nose
  • The Male Genitourinary System
  • Head-to-Toe Assessment
  • The Female Genitourinary System
  • The Cardiovascular System, Part 1: Anatomy and Subjective Data
  • The Cardiovascular System, Part 2: Objective Data
  • The Nervous System, Part 1: Anatomy and Subjective Data
  • The Nervous System, Part 2: Objective Data

 

nature.com Complete

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February 2016 Database of the Month

Nature.com Complete provides full-text access to 80 titles from Nature Publishing Group and partner societies, with archives dating back to 1869. Search across life science and physical research journals, life science review journals, clinical review journals, as well as complimentary web content. Some of the signifcanct titles include Nature, Nature Protocols, Nature Communications, Nature Methods, and Scientific American.

See the nature.com Complete list of publications.

American Consumer Culture: Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965

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November-December 2015 Database of the Month

American Consumer Culture: Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965 provides a unique insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century.  This research database provides access to the complete market research reports of the era’s foremost consumer analyst, Ernest Dichter, market research pioneer and widely-recognised ‘father’ of Motivational Research.

The collection is a treasure trove of information on some of America’s best known brands, containing thousands of reports commissioned by advertising agencies and global businesses in a booming era for consumerism, ‘Madison Avenue’ advertising and global brands on consumer goods ranging from tobacco and broadcasting to cars and hotels. Use the fully searchable interactive chronology to discover fascinating facts and events in the history of American consumerism; gain a deeper insight into Dichter and the world of market research through essays and further resources; and view hundreds of advertising images in the Ad Gallery.

 

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

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October 2015 Database of the Month

DSM-5 is the most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today’s mental health clinicians and researchers of all orientations. This reference is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders, and is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health. The criteria are concise and explicit, intended to facilitate an objective assessment of symptom presentations in a variety of clinical settings- inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinical, private practice, and primary care.

PrivCo – Private Company Financial Intelligence

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September 2015 Database of the Month

PrivCo provides accurate financial and business data and news and media content on over 500,000 major private companies globally (generally defined as having at least $10 million in annual revenue, or with substantial institutional capital funding).

Search PrivCo to find verified private company financials, private M&A and venture capital transactions, accurate deal terms, valuation multiples, private equity deals, founder and family ownership breakdowns, privately-held bankruptcies, restructurings, IPOs and more.   Continue reading

Read Articles on your Tablet with BrowZine!

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Web-based Version: http://www.browzine.com/libraries/246/

Download for Mobile Device: http://thirdiron.com/download/

Browsing journals and scanning articles is a leading way researchers stay abreast of trends in their field. With the decline of print, databases have become the primary way publishers deliver journals.  Databases, however, are designed for searching, not reading.  BrowZine unites articles from databases into complete journals, then arranges them by subject on a newsstand, allowing users to browse, read and monitor scholarly journals on the web or their mobile device.  Currently, BrowZine works with iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire (based on Android platform), and a web-based version of the application was released in July 2015.

With BrowZine you can:

  • Browse all library subscribed content from 2005 to present in leading journals from publishers such as Nature, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley.
  • Save up to 64 journals on a custom book shelf.
  • Request notifications whenever new content is released in any journal, much like  subscribing to a journal and receiving  each new issue in the mail.

Here is a list of all publishers currently compatible with BrowZine: http://support.thirdiron.com/knowledgebase/articles/132654-what-publishers-do-you-support

Here is an FAQ page for BrowZine: http://support.thirdiron.com/knowledgebase 

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The Journal of Visualized Experiments

 

April 2015 Database of the Month

JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, is the world’s first peer reviewed scientific video journal. Established in 2006, JoVE is devoted to publishing scientific research in a visual format to help researchers overcome two of the biggest challenges facing the scientific research community today; poor reproducibility and the time and labor intensive nature of learning new experimental techniques.

  • All JoVE articles are indexed in subject-relevant indexing sites, including PubMed/MEDLINE, SciFinder and Scopus
  • Publishing in JoVE allows authors to dynamically present their methods, data analyses and results clearly, accurately, and professionally with the guidance of JoVE’s professional videographers and editors
  • JoVE has published thousands of video articles from top research institutions around the world.

Access provided to Florida Atlantic University includes JoVE Biology and JoVE Neuroscience.

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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