Making Links to Specific Full-text Online Articles
In most cases the URL to use in a link appears in the "Netsite:" or "Location:" box of the Netscape browser when a specific full-text article is displayed. To provide a link to a specific article in an Ebscohost database, first do a search for and display the desired article. Click on the "Print/E-mail/Save" button and then under item 2 on the next display select to have "Links to marked items" included. Click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page to display the "persistent HTML link" to the article.
What Journals are Online?
Library Computer Workstation Upgrade
Although Notepad will no longer be available on library workstations, copying and pasting selected sections of text will be possible using Netscape Composer (Select it from the Communicator pull-down menu.).
New Online Resources Added
- Books in Print (Bowker)
- Previously Books in Print was available via Ebscohost, but now this database of bibliographic records from over 46,000 publishers will be obtained directly from Bowker, publisher of the database.
- CINAHL PlusText (ProQuest)
- The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database provides comprehensive coverage of the professional literature related to nursing and allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare. Approximately 1,200 journals are indexed, and in addition the database provides references to books, book chapters, audiovisuals, dissertations, educational software, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts, critical paths, and research instruments. The full text of articles from some journals is provided.
- Criminal Justice Periodical Index (ProQuest)
- This database provides indexing with abstracts to articles in more than 100 journals frequently consulted by criminal justice professionals. Full text of articles from some publications is provided. The primary focus of publications in this database is practical issues in crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, police issues, and courtroom procedures, but there are a number of highly respected theoretical journals also.
- eHRAF Collection of Archaeology
- eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
- Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1949 at Yale University. Members are universities, colleges, libraries and research institutions in the U.S. and other countries. The eHRAF collections, published annually by HRAF, contain full-text documents (i.e. books, journal articles, dissertations), which are indexed at the paragraph level with 3- or 4-digit subject codes from the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). Documents in the Archeology collection also are assigned codes from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC), which identifies traditions by geographic location and country. The collections may be searched by keywords, or the OCM subjects and OWC tradition codes may be browsed.
The Archeology collection provides access to archaeological materials for comparative studies within and across regions. Annual installments cover eight or more major traditions from around the world with at least 10,000 pages indexed according to the OCM. Each major tradition typically contains an overview by an expert and descriptive materials on 5 to 7 sites.
The Ethnography collection contains selected cultures from around the world with information on all aspects of cultural and social life. Topics range from family relationships to religious practices to ideas about gender.
- Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1949 at Yale University. Members are universities, colleges, libraries and research institutions in the U.S. and other countries. The eHRAF collections, published annually by HRAF, contain full-text documents (i.e. books, journal articles, dissertations), which are indexed at the paragraph level with 3- or 4-digit subject codes from the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). Documents in the Archeology collection also are assigned codes from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC), which identifies traditions by geographic location and country. The collections may be searched by keywords, or the OCM subjects and OWC tradition codes may be browsed.
- Grove Dictionary of Art
- This resource contains 45,000 articles on all aspects of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day. Compiled over a period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study. The dictionary also is available in print in Andersen Library, but the online version is updated continuously.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook (WebSPIRS)
- This Buros Institute resource contains information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas, as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks, which are available in Andersen Library. For each test, the database provides the name of the test author, publication information, scoring information, and the number of the Mental Measurements Yearbook in which the test was originally described. The full text for each record includes an overview of the test, a description of the test materials and time needed, and one or more reviews of the test.
- New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd ed.
- The standard encyclopedic study of music, consisting of nearly 30,000 articles drawing on the expertise of 4,500 international contributors. The online version includes selective links to images and digital sound.
- New Grove Dictionary of Opera
- This is the "premier" dictionary of opera. Its online version includes a partnership with Operabase, a free site currently specialising in opera performance, but expected to expand to cover all aspects of opera. Links from Grove Opera to Operabase provide access to current season schedules, house and booking details, artist's engagement calendars and discographies.
- ProQuest Nursing Journals
- More than 250 leading full-text journals in nursing are provided.
- Ulrichsweb
- Comprehensive and authoritative information on 250,000 serials published worldwide. Provides purchasing and contact information on regularly published and irregularly issued serials, journals and magazines. Information provided for each publication includes whether the article content is peer reviewed and what "Document Type" it is (e.g., Academic/Scholarly, Consumer, Trade, etc.)
- Westlaw
- Use of this resource is restricted to Andersen Library; ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. Access is provided to a restricted portion of the database, primarily KeyCite, which is used to check on the current status of law cases, regulations, and statutes.
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