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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Current Database Trials

The following is a list of our current database trials:
  • ArchiveGrid (Available through 5/31/2006)
    • Descriptions of archival records held by libraries all around the United States. Items include historical documents, personal papers, and family histories.
  • Associations Unlimited (Available through 6/17/2006)
    • Associations Unlimited is the online version of Encyclopedia of Associations and is a directory of international, U.S. national, and local associations and non-profit agencies. Entries typically include the address, phone number, budget, number of members, narrative sections and other detailed information.
  • Health and Wellness Resource Center (Available through 5/26/2006)
    • Medical, statistical, health, and wellness information from reference books as well as full-text magazines, journals, websites, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources.
  • Historical Statistics of the U.S. (available through 6/2/2006)
    • A package of web-accessible statistics relating to U.S. history and demography. Same content as the print and CD-ROM versions available in Bracken Library 1West.
  • Oxford African American Studies Center (Available through 6/15/2006)
    • Online reference books on African American Studies published by Oxford University Press. Also includes biographies, timelines, images, primary source documents, maps, selected websites, charts and tables.

Let me know if you think any of these would be useful to you. Also, be sure to let me know if you would like us to arrange a trial subscription for a particular database in your field.

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