The electronic journals collection is growing …

The following electronic journals have been recently added to the library collections. You can look with up in the E-Journals list:

  • Asian affairs, an American review; v.30:no.4(2004)-
  • Briefings in bioinformatics; v.1(2000)-
  • Child & adolescent psychiatry & mental health; v.1(2007)-
  • The clearing house; v.77:no.4(2004)-
  • College teaching; v.52(2004)-
  • Demokratizatsiya; v.12(2004)-
  • Environmental science & policy for sustainable development; v.47(2005)-
  • The explicator; v.62:no.2(2006)-
  • Genetic, social and general psychology monographs; v.130(2004)-
  • Germanic review; v.79(2004)-
  • Historical methods: a journal of qualitative & interdisciplinary history; v.37(2004)-
  • History: reviews of new books; v.34:no.2(2006)-
  • Journal d’Analyse Mathematique, Current year
  • Journal of research in special education, JORSEN, v.1 (2001)-
  • Journal of studies on alcohol & drugs; v.51(1990)-
  • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition; v.4(2007)-
  • Records of early English drama newsletter; v.1(1976) – v.22:no.2((1997)//
  • Renaissance & reformation; v.24(2000)-
  • Renaissance quarterly; v.53(2000)-
  • Support for learning, v.12:2 (1997)-
  • TechTrends, Current year only

Database for Sustainable Building Practices

BuildingGreen Suite collects articles on sustainable design, U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system and GreenSpec Guideline Specifications; case studies of high performance buildings; and a directory of green products from windows and doors, to paints & coatings, sitework and landscaping, insulation and lighting. It also includes issues of Environmental Building News back to 1992. The database is designed for browsing, though simple search is also available.

What did they say about that book?

The Book Review Digest Retrospective includes citations, abstracts and some excerpts of book reviews published in English language periodicals between 1908-1982. The reviews are of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. You can browse or search by author or review author, subject, publication year, title, etc.

A search for the title Charlotte’s Web retrieves 15 citations from publications such as The Horn Book, New Statesman and Nation, Springfield Republican, the New York Times, etc. A search for the author, “White, Elwyn Brooks” produces 13 records for the books The Fox of Peapack, and other poems, Stuart Little, A Subtreasury of American Humor, The Wild Flag, and others. A search for the author “White, E.B.” produces a different set of titles, including the book Elements of Style for which White wrote a chapter on writing for the second edition.

Whether meandering or drilling, the Book Review Digest Retrospective provides a fascinating path to commentary on literature at the time of its publication. About Stuart Little, R.C. Benet says in the Saturday Review of Literature (Dec. 8th, 1945), “The humorous, wise quality found in E. B. White’s other work is reflected here in miniature.” Words that portend a classic in the making?