Several new databases now on trial

Five new databases on the Ebscohost platform are on trial through June 15th:

Contact Annette Vadnais, 413-455-2562, with questions or comments.

New Electronic Journals Added

The following electronic journals have been added to the collection. You may retrieve these journals through the UMass Amherst library catalog or the E-Journal List.

  • Adoption Quarterly, 1997-
  • American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2009-
  • American Indian Culture & Research Journal, 1974-
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1926-
  • Clinics in laboratory medicine, 2002-
  • Financial Management, 2005-
  • Food Technology July 1999-
  • Hematology/oncology clinics of North America,1996-
  • JOPERD – Journal of physical education, recreation and dance, 2006 (v.77 no.5)-
  • Journal of Animal Science, 1942-
  • North American Archaeologist, 1999-
  • Nursing clinics of North America, 2002-
  • Pediatric clinics of North America, 1996-
  • Poultry Science, 1997-
  • Protein Science, 1992-

ProQuest Databases & Refworks Unavailable This Weekend

Library databases on the ProQuest platform, as well as Refworks, will be unavailable between Saturday, April 18th at 10:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 19th at 6:00 a.m.. The affected databases are:

  • Education Complete
  • Alt-PressWatch
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Wall Street Journal Archive
  • Ethnic NewsWatch & ENW: A History
  • GenderWatch
  • Historical New York Times
  • Historical Chicago Defender
  • ABI/INFORM Global
  • Hoover’s Company Capsules and Profiles
  • ABI/INFORM Dateline
  • ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry
  • Historical Boston Globe
  • Digital Sanborn Maps
  • Dissertations and Theses
  • Massachusetts Newsstand
  • PolicyFile
  • Refworks

COS Funding Opportunities

The Office of Research Administration subscribes to COS, including the Funding Opportunities database. You can search by keyword or sponsor and limit by geographic location, sponsor type, deadline, amount and numerous other criteria. The database includes financial resources offered by non-profit, commercial, academic and public agencies around the world.

Funding Opportunities is available for all in the UMass Amherst community. To use the database off-campus, you must first create an account while you are on campus. For assistance using this resource, contact Helen Bishop at 413-545-2962.