Database Trial: JoVE – Journal of Visualized Experiments

JoVE offers video clips of biological research. The journal entries are peer-reviewed, and you can search or browse for video articles by subject (neuroscience, developmental biology, cellular biology, microbiology, plant biology, basic protocols and immunology), keyword, or issue.

The trial is in effect through July 23rd, 2009. If you have questions or comments, contact Maxine Schmidt, Biology Liaison Librarian, at 413-545-6739.

New Electronic Journals Now Available

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.

  • Amerasia Journal, 1971-
  • American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2000-
  • Archives of dermatology, 1920-1997 (complete run)
  • Archives of general psychiatry, 1959-1997 (complete run)
  • Archives of internal medicine, 1908-1997 (complete run)
  • Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine (and previous titles), 1911-1997
  • British journal of industrial relations, 1997-
  • Canadian journal of chemical engineering, 2002-
  • Conference Papers – Midwestern Political Science Association, 2004-
  • Educational Studies, 1970-
  • Journal of Cultural Geography, 2008-
  • Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1978-
  • Journal of Human Rights Practice, 2009-
  • Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2006-
  • Landscape architecture magazine, June 2009-

ProQuest Databases Unavailable June 27th-28th

The following ProQuest databases will be unavailable between Saturday, June 27th, 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 28th, 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time:

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

National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs

The National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs provides brief biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Science, written by people who best knew their work. “These biographies provide a personal and scholarly view of the lives and work of America’s most distinguished scientists and a biographical history of science in the United States.”

U.S. Geological Survey Publications Warehouse

The USGS Publications Warehouse provides a catalog of older publications and a source for downloading newer ones. You may search for warehouse contents, or browse for maps, aerial photographs, real time data (wildfires, landslides, volcanoes and … Pintail Duck Migration), satellite imagery, software and biology publications (by U.S. region and research stations).

Data Sets: Data.gov and ICPSR

In the interest of promoting open government, Data.gov offers a tool for searching and retrieving data produced by the Executive branch of the Federal Government. You can browse for data sets by category or government agency, and you can search raw data by keyword, category or agency. Data sets are also featured, for example the Airline on Time Performance and Causes of Delay from the Department of Transportation, and the DataFerret, “an online anyalytically oriented, self-service tool designed todeliver a wide variety of population, health, economic, geographic and housing information about the United States.”

The Interuniversity Consotieum for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan is a depository for raw data sets in the social sciences. Users have to set up an individual “My Data” account using a UMass email address while on campus, and cant then use this account login for access from anywhere. You can search for data, or browse by subject, country or other countries.

New Electronic Journals Now Available

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.

  • Anthurium: A Caribbean studies journal, 2003-
  • Asian journal of marketing, 2007-
  • Australian journal of agricultural economics, 1957-1996
  • Banking Strategies, 1996-
  • Current research in tuberculosis, 2008-
  • Earth, 2008-
  • Economia agraria y recursos naturales, 2001-
  • eJADE: electronic journal of agricultural & development economics, 2004
  • GeoTimes, 2000-2008
  • Health & history, 1998-
  • IA, 2003-2006
  • International journal of agricultural research, 2006-
  • International journal of biological chemistry, 2007-
  • International journal of dairy science, 2006-
  • International journal of plant breeding & genetics, 2007-
  • International journal of soil science, 2006-
  • International journal of virology, 2005-
  • Journal of agribusiness, 1999-2003
  • Journal of agricultural and applied economics, 1993-
  • Journal of Beckett studies, 2008-
  • Journal of fisheries and aquatic science, 2006-
  • Journal of food distribution research, 1969-2006
  • Journal of pharmacology & toxicology, 2006-
  • Journal of plant sciences, 2006-
  • Journal of software engineering, 2007-
  • Marine resource economics, 1995-
  • Methods in molecular biology, 1996-
  • Non ye jing wen ti, 2003-2004
  • Northeastern journal of agricultural and resource economics, 1984-1992
  • Research journal of allergy, 2009-
  • Research journal of botany, 2006-
  • Research journal of business management, 2007-
  • Research journal of cardiology, 2008-
  • Research journal of environmental sciences, 2007-
  • Research journal of environmental toxicology, 2007-
  • Research journal of parasitology, 2006 (but not showing in e-journals list)
  • Research journal of forestry, 2007-
  • Research journal of information technology, 2008-
  • Research journal of medicinal plant, 2007-
  • Research journal of microbiology, 2006-
  • Research journal of parasitology, 2006-
  • Research journal of physics, 2007-
  • Research journal of phytochemistry, 2007-
  • Research journal of radiology, 2007-
  • Research journal of seed science, 2008-
  • Research journal of soil biology, 2008-
  • Research journal of toxins, 2008-
  • Research journal of veterinary sciences, 2008-
  • Review of marketing and agricultural economics, 1946-1996
  • Southern journal of agricultural economics, 1969-1992
  • Space research journal, 2008-
  • Trends in applied sciences research, 2006-
  • Trends in medical research, 2006-
  • Western economics forum, 2002-
  • Western journal of agricultural economics, 1977-1991

Virginia Company Archives on Trial

The Virginia Company Archives includes digital versions of the Ferrar Papers and Prints, the Ransome Transcriptions, and the Records of the Virginia Company of London. Manuscripts, printed materials and images provide primary sources for the study of the Atlantic World and Early Colonial Period.

The trial continues through July 3rd, 2009. Contact Jim Kelly, Humanities Bibliographer, at 413-545-3981 with comments or questions.