Trial for CAB E-Books

The Libraries now have a trial for CAB e-books published by CABI since 2000. The entire CAB collection includes over 500 titles covering the applied life sciences, with collections of titles in agriculture; animal and veterinary science; environmental life sciences; human health, food and nutrition; leisure and tourism; and plant sciences.

The trial goes through June 15th. Contact Naka Ishii, ISEL Reference Librarian, at 413-545-1656 with questions or comments.

New Science E-Reference Titles

The following science reference e-books are now available through the UMass Amherst library catalog and UMA WorldCat:

  • Comprehensive Nano Science & Technology
  • Comprehensive Natural Products II
  • Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
  • Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology
  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology

Contact a reference librarian with any questions you may have about using these resources.

E-Journals Added to and Removed from the Libraries Collections

The Libraries have activated the following new e-journal subscriptions. You may find them in the  UMass Amherst library catalog or the E-Journal List:

  • Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology, 1996 –
  • Child & adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 2002-
  • Clinics in sports medicine, 1997 –
  • Critical care nursing clinics of North America, 2002-
  • International journal of radiation oncology / biology / physics, 1995 –
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2001-
  • Psychiatric clinics of North America, 1996 –

The following journal subscription was cancelled:

  • Mathematics of computation

Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) and New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) e-Newspapers Added

The Libraries have purchased the Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) and New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) as electronic archives. These historically black newspapers are available on the ProQuest platform and offer accounts of significant and everyday events in African American and American culture.

For assistance with these resources, contact Isabel Espinal, Afro-American Studies liaison librarian at 413-545-6817.

New E-Reference Titles

The following reference e-books are now available through the UMass Amherst library catalog and UMA WorldCat:

  • American incomes: demographics of who has money, 8th ed.
  • Best customers: demographics of consumer demand, 8th ed.
  • Complete costume dictionary
  • Encyclopedia of Management, 2012 edition
  • International Encyclopedia of Education
  • The SAGE handbook of organizational institutionalism

Contact a reference librarian with any questions you may have about using these resources.