Trial for British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900

The Libraries have a trial for British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 through March 31st, 2013. This database includes fourteen eclectic collections of correspondence, meeting minutes, journals, business records, legal documents, etc. on subjects from the West Indies to the slave trade, West African missionaries and trade, Walt Whitman and more.

If you have comments or questions about this resource, contact Jim Kelly, Humanities Research Services Librarian, at 413-545-3981.

Trials Gone By

Last fall the Libraries had trial access to Silent Film Online, a database of streaming silent features, serials and shorts from the 1890’s through 1930’s, and Gallup Brain, a collection of 70 years of Gallup Poll survey results. If you missed these trials and would like more information about the resources, contact Peter Stern, Humanities and Fine Arts Services Librarian,  for Silent Films Online, or Jim Kelly, Humanities Research Services Librarian, for Gallup Brain.

Dissertations & Thesis Now Available with Full-Text

The Libraries has expanded its subscription to Dissertations & Thesis to include the full-text of dissertations produced since 1997 and a sampling of older graduate thesis. Coverage is multidisciplinary and indexing of works goes back to 1861. Most dissertations and theses from North America are included, as well as some from Europe and Asia. You can download the full-text as a PDF file.

New E-Journals Added

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:

  • Asian Cinema 2012 –
  • British journal of nursing: BJN 1995 –
  • Global society: journal of interdisciplinary international relations 1996 –
  • Journal of African diaspora archaeology and heritage 2012 –
  • Journal of island and coastal archaeology 2006 –
  • Mathematical thinking and learning 1999 –
  • Parallax 1995 –
  • Performance research 2006 –
  • Preternature 2012 –
  • Studies in Eastern European cinema 2012 –
  • The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy 1979 –
  • Water international 1997 –

mefdigital Streaming Video

The Libraries now have unlimited simultaneous access to mefdigital, the Media Education Foundation’s streaming video service via their partnership with Kanopy Distribution, a web-based streaming media platform. The Libraries subscribe to the Full MEF Database, which consists of most films in the MEF catalog.

New titles will be added to the collection as they become available – approximately 10 new full titles each year and MEF plans to add lectures, interviews, and shorter modules regularly.

Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media. (MEF Mission Statement)