The Libraries have purchased on online contents of the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology series (2008-), including the previous title, Advances in Protein Chemistry (1944-2007). Questions? Contact a librarian.
Month: September 2013
Import Genius: What’s Shipped In
The new database Import Genius collects logs of shipping containers moving around the world. You can search by product, importer, shipper, vessel, container number, port, date, etc. and see all the parties involved in trade. You can create maps of the movements of products by consignee and shipper and export or email results of your searches.
To use Import Genius you must create an account with a UMass email account. For assistance using this resource, contact Mike Davis, Business Reference Librarian at 413-545-6822.
Global Plants is Here and Growing
Global Plants is a growing database of images, naming structures, locality and country, collector and collection of plants from over 300 herbaria around the world. Related materials, such as correspondence, diaries and paintings from plant collectors, reference sources, articles, maps and more are presented with each entry. You can browse by taxonomy, resource type, geography, herbarium or collection, and you can search by keyword, title, biological classification and more.
Global Plants is produced by the Global Plants Initiative and hosted by JSTOR. If you have questions about this resource or would like assistance using it, contact Madeleine Charney, Sustainability Studies Liaison Librarian, at 413-545-0784.
Explore LGBT Life with Fulltext
LGBT Life with Fulltext from Ebsco covers 120 journals, magazines and newspapers and 150 monographs significant to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history and culture. Read articles from The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, Tangents, Washington Blade, and many more. You can search by author, people, topic, date and image subjects.
If you have questions about using LGBT Life with Fulltext, contact Anne L. Moore, Gay, Lesbian & Transgender Studies Liaison Librarian, at 413-545-6888.
Trial for LGBT Thought and Culture
LGBT Thought and Culture from Alexander Street Press features documentaries, interviews, memoirs, speeches, biographies, archival footage and primary source collections exploring the cultural, social, and political evolution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people since the beginning of the twentieth century. You can browse or search by author, topic, archival collection and material type.
The trial ends November 5, 2013. Please send comments to Anne Moore, Gay, Lesbian & Transgender Studies Liaison Librarian, at 413-545-6888.
Trial for Cambridge Histories Online
Cambridge Histories Online includes 326 volumes published since 1960 covering 15 academic areas from American and British History to Music, Philosophy, History of Science, Theatre Studies and Performing Arts and more. You can browse by subject or search by keyword, title, author and/or publication year.
The trial continues through October 2, 2013. Please send comments or questions to Jim Kelly, Humanities Research Services Librarian, at 413-545-3981.
Second trial for Berg Fashion Library
The Libraries have a trial for Berg Fashion Library which offers a combination of images, e-books, the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, and other fashion reference sources. Students and scholars in disciplines as diverse as anthropology, art history, history, sociology, geography, folklore, museum studies, theatre, and cultural studies as well as fashion and textiles will find the Berg Fashion Library of interest.
The trial continues through October 2, 2013. Please send comments or questions to Jim Kelly, Humanities Research Services Librarian, at 413-545-3981.