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.

The ICE Virtual Library covers materials science, biomaterials, nanotechnology, energy and green chemistry and is offering free online access to its content through 12/31/2012. Registration is required. Contact Paulina Borrego, Engineering Liaison Librarian, at 545-7891 with questions or to provide feedback on this resource.

Classical Music in Video has over 1,500 video clips of performances of major orchestral works, chamber music, oratorios, and solo performances, plus master classes and interviews with master teachers. The trial will run through June 20th, 2012.

If you have questions or would like to provide feedback, please contact Pam Juengling, Music liaison librarian, at 413-545-1858.

The Libraries now have trials for the following historical newspapers:

• Historical American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922)
• Historical American Israelite (1854-1922)
• Historical Jerusalem Post (1932-1988)
• Historical Jewish Advocate (1905-1990)
• Historical Jewish Exponent (1887-1990)

These trials end April 19th, 2012. If you have questions or comments, please contact Peter Stern, Middle Eastern and Judaic Studies liaison librarian, at 413-545-3967.

The Libraries have a trial for  the Digital National Security Archive which includes collections of declassified government papers. Among the 38 current collections are:

• The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
• El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980–1994
• Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973–1990
• China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960–
• South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962–
• Presidential Directives on National Security, Part 1: From Truman to Clinton
• Kissinger Telephone Conversations: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
• U.S. Military Uses of Space, 1945–1991

You can search within the documents and their bibliographies, by date and topic, and by an overall keyword search. The database provides comprehensive indexing and full-text is available via scanned documents.

This trial runs through April 6th, 2012. Contact Barbara Morgan, Law Librarian, at 413-545-6850 with questions or comments.

The Libraries now has a trial for Rock’s Backpages, featuring articles and audio interviews covering popular music back to the 1950′s taken from a wide range of publications in the United States and United Kingdom.

The trial continues through March 28th, 2012. Contact Pam Juengling, Music Librarian, at 413-545-1858 with questions or comments.

The Libraries are offering trials for three Alexander Street Press databases through April 8th, 2012:

• American History in Video  presents historical events as covered over time through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.  Please send comments to Jim Kelly, Humanities Research Services Librarian, 413-545-3981.
• Anthropology Online presents written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies covering human behavior across the world. Please send comments to Liz Fitzpatrick, Anthropology Liaison Librarian, 413-545-5963.
• Manuscript Women’s Letters and Diaries presents the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries from the holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. Please send comments to Beth Lang, Women’s Studies Liaison Librarian, 413-545-6890.

The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) and Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001) are on trial through March 20th, 2012. These historically black newspapers are a rich source of cultural materials.

Contact Isabel Espinal, Humanities Reference Librarian, at 413-545-6817 with questions or comments.

Public Documents Masterfile offers single point search for indexing and some full-text of U.S. government information published since 1774. You can browse by topic or search by keyword, title, author/agency or SU document number.

This trial goes through February 13th, 2012. Please send comments or questions to Barbara Morgan, Law Reference Librarian, at 413-545-6850.

The Libraries has a trial for  Safari e-books which includes over 17,000 business and technology titles from a range of publishers. The trial goes through June 15th, 2012. Please send comments or questions to Paulina Borrego, Science and Engineering Reference Librarian, at 413-545-7891.