The Libraries now have a subscription for Social Explorer, a database with historical census data and demographic information from the 1790-2000 U.S. Censuses, American Community Survey, the Religious Congregations and Membership Study, and the 2002 Carbon Emissions Data from the Vulcan Project. You can select data and generate maps to display it, or read the information in report form.

For assistance using this resource, contact a librarian.

Oxford Scholarship Online provides a cross-searchable library of over 4,000 Oxford e-books across disciplines. You can browse for titles by subject or perform either a quick search or an advanced search for book titles, chapters, authors, keywords, ISBN, year of publication, etc.

The trial runs through November 19th, 2010. Contact Jim Kelly at 413-545-3981 with questions or comments.

Films on Demand serves over 3,800 educational and historical video clips on many subjects. You can create a personal account to make playlists and save favorites and default setting preferences. For assistance using this resource, Ask a Librarian.

SimplyMap allows you to create maps which illustrate economic and demographic variables using data from the 1980, 1990 and 2000 census as well as business and marketing reports. You can look at data on  state, county or city level maps, and export both the image and the data.

You must create a personal account to use this resource. For assistance with this resource, contact Mike Davis, Business Reference Librarian, at 413.545.6822.

LexisNexis Congressional,  an important new addition to our database holdings, covers committee rosters and general information for the current Congress; committee schedules since 1996; committee hearings since 1824; committee prints since 1830; Congressional Record since 1985; Congresssional Research Service Reports since 1916; laws, bills and legislative histories since 1789; Regulations since 1980; and much more.

If you have questions, or would like assistance using this comprehensive resource, contact Barbara Morgan, librarian for legal studies, political sciece and public policy, at 413-545-6850.

The Encyclopedia of Associations: regional, state and local organizations, 22nd edition is a directory of organizations which function at different levels of society across the United States. Entries include mailing address, phone number, email address, web site, contact name, subject, affiliation, regional section and source information.

If you would like assistance using this reference source, contact a reference librarian at 413-545-0150.

Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans is a guide to non-governmental educational aid. If you’d like assistance using this reference, contact a Reference Librarian at 413-545-6741.

Statistics Sources provides citations for sources of statistical information. If you’d like assistance using this reference, contact a Reference Librarian at 413-545-6741.

The Libraries have added two sources from the Gale Directory Library. Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans provides information on financial aid for education from non-governmental sources. Statistics Sources lists where you can find statistical information on 20,000 topics. You can perform simple keyword or advanced searches by name or geographic area.

If you would like assistance using either of these resources, contact a reference librarian at 413-545-0150.

The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, 1895-1976 provides enhanced access to historical government information. Issued each month by the Superintendent of Documents for the Government Printing Office, the Catalog lists all government publications and provides both full-text records and page images of the original catalog.

If you have questions or would like assistance using this resource, contact Barbara Morgan, Law Reference Librarian, at 413-545-6850.