RE: UMass Amherst Libraries E-Resources

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:

• Advances in Catalysis, 1948-
• Neurology, 1995-
• Neurology Clinical Practice, 2011-
• Science Fiction Studies, 1973-

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 added the following sources to our Mergent Online subscription:

• Mergent Global Industry Reports.  Current forty-page industry reports, by region, by country (click the Report Tab to view the collection).
• Mergent Equity Pricing. Thirty years of daily equity prices for all public companies worldwide. Define any time period, visualize with charts. Compare two or more companies or compare a company’s performance to index performance.
• D&B Private Company Reports. D&B profiles of 1.1 million private companies worldwide.
• D&B Private Company Directory. Directory of 20 million private companies worldwide.

If you have questions about these resources, contact Mike Davis, Business Librarian, at 413-545-6822.

Wiley Online which hosts significant UMass Amherst Libraries e-journal and some e-book content, may be unavailable on Saturday, March 24th at 6:00 a.m. for up to 4 hours.

designinform includes Design Abstracts Retrospective with indexing and abstracts for design journals published between 1906-1986; Design  ProFILES, a biographical dictionary of designers, craftspeople, artists and architects; and ReVIEW, a collection of full-text art journals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. You can search each of these databases independently by keyword, or title, country, author, etc.

For assistance using this resource, contact Peter Stern, Art and Architecture liaison librarian, at 413-545-3967.

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:

• EAS (European Astronomical Society) Publication Series, 2001-
• Episteme, 2004-
• International journal of meteorology and quality engineering, 2010-
• Israel law review, 2012-
• Journal of dentofacial anomalies and orthodontics, 2010-
• Mécanique & industries, 2004-
• Medical history, 2010-
• Revue de métallurgie, 2000-

The Libraries now have the Encyclopedia of Geography online from Sage Reference. You can search for terms or browse through thematic entries covering physical geography; human geography; nature and society; methods, models and GIS; history of geography; and people, organizations and movements. The 1,127 entries include graphs, images and maps, and each entry has a further readings section.

For assistance with this new reference source, contact Maxine Schmidt, Geosciences liaison librarian, at 413-545-6739.

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.

All products on the ProQuest platform will be down for maintenance on Saturday March 17th from 10:00 p.m. until 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning, March 18th.

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.