Database Trial – RE: UMass Amherst Libraries E-Resources

Trial for Caribbean Literature

November 3, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

Caribbean Literature from Alexander Street Press brings together poetry and fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries written by hundreds of authors from the Caribbean or writing about it. Texts are presented in the original English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creole languages. You can browse the collection by author, place or genre, or search language, publisher, date, keyword, race, gender and more.

The trial continues through December 30th, 2014. Purchase price is $29,000 or an annual subscription is $4,106. Please give us your feedback on this resource.

Trial for Digital Sanborn Maps of all U.S. States

October 30, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

The Libraries currently offer the Sanborn Maps for New England States. Now, through December 15th, 2014 we have trial access to Digital Sanborn Maps for all U.S. States. Scanned images of indexes and detailed maps are available by selecting state, city and date.

The purchase price for the non-New England states is $49,990. Please give us your feedback on this resource.

GeoScienceWorld E-Book Collection Trial

October 16, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

The Libraries have a trial for over 1,000 e-books on the GeoScienceWorld platform published since since 1926 by groups such as the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Geological Society of America, Society for Sedimentary Geology and others. On the GeoScienceWorld e-book platform you can browse by subject or title, or search by author, title, keyword and limit by date.

The purchase price for the entire collection is $78,541, or we can buy sub-collections by publication date for between $11,000 and $19,000. The trial continues through November 30th. 2014. Please send us your feedback about the GeoScienceWorld e-books.

Medici.tv on Trial

October 14, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

Medici.tv has about 1,500 videos of classical music concerts; opera and ballet performances; composer and artist profiles; and master classes. The service also provides live broadcasts.

The database is on trial through November 10th, 2014. An annual subscription cost is $6,000. Please share with us your feedback on this resource.

Periodical Archives on Trial

October 9, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

The Libraries have trials for two ProQuest archive collections.

American Periodicals is a collection of general magazines and specialized literary and professional journals published between 1740 and 1940. Full-text indexing and full color article scans are provided. The collection purchase price is $34,425. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.)
Periodical Archive Online Foundation Collection covers two hundred years of scholarly journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Full-text indexing and full color article scans are provided. The collection purchase price is $75,745. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.)

The trials go through November 8th, 2014. Questions? Ask Us!

CINAHL Complete on Trial

October 8, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

CINAHL (Current Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Complete provides indexing back to 1937 of over 5,000 journals as well as full-text of over 1,300 journals, 27 books, 134 evidence-based care sheets, 360 research instruments records, 169 quick lessons and more. CINAHL Complete is on the EBSCOhost platform.

The trial goes through December 15th, 2014. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.) Annual subscription is $17,950.

U.S. Political Stats on Trial

September 29, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

U.S. Political Stats from CQ Press provides a data visualization and research tool designed to provide data on Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Presidency.

The trial ends October 22nd, 2014. Annual subscription cost is $5,500. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.)

Times of India (1838-2005) on Trial

September 29, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

The Times of India (1835-2005) from ProQuest provides historical access to this major Indian newspaper.

The trial ends November 30th, 2014. Please give us your feedback. (UMass NetID login required for UMass Apps.) The purchase price is $44,866.

South Asia Archive on Trial

September 29, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

The South Asia Archive, produced by Taylor and Francis, is sourced from the South Asia Research Foundation and includes journals, reports, books, legislation and Indian film booklets. The content covers many subjects:

Administration, Development, Industry, Economics and Law
Art and Art History
Civilization Studies, Religion, Philosophy and History
Culture, Society, Cinema and Media Studies
Education
Indology, Ancient History, Anthropology and Archaeology
Literature, Language and Linguistics
Politics, Government and Public Policy
Science, Technology, Agriculture and Environment
Urban Planning, Medicine and Health

The trial goes through October 24th, 2014. Purchase price is $78,000. Please give us your feedback.(UMass NetID login required for UMass App)

Dance Education DELRdi now on Trial

September 29, 2014eleres Leave a Comment

DELRdi, from the National Dance Education Organization, provides indexing of dance education literature and research from 1926 to the present including abstracts of theses, dissertations, journal articles, conference proceedings, etc. from 200+ different publications, more than 150 university dance programs, organizations and individuals. You can search by author, title, keyword and limit by document type, institution, date and more.

The trial goes through October 24th, 2014. Subscription price is $850. Please give us your feedback.(UMass NetID login required for UMass App)