What’s New at Schaffer Library

Schaffer Library recently added two new Open Access titles to the collection:

Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration Fulltext v1+ (2006+) http://www.j-biomed-discovery.com/ and
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine Fulltext v1+ (2006+) http://www.peh-med.com/ 

This brings the total number of independent OA titles hosted by BioMed Central to 100.

“Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers,” was released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project as a follow-up to another survey on Internet usage. (more…)

JSTOR announced that it will participate in the Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL), (more…)

PressDisplay provides online access to today’s newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The ever-expanding collection currently includes over 260 titles. (more…)

ARTstor recently announced the addition of a new collection - “Islamic Art and Architecture,” which will eventually include 25,000 images from the personal archives of three distinguished Islamicists.

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The latest quarterly update to OED Online is now available at http://www.oed.comEXPLORE OVER 2,800 NEW AND REVISED WORDS (more…)

-Upcoming Titles for 2007
- Upcoming Titles for 2006.

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The latest acquisitions list is now available - updated on the 10th of every month. Check out New Acquisitions. (more…)

The library has a trial of Book Index with Reviews (Bir). BIR is a cooperative effort between NoveList, EBSCO Publishing and Baker & Taylor, a full-line distributor of books, videos, music and eContent. The database provides information on 3.8+ million book titles in a wide range of formats. The product contains over 800,000 full text searchable reviews.

The library will be open until 1am starting today, September 6, 2006. Check complete listing