What’s New at Schaffer Library

Listen to President Obama’s news conference: 3/24/09

During the 2009 Sunshine Week Webcast, OpenTheGovernment.org and the Center for Technology & Democracy released “Show Us the Data: Most Wanted Federal Documents”, a report based on the results of a web based survey. The report cites documents and data that the federal government should make easier to find and to use and recommends policy changes to make government more open.

The top 10 include:

1. Public Access to All Congressional Research Service Reports
2. Information About the Use of TARP and Bailout Funds
3. Open and Accessible Federal Court Documents Through the PACER System

More detailed information about all JSTOR titles and collections, along with delimited lists, can be accessed from JSTOR’s Available Collections page.

The Brookings Review (Arts & Sciences VI; Business II)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=brookrev
Release Content:
1982 - 2003 (Vols. 1 - 21)
Publication of this title ceased in 2003.

The Cambro-Briton (Ireland)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=cambrobriton
Release Content:
1819 - 1822 (Vols. 1 - 3)
Publication of this title ceased in 1822.

The Celtic Review (Ireland)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=celticreview
Release Content:
1904 - 1916 (Vols. 1 - 10)
Publication of this title ceased in 1916.

The Chaucer Review (Arts & Sciences V)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=chaucerrev
Release Content:
1966 - 2003 (Vols. 1 - 38)
Moving Wall: 5

College Literature (Arts & Sciences V)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=collegelit
Release Content:
1974 - 2005 (Vols. 1 - 32 )
Moving Wall: 3 Years

The Crane Bag (Ireland)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=cranebag
Release Content:
1977 - 1985 (Vols. 1 - 9)
Publication of this title ceased in 1985.

Crustaceana (Biological Sciences; Life Sciences)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=crustaceana
Release Content:
1960 - 2003 (Vols. 1 - 76)
Moving Wall: 5

Ecological Bulletins [1975- ] (Biological Sciences; Life Sciences)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=ecologicalbull
Previous Title: Bulletins from the Ecological Research Committee [1968-1973] (0587-1433)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bullecolrescomm
Release Content:
1970 – 2001 (Nos. 4 - 50)
Moving Wall: 7 Years

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Retrieve your file remotely through the Internet

• Press the “Scanner” button (on left)
• Select “Store File” on the touch screen
• Select “Store Only” on the touch screen
• Select “Filename” and name the document you are scanning—then press “OK” (Note: you can password protect the file at this point—optionally.)
• Either lift lid and place document (e.g., a book or journal) on photocopier glass bed

–or—

• Use document feeder for a stack of papers (face up)
• Press “Start”—note: scanning is quick, smooth, and quiet
• When finished, press “#” on the touchpad
• Remove your original(s) and set the copier back to “Copier”

Retrieving Scanned File

• From a web browser, go to http://149.106.171.70 (or the IP address of the copier/scanner you used).
• Click on “Document Server”
• Find the thumbnail of your scanned document
• Click “PDF” and download or print, etc., the document
• DELETE the document from the Document Server (for your own privacy)

It’s Free!!

On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, President Obama and Transportation Secretary LaHood announced the release of $27 billion in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help states create a 21st century infrastructure. Learn more about where your taxpayer dollars are going at Recovery.org

Includes featured news, email updates,  state-by-state allocations map

The following journals have been added to PubMed Central:

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
URL:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=663&action=archive
Archive includes v. 1 (2002) to v. 7 (2008)
Current content is forthcoming with a 12-month delay

Journal of Biomedical Science
URL:http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=857

Archive includes 16(2009) to present
Note: There is no embargo delay for this journal

Gastrointestinal Cancer Research
URL: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=796
Archive includes 1(2007) to the present
Note: There is no embargo delay for this journal

The University of Michigan China Data Center is pleased to announce the online data service, which is now available in both Chinese and English. Authorized by the Nation Bureau of Statistics of China, the All China Market Research Co., Ltd (ACMR) is the primary China statistical data provider in China. The online database is developed and licensed by ACMR and supported by the CDC.

The Library access includes:

• Monthly Statistics
• National Statistics
• Provincial Statistics
• City Statistics
• County Statistics
• Monthly Industrial Data
• Monthly Industrial Data 1999-2002
• Yearly Industrial Data
• Yearly Industrial Data 1999-2002
• Statistics on Map
• Provincial Yearbook (2002-)
• Provincial Yearbook (-2001)
• City Yearbook
• National Yearbook

China Data Service

The latest release of Literature Online sees the addition of 43 new or revised biographies, including biographies for Dannie Abse, Alan Bennett, Ted Berrigan, Paul Durcan, Thomas Keneally, Daljit Nagra, Stephen Spender and Horace Walpole. Literature Online now contains over 4,100 biographies. Author biographies are specially commissioned for Literature Online, and give an authoritative and accessible overview of the author’s life, work and critical reception. These biographies can be found by following links from Author Pages, by using Search: Criticism & Reference, or simply by entering an author’s name in Quick Search.

Literature Online now contains over 17,500 author records. Each of our author records contains at least one of the following: an authoritative and accessible biography, full-text of the author’s works, a comprehensive bibliography of primary works or a list of full-text critical and reference materials relating to the author. Author records can be accessed by searching in the Search: Authors or Search: Texts pages or from the Quick Search feature from any page.

Check out the updates and more!

The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE, are now online:
** From the University of Illinois Press:

JEGP, Journal of English and Germanic Philology

JEGP focuses on Northern European cultures of the Middle Ages, covering Medieval English, Germanic, and Celtic Studies. The word “medieval” potentially encompasses the earliest documentary and archeological evidence for Germanic and Celtic languages and cultures; the literatures and cultures of the early and high Middle Ages in Britain, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia; and any continuities and transitions linking the medieval and post-medieval eras, including modern “medievalisms” and the history of Medieval Studies.

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/alerts/journals/journal_of_english_and_germanic_philology

** From the La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures:

La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

La corónica is a refereed journal published every spring and fall by the Modern Language Association’s Division on Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. It publishes groundbreaking articles written in English or Spanish on topics in medieval Spanish cultural studies, literature, and historical linguistics. Devoted to Hispanomedievalism in its broadest sense, La corónica also welcomes scholarship that transcends the linguistic and/or cultural borders of Spanish and explores the interconnectedness of those languages and cultures that coexisted in medieval Iberia. In addition to articles, La corónica features book reviews, reports, discussion forums, professional notices, and special thematic issues.

For more information on the journal:
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/alerts/journals/la_coronica