What’s New at Schaffer Library

Free Access until November 15th!

American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. This release now provides 1526 titles, with new videos from California Newsreel and PBS, equaling approximately 528 hours.

Browse by All Videos, Newsreel, Historical Eras, Years Discussed, Historical Events, People, Places, Topics, All Subjects, and Clips.

Interested in how Credo Reference works? Schaffer Library is currently trialing the service - and will be offering a demonstration on Tuesday, May 19th at 12:50. Contact Gail at x6624 or email goldermg@union.edu.

• Content! - 399 full-text titles from over 60 publishers covering all subject areas.  New titles recently released and soon to be released.
• New platform with enhanced features now available!  New features including seamless searching into other library resources using a newly-developed meta-technology only available with Credo Reference, new concept map, roll-over technology, and much more.
• Search functionality - general layout, cross-references, scope, and subject/title configurations.
• Other Features - dynamic table functionality, interactive world atlas, flash animations, videos, and audio files.

Credo Reference: This growing online library, currently with 400 print publications on a variety of topics and from a range of publishers, including ABC-CLIO, Cambridge, Greenwood, Macmillan, Routledge, and SAGE.  Seamlessly search in all subjects, including Art, Business, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, History, Literature, Technology, and Related Resources: Schaffer Library Catalog, EBSCOhost, JSTOR, Oxford Reference, PsycARTICLES, Business Source Premier and more.

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Welcome to the Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications, the comprehensive index to historical information published by the United States federal government. Describing over 1.2 million items published between January 1895 and June 1976, the Monthly Catalog helps you identify important and useful information on all subjects.

The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, 1895-1976 was established by the Printing Act of January 12, 1895. It is issued each month by the Superintendent of Documents for the Government Printing Office, and catalogs all publications of the United States government, including those of the Congress and all executive departments (with the exception of administrative and confidential or restricted documents).

Check out the trial and let us know what you think!

http://monthlycatalog.chadwyck.com/home.do

Try it Now: Gale offers free access through January to Biography Resource Center: African Americans plus 41 eBooks available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Biography Resource Center: African Americans
Black History Month eBook Sub Collection

The library is undergoing a long term trial of WebFeat - a federated search engine, which allows for searching across several of the Library’s electronic subscriptions simultaneously.

“Any Topic” searches databases across disciplinary boundaries (i.e., JSTOR, Proquest, etc.) Other categories are available from the pull-down menu. Please note that Webfeat does not search every database that we have access to. That list can be found via our Databases & Indexes page.

After submitting your search you will be presented with the first ten results from multiple databases. Results are displayed in the order that they are returned from the source, the best databases are not necessarily listed first.

The library is currently trialing two databases from EBSCOhost:

LGBT Life with Full Text

Gender Studies Database

More info on all trials and new products

The library has several trials set up for Fall Term:

New Trials:
» Encycl. of Popular Music
» Images of the Civil War
» BuildingGreen.com
» Performing Arts Packages from Alexander Street Press

See What’s New: Online Reference Updates and News for a full description of what the library has been up to over the summer.

“Environment Complete™ offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.”

This is the direct URL for Environment Complete: