What’s New at Schaffer Library

This latest release sees the addition of five new titles to Literature Online’s library of full-text journals, including; The Comparatist, New Coin, Shakespeare in Southern Africa, Theory & Event and William Carlos Williams Review.
The addition of these journals brings the total number of titles up to 236.
This release also contains new full-text journal articles and new bibliographic records from ABELL, plus, if subscribed, the MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB).

New Biographies
The latest release of Literature Online sees the addition of 15 new or revised biographies, including biographies for Kingsley Amis, Ted Kooser, Louis MacNeice, Alberto Rios, Theodore Roethke, Anne Stevenson, James Tate and Dean Young.
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,
• using Search: Criticism & Reference
• entering an author’s name in Quick Search.

Literature Online now contains over 17,500 author records. Each of the 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
• a list of full-text critical and reference materials relating to the author.

Author records can be accessed by searching in the:

• Search: Authors
• Search: Texts pages
• Quick Search feature from any page.

Free Download: Mozart’s Serenade No. 11 in E flat, K. 375

Of the three substantial wind serenades composed in Mozart’s early years in Vienna, K. 375 is probably the earliest, dating from October 1781. Originally scored for pairs of clarinets, bassoons, and horns, a revision of July 1782 added oboes to bring the instrumentation in line with the standard ‘harmonie’ ensemble.

This recording is performed by the Ensemble á Vent Français Bordeaux Aquitaine, Michel Arrignon, conductor.

Download this work now through December 22nd, 2008.

Most Schaffer Library online resources are available to the Union College Community only. In order to access on-campus resources from off-campus, you need to have either a VPN account or a proxy account available from ITS. You can download the form from their website to apply for an off-campus account and return it to the ITS office located in Steinmetz Hall. ITS is open Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:54pm.

If you are already home - call 388-6293 during business hours for further instructions.

Free Download: Berlioz’s Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

For Berlioz, success in opera was the surest route to financial reward and artistic reputation. Berlioz embarked on a search for a suitable subject, finally settling on Benvenuto Cellini’s memoirs. Initially cast for the Opera-Comique in 1834, Berlioz elevated the tone of the work and offered it to the Paris Opera.

This recording is performed by the Orchestre national de Montpellier, Lionel Arnaud, conductor.

Download this work now through December 8th, 2008.

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.

An evaluation of nearly 180 subscription-based electronic resources in 14 subject categories

Check out the latest e-reviews with Library Journal as eight librarians attempt to organize some of the best-known respected (along with some well kept secret) e-resources available into 14 key subject categories and assess them according to the criteria they use most when considering what to buy.

See full review online.

Accessible Archives, a leading publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has announced added content for Godey’s Lady’s Book, now including 1886 - 1889, & 1892.  Recent updates include The Liberator and African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century.  The releases add issues of The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper published between 1845 and 1855, and Frederick Douglass’s Paper, published between 1859 and 1863. For more info

The following journals have been added to the JSTOR archive.

Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana History Association:
 http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=louihist

M Bulletin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston):
 http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=mbull (more…)