The Library is acquiring access to new electronic resources (not to mention all the new books) faster than we can announce them. Here’s a bunch of recent resources with brief descriptions (taken from the Library’s database description page). There are plenty more coming.

—International Bibliography of the Social Sciences includes nearly two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,700 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. (Updated quarterly)

—MIT CogNet subtitled “The Brain Sciences Connection” is a collection of resources in the cognitive sciences. It includes 7 full-test MIT journals, searchable abstracts of 30 other journals, 6 full-text MIT reference works, and over 400 full-text cognitive science books from MIT Press. Also included are conference proceedings, open courseware materials, job information, calls for papers, and information about gradiate programs in the cognitive sciences.

—Safari Tech Books Online is a full-text library of over 800 information technology books from publishers including O’Reilly, Que, New Riders, Addison-Wesley, and Sams.

—The Encyclopedia of American Studies “brings together a wide range of disciplines related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present. It features broad, synthetic articles covering areas such as history, literature, art, photography, film, architecture, urban studies, ethnicity, race, gender, economics, politics, wars, consumer culture, and global America.
Interdisciplinary in its coverage of the American experience, this comprehensive reference has been written by hundreds of internationally renowned scholars who present their topics in clear and lively prose.
With over 660 online, searchable articles and bibliographies, the Encyclopedia of American Studies provides an integrated approach to problems, themes, and issues that cut across disciplinary lines. The breadth and depth of disciplines, topics, and issues featured in this resource support research and study in a wide range of courses and assignments at all levels.”
The Encyclopedia’s editor in chief is Temple’s own Miles Orvell.

—Current Protocols Series provides hundreds of basic to advanced research protocols and overviews covering areas of interest in the life sciences. Each protocol contains a materials list, and the units feature commentary and guidelines written and edited by experts. All protocols are carefully selected for maximum applicability, lab-tested in leading laboratories, and then thoroughly scrutinized by expert editorial boards to make sure you can easily duplicate them in your own labs. Temple University subscribes to Current Protocols in: Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Cytometry, Human Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, MRI, Neuroscience, Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Pharmacology, Protein Science, and Toxicology.

—Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. The database combines the records of three collections: Cornell University’s former Hospitality database, Articles in Hospitality and Tourism (AHT), formerly co-produced by the Universities of Surrey and Oxford Brookes, and the Lodging, Restaurant & Tourism Index (LRTI), formerly produced by Purdue University. Together, this collection contains more than 500,000 records from more than 500 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. Hospitality & Tourism Complete contains full text for more than 200 publications. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia. Of special importance is the inclusion in this database of the “Cited Reference” search feature which supplements and complements the results found in Social Science Citation Index.

If you have questions about any of these resources, please Ask a Librarian.

–Derik A Badman