Monthly Archives: February 2009

America’s Historical Newspapers Content Update: 2/27/09

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The following content was recently added to America’s Historical Newspapers:

Publication Issues Publication Location Date Start Date End
Daily Record-Miner 1 Juneau, AK 8/11/1910  
Gazette-Telegraph 8 Colorado Springs, CO 7/14/1915 8/5/1922
Times Picayune 2362 New Orleans, LA 3/6/1861 2/10/1900
Boston Journal 151 Boston, MA 1/1/1870 6/30/1870
Maryland Gazette 1 Annapolis, MD 4/24/1788  
Baltimore American 2 Baltimore, MD 10/29/1905 5/10/1911
Albany Evening Journal 10 Albany, NY 1/11/1850 12/14/1872
New York Herald 96 New York, NY 1865-09-09 1865-12-14
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune 476 Cincinnati, OH 9/1/1877 4/30/1885
Cincinnati Daily Gazette 1 Cincinnati, OH 9/20/1880  
Public Ledger 1283 Philadelphia, PA 12/2/1839 12/3/1868
Salt Lake Telegram 5 Salt Lake City, UT 11/1/1913 10/19/1922

JSTOR Update 2/27/09

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The following journals have been added to the JSTOR archive.

Archives of Asian Art [1966- ] http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=archasiaart Previous Title: Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America [1945-1965] (1945-2926) http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=archchiartsocam Release Content: 1945 – 2005 (Vols. 1-55) Moving Wall: 3 years Publisher: University of Hawai’i Press for the Asia Society ISSN: 0066-6637

Brookings Trade Forum http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=brooktradeforum Release Content: 1998 – 2005 Moving Wall: 3 years Publisher: Brookings Institution Press ISSN: 1520-5479

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=broowharurbanaff Release Content: 2000 – 2005 Moving Wall: 3 years Publisher: Brookings Institution Press ISSN: 1528-7084

Bulletin of the Committee on Canadian Labour History / Bulletin du Comité sur l’histoire ouvrière canadienne http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bulcomcanlabhis Release Content: 1976 – 1980 (Nos. 1 – 7 + Special Bibliography Issue) Publication of this title ceased in 1980. Publisher: Canadian Committee on Labour History ISSN: 0701-161X

Cleveland Studies in the History of Art http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=clevstudhistart Release Content: 1996 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 9) Publication of this title ceased in 2005. Publisher: The Cleveland Museum of Art ISSN: 1092-3934

Contemporary European History http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=conteurohist Release Content: 1992 – 2003 (Vols. 1 – 12) Moving Wall: 5 years Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISSN: 0960-7773

International Journal of Hindu Studies http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=intejhindstud Release Content: 1997 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 9) Moving Wall: 3 Years Publisher: Springer ISSN: 1022-4556

Journal of Business Ethics http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jbusiethi Release Content: 1982 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 60) Moving Wall: 3 years Publisher: Springer ISSN: 0167-4544 Note: The content for 2004-2005 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Journal of Coastal Conservation http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jcoascons Release Content: 1995 – 2004 (Vols. 1 – 10) Moving Wall: 3 Publisher: Springer ISSN: 1400-0350 Note: The content for 2005 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Journal of World History http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jworldhistory Release Content: 1990 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 16) Moving Wall: 3 years Publisher: University of Hawai’i Press ISSN: 1045-6007

The Massachusetts Historical Review [1999- ] http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=masshistrevi Previous Titles: Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society [1791-1997] (0076-4981) http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=procmasshistsoci Release Content: 1791 – 2007 (First Series Vols. 1 – 20, Second Series Vols. 1 – 20, Third Series Vols. 1 – 109, Massachusetts Historical Review Vols. 1 – 9) Moving Wall: 1 year Publisher: Massachusetts Historical Society ISSN: 1526-3894

Narrative http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=narrative Release Content: 1993 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 13) Moving Wall: 3 Years Publisher: Ohio State University Press ISSN: 1063-3685

Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle [1978- ] http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=rmarschchron Previous Title: R.M.A. Research Chronicle [1961-1976] (0080-4460) http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=rmaresearchchron Release Content: 1961 – 2003 (Vols. 1 – 36) Moving Wall: 5 Publisher: Royal Musical Association ISSN: 1472-3808

The Southern Literary Journal http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=southlitj Release Content: 1968 – 2005 (Vols. 1 – 38) Moving Wall: 3 years Publisher: University of North Carolina Press ISSN: 0038-4291

Tax Policy and the Economy http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=taxpolicyeconomy Release Content: 1987 – 2000 (Vols. 1 – 14) Moving Wall: 5 years Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISSN: 0892-8649 Note: The content for 2001-2003 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1890) [1890- ] http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=tranamerentosoc3 Previous Title: Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences [1878-1889] (1945-516X) http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=tranamerentosoc2 Previous Title: Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1867) [1867-1877] (0886-1145) http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=tranamerentosoci Release Content: 1867 – 2003 (Vols. 1 – 129) Moving Wall: 5 years Publisher: American Entomological Society ISSN: 0002-8320

Victorian Periodicals Review [1979- ] http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=victperiodrev Previous Title: Victorian Periodicals Newsletter [1968-1978] (0049-6189) http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=victpernewsl Release Content: 1968 – 2003 (Vols. 1 – 36) Moving Wall: 5 years Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press on Behalf of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals ISSN: 0709-4698

Victorian Literature and Culture http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=victlitcult Release Content: 1991 – 2003 (Vols. 19 – 31) Moving Wall: 5 years Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISSN: 1060-1503

By publisher request, JSTOR coverage for the American Journal of Mathematics is changing from a wall fixed at 1996 to a 5 year moving wall. American Journal of Mathematics http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=amerjmath Release Content: 1996 – 2003 (Vols. 118 – 125) Moving Wall: 5 years Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press ISSN: 0002-9327

The following missing issues have been added to the JSTOR archive. The Milbank Quarterly http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=milbankquarterly Release Content: Vol. 84, No. 1 (2006) – Vol. 85, No. 4 (2007) Moving Wall: 1 year Publisher: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of Milbank Memorial Fund ISSN: 0887-378X

20 New Titles in Credo Reference

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Credo Reference recently added the following 20 new titles:

  • Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ABC-CLIO
  • Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ABC-CLIO
  • An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar
  • Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture, Routledge
  • Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, Elsevier
  • France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ABC-CLIO
  • Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ABC-CLIO
  • The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates, ABC-CLIO
  • Handbook of Global Environmental Politics, Edward Elgar
  • Human Evolution: A Guide to the Debates, ABC-CLIO
  • Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ABC-CLIO
  • The New Encyclopedia of Judaism, New York University Press
  • The Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics, Edward Elgar
  • Pop Culture China! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, ABC-CLIO
  • Pop Culture Germany! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, ABC-CLIO
  • Pop Culture India! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, ABC-CLIO
  • Pop Culture Latin America! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, ABC-CLIO
  • Pop Culture Russia! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, ABC-CLIO
  • Who’s Who In Economics, Edward Elgar
  • Women’s History as Scientists: A Guide to the Debates, ABC-CLIO

Feeling Students’ Research Anxiety

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Did you know that when students were asked to associate one word with the way they feel when assigned a research project the responses included angst, tired, dread, fear, anxious, annoyed, stressed, disgusted, intrigued, excited, confused, and overwhelmed? That’s according to a new report titled “What Today’s College Students Say about Conducting Research in the Digital Age.” The report comes from an organization called Project Information Literacy. They conducted focus groups and one-on-one interviews with students to find out what it is like to be a college student these days. Their major finding is this: Research seems to be far more difficult to conduct in the digital age than it did in previous times.

Perhaps that is not completely unexpected. But this finding and many of the other insights in this valuable report can help those who assign research papers and projects to better understand the feelings and experiences of today’s student as he or she navigates their way through the electronic information landscape. For example, students report their growing dependence on Wikipedia because it provides them with the context they need to begin a research project; many students report not knowing where to begin their research. This is where the librarians at the Temple University Libraries can help.

They are experts on not only how to begin a research project, but how to acquire the necessary information and skills to finish it as well. They can help students to identify the appropriate resources, to select good research terminology, to structure a working search strategy and even how to capture and organize the content. That’s why librarians are now engaged in meeting every section of English 0802 (Analytical Reading & Writing) for two sessions in every semester. This is the perfect opportunity to learn how to conduct research in the digital age without the anxiety. Librarians are also available to developed customized research instruction sessions for any course – and many Temple faculty already take advantage of this. If you would like to do more to reduce your students’ research anxiety – to reduce their dependence on Wikipedia – and to start seeing better research papers – contact your department’s liaison librarian or contact Steven Bell for more information.

America’s Historical Newspapers Content Update: 1/30/09

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The following content was recently added to America’s Historical Newspapers:

Publication Issues Publication Location Date Start Date End
Daily Record-Miner 1 Juneau, AK 1910-07-10  
Republic 109 Washington, DC 1849-07-04 1851-07-31
Palladium 1 Frankfort, KY 1816-09-06  
Times Picayune 2443 New Orleans, LA 1862-12-28 1900-12-24
Boston Journal 609 Boston, MA 1868-01-01 1891-06-30
Baltimore American 1 Baltimore, MD 1903-08-30  
Albany Evening Journal 9 Albany, NY 1853-01-19 1874-06-26
New York Herald 325 New York, NY 1863-09-01 1865-06-10
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune 1236 Cincinnati, OH 1869-01-01 1890-12-31
Public Ledger 1397 Philadelphia, PA 1836-03-25 1876-11-18
Salt Lake Telegram 1 Salt Lake City, UT 1919-12-23  

New Features in Journal Citation Reports

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Journal Citation Reportsrecently introduced the following new features:

  • Five-Year Impact Factor – Gives a broader range of citation activity for a more informative snapshot over time. For journals in subjects where citation activity continues to rise through several years, this allows more of their total citation activity to be included in a critical performance metric.
  • Eigenfactor™, also a five-year metric, is designed to reflect the prestige and citation influence of journals by considering scholarly literature as a network of journal-to-journal relationships.
  • Graphic Displays of Impact Factor “Box Plots” – A graphic interpretation of how a journal ranks in different categories.
  • Rank-in-Category Tables for Journals Covering Multiple Disciplines – Allows a journal to be seen in the context of multiple categories at a glance rather than only a single one.
  • Journal “Self Citations” – An analysis of journal self citations and their contribution to the Journal Impact Factor calculation.