Using LexisNexis Congressional

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Fred Rowland

I was recently reading this article, Wealthy Reap Rewards While Those Who Work Lose, and came upon this paragraph: “‘The nation’s jobs crisis is so catastrophic that, unless Congress acts on the scale of the New Deal, millions of Americans will experience extremely long periods of unemployment for many years ahead,’ Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, told a panel of the Committee on Ways and Means recently.” I wanted to read exactly what Lawrence Mishel said in his testimony before the Committee. This provided a perfect opportunity to use LexisNexis Congressional, which indexes (and often provides full-text to) committee transcripts and hearings. Here’s how to do it:

Go into LexisNexis Congressional and click on the Advanced Search tab
Make sure just the Hearings box is checked
From the search dropdown box, select Witness
In the search field type: Mishel, Lawrence
Click Search And, Voila! You’ll get this citation: [Job Creation], CIS-NO: Not Yet Assigned, SOURCE: Committee on Appropriations. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Hearing , DATE: Jan. 21, 2010., CIS/Index

From there, it’s easy to find your way to the full-text. Watch this SCREENCAST to see how it’s done.

New Look for LexisNexis Academic

Posted on July 6, 2010 by John Schoolar

LexisNexis Academic now has a re-designed interface. The changes are meant to help patrons uncover more of the great content that is sometimes hard to find within the database. You can access the new interface here. The old interface will continue to be available until the end of July, after which any links to it will re-direct to the updated version.

Researching Oil Spills

Posted on June 30, 2010 by

Those interested in looking beyond today’s headlines and delving deeper into the hot topic of oil spills and restoration and recovery from spills, both in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere, should check out a recently released bibliography prepared by staff at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Resources on Oil Spills, Response and Restoration: a Selected Bibliography is over 200 pages in length and includes hundreds of active links to online studies, maps, and websites, as well as citations to hundreds of printed studies.

Some of the print studies will be available at Temple (search Diamond the online catalog for these) while others can be requested through interlibrary loan (search Worldcat). This well produced bibliography is just one example of the incredible wealth of carefully vetted scientific, technical, and statistical information produced by the U.S. government which we receive as a federal depository library.

Jonathan LeBreton, Senior Associate university Librarian: jonathan@temple.edu

ALERT – Library Computers Undergoing Summer Maintenance

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Steven Bell

During the summer months when traffic is slower in the Paley Library, our Library Systems Department has an opportunity to perform routine maintenance on our many computers so that they perform well throughout the academic year.

Beginning Tuesday, July 29 computers will start becoming unavailable so that we can work on them. Only specific groups of computers in different areas of the Library will be affected at any time, so that while there will be less computers available, there should be sufficient computers to meet your needs.

In August the computers at SEAL and Ambler will be maintained. The administration of the Temple University Libraries apologizes in advance for any inconvenience this may cause to the University community, but we hope you will appreciate our desire to keep our computers in the best possible condition for your benefit. Thank you. Here is the maintenance schedule:

June 29 – July 2, 2010: Computers in the Paley Information Commons will be reimaged. All 76 computers will be unavailable while the reimaging is in process.

July 6-7, 2010: Computers on the east side of Paley near the windows will be reimaged. All 26 computers will be unavailable while the reimaging is in process.

July 12-16, 2010: Computers on the 2nd & 3rd floors of Paley will be reimaged.

August 17-19, 2010: Public computers in SEAL will be reimaged with the Fall 2010 image.

August 23-25, 2010: Public computers at Ambler will be reimaged with Fall 2010 image.

2009 Journal Citation Reports Released

Posted on June 23, 2010 by John Schoolar

The 2009 data for Journal Citation Reports was released in mid-June. Some highlights according to Thomson Reuters:

More than 9,100 of the world’s most highly cited, peer-reviewed journals
More than 850 regional journals included as part of Regional Content Expansion initiative
1,055 journals with their first published Journal Impact Factor
Journals from over 2,200 publishers in 230 disciplines, from 78 countries
Features that enhance your understanding of a journal’s influence such as Five Year Impact Factors and EigenfactorTM Metrics, Rank-in-Category Tables, Journal self-citations, and Impact Factor boxplots

Films on Demand Content Update 6/17/10

Posted on June 17, 2010 by John Schoolar

More than 100 new titles were recently added to Films on Demand.

JSTOR Update 6/17/10

Posted on June 17, 2010 by John Schoolar

The following journals have been added to JSTOR:

The Aldine
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=aldine
Release Content:
Vol. 4, No. 1 (January, 1871) – Vol. 9, No. 12 (1879)
Publication of this title ceased in 1879.
ISSN: 2151-4186

L’Année épigraphique
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=anneepig
Release Content:
Année 1888 (1889) – Année 1999 (2002)
Moving Wall: 7 years
Publisher: Presses Universitaires de France
ISSN: 0066-2348

AQ: Australian Quarterly [1997- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=aqjcontanaly
Previous Title: The Australian Quarterly [1929-1997] (0005-0091)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=australianq
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (March, 1929) – Vol. 69, No. 2 (Winter, 1997);
Vol. 69, No. 3 (September/October, 1997) – Vol. 78, No. 6 (November/December, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Australian Institute of Policy and Science
ISSN: 1443-3605

Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=arijhispcultstud
Release Content:
Vols. 1-10 (1997-2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Humanities, University of Arizona
ISSN: 1096-2492

BOMB
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bomb
Release Content:
Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2 (Spring, 1981 – 1982);
Nos. 3-101 (1982 – Fall, 2007)
Moving Wall: 2 years
Publisher: New Art Publications
ISSN: 0743-3204

Bulletin of the American Art-Union
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bullamerartunio
Release Content:
Vol. 2, Nos. 1-9 (1849);
Nos. 1–11 (April 1, 1850 – May 1, 1853)
Publication of this title ceased in 1853.
ISSN: 2152-6125
Note: The content for Vol. 1 (1848) will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Caribbean Studies
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=caristud
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1961) – Vol. 36, No. 2 (July/December, 2008)
Moving Wall: 1 years
Publisher: Institute of Caribbean Studies, UPR, Rio Piedras Campus
ISSN: 0008-6533

Federal Sentencing Reporter
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=fedesentrepo
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (June, 1988) – Vol. 19, No. 2 (December, 2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of California Press
ISSN: 1053-9867

Foro Internacional
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=forointe
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 [1] (July/September, 1960) – Vol. 48, No. 4 [194] (October/December, 2008)
Moving Wall: 1 years
Publisher: El Colegio de Mexico
ISSN: 0185-013X

Historical Archaeology
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=histarch
Release Content:
Vol. 1 (1967) – Vol. 40, No. 4 (2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Society for Historical Archaeology
ISSN: 0440-9213

Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences [1986-2007]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=histstudphysbiol
Previous Title: Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences [1969-1985] (0073-2672)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=histstudphyssci
Previous Title: Chymia [1948-1967] (0095-9367)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=chymia
Release Content:
Vols. 1-12 (1948-1967);
Vol. 1 (1969) – Vol. 15, No. 2 (1985);
Vol. 16, No. 1 (1986) – Vol. 23, No. 2 (1993)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of California Press
ISSN: 0890-9997
Note: The content for 1993-2006 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=indjglolegstu
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall, 1993) – Vol. 9, No. 2 (Spring, 2002)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISSN: 1080-0727
Note: The content for 2003-2006 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Modern Art
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=modernart
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter, 1893) – Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter, 1897)
Publication of this title ceased in 1897.
ISSN: 2151-7053

Política Exterior
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=politicaexterior
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter, 1987) – Vol. 17, No. 95 (September/October, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Estudios de Politica Exterior S. A.
ISSN: 0213-6856
Note: The content for 2004 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=reviportfilo
Release Content:
T. 1, Fasc. 1 (January/March, 1945) – T. 63, Fasc. 4 (October/December, 2007)
Moving Wall: 2 years
Publisher: Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
ISSN: 0870-5283

State Politics & Policy Quarterly
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=stapolpolicyq
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring,
2001) – Vol. 5, No. 4 (Winter, 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISSN: 1532-4400
Note: The content for 2006 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

The Workshop
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=theworkshop
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (1868) – Vol. 14, No. 2 (1881)
Publication of this title ceased in 1884.
ISSN: 2151-142X
Note: The content for 1881-1884 will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Audio Shakespeare in Literature Online

Posted on June 11, 2010 by John Schoolar

Literature Online now includes the Arkangel productions of Shakespeare’s plays.

The Arkangel production of audio plays brings together all of Shakespeare’s plays in fully dramatised recordings featuring many noted Royal Shakespeare Company actors. Noted performances include Simon Russell Beale as Hamlet, Joseph Fiennes as Romeo and Sir John Gielgud as Gower in Pericles. The series won the 2004 Audie Award from the Audio Publishers Association and has garnered wide praise with the New York Times describing the series as a "rhapsody of words, assembled for the ear".

Each of the 38 plays is available in full and unabridged form based on a modern authoritative edition and can be played on any mp3 compatible media player. To navigate to the complete list of audio plays simply click on the new Multimedia link in the left hand toolbar. Audio plays can be accessed at scene level and have been linked with the Full Text already available in Literature Online. With links from the Full Text of the plays to the audio versions it is possible to seamlessly listen to and read all of Shakespeare’s dramatic works.

Credo Reference Update: 6/1/10

Posted on June 1, 2010 by John Schoolar

Credo Reference recently added the following:

The 9/11 Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
Dictionary of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Wiley
A Dictionary of Travel and Tourism Terminology, CABI
Encyclopedia of Energy, Elsevier Science & Technology
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Elsevier Science & Technology
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History, ABC-CLIO
Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory, Sage UK

9 New Cambridge Companions