ARTstor Update 7/24/09

ARTstor has announced the following:

Now in ARTstor: Mexican architecture and urban design — Pre-Colombian through the 20th century
ARTstor and the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin have collaborated to share more than 5,700 images from the Hal Box and Logan Wagner Collection of Mexican Architecture and Urban Design.

Now in ARTstor: Photographs from ancient sites in Dura-Europos, Syria and Gerasa, Jordan
The Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, has collaborated with ARTstor to make approximately 18,000 images related to the ancient sites of Dura-Europos in Syria and Gerasa (modern Jerash) in Jordan available in the Digital Library.

Collection agreement: European popular culture images from the Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas at Austin)
ARTstor is collaborating with the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin to share images of European prints covering a variety of subject matter, including: political and religious satire, social allegory, science and technology, advertising, erotica, Dance of Death imagery, and historical events.

Collection agreement: Images from the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery (St. Lawrence University)
The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University has partnered with ARTstor to share images of African textiles and Vietnam-era photography from its permanent collection, as well as images of contemporary Nigerian art.

Google Book Previews Added To Library Catalog

Google Books may contain information about a title that can help in making decisions about a book’s value, and it might even contain needed text. Having access to even limited text may be helpful at times. To facilitate your access to Google book content for titles in the Temple University Libraries’ collections we have added the ability to quickly view Google book records for books we own. The icon for “Google Preview” is located in the individual record for each title for which it is available (not every book we own is found in Google Books). Here is an example: googbookprev.jpg Simply click on the Google Preview icon and the information will appear is a new browser window. We are looking for new ways to make our library catalog more valuable to you. Please share your suggestions.

ScienceDirect Enhancements

From the Elsevier factsheet [pdf]:

Elsevier and ScienceDirect have partnered with NextBio to provide
researchers with text-mining tools and research data from high-
quality publicly available sources of information.

This enhancement on ScienceDirect provides researchers with
intelligent connections extracted from ScienceDirect content
(published from 1995) as well as ScienceDirect peer-reviewed
literature together with publicly available research data as compiled
by NextBio. These research data sources include PubMed, clinical
trials, experimental data correlations and news articles.

Further info, including a tutorial, is available.

JSTOR Update 7/13/09

The following journals have been added to JSTOR.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology [1988- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=infeconthospepid
Previous Title: Infection Control [1980-1987] (0195-9417)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=infectioncontrol
Release Content:
Vol. 3, No. 1 (January/February, 1982) – Vol. 24, No. 12 (December, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 0899-823X
Note: The content for Vols. 1-2 (1980-1981) will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy [1995- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jadoladullite
Previous Title: Journal of Reading [1964-1995] (0022-4103)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jread
Previous Title: Journal of Developmental Reading [1957-1964] (0731-3667)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jdeveread
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (October, 1957) – Vol. 52, No. 4 (December-January, 2008/2009)
Moving Wall: Zero
Publisher: International Reading Association
ISSN: 1081-3004
Note: Content for this title is released as soon as the latest issues become available to JSTOR.

Labour History [1963- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=labourhistory
Previous Title: Bulletin of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History [1962] (1836-5264)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=baussocstulabhis
Release Content:
Nos. 1–93 (1962-2007)
Moving Wall: 1 year
Publisher: Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Inc.
ISSN: 0023-6942

Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=memosociamerarch
Release Content:
Nos. 2-30 (1945-1975)
Publication of this title ceased in 1976.
Publisher: Society for American Archaeology
ISSN: 0081-1300
Note: The content for No. 1 (1941) and No. 31 (1976) will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

OAH Magazine of History
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=maghist
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1985) – Vol. 18, No. 1 (October, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Organization of American Historians
ISSN: 0882-228X

The Reading Teacher [1951- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=readingteacher
Previous Title: I.C.I.R.I. Bulletin [1948-1951] (1945-8630)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=iciribull
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (November 15, 1948) – Vol. 62, No. 3 (November, 2008)
Moving Wall: Zero
Publisher: International Reading Association
ISSN: 0034-0561
Note: Content for this title is released as soon as the latest issues become available to JSTOR.
Note: I.C.I.R.I. Bulletin Vol. 3 was not published.

The South Carolina Historical Magazine [1952- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=southcarohistmag
Previous Title: The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine [1900-1951] (0148-7825)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=southcarohisgen
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1900) – Vol. 104, No. 4 (October, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: South Carolina Historical Society
ISSN: 0038-3082

ARTstor Update 7/10/09

ARTstor has announced the following:

Philip Johnson; Roofless Church, 1960; New Harmony, Indiana; Image: Ezra Stoller © Esto

Now available in ARTstor: Architectural photography from Ezra Stoller
ARTstor is collaborating with Esto Photographics to digitize and distribute images of modern architecture from the archive of Ezra Stoller (1915 – 2004). There are now more than 7,600 images from his archive in the Digital Library.
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Additional images from ART on FileFrank O. Gehry, Walt Disney Concert Hall: southeast corner entrance, completed 2003; Los Angeles, CA; Image and original data provided by ART on FILE
ARTstor has partnered with ART on FILE to document contemporary architecture in the Netherlands and Scandinavia including buildings, built-environment projects and landscape architecture.
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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach; Karlskirche (St. Charles Church), front façade, 1716-1736; Vienna, Austria; Image provided by Christopher Long, The University of Texas at AustinChristopher Long: Central European Architecture (University of Texas at Austin) collection now available in ARTstor
ARTstor has collaborated with the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin to distribute more than 200 images of Central European architecture, including works by Josef Chochol, Karl Ehn, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Joseph Gocár, Josef Hoffmann, Pavel Janák, Emil Králícek, Adolf Loos, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Otto Wagner, among others.
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New Journal & Book Series Backfiles

We have recently added a large number of journal and book series backfiles from the following publishers:

Elsevier ScienceDirect: 70+ journal titles (list 1 / list 2) in Economics & Finance and 38 book series in the Life Sciences

Oxford Journals Online: 150+ journal titles across all disciplines

Sage Journals Online: 380+ journal titles across all disciplines

SpringerLink: 825+ journal titles across all disciplines and 14 book series in the sciences

Wiley-Blackwell (Wiley InterScience): 150+ journal titles mainly in Medicine and related disciplines

2008 Journal Citation Reports Released

The 2008 data for Journal Citation Reports was released in mid-June  Some highlights according to Thomson Reuters:

In addition to adding over 400 new titles in the Science and Social Sciences Editions, the latest release will deliver:

  • 350+ titles with their first ever Journal Impact Factor
  • First ever update to new metrics: Five Year Impact Factors and Eigenfactor™ Metrics (available only in JCR® Web)
  • More than 8,000 of the world’s most highly cited, peer-reviewed journals
        o Over 6,500 in the Science edition, and
        o Almost 2,000 in the Social Sciences edition
  • The largest time-trend analyses ever available

Journal Citation Reports includes journals from 3,300 publishers in approximately 227 disciplines, from 60 countries. Here are some other interesting facts:

  • Articles in JCR-covered titles were cited 30,991,827 times in the year 2008
  • These journals published 1,009,837 scholarly items and 475,398 editorial, correspondence, news and other items.
  • Our editorial team analyzed 44,025,768 cited references from journals and proceedings for this latest release.

Historical Newspapers Content Update 7/7/09

The following content was recently added to:

America’s Historical Newspapers

Publication

Issues

Publication Location

Date Start

Date End

Times Picayune

528

New Orleans, LA

1861-05-01

1897-04-10

Albany Evening Journal

69

Albany, NY

1854-04-22

1874-06-30

Latin American Newspapers

Publication

Issues

Publication Location

Date Start

Date End

Daily Chronicle

1778

Georgetown, Guyana

1881-11-05

1896-12-31

Diario

67

Mexico City, Mexico

1912-01-16

1912-03-31

Diario de la Marina

2803

Havana, Cuba

1899-09-01

1909-12-31

Excelsior

450

Mexico City, Mexico

1917-03-18

1921-06-30

Jornal do Commercio

1928

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1890-05-01

1901-06-30

Mexican Herald

61

Mexico City, Mexico

1912-05-01

1912-06-30

Monitor Republicano

137

Mexico City, Mexico

1880-02-01

1880-07-31

Nacion

177

Buenos Aires, Argentina

1916-05-01

1918-04-30

O Estado de Sao Paulo

654

Sao Paulo, Brazil

1898-01-01

1918-12-31

Port of Spain Gazette

2414

Port of Spain, Trinidad

1907-01-03

1914-12-31

Prensa

679

Buenos Aires, Argentina

1880-04-01

1920-05-30

Razon

17

Buenos Aires, Argentina

1921-05-11

1921-08-25

West Coast Leader

155

Lima, Peru

1914-01-01

1916-12-30

Alexander Street Music Update

As of July 2009, content in African American Song has now been incorporated into American Song.  African American Song will no longer be maintained as a stand-alone resource.  If desired, you can restrict results in American Song to African American content in two ways:

1. Browse by Genre – there is a broad category called "African American Music," which restricts your results, and which you can narrow further by sub-genre, ensemble, artist, etc.

2. Browse by Album/Track – there is a "restrict results to African American content only" checkbox on the upper right hand corner of both browses.

New Content:

1,988 albums (35,792 recordings) from a wide variety of labels, genres, artists, and ensembles were added to American Song recently.  Some highlights:

  • Contemporary Folk/Roots music from Appleseed Recordings, including legendary artists/ensembles such as Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Ani DiFranco, Joan Baez, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Jackson Browne, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Si Kahn, Christine Lavin, Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, and more.
  • Early Rock & Roll, Motown, Doo-Wop, and Boogie-Woogie from King Records, including legendary artists and ensembles such as B.B. King, Percy Sledge, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Billy Ward & The Dominoes, Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown, Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Swan Silvertone Singers, The Coasters, The Five Royales, The Ink Spots, The Platters, The Shirelles, and more.
  • Soul, Funk, R&B from Stax Records, including the complete Stax recordings of Isaac Hayes, plus legendary artists such as Shirley Brown, Gus Cannon, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., Otis Redding, Mavis Staples, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dionne Warwick, and more.
  • Early recordings from Biograph Records, including Scott Joplin performing ragtime piano classics, and Cole Porter tunes from rare piano rolls.
  • Blues and Jazz from Black Swan/Paramount Records, reissues of historic performances recorded on Black Swan Records, the first US record label to be owned and operated by African Americans (later owned by Paramount). Legendary artists include: Ma Rainey, Blind Blake, Johnny Dodds, Charley Patton, Ikey Robinson, Irene Scruggs, and more.
  • Gospel, Doo-Wop, R&B from Specialty Records, including artists and ensembles such as Art Neville, Little Richard, Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Percy Mayfield, Soul Stirrers, The Detroiters, The Meditation Singers, and more.
  • Disco, Funk, Soul, Blues-Rock from Fantasy Records, including artists and ensembles such as Booker T. & The MGs, Betty Everett, Jesse Fuller, Ruth Brown, The Blackbyrds, The Dramatics, and more.
  • Gospel, R&B, and Soul Blues from HighTone Records, including artists and ensembles such as Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Otis Rush, Otis Spann, Pinetop Perkins, and The Robert Cray Band.
  • Reggae, Bluegrass, Rock from Rounder Records, including artists and ensembles such as the Austin Lounge Lizards, Burning Spear, Georgia Sea Island Singers, New Lost City Ramblers, The Heptones, Jelly Roll Morton, Bob Dylan, Lee Scratch Perry, Rosalie Sorrels, Merle Travis, and more.
  • Blues and Jazz from Arhoolie Records, including artists such as Lightning Hopkins, Johnny Young, Fred McDowell, Omar Shariff, Mercy Dee, Elizabeth Cotten, Juke Boy Bonner, Bukka White, and more.
  • Country, Rockabilly, Honky-Tonk from Nashville recording giant Sun Records, including artists and ensembles such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Ricky Scaggs, Patti Page, The Flatlanders, The Vogues, and more.
  • Spirituals and Blues from Testament Records, including artists and ensembles such as Luther Allison, Sleepy Estes, Robert Nighthawk, Mighty Joe Young, the Chicago Blues Band, and more.

4 New E-Resources from OCLC

The Libraries’ have just added the following resources from OCLC:

ArchiveGrid is an online service that provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide.

ArticleFirst is an index of articles from the contents pages of over 12,000 journals, from 1990 to the present. Over 20 million records are currently available.

CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) is a premiere resource of works of art from prominent museums around the world. Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment. All content is rights-cleared for educational use. Every work in CAMIO is represented by at least one high-resolution image and a description. Many have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial notes.

Students, faculty, researchers, museum professionals and library visitors will find CAMIO to be a valuable tool. CAMIO provides images for art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, class projects and research resources. It is a single point of entry to many collections, providing unlimited and powerful, Web-based searching.

The scope of the CAMIO collection ranges from 3000 BC to the present. The content includes about 95,000 works of art – photographs,paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture – plus audio, video and mixed media. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths.

CAMIO art images span the following categories:
* Photographs
* Prints
* Sculptures
* Paintings
* Decorative Arts
* Posters
* Costumes
* Utilitarian Objects
* Jewelry

OAIster is a union catalog of digital records that began at the University of Michigan, built by harvesting records using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster is one of the world’s largest aggregators of records, boasting more than 19 million items from more than 1,000 contributors. Records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click.
Digital resources in OAister include:
–Digitized (scanned) books and articles
–Digital text
–Audio fles (WAV, MP3)
–Video fles (MP4, Quicktime)
–Photographic images (JPEG, TIFF, GIF)
–Data sets (downloadable statistical information