An additional 50,000 titles, comprising 7 million pages, have been added to Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). The new content is primarly material scanned since the initial release of ECCO in 2003. Further information about both ECCO I and ECCO II is available from the publisher site.
Tag Archives: New & Updated Electronic Resources
New: Eighteenth Century Parliamentary Papers Collection (1688-1834)
The Libraries’ have added the 18th Century Parliamentary Papers collection, which is cross-searchable with our existing 19th Century Collection. As well as sessional papers from both the House of Commons and House of Lords, the Eighteenth Century collection also includes supplementary material: the Journals of the House of Commons and House of Lords; Private and Local Bills and Acts; debates (from the Parliamentary Register); and Histories and Proceedings of the House of Commons and House of Lords. More details about the new collection are available.
Enhancement to Proquest Historical New York Times
The Historical New York Times now includes indexing terms from the venerable New York Times Index. Researchers can now search the New York Times more precisely by making use of 5 new search fields: subject, location, person, creative works, and company/organization. The indexing coverage extends through 1993.
Online Archives of Philly Tribune & Baltimore Afro-American Acquired
The electronic backfiles of the Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001) and the Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) have been added to our collection of Black Historical Newspapers.
Periodicals Index / Archive Update 6/26/09
Full-text of the following 50 titles were recently added to Periodicals Archive Online. Of particular note is the full backfile of The Spectator [1828-2000], the oldest continuously published magazine in the English language.
- American journal of Islamic social sciences
Coverage: 1984-2000 - American journal of semiotics
Coverage: 1981, 1983-1984, 1986-2000 only - Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik
Coverage: 1972-1988, 1990-1997, 1999-2000 only - The Beethoven journal
Coverage: 1986-2000 - Behavior and philosophy
Coverage: 1972-2000 - The Bucknell review
Coverage: 1941-1963, 1965-1995 only - Daphnis
Coverage: 1972-2000 - The Eighteenth century
Coverage: 1959-2000 - European Judaism
Coverage: 1966-2000 - Explorations in Renaissance culture
Coverage: 1974-1993, 1995-2000 only - Fifteenth century studies
Coverage: 1978-1988, 1990-2000 only - French politics, culture and society
Coverage: 1985-1986, 1988-2000 only - Geography : journal of the Geographical Association
Coverage: 1902-1909, 1911-2000 only - George Herbert journal
Coverage: 1977-2000 - German politics and society
Coverage: 1983-1995 only - Goethe yearbook
Coverage: 1982-1992, 1996-2000 only - Grazer philosophische Studien
Coverage: 1975-2000 - Harvard Ukrainian studies
Coverage: 1977-2000 - Higher education review
Coverage: 1968-1995 only - Historical reflections/Réflexions historiques
Coverage: 1974-1990, 1992-1995 only - Indian economic journal
Coverage: 1953-1955, 1958-1961, 1963-1969, 1971-1975, 1977-1980, 1982, 1984-1995 only - Islamic quarterly
Coverage: 1956, 1959-1965, 1967-1978, 1980-1991, 1993-1995 only - Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas
Coverage: 1936-1997, 1999-2000 only - Journal of band research
Coverage: 1964-2000 - Journal of Canadian studies/Revue d’études canadiennes
Coverage: 1966-2000 - The Journal of Caribbean history
Coverage: 1970-1997, 1999-2000 only - A Journal of church and state
Coverage: 1959-2000 - Journal of comparative family studies
Coverage: 1970-1995 only - The Journal of psychohistory
Coverage: 1973-2001 - Journal of rehabilitation
Coverage: 1939-1945, 1947-1986 only - Journal of sport behavior
Coverage: 1980-2000 only - Journal of thought
Coverage: 1967-1995 only - JPMS : Journal of political and military sociology
Coverage: 1973-2000 - Judaism
Coverage: 1952-2000 - London magazine
Coverage: 1954-1960, 1962-1980, 1982-1995, 1997-2001 only - The Negro educational review
Coverage: 1950-1989, 1994-1995 only - Pacific linguistics. Series A
Coverage: 1963-1998 - Pacific studies
Coverage: 1977-1980, 1982-1992, 1994 only - Perspektiven der Philosophie
Coverage: 1969-1984, 1987-2000 only - The Psychoanalytic review (1913-1957)
Coverage: 1913-1923, 1940-1957 only - Rural sociology
Coverage: 1936-1945, 1947-1956, 1958-1959, 1961, 1963-1964, 1966-1967, 1969-1975, 1989-1995 only - Social analysis
Coverage: 1979-1995 only - Social justice : a journal of crime, conflict and world order
Coverage: 1974-1980, 1982-2000 only - Sociological focus
Coverage: 1971-2000 only - The Spectator
Coverage: 1828-2000 - Studia Leibnitiana
Coverage: 1969-1995 only - Theatre history studies
Coverage: 1981, 1983-2000 only - Theoria
Coverage: 1947-2000 - Visible language
Coverage: 1967-2000 - The Western journal of black studies
Coverage: 1977-2000
The following 34 titles were recently added to Periodicals Index Online:
- Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo, Boletín
- Englishwoman
- Essays in Arts and Sciences
- European Journal of Marketing
- Hespéris Tamuda
- Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Instituto
- International Journal on World Peace
- International Statistical Review/Revue International de Statistique
- Journal des économistes
- Journal of Agricultural Science
- Journal of Curriculum Studies
- Judges’ Journal
- Library Administration and Management
- Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
- McGill Journal of Education
- Messenger
- Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift
- Minerva (1962)
- Northern Architect
- Ohio Educational Monthly
- Omega
- Pacific Viewpoint
- Presidential Studies Quarterly
- Public Welfare
- Regional Studies
- School and College
- Scots Magazine
- Serials Librarian
- Spectator
- Theatre Record
- Threepenny Review
- Universitas
- Wilson Quarterly
JSTOR Update 6/25/09
The following journals have been added to JSTOR.
Arion
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=arion
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1962) – Vol. 9, No. 4 (Winter, 1970);
New Series, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1973) – New Series, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1976);
Third Series, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter, 1990) – Third Series, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Winter, 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Trustees of Boston University
ISSN: 0095-5809
The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bulleclevmuseart
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1914) – Vol. 81, No. 10 (December, 1994)
Publication ceased in 1994.
Publisher: The Cleveland Museum of Art
ISSN: 0009-8841
Historia Mexicana
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=histmex
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (July/September, 1951) – Vol. 57, No. 2 (October/December, 2007)
Moving Wall: 1 year
Publisher: El Colegio De Mexico
ISSN: 0185-0172
The Iowa Review
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=iowareview
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter, 1970) – Vol. 35, No. 3 (Winter, 2005/2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: The University of Iowa
ISSN: 0021-065X
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jinfedise
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 2, 1904) – Vol. 188, No. 12 (December 15, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 0022-1899
The Journal of Pacific History
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jpacihist
Release Content:
Vol. 1 (1966) – Vol. 38, No. 3 (December, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
ISSN: 0022-3344
Minnesota History [1925- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=minnhist
Previous Title: Minnesota History Bulletin [1915-1924] (0190-6348)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=minnhistbull
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (February, 1915) – Vol. 59, No. 8 (Winter, 2005/2006)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISSN: 0026-5497
The North American Review [1821- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=nortamerrev
Previous Title: The North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal [1815-1821] (1945-7863)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=nortamerrevmiscj
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (May, 1815) – Vol. 12, No. 31 (April, 1821);
Vol. 13, No. 32 (July, 1821) – Vol. 290, No. 6 (November/December, 2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: University of Northern Iowa
ISSN: 0029-2397
ABI/INFORM Content Update June 2009
ABI/INFORM Complete has added the following:
1) Nearly 700 country-focused industry reports with SWOT analysis, market trends, forecasts and competitive data from BMI (Business Monitor International)
2) 30,000 articles and a new set of Country Profiles from OxResearch Daily Briefing Service by OxFord Analytica.
The daily briefs are objective, multidisciplinary articles compiled by an international network of over 1,000 economists, international relations, and political/social experts at Oxford and other leading universities, as well as think-tanks and other institutions of international standing. They cover worldwide developments of significance in more than 180 countries: events, significance, analysis, & conclusions and date back to 1986.
The Country Profiles are brief overviews for 75 countries incorporating economic, political, and geographical data.
America’s Historical Newspapers Content Update: 6/9/09
The following content was recently added to America’s Historical Newspapers:
Publication | Issues | Publication Location | Date Start | Date End |
Gazette-Telegraph | 3 | Colorado Springs, CO | 1913-11-23 | 1915-06-28 |
Times Picayune | 277 | New Orleans, LA | 1861-12-10 | 1897-02-01 |
Boston Journal | 458 | Boston, MA | 1874-01-01 | 1889-12-31 |
Baltimore American | 4 | Balitmore, MD | 1905-09-09 | 1912-01-07 |
Gazette of Maine | 104 | Portland, ME | 1825-01-01 | 1826-12-26 |
Albany Evening Journal | 125 | Albany, NY | 1854-04-11 | 1874-06-29 |
New York Herald | 723 | New York, NY | 1867-05-24 | 1870-12-24 |
New Yorker Volkszeitung | 2561 | New York, NY | 1889-01-06 | 1898-12-31 |
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune | 419 | Cincinnati, OH | 1879-09-01 | 1887-04-30 |
Philadelphia Inquirer | 4232 | Philadelphia, PA | 1834-06-02 | 1860-10-31 |
Public Ledger | 270 | Philadelphia, PA | 1859-01-01 | 1869-11-26 |
Salt Lake Telegram | 1 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1904-02-23 | |
Milwaukee’r Socialist | 3 | Milwaukee, WI | 1876-09-22 | 1877-09-21 |
Alexander Street Press Music & Performing Arts Content Update: May 2009
New Content:
- Contemporary World Music was updated with 448 albums—a total of 6,447 tracks, taking the total count to 1,530 albums and 20,682 tracks. Record labels added include ARC Music, Blue Flame Records, Intersound, Karuna, Triloka, Rounder Records, Sheridan Square Records, and Six Degrees Records. There’s a little of everything in this round of content uploads—from Afrobeat, electronic lounge music, rembetika, and belly dance, to reggae and dub. Some of the new albums added include: 80 Years: London Jewish Male Choir; Bobi Céspedes: Rezos; Cinematic: Classic Film Music Remixed;Cutting Razor–Rare Cuts From The Black Ark; Emad Sayyah: Ma Ajmal Beirut–Modern Bellydance from Lebanon; and Hugh Masekela: Hope.
- A total of 278 new scores and 16,164 pages were added to Classical Scores Library, taking the total to 12,644 scores and 229,586 pages. The new scores come from Edition Peters and University Music Editions. New opera scores and libretti come from the collection French Opera in the 17th and 18th Centuries, housed at the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation. New scores include works by: Delius, Destouches, Devienne, Dove, Le Sueur, Lully, Maw, Mehul, Piccinni, Rameau, Rathbone, Reich, Salieri, Satie, and many others.
Content Coming Soon:
- Opus Arte (for Opera in Video): More than 200 hours of video, including the complete operas of Monteverdi & Wagner; five Rameau and twelve Verdi operas; plus gems such as John Adams’s Doctor Atomic, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, and Messiaen’s St. Francois d’Assisse. Venues include the Royal Opera House, Teatro Real, Glyndebourne, and the Paris Opera.
- New recordings from Folk Era Records (for American Song) include The Kingston Trio, Glenn Yarbrough, The Highwaymen, and Paul Robeson.
ARTstor Update 6/8/09
ARTstor has announced the following:
Collection agreement: Fondazione Federico Zeri (Università di Bologna) archive images
ARTstor is collaborating with the Fondazione Federico Zeri, Università di Bologna to share approximately 25,900 photographs of 16th century Italian paintings in the Digital Library.
Now available in ARTstor: Korean Buddhist monasteries and temples
ARTstor has collaborated with Carl and Jennifer Strom to digitize and distribute more than 3,200 images from the unique Strom Archive of the art and architecture from Buddhist monasteries and temples in Korea.
First images from the American Institute of Indian Studies now in ARTstor
More than 12,000 images from The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) documenting art and architecture in India are now available in ARTstor.