Archive for January, 2008

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development is a bimonthly review journal that has established itself as a unique journal encompassing all chemical aspects of drug R&D, from the initial concept stage, through to process development.

African Historical Review

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

African Historical Review

The African Historical Review is the successor to Kleio: A Journal of Historical Studies from Africa, which was published by the Department of History at the University of South Africa (Unisa) for more than thirty-five years.  Originally conceived as a research and teaching forum for histories taught in the Department and to promote the work of students and staff, the journal has more recently been transformed into a publication in which high quality articles on a wide variety of historical subjects have appeared.

Encyclopedia of Environment and Society

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Encyclopedia of Environment and Society

The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society brings together multiplying issues, concepts, theories, examples, problems, and policies, with the goal of clearly explicating an emerging way of thinking about people and nature. With more than 1,200 entries written by experts from incredibly diverse fields, this innovative resource is a first step toward diving into the deep pool of emerging knowledge.

History Compass

Monday, January 28th, 2008

History Compass

History Compass publishes peer-reviewed surveys of the most important research and current thinking from across the entire discipline.

Unique in both range and approach, the journal explores all branches of historical scholarship. History Compass plays an active role in fostering research that spans centuries and continents, and provides an ideal entry point for the non-specialist.

Journal of Personality Disorders

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Journal of Personality Disorders

Access to the Journal is now University-wide.

The Journal of Personality Disorders has long been the only forum devoted exclusively to the diagnosis and treatment of clinically significant personality disorders. The journal fosters dialogue among researchers and practitioners working from a variety of orientations and approaches.

EcoSal : Escherichia coli and Salmonella : Cellular and Molecular Biology

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

EcoSal

EcoSal is a new, continually updated Web resource based on the classic ASM Press publication Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology.

Like its print-edition predecessors, EcoSal is a comprehensive, coherent archive of the entire corpus of knowledge on the enteric bacterial cell—but now it’s continually expanded, updated, and revised. EcoSal is comprised of several hundred modules of information and interpretation with links to cognate sites containing extensive tabular and pictorial presentations, as well as to active databases of primary research information.

Current content of American Society for Microbiology now available

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

American Society for Microbiology Journals

The Evanston Campus of Northwestern University now has access to the current content of all 11 journals of the American Society for Microbiology.

The ASM journals are:

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Eukaryotic Cell

Infection and Immunity

Journal of Bacteriology

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Journal of Virology

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur’anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information on Islam. Users can refine the rich array of content to search and browse by era, topic, and geographic region, filter to view a specific type of content, and make use of a variety of search forms to set criteria for locating biographical entries, bibliographic references, primary sources, terms in the Qur’an and Concordance, and much more.

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

Contains more than 5,000 searchable entries covering all aspects of Byzantine history and civilization from the 4th through the 15th centuries, with special depth in subjects such as bureaucratic titles and fiscal terms, urban life, and rural economy.

World Affairs

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

World Affairs

World Affairs is a small journal that argues the big ideas behind U.S. foreign policy. The journal celebrates and encourages heterodoxy and open debate. Recognizing that miscalculation and hubris are not beyond our capacity, we wish more than anything else to debate and clarify what America faces on the world stage and how it ought to respond.