New E-Resources at Northwestern

American Men and Women of Science – 2010 edition

Profiles living persons in the physical and biological fields, as well as public health scientists, engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists. – Publisher’s blurb.

Access to full content only available via the search function.

Northwestern University now has access to additional backfile content to Cell Press titles.

Access is available at Elsevier ScienceDirect, the library’s ER and will be listed in NUcat shortly.

Northwestern University now has access to additional content in Elsevier Publisher’s backfile packages.

Access is available at Elsevier ScienceDirect, the library’s ER and will be listed in NUcat shortly.

Consumer Health Complete

Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients’ information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is updated on a weekly basis. – Publisher’s blurb.

Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience

The Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience is … edited by world renowned behavioral neuroscientists George F. Koob, The Scripps Research Institute, Michel Le Moal, Universit Bordeaux, and Richard F. Thompson, University of Southern California and written by a premier selection of the leading scientists in their respective fields. The important research in all areas of Behavioral Neuroscience is covered in a total of 210 chapters on topics ranging from neuroethology and learning and memory, to behavioral disorders and psychiatric diseases. – Publisher’s blurb.

Phyllis Lyon, Del Martin and the Daughters of Bilitis

40,293 images ranging from 1955-1984 from the collection of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.

Publisher’s description:  As outspoken lesbian organizers for civil rights, civil liberties, and human dignity whose personal relationship fueled decades of political activism, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin created and helped shape the modern gay and feminist movements. They are stellar examples of engaged citizens: women of extraordinary courage, persistence, intelligence, humor, and decency, who refused to be silenced by fear.

Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology

The fourth edition of the Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology has been updated and expanded to reflect new research in many exciting areas including biological and neurological discoveries.  Developed with the guidance of a board of librarians, representing both academic and public institutions, this new edition reflects the intuitive search needs of today’s library consumer—drawing on an enhanced index that provides cross-references between articles that expand the utility and user-friendliness of this practical yet thorough reference. – Publisher’s blurb.

International Journal of Learning and Media

The International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM) is a ground breaking online-only journal devoted to the examination of the changing relationships between learning and media across a wide range of forms and settings. – Publisher’s blurb.

19th Century UK Periodicals – Series 2: Empire: Travel and Anthropology, Economics, Missionary and Colonial

Series 2 of the 19 Century UK Periodicals is now available (Empire: Travel and anthropology, economics, missionary and colonial.)

The Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals collection covers the period 1800 to 1900. When complete it will make available full runs of nearly 600 titles, some of which exist only in a single copy, such is the fragile state of much nineteenth-century printed material. – Publisher’s blurb.

The database will contain over six million pages of nineteenth-century journalism, fully searchable, sourced from the British Library, the National Library of Scotland and other specialist libraries.

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music. This release includes 1,210 essays and images from 10 sources and hundreds of audio examples. – Publisher’s blurb.