Archive for December, 2011

Art in Translation

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Art in Translation

Global in scope and extensively illustrated, this unique and innovative new e-journal demonstrates the vitality of art historical and visual culture scholarship undertaken outside English-speaking territories and cultures.  – Publisher.

Book Citation Index

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Book Citation Index

The Book Citation Index has been added to our Web of Knowledge subscription and it part of the web of science search.  It may also be searched separately.

“Projected to include 25,000 volumes from major publishers and university presses in science, social science, and the humanities, the Book Citation Index will cover scholarly books (both series and nonseries) that present original research or literature reviews. The current effort regarding the science section is focused on books published from 2005 to the present.” – Publisher.

Social Sciences Citation Index content has also expanded to include the years 1900-1955.

 

3 Cambridge University Press titles

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Northwestern University Library now has access to the following Cambridge University Press journals. Access is available at Cambridge University Press and shortly via the Library’s online catalogs.

Legal Theory

Legal Theory draws contributions not only from academic law, but from a wide range of related disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including philosophy, political science, economics, history and sociology. Topics covered fall mainly into the broad categories of analytical and normative jurisprudence, doctrinal theory, policy analyses of legal doctrines and critical theories of law. – Publisher.

European Constitutional Law Review

The European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), a peer reviewed English language journal, is a platform for advancing the study of European constitutional law, its history and evolution. – Publisher.

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law

The journal aims to deepen and broaden the knowledge of the rule of law and its relation to economic growth, poverty reduction, promotion of democracy, protection of human rights and geopolitical stability.  – Publisher.

 

 

Environment & Energy Publishing

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Environment & Energy Publishing

Web site for Environment & Energy Publishing, providing comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy. Includes articles, webcast video, and transcripts, presented under the titles: Environment & energy daily, Climatewire, Greenwire, E&ENews PM, E&ETV, and Land letter.

Environment & Energy Daily

“Environment & Energy Daily (E&E Daily) is the leading source of information for people who track environmental and energy action in Congress. From clean air legislation to public lands policy, E&E Daily brings readers the most comprehensive, objective, original coverage of Congress.” – Publisher.

Greenwire

“Greenwire is the leading information source for comprehensive, objective, daily coverage of environmental and energy policy, politics and markets.  Greenwire’s 20 to 30 daily stories clarify the energy and environmental landscape.” – Publisher.

Climatewire

“ClimateWire is designed to bring readers unmatched coverage of the debate over climate policy and its effects on business, the environment and society.” – Publisher.

E&ENews PM

“E&ENews PM provides readers with all the late-breaking news from Capitol Hill, including schedule changes, markup and floor vote results, new bills and amendments and insight into emerging political issues. This 4:30 p.m. service helps readers be prepared for the next day … and know what’s happening to their issues as important events unfold.” – Publisher.

E&ETV

“E&ETV brings viewers insightful interviews with the top people from the environmental and energy policy world, including key senators and House members, top administration officials, thought-leading academics and authors, and industry and environmental leaders.” – Publisher.

Land Letter

“A Washington, D.C.-based weekly newsletter, Land Letter brings the brightness, clarity and quality that readers have come to expect from leading newsstand magazines to environmental and energy policy affairs. Our goal at Land Letter is to consistently provide engaging and meaningful stories on natural resource issues, bringing life to difficult and complex issues that are not inherently colorful.” – Publisher.

 

Cambridge University Press journals

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Northwestern University Library now has access to the following Cambridge University Press journals. Access is available at Cambridge University Press and shortly via the Library’s online catalogs.

Animal (2007+)

Animal Genetic Resources Information (2006+)

Animal Health Research Reviews (2000+)

Annales de Limnologie (2001+)

Annals of Actuarial Science (2006+)

Antarctic Science (1989+)

Aquatic Living Resources (2001+)

Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (2000+)

Arq : Architectural Research Quarterly (2001+)

Asian Journal of International Law (2011+)

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (1998+)

Bird Conservation International (1991+)

Britannia (2005+)

British Actuarial Journal (1995+)

British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing (2005+)

British Journal of Nutrition (1947+)

Bulletin of Entomological Research (1999+)

Business History Review (2009+)

Camden Fifth Series (2003+)

Canadian Journal on Aging (2005+)

Cardiology in the Young (2001+)

Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (2008+)

Combinatorics, Probability & Computing (1997+)

Comparative Exercise Physiology (2008+)

Diamond Light Source Proceedings (2011+)

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2001+)

Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2007+)

Edinburgh Journal of Botany (2000+)

English Profile Journal (2010+)

Environment and Development Economics (1997+)

Environmental Biosafety Research (2002+)

Environmental Conservation (1997+)

Environmental Practice (2002+)

Epidemiology and Infection (1997+)

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences (2006+)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2001+)

ESAIM: Probability and Statistics (2001+)

European Political Science Review (2009+)

European Review (2001+)

Experimental Agriculture (1997+)

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine (1997+)

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review (1996+)

Fruits (2001+)

Health Economics, Policy and Law (2006+)

Informatique Théorique et Applications (2008+)

International Journal of Asian Studies (2004+)

International Journal of Astrobiology (2002+)

International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies (2009+)

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (1998+)

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (2004+)

Japanese Journal of Political Science (2000+)

Journal of Agricultural Science (1997+)

Journal of Anglican Studies (2008+)

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (2010+)

Journal of Dairy Research (1997+)

Journal of French Language Studies (2000+)

Journal of Functional Programming (1997+)

Journal of Germanic Linguistics (2001+)

Journal of Helminthology (1999+)

Journal of Institutional Economics (2005+)

Journal of Mechanics (1998+)

Journal of Pension Economics & Finance (2002+)

Journal of Plasma Physics (1997+)

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care (2005+)

Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice (1999+)

Journal of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu (2002+)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1999+)

Journal of Tropical Ecology (1998+)

Knowledge Engineering Review (1997+)

Language Teaching (2002+)

Laser and Particle Beams (1999+)

Lichenologist (2004+)

Marine Biodiversity Records (2008+)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (2006+)

Mathematical Structures in Computer Science (1997+)

Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique (1999+)

Netherlands International Law Review (2003+)

Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (2004+)

Neuron Glia Biology (2004+)

Nineteenth-Century Music Review (2004+)

Nutrition Research Reviews (1988+)

Oryx (2002+)

Palliative & Supportive Care (2003+)

Papers of the British School at Rome (2008+)

Parasitology (1997+)

Plant Genetic Resources (2003+)

Polar Record (2003+)

Politics and Religion (2008+)

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (2011+)

Primary Health Care Research & Development (2000+)

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (2004+)

Public Health Nutrition (1998+)

RAIRO – Operations Research (2001+)

ReCALL (2000+)

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2004+)

Review of Symbolic Logic (2008+)

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology (1997+)

Robotica (1997+)

Rural History (2002+)

Scottish Journal of Theology (2002+)

Seed Science Research (2000+)

Theory and practice of logic programming (2001+)

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2000+)

Theory and practice of logic programming (2001+)

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2000+)

Utilitas (2004+)

World’s Poultry Science Journal (2004+)

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (2004+)

Zygote (1998+)

 

Ancestry : Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records Online

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Ancestry : Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records Online

Ancestry has wide-range coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. A collection of more than 4,000 databases including U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; a strong Civil War collection, and more indexes and original images will be added.

Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest : Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest : Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975

Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest contains materials about popular culture in the U.S. and U.K. from 1950 to 1975. Topics include student protests, civil rights, consumerism, and the Vietnam War.

“By focussing on substantial collections of original archival material – manuscript, typescript and ephemera, from key libraries in Britain and America, Rock and Roll provides the primary sources that will enable students and scholars to examine key issues and events of the period. The collection includes:   A wide range of Printed and Manuscript material – pamphlets, letters, government files, and eye witness accounts covering key events of the period; The renowned Social Protest Collection from University of California, Berkeley;  A wide range of Underground magazines including OZ and IT; as well as an impressive collection of American fanzines and alternative press titles from Bowling Green State University;   Striking visual material – thousands of indexed photographs depicting the people and events of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s;  Ephemera and Memorabilia – posters, pins and artefacts;   Video – a collection of carefully selected video footage that brings the sights and sounds of the period to life!” – Publisher.

ProQuest Digital Microfilm

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

ProQuest Digital Microfilm

Newspapers digitized from microfilm. Full-text articles from the Chicago tribune, Los Angeles times (Library ed.), Wall Street journal (Eastern ed.), Washington post (Final ed.), New York Times (East Coast, Late ed.), American Banker, Barron’s Boston Globe and USA Today.

Coverage is:

American Banker  2008 Jan. 2 – present (with approximately a 6 month delay)

Barron’s  2008 Jan. 7 – present (with approximately a 3 month delay)

Boston Globe  2008 Jan. 1 – present (with approximately a 3 month delay)

Chicago Tribune  2008 Jan. 1 – present (with approximately a 3 month delay)

Los Angeles Time (library edition)  2008 Jan. 1 – present (with approximately a 3 month delay)

New York Times (late edition – east coast)  2008 Jan. 1 – present (with approximately a 2 month delay)

USA Today  2009 Jan. 1 – present (with approximately a 6 month delay)

Wall Street Journal (eastern edition)  2008 Jan. 2 – present (with approximately a 3 month delay)

Washington Post (final edition)  2008 Jan. 1 – present (with approximately a 2 month delay)

Congressional Digest

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest is an independent journal featuring controversies before the U.S. Congress. A reliable research tool and reference source, Congressional Digest has been at the forefront of controversial topics for the last 90 years. Each issue covers a current debate topic, including background information, legislative summaries, and key arguments. – Publisher.

Studies in Conservation

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Studies in Conservation

Studies in Conservation is the premier international peer-reviewed journal for the conservation of historic and artistic works. The intended readership includes the conservation professional in the broadest sense of the term: practising conservators of all types of object, conservation, heritage and museum scientists,  collection or conservation managers, teachers and students of conservation, and academic researchers in the subject areas of arts, archaeology, the built heritage, materials history, art technological research and material culture. – Publisher.

Earlier content (v.1 (1952)-v.50 (2005) available via JSTOR.