Archive for the ‘News & General’ Category

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS) is the official publication of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. CaGIS supports research, education, and practices that improve the understanding, creation, analysis, and use of maps and geographic information. – Publisher.

14 Films on Demand streaming videos

Thursday, November 15th, 2012

These videos have a 3 year streaming agreement.

 

1-800-INDIA: Importing a White-Collar Economy

This Wide Angle case study explores the experiences of emerging Indian professionals who have been recruited into positions requiring long hours, late-night shifts, and Westernized work habits. – Publisher.

Asia: Staking Out Terror’s Breeding Grounds

This program underscores the minimal attention that Asia has received in comparison with Middle East counterterrorist operations—and how the disparity negatively affected European and Australian intelligence preceding the Bali attack. – Publisher.

Asian Values Devalued

This program focuses on the plights of Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, where nepotism, cronyism, corruption, suppression, and the exploitation of cheap foreign labor brought about a financial crisis of enormous proportions. – Publisher.

Bertolt Brecht

The German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer who developed the drama as a social and ideological forum is the subject of this program, in which those who knew him discuss his life and many works. – Publisher.

Burning Season: Indonesia and the Global Carbon Credit Market

This Wide Angle report takes a balanced look at the concept and implementation of carbon credits, profiling both an entrepreneur championing the plan and a farmer who fears he will be adversely affected and unable to make ends meet. – Publisher.

Cambodia: The Virginity Trade

This program reveals the disturbing inner workings of Cambodia’s child-sex industry as well as its manifold human consequences. – Publisher.

Corazon Aquino: Restoring Democracy in the Philippines

In this program, Corazon Aquino explains how she entered into politics to continue the fight that her slain husband had begun—and in the process toppled a dictator and restored democracy in the Philippines. – Publisher.

The Diplomat: José Ramos Horta and East Timor’s Fight for Independence

This program takes up Ramos Horta’s story in the final dramatic stages of his journey, including the fall of President Suharto, the referendum to determine East Timor’s future, the overwhelming vote for independence, the carnage that ensued, the intervention of UN peacekeepers, and Ramos Horta’s triumphant return to his beloved homeland. – Publisher.

The Ghosts of My Lai

After a brief overview of the war and the home front backlash against it, this program seeks to understand the massacre and its aftermath through the interwoven narratives of three U.S. soldiers—radioman Fred Widmer, helicopter crewman Larry Colburn, and photographer Ron Haeberle—who were present on that horrific day. – Publisher.

Glories of Angkor Wat

This program takes viewers inside the structure, which, in addition to its rich historical significance, forms a fascinating record of astronomical knowledge and Hindu cosmology. – Publisher.

Laos: Culture, Development, and Heritage Protection

This program takes viewers into the heart of the Laotian city, where builders and bureaucrats contest the fate of land, houses, and public structures while traditional artisans and architects work to preserve an ancient heritage. – Publisher.

Philippines: Angels of the Night

This program tracks the lives of three girl prostitutes, ages 11 to 13, over a five-year period, during which one becomes a pimp in a slum, another turns drug addict living on the street, and the third simply vanishes, presumed dead. – Publisher.

Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia

The Struggle for the Soul of Islam, a part of the PBS America at a Crossroads series, explores the polarizing beliefs of the Arab and Islam worlds; examining Indonesia’s distinct practice of Islam; its potential model for Muslim democracy and how Islamist radicals have made the country a flash point in the global war on terror.  – Publisher.

Vietnam

This program explores the genesis of America’s painful military “quagmire” from the roots of Vietnamese nationalism through a century of French colonial rule to the first Indochina war; it then takes viewers from John F. Kennedy’s initial deployment of military advisers through increases and escalations under the Johnson administration to the final, tragic moments of Saigon’s fall in the spring of 1975. – Publisher.

Yearbook of International Organizations Online

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

Yearbook of International Organizations Online

Includes all data published in the printed Yearbook of international organizations (Volumes 1A, 1B, 2, 3, and 4), Who’s who in international organizations, and the whole Encyclopedia.  Includes the searchable databases:  Global strategies – solutions, Human values, Human development, Patterns and metaphors, Bibliography (issues), Integrative concepts, Network visualizations, and Transnational associations.

Keesing’s Record of World Events

Monday, October 15th, 2012

Keesing’s Record of World Events

Keesing’s was founded in 1931 with the intention of creating a lasting archive of original, accurate, and objective articles on the world’s political, social, and economic events. Our team of experienced news writers and editors (based in Cambridge, UK) create a series of concise, clear articles which we publish every month, providing our readers with a digestible but detailed summary of global news. – Publisher.

The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991

The Listener was a weekly publication, established by the BBC in 1929 as the medium for reproducing radio – and later, television – programmes in print.   This new digital collection from Gale offers researchers and students access to the complete, fully searchable facsimile archive of The Listener, the BBC periodical published from 1929-1991. The online archive consists of the complete 62 year run of the paper, allowing users to search across 129,000 pages and more than 226,000 articles. – Publisher.

Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003

The Illustrated London News Historical Archive gives students and researchers unprecedented online access to the entire run of the ILN from its first publication on 14 May 1842 to its last in 2003. Each page has been digitally reproduced in full colour and every article and caption is full-text searchable with hit-term highlighting and links to corresponding illustrations. – Publisher.

Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal

If “interdisciplinary” connotes anything, it should be improved communication across disciplines that fosters mutual understanding. Acknowledging the need for diversity and integrity in speaking to these issues, Soundings promotes dialogue, reflection, inquiry, discussion, and action. – Publisher.

Career Development Quarterly

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Career Development Quarterly

Fostering career development through the design and use of career interventions, The Career Development Quarterly contains articles on career counseling and development, work, leisure, career education, and coaching and management.  – Publisher.

WWD : Women’s Wear Daily

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

WWD : Women’s Wear Daily

Provides full text articles on fashion and designers, including trend reports, research and business news to the past 12 months of issues, including the current issue of WWD, the weekly edition of Footwear News and WWD Men’s Report.

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)