Your Library Blog: October 2006

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Gale Database Access Problem (10/31/06)

We are experiencing problems accessing all the Gale databases including all the Gale databases in the Research Databases list, the Tennessee Electronic Library link, and our trial database called Opposing Viewpoints. These problems seem to be isolated to the TTU campus (meaning that off-campus students/faculty/staff are able to access the databases).

We are working to try to get the problem resolved as soon as possible and we will post as soon as the database links are working properly. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

New trial Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center! (10/19/06)

Trial Dates: October 19, 2006 to November 30, 2006
Database Type: Journals, Multimedia, statistics, magazines, etc.
Subjects: General
Publisher/Vendor: Thomson Gale
Link to Database: click here

Database Content/Information:
Should parents be held responsible for the crimes of their minor children? Is Affirmative Action a leg-up or a handout? Can school violence be prevented? Today's increasingly complex issues are presented in a pro-and-con format in Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. With its rich content drawn from the acclaimed social issues series from Greenhaven Press as well as content from other Thomson Gale sources, this database develops and enhances critical thinking skills and provides an ideal reference source for everything from social studies projects to debate preparation.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center offers students stellar content:

Nearly 7,000 viewpoint articles
41 complete titles from the Information Plus reference program
More than 275 primary documents
300 biographies of social activists and reformers
Nearly 5,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs
Nearly 4,600 topic overviews that provide context for the issues
More than 775 court-case overviews
334 profiles of federal agencies and special interest groups
2,000 links to reviewed and subject-indexed Web sites
More than 1,300 images, all hand-selected to support the topics covered
More than 135 full-text periodicals and newspapers
Podcasts from the Weekly Presidential Radio Address

Do you like this database?
Please contact the science librarian, Laura Blalock (email: lblalock@tntech.edu or call: 931-372-6237) to tell her! This will help in her decision to purchase the database for the library.

Check out new trial Routledge databases! (10/9/06)

Trial Dates: October 9 through October 21, 2006
Publisher/Vendor: Routledge

Access Information: (for all databases)
User Id: TennShare
Password: TennShare

Databases:
Europa World Year Book (pdf)
Europa World Plus (pdf)
Armed Conflict Database (pdf)
International Who's Who (pdf)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pdf)
Politics & International Relations Resource (pdf)
Routledge Religion Resource (pdf)
Europa World of Learning (pdf)

Do you like these databases?
Please contact the science librarian, Laura Blalock (email: lblalock@tntech.edu or call: 931-372-6237) to tell her! This will help in her decision to purchase the database for the library.

EBSCOhost EJS Scheduled Maintenance (10/3/06)

On Saturday, 7 October 2006, EBSCOhost Electronic Journals will be unavailable from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m., CDT, due to maintenance.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

New Classical Music Library Database! ()

Name of Database: Classical Music Library

Subject: Music
Publisher/Vendor: Alexander Street Press / Solinet
Database Description: Searchable Databases
Database Coverage: Medieval - 21st Century
Link to Database: click here

Database Content/Information:
Classical Music Library is an ever-growing, fully searchable classical music resource—a comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to on the Internet. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information.

Subscription cost funded by the Tennessee Board of Regents.

New Streaming Video Database! ()

Database Name: Films Media Group (FMG)
Subject: Literature & Language Arts, Religion & Philosophy, Social Studies
Publisher/Vendor: Films Media Group (FMG)
Database Description: Searchable Databases
Database Type: Streaming Video
Link to Database: click here

How to get Access to Database:
Request a password from one of the following contacts:
Pat McGee, pmcgee@tntech.edu, 931-372-3544
April Crockett, acrockett@tntech.edu, 931-372-6099
Laura Blalock, lblalock@tntech.edu, 931-372-6237

Database Content/Information:
Films Media Group (FMG) is a streaming media collection that includes the following subjects: Literature and Language Arts, Religion and Philosophy, and Social Studies.

Films Media Group is North America's leading source of high-quality educational video and multimedia programs for schools, colleges, libraries, the medical community, and other institutions. Considered in its entirety, Films Media Group's immense collection of programs-more than 12,000 titles from some of the world's best producers, large and small-provides an unparalleled choice of topics and a multifaceted content delivery approach that includes VHS, DVD, MPEG, and digital. All of our video content, regardless of format, comes with public performance rights, and a growing percentage of our videos, CD-ROMs, and posters is correlated to appropriate state and national standards.

Subscription cost funded by the Tennessee Board of Regents.

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