Databases - New ...
Latest databases acquired by the McKillop Library from
November, 2008 to present.

11/01/09
Intelecom Online Resources Network

Access through username and password only. Username and password available at the Reference Desk (401-341-2289).
The INTELECOM Online Resources Network is a database of academic video clips - streamed on demand - for use in support of classroom instruction. The Sociology Collection consists of over 260 video clips ranging in length from 2 to 10 minutes. Clip topics include issues such as crime, gender stratification, education, aging, work and the economy, groups and organizations, deviance, social movements, and more.

10/01/09
Business and Management Practices  (FirstSearch)
 
This database addresses the practical aspects and approaches to business management. Provides real-world know-how that focuses on how organizations make and implement decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change. Includes case studies and how-to articles. Topics covered include benchmark planning, best practices, business plans and corporate culture.

10/01/09
Data for Research  (JSTOR)
 
A new way to search the JSTOR database! Provided by JSTOR for use by the research community. It provides a set of web-based tools for selecting and interacting with content from the JSTOR archive. The service also provides the ability to obtain data sets via bulk downloads or using a REST API. Features provided by the site include: Full-text and fielded searching of the entire JSTOR archive using a powerful faceted search interface. Using this interface one can quickly and easily define content of interest through an iterative process of searching and results filtering. Online viewing of document-level data including word frequencies, citations, key terms, and ngrams.

10/01/09
PubChem  (Government)

PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is a component of NIH's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative. PubChem includes substance information, compound structures, and BioActivity data in three primary databases, Pcsubstance, Pccompound, and PCBioAssay, respectively. Pcsubstance contains more than 61 million records. Pccompound contains more than 25 million unique structures. PCBioAssay contains more than 1600 BioAssays.

07/15/09
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998  (Newsbank)
 
Explore African American history, culture and daily life in the 19th and 20th centuries. Coverage 1887-1998.

06/15/09
RefWorks  (Proquest)
 
This is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool -- is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

03/01/09
Fed Sys  (Government)

GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes. Some collections currently available on FDsys are: Compilation of Presidential Documents (1993 to Present); Congressional Bills (103rd Congress to Present); Congressional Documents (104th Congress to Present); Congressional Hearings (105th Congress to Present); Congressional Record (1994 to Present); Congressional Reports (104th Congress to Present); Federal Register (1994 to Present); Public and Private Laws (104th Congress to Present).

03/01/09
Legal Systems of the World  (ABC-CLIO)
 
Legal Systems of the World is a comprehensive reference work that covers the legal systems of every nation on earth, every state in the Union, and every province of Canada. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, with nearly 400 entries, explores the structure, operation, and history of legal and judicial systems. It also analyzes transnational judicial bodies such as the World Court and the European Court of Human Rights, examines alternative legal systems from Roman to Islamic law, and explains universal legal institutions and concepts, from law schools to constitutional review.

02/01/09
RIA Checkpoint  (Thomson Reuters)

Repeat Users: Enter database using your username & password

First Time Users :
Click here: http://www.checkpoint-registration.riag.com/schools
-- Please choose saverenaunty as IP address.
-- Use your salve email address to login on the next screen.
-- You will receive a confirmation email.
-- Click the link in the confirmation email to access Checkpoint.
-- Use the username/password from the email to access the database. You can change your password.
-- Make sure to keep your username/password as this will be your access key from now on.

RIA Checkpoint tax database provides comprehensive coverage of U.S. tax matters. The database includes a section of primary material and sources, with the complete federal tax code (back to 1990), regulations, committee reports, rulings (1954-current), and federal tax case histories (1860-current). The check point database also includes a Federal Tax Coordinator library arranged by topic, a U.S. Tax Reporter library arranged by code, a Federal Tax Handbook, a news/current awareness section, and a State & Local library with codes, cases, rulings, and legislation from all fifty states.

01/15/09
Science Direct Health and Life Sciences College Edition   (Elsevier)
 
Health & Life Sciences from Science Direct contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. Science Direct's extensive and unique full-text collection covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature, including high-impact factor titles such as THE LANCET, Cell and Tetrahedron.  It contains more than 1,100 full-text, scholarly journals,  coverage begins with 1995.

11/15/08
Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Content includes movies, audio clips, concerts and over one million scanned texts. Access is free to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.