Category Archives: Databases

Naxos Video Library: On Trial Now

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Naxos Video Library offers an extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. Watch the world’s greatest opera houses, ballet companies, orchestras and artists perform on demand! Note: Adobe Flash Player is required.

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EbscoHost Databases No Longer Support Internet Explorer 6

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

If you are clinging to a retro version of IE, time to move on. EbscoHost databases (and we subscribe to a lot) now require Internet Explorer 7 or later. You can download the latest version (Internet Explorer 8) for free … Continue reading →

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Kokushi daijiten: Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Trial)

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Kokushi daijiten is a digitized version of all 15 volumes (17 books) of one of the largest encyclopedias of Japanese history. It encompasses every aspect of Japan’s history and includes entries in related fields such as archaeology, folklore, religion, art, … Continue reading →

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History in Video: Trial Databases

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Is it almost like being there? Check out American History in Video and World History in Video and see for yourself. American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American … Continue reading →

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Medical Business and Policy: Longwoods Videos & Audio

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Longwoods has some audio and video files related to the business and policy side of medicine. As a UBC person, you should be able to listen/view here, whether on or off campus.

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Open J-Gate Links: Down for Today

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Open J-Gate (an aggregator of “free” journals) has shifted their URL from a .org to a .com, it seems. What does that mean? Currently, all links to titles in this database from the ejournal A-Z list are broken. A refresh … Continue reading →

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U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection: Access Down

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

UPDATE: March 31, 2011 – Access Restored on new Proquest Platform – for details see: ProQuest Acquires CIS & UPA from LexisNexis ************************************************************** Due to a change in provider (the collection has moved from LexisNexis to ProQuest), a new agreement … Continue reading →

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IEEE Xplore: Site Down Due to Storm

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

*UPDATE* They found their snow shovels. IEEE back online.* IEEE reports its Xplore Digital Library is down due to storms on the East Coast. You can follow their tweets as they try to get back online at: http://twitter.com/IEEEXplore …or look … Continue reading →

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Gale’s “Literature Criticism Online” Titles: Some Full-Text Gaps

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

If you are ever read a .pdf online from one of Gale’s “Literature Criticism Online” titles, such as: Children’s literature review Classical and medieval literature criticism Contemporary Literary Criticism Drama criticism Literature criticism from 1400 to 1800 Nineteenth-century literature criticism … Continue reading →

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CiNii Open Access: “Shouldn’t we have access?”

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

We do have access. Just not as much as advertised. Unfortunately, many of the coverage dates for CiNii: Open Access Journals in our ejournal A-Z list exaggerate our access. We are working to get these dates corrected. Do continue to … Continue reading →

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