MeLCat Now Includes WMU Libraries

The MeLCat Catalog (http://elibrary.mel.org/search) now includes records from Western Michigan University's libraries.

This means that current Kalamazoo College students, faculty and staff no longer have to trek to Western to get books -- they can order them straight from MeLCat and the items will be delivered to the Kalamazoo College Library circulation desk. (These items should also be returned to the Kalamazoo College circulation desk.) Delivery of MeLCat items normally takes between two and seven days.

However, this service is only in effect for books -- articles and online resources must still be obtained by physically going to the Libraries on Western's campus. Also, if time is of the essence and you need an item right away, Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff can also go to Western's libraries to check out materials.

If you have any questions about MeLCat or obtaining items from Western Michigan University's libraries, contact Reference at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.

New Database: Academic OneFile

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to Academic OneFile!

Academic OneFile provides peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources; Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects; Articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions.

• Academic OneFile contains nearly 9,000 academic journals.
• Journals are mostly peer-reviewed and mainly full-text, focusing on the social sciences and humanities. Current publishing partners include: Blackwell Publishing, Springer-Verlag, Elsevier Publishers and other journal publishing houses.
• Academic OneFile is comprised primarily of journals covered in premier indices such as CINAHL, JSTOR, PsychINFO, MLA, BIOSIS, etc.
• Content is provided in multiple languages, accommodating international publishers.
• Content also includes premier monographs and major newspapers: the full-text of the New York Times from 1995 to present, the full-text of Financial Times, and Times of London from 1985 to present.
• Thomson Gale reference sources are included, such as the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Science, and Dictionary of World Biography.
  

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Free Trial to PRISMA - Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas

The Library is pleased to offer a free trial of PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas). PRISMA is "a comprehensive reference resource providing full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. "

You can access PRISMA here:

http://www.kzoo.edu/reserves/trials/passwords.html

Use your Kalamazoo College username and password to access this page.

This trial will be active until 10/10/06. **EXTENDED to 10/20/06**

Your feedback is important to us! Please let us know if this resource was useful to you or not. Contact Reference at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.