New Online Reference Source: A to Z Maps Online

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to
A to Z Maps Online!

AtoZMapsOnline is an online database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps.

Find out more about A to Z Maps Online

Access A to Z Maps Online

If you have any questions, please contact the Reference Department at 269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Online Reference Works: Sage Reference

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to Sage Reference Online!

Sage Reference Online currently includes these encyclopedias:

• Encyclopedia of Time
• Encyclopedia of Human Relationships
• Encyclopedia of Play in Today’s Society
• Encyclopedia of Race and Crime

Sixteen more encyclopedias will be added through the end of 2009.

Find out more about Sage Reference Online.

Access Sage Reference Online

If you have any questions, please contact the Reference Department at 269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: Global Road Warrior

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to
Global Road Warrior!

The Global Road Warrior is an international resource for social, cultural, travel, and business information. The database covers 175 countries and territories and includes information on demographics, economy, holidays, currencies, visas, climate, passports, immunization, entry and departure, emergencies, internal travel information, country and regional maps, airports, international dialing guides, and more.

More about Global Road Warrior

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If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at 269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: Naxos Music Library Jazz

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to Naxos Music Library Jazz!

Naxos Music Library Jazz is a collection of Jazz music available online, with over 500 jazz artists represented. It offers close to 22,600 tracks of jazz from over 2,300 albums.

Please note: when you log into Naxos Music Library Jazz, the database "reserves a space" for you. Your space is not released until you log out, close your browser, or are timed out. Please remember to log out when you are finished to allow maximum access to the database.

Naxos Music Library Jazz is available On Campus Only.

Find out more about Naxos Music Library Jazz.

Access Naxos Music Library Jazz.

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: Cambridge Histories Online

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to the Cambridge Histories Online!

Cambridge Histories Online provides full-text access to over 250 volumes from the renowned Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped into 15 different topic areas, making it easy to search and browse through an array of historical subject areas. The extensive bibliographic referencing makes this resource ideal for historical research.

Find out more about the Cambridge Histories Online

Access the Cambridge Histories Online

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Online Reference Sources

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to two online Reference sources:

• Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography , 26v, 2008
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences , 9v, 2008

These two titles are part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library, and both are the latest editions.

If you have any questions, please contact the Reference Department at 269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Databases: ISI Web of Knowledge Resources

The Library is thrilled to announce its subscription to ISI Web of Knowledge!

ISI Web of Knowledge includes a collection of online databases covering major academic disciplines:

• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  The Arts & Humanities Citation Index provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,150 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals. Cited reference searching. (more)
  

• Science Citation Index Expanded
  The Science Citation Index Expanded provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 6,650 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. Cited reference searching. (more)
  

• Social Sciences Citation Index
  The Social Sciences Citation Index provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,950 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals. Cited reference searching. (more)
  

• ISI Proceedings
  Proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions. Disciplines covered include Science & Technology (1990-present), and Social Science & Humanities (1990-present) (more)

Access ISI Web of Knowledge

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at 269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Service: EndNote Web

As part of our subscription to ISI Web of Knowledge, the library is able to offer users access to EndNote Web, a web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies. Users have the ability to save, manage and format up to 10,000 citations.

The first time they log on, users will need to register for an account, which will allow them access to their EndNote Web account from any computer. References found in one of the ISI Web of Knowledge databases may be saved instantly by clicking on the "Save to My EndNote Web" button. References from other databases may also be added.

A brief, very useful tutorial to getting started and using EndNote Web can be found here.


Find out more about EndNote Web.

Access EndNote Web.

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: PressDisplay - World Newspapers

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to PressDisplay!

PressDisplay provides online access to today's newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The collection currently includes over 400 U.S. and international titles. Viewers can browse articles and other content, such as pictures, advertisements, classifieds, and notices. PressDisplay provides a 60-day backfile and the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles and entire backfile. The service does not require additional software or plug-ins.

Find out more about PressDisplay

Access PressDisplay

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: Naxos Music Library

The Library is please to announce its subscription to Naxos Music Library!

Naxos Music Library is an on-line library of over 18,000 CDs covering 7,000 composers. While best known for its classical music, the Naxos Music Library also includes world music, jazz, and more. The collection may be searched in standard or advanced modes as well as browsed by category or genre.

Please note: when you log into Naxos Music Library, the database "reserves a space" for you. Your space is not released until you log out, close your browser, or are timed out. Please remember to log out when you are finished to allow maximum access to the database.

Find out more about Naxos Music Library.

Access Naxos Music Library.

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: Oxford African American Studies Center

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to the Oxford African American Studies Center!

The Oxford African American Studies Center provides online access to several reference resources in African American studies. It includes Africana, an account of the African and African American experience. The Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 documents the African American experience from the arrival of the black explorer, Esteban, who arrived with the Spanish in 1527, to the death of Frederick Douglass. The Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present presents African American history into the twenty-first century. The contribution of African American women is illuminated by Black Women in America, Second Edition. And finally, the African American National Biography presents African American history through the lives of its people, ultimately offering over 6,000 biographies. Over 1,000 images, primary sources with specially written commentaries, and over 100 maps have been collected to enhance this reference content.

Find out more about Oxford African American Studies Center

Access the Oxford African American Studies Center

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: L'Année Philologique for Classical Studies

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to
L'Année Philologique!

This index provides citations to publications related to the history, language, literature and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. Publications indexed include periodical articles as well as articles in collections and conference papers in classics and classical studies. L'Année Philologique covers Greek and Latin linguistics and literature, including early Christian texts and patristics, and Greek and Roman history, archaeology, mythology, religion, papyrology, epigraphy, numismatics and palaeography, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, music, science, and all aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world.

Please note that L'Année Philologique does not provide the full text of articles.

Find out more about L'Année Philologique

Search L'Année Philologique

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

The Library is pleased to announce the aquisition of a new database, Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000. This database contains the full text of 72 document projects that interpret and present documents, most of which are not otherwise available online, a dictionary of social movements and organizations, a chronology of U.S. Women's History, and more.

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 is available from both on and off campus (with your name and barcode number from your K College ID).

If you have questions or comments, please contact Reference at 337-7152 or reference@kzoo.edu.

Encyclopaedia Judaica Now Available Online

The Gale Virtual Reference Library now includes an online version of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2007 edition. The updated edition of this work features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.

The Library also has the 2007 edition in print, which supercedes the 1972 edition of this set.

• Search the online 2007 edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica here.
• Search other titles in the Gale Virtual Reference Library here.
  

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.

New Databases: Ethnic News Watch and Gender Watch

The Library is pleased to announce two new databases: Ethnic News Watch and Gender Watch.

Ethnic NewsWatch is "an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press, offering both national and regional coverage. ENW provides researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press."

GenderWatch "is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports."

• Search Ethnic News Watch
• Search Gender Watch
  

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.
  

* Connect to Academic OneFile

New Database: Grove Art Online

The Library is pleased to announce a new database: Grove Art Online. This database contains the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001). It includes over 45,000 articles and more than 40,000 links to important art images in galleries and museums around the world.

Search Grove Art Online from on or off campus:

* Connect to Grove Art Online

Learn more about Grove Art Online:

* from the Library's website
* from Oxford University Press

New Subscription: Nature Online 1997-Current

The Kalamazoo College Library is pleased to announce that we now have online access to the journal Nature from 1997 to the current issue. To use Nature from on or off campus, go to http://0-www.nature.com.ariadne.kzoo.edu/nature/index.html or search the term "Nature" in the Electronic Journal Finder (http://yw8lv9um2l.search.serialssolutions.com/).

REALIA Database for Foreign Language Teaching

REALIA is database of images put together by language faculty and librarians from the GLCA and NITLE (National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education). The REALIA Project can be found here:

http://www.realiaproject.org/

REALIA is a searchable database that provides language instructors with images accessible via the Web. These images are royalty-free and submitted by faculty from colleges throughout the United States. It focuses on images of that should be helpful in the teaching of modern languages and cultures.

Current languages are French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Arabic and Chinese are in the works, but these aren't in the database yet. REALIA includes the ability to compare images side by side as well as download to PowerPoint.

New Database: Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

The Library is pleased to announce a new database: The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. This database contains information on internationally-known critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.

Search The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism:

* Connect to The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

Learn more about The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism:

* from the Library's website
* from Johns Hopkins Press

New Database: Gale Virtual Reference Library

The Library is pleased to announce that current Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff have acccess to a new database: Gale Virtual Reference Library. The Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of full text encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research that are searchable by keyword. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

The Gale Virtual Reference Library titles include:

• Beacham’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America (6v.)
• Biology (Macmillan) (4v.)
• Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (St. James) (5v.)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (4v.)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer (2v.)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders (2v.)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (5v.)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (3v.)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Small Business
• Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
• World of Earth Science (2v.)

You can access the Gale Virtual Reference Library in two ways:

• Through this direct link
• Or through the Library website's list of online databases and indexes

If you have questions about the Gale Virtual Reference Library, contact Reference at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.

New Database: In the First Person

The Library is pleased to announce a new database: In the First Person. This database is an online index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories. It includes more than 2,500 collections of oral history and interviews in English from around the world. It allows for keyword searching of more than 260,000 pages of full-text by more than 9,000 individuals from all walks of life.

PLEASE NOTE that this database links to some free content and some subscription content. Kalamazoo College does not subscribe to all content indexed in this database.

Search In the First Person:

• Connect to In the First Person
  

Learn more about In the First Person:

• from the Library's website
• from Alexander Street
  

New Database: RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

The Library is pleased to announce a new subscription to RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. RILM is an online index to publications on music and various other fields as they relate to music, including acoustics, liturgy, aesthetics, mathematics, anthropology, music therapy, criticism, dance, philosophy, psychology, visual arts, and more. RILM includes over 500 scholarly journals and covers publications from 1967 to the present.

Search RILM:

• Connect to RILM (Kalamazoo College authorized users only)
  

Learn more about RILM:

• from the Library's website
• from the RILM International Center