Collection Services - Database Trials

Library & Information Services is presently reviewing the following information resources as part of free database trial programs.

NOTE:  Several factors influence the selection of new electronic resources, including, but not limited to, the cost of annual subscriptions to databases, licensing agreements that may limit off-campus or multi-site use of the database, ease of use of the resource, and the importance or value of content in the resource. Therefore, because a database is available for trial does not mean that it will be added to the Library Collection.

The Library Collection Services Deptartment welcomes feedback on the need and use of databases by its students, faculty, and staff.  Please send your comments to Laura Crain, Associate Director for Collection Services.

  • Psychiatry Online
    From American Psychiatric Publishing.  Includes DSM® Library titles:  DSM-IV-TR®, DSM-IV-TR® Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, and DSM-IV-TR® Casebook and its Treatment Companion.
    Textbooks include The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, Gabbard’s Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, and Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology.  American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.

  • Pop Culture Universe
    A digital pop culture library based on over 300 full text volumes of material.  Includes "Decades Pages" that support history, literature, social studies, and the humanities. 
    Trial expires:  12/11/2009

  • eHRAF World Cultures
    A collection of full-text primary source materials on approx. 400 different cultural, ethnic, religious and national groups in the following regions of the world: Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Eurasia and South America. Access is via keyword, as well as through geographic codes and a topical classification scheme.

    Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) is an internationally recognized organization in the field of cultural anthropology. Founded in 1949 at Yale University, HRAF is a not-for-profit membership consortium of universities, colleges, and research institutions. Its mission is to provide information that facilitates the cross-cultural study of human behavior, society and culture.     
    Trial expires:  December 31, 2009.

  • Black Thought and Culture:  African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
    Full text.  From Alexander Street Press, non-fiction works by African-American leaders and others who have dealt substantially with issues of race in America. Includes books, essays, articles, speeches, letters, interviews, and other materials, some of which have not previously been published.  About Black Thought and Culture.

Maintained by Laura Crain