Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. It’s designed to find the information scientists need. Quick, easy and comprehensive, Scopus provides superior support of the literature research process. Updated daily, Scopus offers.
- 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers
- over 1000 Open Access journals
- 500 conference proceedings
- over 600 trade publications
- 33 million abstracts
- Results from 386 million scientific web pages
- 21 million patent records from 5 patent offices
- Seamless links to full-text articles and other library resources
- Innovative tools that give an at-a-glance overview of search results and refine them to the most relevant hits
- Alerts to keep you up-to-date on new articles matching your search query, or by favourite author
A review of enhancements can be seen at http://gale.com/reference/peter/200711/scopus.htm
We have access to two new databases we have subscribed to in 2008. The word trial appears when you access the databases, however this is only because we have been given access prior to the subscription period.
Family and Society Studies Worldwide. FSSW produced by NISC, is a resource providing coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. FSSW covers popular issues as well as meeting the requirements of professionals in all fields of social work, social science and family practice. Coverage spans from 1970 to the present indexing publications from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, statistical documents, theses & dissertations and other sources. FSSW is an anthology of 4 database files providing access to over 844,780 records.
Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies, and Canadian Journal of Urban Research.
Nineteenth Century U. S. Newspapers is now available.
With digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
These two ABC-CLIO databases were recently acquired by Ebsco Publishing in June 2007. There will be no interruption in service and no immediate change in access via the ABC-CLIO web-site. ABC-CLIO will continue to provide content and technical support. Work is in progress to make these two databases available via Ebscohost, and customers are expected to be transitioned to this platform by July 2008.
Update 13/11/07: In early 2008, we will be making beta versions of both datasets available on EBSCOhost. The intention is that from June 2008 forward, HA/AHL will only be available via EBSCOhost. We will of course work individually with libraries to ensure a smooth transition. As practically all HA/AHL subscribers are existing EBSCOhost users, we are hopeful that the platform change-over process will be a straightforward and positive occurrence for all affected sites
TVNews indexes Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content and/or DVD delivery. All individual stories from a particular broadcast are indexed with a detailed synopsis. TVNews is updated daily, with stories appearing on an evening news broadcast generally being available for access the next morning.
Downloads of video news stories are available exclusively to Australian educational institutions with a Screenrights licence. These include all Australian universities, TAFEs and most primary and secondary schools (including all state schools).
The video for each story or documentary is available in WMV format as a progressive download, allowing viewing to begin before the total video file is transferred. Items range from under 30 seconds for short stories, to over an hour for selected documentaries.
These trials have now expired. Please contact Jen McMeekin at jenifer@unimelb.edu.au if you have any questions.
NewsBank.
Complete full-text content of more than 100 local, regional, and national newspapers. Covers community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community
Synthesis: Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science. SYNTHESIS is an information service for the research, development and educational communities in engineering and computer science.
The basic component of the library is a 50- to 100-page electronic book that synthesizes an important research or development topic, authored by a prominent contributor to the field, these are called Lectures.
Keesings World News Archive. Keesing’s collects news reports on a daily basis from all over the world in a wide range of languages, constituting a concise, accurate and unbiased account of important developments in each of the world’s countries, major international organisations and within selected thematic topics.
Events covered are elections and changes of government; wars, treaties, appointments, and diplomacy; terrorism and issues of internal security; legislation, budgets, economic developments and international agreements; actions by the UN and other international organisations; natural disasters, environmental issues, and scientific discoveries.
Keesing’s World News Archive is a web-based database comprising an archive of more than 95,000 articles, first from 1931-87 as Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, and then as Keesing’s Record of World Events from 1987 to the present