History Database trials

We have a one month trial to the following history databases through EBSCOhost, check them out and let us know what you think!  This trial will expire November 4, 2012.  Here’s some more information about each one:

Gateway to North America: People, Places, and Organizations of 19th-Century New York from the New-York Historical Society, features over 1500 residential and business directories, organization records, urban guidebooks, and other sources rich in names and places that present a history of the people of New York City from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century. New York was long the country’s focal point of industry, trade, commerce and immigration, and this collection features materials that track the city’s inhabitants over time and place, where they lived, where they worked, and what they did. It also includes residential, trade, and occupational directories, membership lists for churches, professional groups, philanthropic and governmental institutions, ethnic organizations, and leisure clubs.

Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books from the New-York Historical Society, represents a collection of over 30,000 pages of historically unique material from more than 200 orderly books spanning from 1748 to 1817. The collection includes both British and American orderly books, a form of manuscript journals kept by military units containing their orders from higher-ranking officers in addition to other information essential to military operations, dating from the French and Indian War through the War of 1812, with the bulk representing the activities of American forces during the Revolutionary War.

African American Archives provides over one million pages of original historical documents pertaining to the African American experience over several centuries, and is richly-detailed with narratives and quantitative data alike. The earliest materials in this collection come from Essential Records Concerning Slavery and Emancipation from the Danish West Indies (1672-1917).   There are several other slavery-related collections, including letters, account books, annual reports, and news clippings. Files contain detailed narrative accounts of subjects’ activities and include information about families, occupations, and general activities. There are also related manuscripts from the American Colonization Society, an organization best known for its role in establishing Liberia, a colony in Africa for free people of color from the United States.

Please contact us at 256-824-6529 or email us at erefq@uah.edu if you want the login information for these database trials.

 

Trial Access to Business Resources OneSource and U.S. Consumer/Lifestyles available until October 1st

Trial access to ReferenceUSA’s OneSource and U.S. Consumer/Lifestyles is now available and will run until October 1, 2012.

OneSource provides in-depth information on over 18 million global companies and over 22 million global executives.  Through this database, you can access executive biographies, international company profiles, financial information, corporate families, industry research, news, and corporate filings all in the ease of one streamlined business resource.

U.S. Consumer/LifeStyles is a database that contains information about 203 million U.S. consumers that will help you conduct market research.  This tool allows you to identify a target market for a product, study the demographics of a community, and research consumer demand for a new business.  Detailed demographics on consumers include age, marital status, children, ethnicity, political party, income, and years in home, amongst many more.

To access both of these trials, visit our Database A-Z list and click on ReferenceUSA.  You will find them both under “Available Databases.”  Please direct any questions or feedback regarding this trial to http://libanswers.uah.edu or give us a call at 256-824-6529.

Trial to EBSCO Historical Manuscripts Collections until June 4

 The library is very excited to announce a trial to the EBSCO Historical Manuscripts Collections available now until June 4, 2012.  This trial includes access to the following archives:  African American Archives, World War II Archives, and the U.S. Bureau of Investigation Case File Archives.   You can navigate between each of the EBSCO Historical Manuscript Collections through the dropdown menu at the top center portion of the screen.

For more information about each of the archive collections, including title lists and content descriptions, please click on the below links.

African American Archives

African American Archives provides over one million pages of original historical documents pertaining to the African American experience over several centuries, and is richly-detailed with narratives and quantitative data alike. The earliest materials in this collection come from Essential Records Concerning Slavery and Emancipation from the Danish West Indies (1672-1917).

U.S. Bureau of Investigation Case File Archives

U.S. Bureau of Investigation Case File Archives covers case files from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which until 1935 was called the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). With over 2.2 million pages of original historical documents, the archives provide a fresh insider’s perspective to the history of this time period.

World War II Archives

World War II Archives contains over half a million pages of original historical documents compiled from collections at the National Archives, offering a wide range of materials chronicling events during the Second World War, providing an in-depth perspective of military activities while also documenting the lives of individual military personnel on land, in the air, and at sea.

If you have any questions or feedback regarding this trial, please let us know at http://libanswers.uah.edu.

IBISWorld Industry Research Trial until March 7

Until March 7, 2012, we will have trial access to the IBISWorld Industry Research Database.  To gain access to their reports, you simply need to visit their Website at www.ibisworld.com (campus access only).  

Trial Access Includes:
–Core NAICS US Industry Market Research Reports- Over 700 Industries in the US Economy covered
–iExpert Summary- Quick look of our Industry Research Reports w/ prep questions
–Business Environment Reports- Over 300 External Environment Report
–Risk Rating Reports – Risk of operating in an industry in upcoming 12-18 months
–Global Industry Research Reports
–China Industry Research Reports
–UK Industry Reports

About IBISWorld:
Since 1971 IBISWorld has provided thoroughly researched, accurate and current business information. Today, IBISWorld employs a team of dedicated expert analysts that researches economic, demographic and government data so you don’t have to. We provide your organization with valuable insight into America’s 700+ industries, so you can make better business decisions, faster.

IBISWorld’s unrivalled range of industry analysis is available online whenever you need it. Whether your company requires a better understanding of market conditions and forecasts; whether you need a clearer picture of a supply chain, or whether you need to keep abreast of competitor activity in your industry, IBISWorld’s comprehensive reports will keep you informed.

Please send any questions or feedback to http://libanswers.uah.edu/.

Introducing MEDLINE Complete from EBSCO until March 31

MEDLINE Complete offers 1,864 Full Text Journals right now. In December 2012 they project over 2,000 Full Text Journals.

MEDLINE Complete is now the largest full text companion to the MEDLINE Index, offering full text for almost 40% of the journals indexed in MEDLINE.

Content information and title lists are available here:  http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/medline-complete

Trial access is available through the end of March here.

Questions or feedback?  Let us know at http://libanswers.uah.edu/.

SAGE Reference ebook trial until March 20, 2012

Now until approximately March 20, 2012, UAH faculty, staff, and students will have access to a SAGE Reference ebook trial.  If you are interested, simply call us at 256-824-6529 or come by the Reference Desk at the library to get the login information for this trial.  Once you have the login information, you will go to this link http://www.sage-ereference.com/login and enter the username and password.

Subject areas include Business &  Management, Communication & Media Studies, Economics, Education, History, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, Science, Philosophy & Theology, Sociology, among others.

The SAGE Reference ebook collection is comprised mostly of encyclopedias and handbooks.  You can browse titles without logging in here:  http://www.sage-ereference.com/PublicBrowseTitles

Questions?  Contact us at http://libanswers.uah.edu/ or give us a call at 256-824-6529.

Trial subscription to Eye Journal until 2/29/12

Take advantage now of a one-month trial subscription to the EyeEye is the official journal of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. It aims to provide the practicing ophthalmologist with information on the latest clinical and laboratory-based research. 

You can access articles from the current issue (January 2012) here:  http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v26/n1/index.html

To view archived issues (1987-2011), please click here: http://www.nature.com/eye/archive/index.html

Please note that you must be on campus to view these articles.  If you have any questions or comments about this trial, please let us know at http://libanswers.uah.edu/ or 256-824-6529.

ProQuest Central database trial until Dec. 1

From now until Dec. 1, 2011, you can access the ProQuest Central database trial at the below link:

https://www.proquest.com/trials/trialSummary.action?view=subject&trialBean.token=92XEP0WB8HXZD01SHDCB

ProQuest Central serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subjects areas, ProQuest Central contains over 11,000 titles – with more than 8,000 in full text. This comprehensive reference collection features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports, and videos.

ProQuest Central includes the following databases:
ABI/INFORM Complete
Accounting & Tax
Banking Information Source 
Canadian Newsstand Complete 
CBCA Complete 
Hoover’s Company Profiles 
Pharmaceutical News Index  
ProQuest Asian Business & Reference 
ProQuest Biology Journals 
ProQuest Career and Technical Education 
ProQuest Computing 
ProQuest Criminal Justice 
ProQuest Education Journals
ProQuest European Business 
ProQuest Family Health  
ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
ProQuest Military Collection 
ProQuest Newsstand 
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
ProQuest Psychology Journals 
ProQuest Religion 
ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Science Journals
ProQuest Social Science Journals 
ProQuest Telecommunications 
Snapshots 

We welcome your feedback at http://libanswers.uah.edu/.

ebrary trial available for next 30 days

Take advantage of our trial to the ebrary Academic Complete e-book collection over the next 30 days, ending approximately Nov. 21.  If this collection is helpful to you with your research, please let us know!  You can contact us at http://libanswers.uah.edu/.

Subjects covered include:
Business & Economics
Computers & IT
Education
Engineering & Technology
History & Political Science
Humanities
Interdisciplinary & Area Studies
Language, Literature & Linguistics
Law, International Relations & Public Policy
Life Sciences
Medical
Nursing & Allied Health
Physical Sciences
Psychology & Social Work
Religion, Philosophy & Classics
Sociology & Anthropology

Trial access to Marquis Biographies Online until Oct. 31

The UAHuntsville Salmon Library has trial access to the Marquis Biographies Online database now until October 31.  Simply go to http://search.marquiswhoswho.com/ and contact the Reference Desk at 256-824-6529 for login information. 

Marquis Biographies Online is a comprehensive, searchable database of over 1.4 million biographies, updated daily.  It provides up-to-the-minute biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment and more – in one convenient source!  You can find biographies that have appeared in 24 Marquis Who’s Who print titles since 1985, plus historical biographies from the Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607–1985.

Please direct all questions and comments about this trial to http://libanswers.uah.edu/.