The following databases are being evaluated on a trial basis by the Old Dominion University Libraries.

Adam Matthew Education 03/17/2011 - 04/14/2011
   an extensive collection of digitized primary source materials -- username/password required

Political Science Complete 02/24/2011 - 04/24/2011
Mosby's Nursing Skills 03/07/2011 - 04/08/2011
Biography in Context 03/07/2011- 03/31/2011
AccessEngineeringLibrary 02/14/2011 - 03/31/2011

Be sure to try them out before the dates listed above. There is no guarantee that we will be able to acquire them. But while we have trial access, please use them and let us know what you think. Contact your subject specialist librarian or Pamela Morgan, Collection Development Officer, or click on the links above to access and provide feedback.

Access is also available from at the bottom of the FIND DATABASES A-Z page on the library's Web site.

The following databases are being evaluated on a trial basis by the Old Dominion University Libraries.

Biography in Context 03/07/2011- 03/31/2011
Mosby's Nursing Skills 03/07/2011 - 04/08/2011
19th Century Masterfile 02/28/2011 - 03/18/2011
Political Science Complete 02/24/2011 - 04/24/2011
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries 02/23/11 - 04/22/11

Be sure to try them out before the dates listed above. There is no guarantee that we will be able to acquire them. But while we have trial access, please use them and let us know what you think. Contact your subject specialist librarian or Pamela Morgan, Collection Development Officer, or click on the links above to access and provide feedback.

Access is also available from at the bottom of the FIND DATABASES A-Z page on the library's Web site.

The library has added two new databases:

EdITLib (Education & Information Technology Digital Library): provides access to peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning. Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database : includes information about children's literature from over 38 quality review media including the ALAN Review, BookList, KIRKUS, National Science Teachers Association, and VOYA. Find books by subject, age level, genre, and much more. Includes Reading Measurement Programs (Lexile, AR, Scholastic Reading Counts), Curriculum Tools, and links to over 240,000 web pages featuring children's authors and illustrators.

Access these databases from the library's "Find Databases A-Z" link.

The following databases are being evaluated on a trial basis by the Old Dominion University Libraries.

ShipIndex.org -- for researching vessels -- available through 02/06/2011

Women and Social Movements, International -- available through 03/18/2011

Emerald Business, Management, Economics, and Social Sciences eBook Series Collections -- available through 02/13/2011

BEP 2010 Digital Library -- business publications -- available through 02/01/2011

Be sure to try them out before the dates listed above. There is no guarantee that we will be able to acquire them. But while we have trial access, please use them and let us know what you think. Contact your subject specialist librarian or Pamela Morgan, Collection Development Officer, or click on the links above to access and provide feedback.

Access is also available from at the bottom of the FIND DATABASES A-Z page on the library's Web site.

The following databases are being evaluated on a trial basis by the Old Dominion University Libraries.

• NBC News Archives on Demand (through 12/29/2010)
• BEP (Business Expert Press) 2010 Digital Library (through 02/01/2011)

Be sure to try them out before the dates listed above. There is no guarantee that we will be able to acquire them. But while we have trial access, please use them and let us know what you think. Contact your subject specialist librarian or Pamela Morgan, Collection Development Officer.

Access the databases from the bottom of the FIND DATABASES A-Z page from the library's Web site.

If you're interested in the Gulf oil crisis, check out this free resource from one of our database vendors - Gale, Cengage Learning.

"Zoom: Gulf Oil Crisis" is an interactive learning tool that allows students to explore in-depth the economic, political and environmental impacts of the Gulf coast oil spill.

With its relevant, media-rich content, including many Web-like features such as videos, graphs, periodicals, primary sources, statistics, podcasts, interactive maps and more, Zoom: Gulf Oil Crisis supports the differentiated learning classroom by providing multi-path tools for those who learn and engage best through a combination of visual and audio resources.

Click here for access.

[TIP: Use the screen enlarger icon at the bottom right of the program.]

The following resources are being evaluated on a trial basis by the Old Dominion University Libraries. There is no guarantee that we will be able to acquire them. But while we have trial access, please use them and let us know what you think. Contact your subject specialist librarian or Pamela Morgan, Collection Development Officer.

• NBC News Archives on Demand (09/29/10 - 12/29/10)
• Audio Drama 09/29/10 -11/29/10
• American Film Scripts Online 09/29/10 - 11/29/10
• Alexander Street Drama 09/29/10 - 11/29/10

Access the databases from the bottom of the FIND DATABASES A-Z page from the library's Web site.

BIOSIS Previews and Zoological Record are now available through Web of Science.

BIOSIS Previews is the premier database for life sciences and biomedical research. Through Web of Science, you can search current and backfiles (back to 1926) in one search. Zoological Record covers every aspect of zoology, with coverage back to 1978.

Access these databases from the library's "FIND DATABASES A-Z" option.

In case you're used to using PsycINFO on the EBSCOhost system, and it's no longer there... don't worry! We still have PsycINFO, but as of September 1, our access is through APA PsycNET (American Psychological Association).

You'll find that searching PsycINFO through APA PsycNET is very similar to EBSCOhost.

Note: Through the end of September, we also have access to PsycCRITIQUES and PsycEXTRA, so be sure to try them out.

The Criminal Justice Abstracts database has now joined the over 40 databases the library offers through EBSCOhost. It was previously part of the CSA/Illumina system.

According to EBSCO, "Customers will notice an immediate increase in the number of records in these EBSCOhost versions of the databases. Criminal Justice Abstracts has more than 235,000 records as opposed to the current 103,600 records on other platforms."

Click here to access international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice from 1968-present.