LIBNEWS-L: New Resources and Services at Old Dominion University Libraries

February 12, 2008

VOTE TODAY!!!

* New Database: Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
  -- Business & Education
* New Database: Virginia Company Archives
* Tax Forms on the Web

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==> NEW DATABASE:  CABELL'S DIRECTORY OF PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
    -- BUSINESS & EDUCATION

The library has recently acquired an online subscription to Cabell's
Directory whose goal is to "help professors, graduate students and
researchers publish their manuscripts."  The directory provides current
contact information as well as publication guidelines and review
information for journals in the fields of Accounting, Economics & Finance,
Management, Marketing, Educational Curriculum & Methods, Educational
Psychology & Administration, Educational Technology & Library Science, and
Psychology & Psychiatry.

"The index in each Directory helps you match the characteristics of your
manuscript to the topic areas the journal emphasizes."  For most journals,
the directory includes:
     * the type of review process
     * acceptance rate
     * number of reviewers
     * time required for review
     * availability of reviewers’ comments
     * style and format of most journals
       -- if a journal has its own set of manuscript guidelines,
       a copy of these guidelines is published in the Directory
     * publication guidelines required by a journal (e.g., APA, MLA)
     * fees charged to review or publish the manuscript
     * copies required
     * manuscript topics

Access Cabell's from the library's "Databases" page by title, or under the
subject categories "Business & Economy" and "Education."  Because Cabell's
is available through library subscription, IP address restrictions apply:
from off campus, you'll need to enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy
page.  For more information, contact Nancy Schafer at nschafer@odu.edu.

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==> NEW DATABASE:  VIRGINIA COMPANY ARCHIVES

Another new database for the library is the Virginia Company Archives,
which contains primary source documents from the 1600s.  Included are:
     * the Ferrar Papers (Nicholas Ferrar and family)
     * transcripts of documents that throw light on the Virginia Company of
London
     * the four volumes of The Records of the Virginia Company of London
edited by Susan Myra Kingsbury
     * various prints and maps

Access the Virginia Company Archives from the library's "Databases" page by
title, or under the subject "History." Because it is available through
library subscription, IP address restrictions apply: from off campus,
you'll need to enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy page.

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==> TAX FORMS ON THE WEB

Tax forms and instructions are available electronically from the following
Web sites:
      Federal:  http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html
      Virginia:  http://www.tax.virginia.gov/
      Other States: http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/indextax.html
The Perry Library no longer receives print copies.

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