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New eresources
By Lesley A Rogers, on 28 February 2012
UCL students and staff now have access to the JSTOR Arts and Sciences X collection.
We also have access to Autophagy, a peer-reviewed journal with an international audience including original research, reviews, technical papers and articles on many aspects of autophagy.
The titles contained in this new JSTOR collection, and Autophagy are available using the ejournals list.
New ejournals
By Lesley A Rogers, on 28 February 2012
UCL Library Services now subscribes to the following ejournals:
Climate Policy
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
Trends in Classics
All of these titles are accessible via the ejournals list.
New resources
By Lesley A Rogers, on 28 February 2012
UCL Library Services now subscribes to the following resources:
Dissertations & Theses Full Text
FBIS Daily Reports, 1941-1974
OxResearch
Expert Reviews journals collection
Nature journals collection (complete), including all Nature, Nature Reviews and “academic and society” titles
OUP journals collection (complete)
Health Psychology Review
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Journal of Hospital Medicine
Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health
Journal of Separation Science
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Seminars in Hematology
All of these titles are accessible either via the ejournals list or the databases list
Bibliography of the Revue d’Histoire Ecclésiastique
By Catherine Sharp, on 25 January 2012
UCL has a trial of the Bibliography of the Revue d’Histoire Ecclésiastique until 29 February 2012.
This database covers literature dealing with various aspects of Church history (institutions, orders and congregations, laity, hagiography, etc). However it is not limited to the history of the Church in a strict sense: themes touching on the history of the Church are also covered (political, social and economic history, archeology, history of art, music, architecture, relationships to other religions, heretical movements etc.) It contains 286,000 references (and 92,0000 book reviews) from 1974 to 2011, and is regularly updated.
YouTube tutorials are available on specific topics or as general introduction to the bibliography.
Please send feedback on this resource to ejournals@ucl.ac.uk
Past Masters
By Catherine Sharp, on 17 January 2012
UCL has another trial of the Past Masters full collection until 29 February 2012.
- On-site access is available here.
- Off-site access is available via the link to Past Masters in the databases list.
Past Masters includes definitive editions of the complete works of seminal figures in the history of the humanities, including published and unpublished works, articles and essays, reviews and correspondence. It covers philosophy, political thought, religious studies, sociology, the history of science, economics and classics. Original language texts are available in Latin, French, German, Danish and Dutch, aside from English and English translation.
Please send feedback on this resource, including your thoughts on which authors are of most interest, to ejournals@ucl.ac.uk
MetaLib unavailable Thursday 5 January
By Catherine Sharp, on 3 January 2012
Owing to essential maintenance, MetaLib will be unavailable between 08:00 – 11:00 on Thursday 5th January 2012.
Alternative lists of ejournals and other eresources will be available during that time.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Rav-Milim Ha-Shalem
By Lesley A Rogers, on 5 December 2011
UCL students and staff now have access to Rav-Milim Ha-Shalem which is the most up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary available for the Hebrew language today. The dictionary was written and developed by a team of linguists and software developers headed by the renowned computational linguist, Prof. Yaacov Choueka, within the Center for Educational Technology.
Index to Hebrew Periodicals
By Catherine Sharp, on 15 November 2011
UCL had a trial of the Index to Hebrew Periodicals until 14 December 2011.
This database contains abstracts of major Hebrew journals from 1977 onwards (with the exception of weeklies and newsletters.) It covers a variety of subjects, with an emphasis on Judaica, literature, education, arts, law, and current Israeli affairs (politics and society). Around 15,000 articles, from around 400 current titles, are added annually.
For more information about the outcome of this trial, e-mail ejournals@ucl.ac.uk or post a comment, below.
Translated Texts for Historians
By Catherine Sharp, on 8 November 2011
UCL had a trial of Translated Texts for Historians until 7 December 2011.
This book series makes available historical sources from 300-800 AD translated into English, in many cases for the first time.
For more information about the outcome of this trial, e-mail ejournals@ucl.ac.uk or post a comment, below.
Trial of History databases
By Catherine Sharp, on 26 October 2011
UCL had a trial of several new historical databases, detailed below, until 26 November 2011.
- Early European Books 2 & 3: this database covers the history of printing in Europe from its origins to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images.
- Cecil Papers: 30,000 documents gathered by William Cecil (1521-98), Lord Burghley and his son Robert Cecil (1563-1612), First Earl of Salisbury, whose originals are held at Hatfield House.
- American Periodicals I & II: periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, and children’s and women’s magazines.
- Colonial State Papers: documents and bibliographic records relating to British trade, history and overseas expansion between the 16th and 18th centuries.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003).
For more information about the outcome of this trial, e-mail ejournals@ucl.ac.uk or post a comment, below.
