What’s New: New Databases for Fall 2007

This fall, the University Libraries offer a number of new reference databases and other online resources to the University Community. You can find the complete list of reference databases at http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/index.html.

General & Reference

  Library/Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost)

Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. [user guide]

Arts & Humanities

  Theater in Video (Alexander Street Press)

Provides streaming video of over 250 plays and 100 film documentaries. Includes performances featuring notable actors and actresses from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. [technical requirements]

Education

  KCDLOnline

The Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL) Online is a searchable database of 7,000 curricula, frameworks, and standards, including educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Of these, over 3,000 documents are available in full text.

Health Sciences

  FSTA Direct (IFIS)

Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) provides access to citations and abstracts dealing with all human food commodities and food processing (except for the production of raw food). Topics covered include microbiology, toxicology and hygiene, economics and statistics, engineering, packaging, and many food products. FSTA indexes articles, patents, standards, books, conference proceedings, research reports, dissertations, and legislation. 1969-. Updated weekly.

Government, Politics, and Law

  NTIS/GPO Depository Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS)

Full text access to online NTIS reports. May be searched by keyword, author or title. 1990-. One simultaneous user only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.

  Statistical Warehouse (Regional OneSource)

A database of statistical information under 46 various subject headings grouped into ten categories including demographics, economics, social indicators, health and health-related behavior, government enrollment, payroll and finances, politics and political science, geographic and climatic data, intellectual property, and social services. Updated continuously.

Social Sciences

  AnthroSource

Full text access to current and back issues of fifteen of the American Anthropological Association's periodicals. Coverage varies by publication, but generally covers the 1990s to the present.

  PILOTS (CSA)

The PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) database provides current and retrospective indexing and selected abstracting of literature on post-traumatic stress disorder and related psychological effects of traumatic events. 1871-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost)

Provides full text access to articles from journals published by APA and allied organizations. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. 1988-. [user guide]

For more information...
If you have any questions about the new databases, please call or stop by the Reference Desk, University Library, Kingston at (401) 874-2653.