Hilda C. Landers Library & Archives

Database Trial: oaFindr from 1science

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Open Access LogoUntil November 30, SMCM Library has trial access to oaFindr from 1science.

oaFindr makes finding Open Access articles that are freely available on the internet a breeze. Instead of performing a number of different searches on different sites and different platforms, oaFindr offers one-click access to article PDFs from the search results.

And oaFindr is not just for the Sciences! Use it to find Open Access articles in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences as well.

If you like Google Scholar, you’ll love oaFindr!

Find oaFindr on the O tab on the SMCM Library Databases page.

New Database Trial

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Are you in search of information about Latin America?  The Caribbean?  Looking for scholarly articles, or simply statistics?  What about primary sources?  News sources?  Well, look no further!  The Library is hosting a free trial of Gale World Scholar:  Latin America and the Caribbean.  This database contains both historical and contemporary content from a variety of sources and document types, including:

  • Historical monographs, manuscripts and newspapers
  • Peer-reviewed journals
  • Audio, video and other multimedia
  • International news sources
  • Reference sources
  • Reliable statistics

You can access this trial through the month of November from on-campus at this URL. 

What do you think of this database?  Let us know!  By sharing your thoughts and feedback on this anonymous form, you’ll help us decide if we should continue providing access to this product or not, when our trial comes to an end.  Thanks!

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New Database Trial!

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Welcome back from Fall reading days!

We have another database on trial.  ProQuest Newsstand is a newspaper database of international, national and regional titles, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Guardian, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, and South China Morning Post.  We encourage you to give this database a try and let us know if it’s worth a subscription!  We have one month of free access, through November 14th, available on this trials page.  And while you’re there, take a look at ProQuest Central!  To share your feedback, use this anonymous online form.   We appreciate your thoughts and opinions, and use that feedback to make a more informed decision at the end of the trial.  Thanks in advance!

HAPI (Not to be confused with HAPPY)

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We’re starting a new database trial!

For the month of October, we will have access to HAPI, the Hispanic American Periodicals Index.  According to its website,

The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) is your source for approximately 300,000 journal article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

The Library is participating in a free trial to determine if the database is useful for student research and something worth adding to our collection.  We really would appreciate your feedback.  At the end of the trial, we will have to make a decision whether or not to start a subscription, and the more information we have from students and faculty, the more informed our decision will be.

When you have a moment in the next few weeks, please give HAPI a try from on campus and tell us what you think!  We appreciate your feedback!

Afro-Americana Imprints

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The Past and the Future

It’s that time of year, folks. The library is trialing a variety of different online resources, including:

Afro-Americana Imprints (1535-1922)

This online collection spans nearly 400 years, from the early 16th to the early 20th century. Critically important subjects covered include the West’s discovery and exploitation of Africa; the rise of slavery in the New World along with the growth and success of abolitionist movements; the development of racial thought and racism; descriptions of African American life—slave and free—throughout the Americas; and slavery and race in fiction and drama. Also featured are printed works of African American individuals and organizations.

Give it a try and let us know what you think by leaving a comment below or emailing Celia Rabinowitz.

Latin American Newspapers

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Diario_7261911_1Ready to try something new?  We are looking for feedback.  We have two new online resources on trial until April 13.  The more people who try them and give us feedback the better.  We will be making decisions soon about which online databases to renew for next year and what new ones to license.  Try them out and let us know what you think by leaving a comment below or emailing Celia Rabinowitz.

Latin American Newspapers (Series 1)

Latin American Newspapers (Series 2)

Latin American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2, 1805-1922, offer coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped this vital region during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and a dozen other countries, these resources provide a wide range of viewpoints from diverse Latin American cultures. Together, both series of Latin American Newspapers chronicles the evolution of Latin America over two centuries through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other items.    There are materials in English, Spanish, and French.

New Database Trial: Anthropology Plus

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The library will be providing access to the Anthropology Plus online database from now until Dec. 15, 2012 as part of our standard “Try before you buy” online resource vetting process. This resource is a compilation of information found in the Anthropological Index Online and Anthropological Literature, with the EBSCOhost interface we’re all so used to seeing.

Access Anthropology Plus online (while on campus).
For off-campus access, contact one of the librarians for a username and password.

The library relies heavily on input from faculty and students for our electronic resource purchasing decisions, so if you have a few minutes, please take a look at Anthropology Plus and leave your feedback online in our very short user survey.

You can learn more about Anthropology Plus on the EBSCOhost website.

New Database Trial

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CQ Press State StatsThe library is running a trial of the CQ Press State Stats database from now until June 11, 2012. Faculty who would like to trial this database from home can email viarellano [at] smcm [dot] edu for a username and password or call the library’s reference desk at 240-895-4272.

Access CQ Press State Stats

Leave your Feedback for CQ Press State Stats

According to the CQ website, State Stats includes data from more than 80 government and non-government sources on measures dating back more than 15 years for the 50 states and District of Columbia. Topics covered in this database include the following:

  • Agriculture
  • Crime & Law Enforcement
  • Defense
  • Demographics
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Employment & Labor
  • Geography, Energy & the Environment
  • Health & Medicine
  • Social Welfare
  • Taxes & Government Finance
  • Teaching & Education
  • Transportation

For more information about State Stats, visit the CQ Press website.

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