New Databases

The following databases have been added to Hoover Library’s electronic collection, to access them go to our list of databases. If you have any questions about the databases, please contact Sally Jones at sajones@mcdaniel.edu. *Keep checking back for more additions.

Westlaw

Campus Research is an easy-to-use online research service that provides college and university students with access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources.

Literature Resource Center

Literature Resource Center is “the most current, comprehensive, and reliable online resource for research on literary topics, authors, and their works. Its coverage includes all genres and disciplines, all time periods, and all regions of the world.”

Academic Search Complete

“Academic Search Complete is the world’s most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,990 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,030 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,990 journals and a total of more than 10,400 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 journals.”

ATLA Religion Database

“ATLA Religion Database provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. ATLA Religion Database contains more than 1.6 million bibliographic records covering the research literature of religion in over 60 languages. It includes more than 537,000 article citations from more than 1,633 journals (518 currently indexed), more than 225,000 essay citations from over 18,700 multi-author works, more than 494,000 book review citations. Coverage spans from 1949 to the present. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.”

Music Databases

African American Music Reference “contains 50,000 pages that offer the first comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression. It also includes 2,163 essays and images from 49 sources, over 17,222 pages.”

Classical Music Reference Library “brings together more than 30,000 pages of essential reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music, in a unified online database. Included are the authoritative reference titles Baker’s Dictionary of Music, Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker’s Student Encyclopedia of Music, which are available for the first time in electronic form. This release includes 26,774 essays and images from 23 sources, over 26742 pages.”

Garland Encyclopedia of Music Online “The first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music. This release includes 1,210 essays and images from 10 sources.

Classical Scores Library “contains 400,000 pages of the most important classical scores and manuscripts, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 8,000 scores. This release includes 1,816 scores and 98,396 pages.

Philosopher’s Index

“Philosopher’s Index, produced by the Philosopher’s Information Center, is a current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. The Philosopher’s Index, considered the most thorough index of journal literature on the subject, features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews. The Philosopher’s Index contains research published since 1940 including nearly 570 journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages.”

Tests in Print

“Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).”

New Green Database

Hoover Library has received a complimentary subscription to the database GreenFILE. “GreenFile offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.” To access GreenFILE, go to the library home page at http://hoover.mcdaniel.edu/, click on Find Articles, then scroll down to Databases & Indexes and click on GreenFILE. If you have any questions, please contact Sally Jones at sajones@mcdaniel.edu.

New Database

Hoover Library has added Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage to our electronic collection. “S&P’s Net Advantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to Standard & Poor’s independent research, data and commentary on stocks, bonds, funds, and industries.” S&P Net Advantage replaces our print subscriptions to Corporation Records, The Outlook, Stock Guide, Bond Guide, Quarterly Dividend Records, and Credit Week. To access the database, go to the library home page at http://hoover.mcdaniel.edu/, click on Find Articles, then scroll down to Databases & Indexes and click on Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage. If you have any questions, please contact Sally Jones at sajones@mcdaniel.edu.

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New Database Trials

Hoover Library is conducting trials for the databases listed below. To access the trials, go to the library home page at http://hoover.mcdaniel.edu/, click on Find Articles, then scroll down to the Trials feature and click one of the links provided. Don’t forget to sign-on! If you have any questions, please contact Sally Jones at sajones@mcdaniel.edu.

Harper’s Weekly – “Harper’s Weekly was the definitive newspaper of record for the latter part of the 19th century and early 20th. It had broad distribution and a broad circulation and effective readership of at least half a million people.”

Classical Music Reference Library – “Classical Music Reference Library brings together more than 30,000 pages of essential reference materials, including Baker’s Dictionary of Music, Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker’s Student Encyclopedia of Music, which have never before been available in electronic form.”

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online – “The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music. Since its first publication in 1997, The Garland Encyclopedia has been the preeminent reference work for research in this area and a favorite of libraries everywhere.”

Classical Scores Library – “Classical Scores Library contains 400,000 pages of the most important classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 8,000 musical scores. Many items have associated audio tracks in Classical Music Library, so that subscribers to both databases can listen to a recording online while following along with the full score.”

African American Music Reference – “From early slave spirituals to 20th century movements revolving around jazz, blues, and gospel, African American music has played an integral role in the development of music worldwide. African American Music Reference is the first comprehensive reference database to chronicle this rich history of African American music through 1970.”

Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage Trial

Hoover Library is conducting a trial of Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage. “S&P’s Net Advantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to Standard & Poor’s independent research, data and commentary on stocks, bonds, funds, and industries.” To access the trial, go to the library home page at http://hoover.mcdaniel.edu/, click on Find Articles, then scroll down to the Trials feature and click on Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage. Don’t forget to sign-on. If you have any questions, please contact Sally Jones at sajones@mcdaniel.edu.

Printing

Hoover Library is currently experiencing printing problems in the reference area. IT has been notified. If you experience difficulties with printing, you can save your document to a flash drive, email it to yourself, or print from one of the computer labs. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you have questions, call the help desk at x3390.

Standard & Poor’s Corporation Records Now Available in Electronic Format

Standard & Poor’s Corporation Records is now available in electronic format. We will no longer have the paper copies in our collection. The records can be accessed by choosing  Find Articles on the Hoover Library home page, then scrolling to #51 on the database list.

Westlaw Campus Research Trial

Hoover Library is conducting a trial of the database Westlaw Campus Research. “Campus Research™ is a superior research service for news, business and law related information – and it is designed especially to meet the needs of both librarians and students.” To access the trial, go to the library home page at http://hoover.mcdaniel.edu/, click on Find Articles, then scroll down to the Trials feature and click on Westlaw Campus Research, don’t forget to sign-on. If you have any questions, please contact Sally Jones at sajones@mcdaniel.edu.

New Computer Lab Print Management System

The McDaniel College IT Department has implemented a new printing system that has been installed on all of the Library computers. For more information about this system, please see the email below sent by the IT Department to all McDaniel students.

From: “McDaniel Computer Lab Information” <labhelp@mcdaniel.edu>
To: allugstudentslist@mcdaniel.edu, allgrstudentslist@mcdaniel.edu
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 10:13:26 AM (GMT-0500) Auto-Detected
Subject: [Allugstudentslist] New Computer Lab Print Management System

In conjunction with the Green Terra program, the Information Technology
department has implemented a print management system in the campus
computer labs. Through this system, any person with a valid McDaniel
email account will have their printing account credited with $20 worth
of free printable pages. Each page printed will deduct five cents from
the printing account, and users will be able to purchase additional
pages at five cents per page as the initial $20 quota is nearing
exhaustion.

To purchase additional pages, you may see either Donni Folendorf in the
main Information Technology office, lower level of Decker Center, or
Marylin Bell in G3 LHS during regular working hours of 8:30am-4:30pm on
weekdays. If you are not on campus during those hours you may send your
CASH or CHECK payment to IT (checks made payable to McDaniel College)
via campus mail. Be sure to include your name, and student ID # or Email
address with your payment. (Your account CANNOT be accessed by your SSN,
so please do not give us that information.)

Important user information:
In order to print in a lab (or in the Library)*, when the Print Limit Pro window opens, enter your McDaniel email username and password. Once logged in, your balance
will be shown in an onscreen window and you will be able to print.
While the printing system is set to logout after five minutes it is
still highly recommended that you make sure that you logout before
leaving the computer. Your current balance, printing history, charges
per print job and environmental impact may all be viewed by logging into
the web interface of Print Limit Pro (using your McDaniel email username
and password) at this address:
https://labprint.mcdaniel.edu:9192/user

*added by Hoover Library