Headlines from the DBInfo Blog
The DBInfo Blog contains news and events about electronic resources at UML Libraries.Ebrary Adds New Scholarly Titles
Ebrary has recently added over 3,800 scholarly titles to its subscription database, Academic Complete, from over 150 prestigious publishers including University of North Carolina Press, De Gruyter, Oxford University Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, I.B. Tauris, and many more! Academic Complete now includes a growing selection of more than 84,900 e-books. Backlist Bonus! ebrary has also added 850+ [...]
American Chemical Society introduces ACS ChemWorx™
The American Chemical Society (ACS) announced today their launch of ACS ChemWorx, a single-source solution that combines reference discovery and management, professional networking, group and task management, and manuscript preparation in a single, secure location, accessible from anywhere. ChemWorx is available for free use by UMass Lowell users. Simply visit the ChemWorx site and create a free [...]
IEEE Announces New Enhancements to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library
IEEE Xplore will release its latest enhancement this week of 4 March 2013. In this release, users will now be able to search author names with more precision than ever. What is Author Disambiguation? In 2011, IEEE began an author name disambiguation initiative in support of the IEEE Xplore digital library. Author disambiguation establishes authority files for [...]
Oxford Islamic Studies added as new online resource
As part of an award from NEH and ALA for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, UMass Lowell Libraries has been provided a one-year subscription to the Oxford Islamic Studies Online database. Thanks to Sara Marks, Reference Librarian and Principle Investigator for this award, UMass Lowell is one of over 800 libraries in the U.S. that is [...]
Trial offer: IBIS World US Specialized reports
IBIS World has provided UMass Lowell Libraris a two week trial (2 Feb 2013 – 18 Feb. 2013) to its US Specialized Reports Collection. Access to this database is available from on and off campus to all UMass faculty, students, and staff. Links to the trial are available on the Library’s Database Trials & New Resources [...]