Send comments on any of these resources to edward-shreeves@uiowa.edu.
NOTES:
Colonial State Papers - Trial ends November 20, 2009
Password: iowa
This growing collection offers insight into the colonial history of North America and the West Indies. It includes the National Archives collection CO 1-- papers that were presented to the Privy Council and the Board of Trade during 1574-1757. More than 7,000 hand-written documents and more than 45,000 bibliographic records give fascinating insight into British trade, history and overseas expansion between the 16th and 18th centuries. Send comments to Chris Africa.
Defining Gender, 1450-1910 - Trial ends December 7, 2009
Defining Gender provides access to a vast body of original source material that will enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. Send comments to Marsha Forys.
Digital Microfilm - Trial ends December 17, 2009.
password: hello
ProQuest Digital Microfilm provides scanned newspapers in microfilm. Send comments to: Edward Shreeves.
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Trial ends December 31, 2009
The online version of the critically acclaimed Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis utilizes the full potential of the web by allowing alphanumeric searches through e-EROS and across all Wiley products, and by allowing chemical structure, substructure and reaction searching straight from a chemist's desktop. It contains a database of around 70,000 reactions and around 4000 of the most frequently consulted reagents and is fully searchable by structure and substructure, reagent, reaction type, experimental conditions etc. and allows sophisticated full text searches. Send comments to Leo Clougherty.
Keesing's World News Archive - Trial ends December 16, 2009
Keesing's is an archive of original, accurate, and objective articles on the world's political, social, and economic events. A team of experienced news writers and editors (based in Cambridge, UK) creates a series of concise, clear articles which are published every month, providing readers with a digestible but detailed summary of global news. Send comments to Brett Cloyd.
Palgrave Ebooks - Trial ends October 31, 2009
Business & Management 2007 | Economics & Finance 2007 | Political & International Studies 2007
Send comments to Dave Martin.
Simply Map Health Module - Trial ends October 31, 2009
The Health Module answers frequently asked questions about disease, health status, doctor visits and more. EASI has modeled the health statistics for the U.S. population based upon age, sex, and race probabilities. The probabilities are modeled against the EASI Census, current year and five year forecasts. The sources of this data is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Click the "All" button in the Variables Side Tab to display the Health Data folder at the bottom of the window. Send comments to Mary McInroy.
COMPLETED TRIALS
19th Century British Library Newspapers Digital Archive - Trial ended November 22, 2007. Resource purchased..
The 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth century Britain. This new collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present in the collection.
Send comments to chris-africa@uiowa.edu
19th Century UK Periodicals Digital Archive - Trial ends October 8, 2008.
19th Century UK Periodicals covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. Series I on New Readerships provides access to close to 100 periodicals for the study of British life in the 19th century - from women to sports and leisure, and from children to humour. It is mainly based on the repositories of the British Library and the National Library of Scotland. Send comments to Chris Africa.
19th Century UK Periodicals - Trial ends April 23, 2009. Libraries purchased.
19th Century UK Periodicals is a major multi-part series which covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. It is mainly based on the repositories of the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of South Africa, the National Library of Australia, and many others. Send comments to Chris Africa.
AccessPharmacy - Trial ended May 27, 2007. Decision has been made to purchase.
AccessPharmacy is an online curricular resource designed to meet the changing demands of pharmacy education. A flexible resource, AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.
AccessSurgery - Trial ended May 27, 2007. Decision has been made to purchase.
McGraw-Hill's AccessSurgery.com is an integrated online resource that provides medical students, surgical residents, and practicing surgeons with quick answers to surgical inquiries from trusted sources. Organized around the ACGME's (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) mandate for a Core Curriculum, AccessSurgery delivers content in context.
AccessUNDP (NewsBank) - Trial expired; resource was purchased. Available at http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=UNDW
The foremost index to a finite collection of United Nations Development Programme Project Reports issued and held by UN headquarters between the years 1972-1998. The index provides access to evaluative, technical and terminal reports (available in full-text on microfiche from NewsBank/Readex) submitted to the UN by numerous participating and executing agencies.
Accounting & Tax with Standards (ProQuest) - Trial expired; Libraries will not subscribe.
Accounting and Tax with Standards (Proquest) - Trial ends May 17, 2008. Libraries will not subscribe.
Please contact Dave Martin for a password to use the trial.
Search key accounting standards from FASB, GASB, and IASB along with top accounting literature. Standards content includes Original Pronouncements, Statements, Interpretations, Board Opinions, AICPA Interpretations, Current Text, EITF Abstracts and much more. International in scope, this product has in-depth coverage of accounting policies, state and national tax legislation, corporate taxation, as well as related accounting topics such as auditing, compensation, pension plans, and financial management.
African Writers Series - Trial ends March 2, 2009. Libraries will not subscribe.
African Writers Series has published the key texts of modern African literature. It has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing and includes over 230 volumes of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose. Send comments to Edward Miner.
Aluka - Trial ended June 30, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe.
"Aluka is a not-for-profit international collaboration of educational and cultural institutions. Our mission is to build a high-quality scholarly resource of materials from and about Africa. We seek to attract contributed collections about Africa from institutions and individuals around the world."
American Accounting Association (AAA) Electronic Journals Package - Trial expired; Libraries will subscribe. (1/30/07)
American Civil War Research Database - Trial ends March 31, 2008. Libraries will not purchase at this time.
The American Civil War Research Database is the definitive online resource for researching the individuals, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War. Originally created by Historical Data Systems, Inc., the database contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. With thousands of regimental rosters and officer profiles, the database will continue to grow as new information is loaded semiannually. Send comments to janalyn-moss@uiowa.edu
American Film Institute Catalog - Trial ends February 28, 2008. Resource purchased; access will continue after trial expires.
The AFI Catalog, the premier, authoritative resource of American film information for the years 1893-1972, is produced by the American Film Institute (AFI). The film experts at AFI update and add new records twice yearly and are working on completing their coverage of the 1970s. Send comments to timothy-shipe@uiowa.edu
American Mosaic - The Latino American Experience - Trial ended November 2, 2007. Decision has been made to not purchase at this time.
Latino American Experience (LAE) is the first-ever full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos.
Send comments to marsha-forys@uiowa.edu
ArchiveGrid - Trial ended April 30, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe at this time.
User ID: 100 318 537
Password: trialone
ArchiveGrid provides online access to nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide.
Armed Conflict Database - Trial ended April 27, 2007
IISS Armed Conflict Database is a frequently updated source of information on armed conflicts worldwide. You can generate reports and download data as well as browse through the yearly analyses and fact sheets online.
Black Short Fiction and Folklore from Africa and the African Diaspora - Trial ends March 13, 2009. Libraries will not purchase.
Black Short Fiction and Folklore is the most comprehensive collection yet created of stories from African and the African Diaspora. When complete, it will feature 8,000 stories and folk tales published in more than 15 countries from the mid-1900s to the present. In addition to these published works, the database features previously uncollected works and unpublished manuscripts by many authors. Send comments to Edward Miner.
Blackwell Compass Journals - Trial ends March 26, 2008. Under consideration for purchase. Awaiting further information on pricing from publisher (11/17/08).
Each Compass journal publishes peer-reviewed survey articles from across the entire discipline. Experienced researchers, teaching faculty, and advanced students will all benefit from the accessible, informative articles that provide overviews of current research. Disciplines are: history, literature, philosophy, religion, geography, language & linguistics, sociology, and social & personality psychology. Send comments to edward-shreeves@uiowa.edu
Blackwell Compass Philsophy- Trial ends June 6, 2008. Under consideration for purchase (11/17/08).
Compass Philosophy publishes peer-reviewed survey articles from across the entire discipline. Experienced researchers, teaching faculty, and advanced students will all benefit from the accessible, informative articles that provide overviews of current research.
Send comments to Chris Africa.
British Periodicals Collection II - Trial ended December 15, 2007. Resource purchased.
British Periodicals Collection II consists of more than 300 journals from the UMI microfilm collections English Literary Periodicals and British Periodicals in the Creative Arts together with additional titles, amounting to almost 3 million pages. Topics covered include literature, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture. Send comments to Edward Shreeves.
Business Books Summaries - Trial ends January 15, 2009. Libraries will not subscribe.
Provides comprehensive, yet concise summaries for the best business books available. Only the top 1% of the more than 5,000 business books published each year in the United States is selected for inclusion in the database PLUS more than 700 of the top business books from the last 20 years. All books covered by BBS are summarized by professionals & present the key concepts and relevant business thoughts to people with no time to read the entire book. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Business Source Complete - Trial ended May 1, 2007. Libraries will subscribe.
As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. The database covers full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Cambridge Histories Online - Trial ends October 30, 2008. Decision has been made to purchase.
This historical reference compendium allows instant access to the texts of the Cambridge Histories series. Contains over 250 volumes published since 1960. Send comments to Chris Africa.
Cardiosource Plus for Institutions (American College of Cardiology)
Click on the Sign Up Now button (top right corner) to register. Active until Jan. 31, 2007. Trial expired.
The Libraries will not subscribe at this time. (2/12/07)
Quick Start Guide 
Caribbean Literature - Trial ended May 31, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe.
Caribbean Literature will comprise 100,000 pages of fiction and poetry of hundreds of authors in various languages. The published volumes, manuscripts, archival and other kinds of materials targeted for inclusion in this collection will be presented in their original language.
Charles S. Peirce and Samuel Johnson -- InteLex Past Masters - Trial ends May 11, 2009. Libraries will not purchase.
Send comments to Chris Africa.
Classical Scores Library - Trial ended May 31, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe at this time.
Classical Scores Library will contain 400,000 pages of the most important classical scores and manuscripts, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 8,000 scores. Content in this first release includes 800 scores (approx. 25,000 pages) of in-copyright material from Boosey and Hawkes and selected material from the University Music Editions microfilm series. 49 composers' works are included in this release, including notable 20th-century composers such as Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Igor Stravinsky, Steve Reich, and Ned Rorem. This first release contains 16 full operas, 7 oratorios, over 50 string quartets, 27 symphonies, 60 concerti, and more.
Clinical Resource@Ovid - Trial expired; Libraries will not subscribe (2/6/07).
The Correspondence of John Dewey - Trial ended September 23, 2007. Resource was purchased.
Send comments to timothy-shipe@uiowa.edu
CQ Congress Data Export Feature - Trial ended Nov. 31, 2007. Resource was purchased.
[Go to CQ Electronic Library, click on CQ Congress, and see Export Data link on left toolbar]
Congress Collection's new Export Data feature allows users to export data on Congress members and their votes. All data is exported according to an 'airplane ticket' format which progressively refines search delimiters, allowing researchers to build their data export based on a series of prompts and option selections. In the final data export stage, you can choose to have the data sent to your disk or email, in either text or spreadsheet format.
Send comments to brett-cloyd@uiowa.edu
CQ Global Researcher - Trial ended June 6, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe.
The new CQ Global Researcher meets the increasing demand for balanced, reliable reporting on international issues and crises. Modeled after CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher delivers definitive, in-depth coverage of newsworthy global affairs from a multitude of international viewpoints.
CQ Global Researcher - Trial Ends September 11, 2008. Resource was purchased.
From the publisher: “The new CQ Global Researcher meets the increasing demand for balanced, reliable reporting on international issues and crises. Modeled after the renowned, award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher delivers definitive, in-depth coverage of newsworthy global affairs from a multitude of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues.” Please contact Brett Cloyd with comments (brett-cloyd@uiowa.edu)
Declassified Documents Reference System Digital Archive - Trial ends October 8, 2008. Purchase was purchased..
The Declassified Documents Reference System provides online access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified government documents. Covering major international events from the Cold War to the Vietnam War and beyond, this single source enables users to locate key information underpinning studies in international relations, American studies, United States foreign and domestic policy studies, journalism and more. Send comments to Janalyn Moss.
Demographics Now (Username: uiowa Password: uiowa) - Trial ended July 28, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe.
DemographicsNow is brought to you by SRC, the industry's leading developer of business and market intelligence solutions. For an affordable annual subscription or low monthly fee, you'll have access to timely, accurate and comprehensive market information analyses to help you better understand your business and consumer opportunities.
The Digital Karl Barth Library - Trial ended May 17, 2007. Library will not subscribe at this time.
The current release features the first 36 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, originally published under the TVZ imprint. Among the works included in the Gesamtausgabe are hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. New content, including Barth's monumental Kirchliche Dogmatik, will be added on a quarterly basis.
Digital National Security Archive - Trial ends October 16, 2008. Decision was made not to purchase.
From Proquest's website: "The Digital National Security Archive contains the most comprehensive collection of primary documents available. The database includes more than 63,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. There are 30 complete collections, each offering specialized insights. Integrated, they allow you to explore policy across several different areas at once." Send comments to Janalyn Moss.
EconLit with Full-Text - Trial ended May 1, 2007. Decision pending.
EconLit, with Full Text contains all of the content available in EconLit, plus full text for more than 400 publications including titles from the American Economic Association (all with no embargo), such as: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. This database will also include many non-English full-text journals in economics & finance.
Econometric Society Monographs - Trial ended Dec. 1, 2007. Resource will be purchased.
The Econometric Society monographs are high-quality research works in the fields of Economic Theory, Econometrics, and Quantitative Economics more generally. Publications range from more or less extensive accounts of the state of the art in a field to which the authors have made significant contributions, to shorter monographs representing important advances on more specific issues. Produced in partnership with the Econometric Society, Econometric Society Monographs Online makes these unique works available exclusively through Cambridge Collections Online. Send comments to Dave Martin at j-martin@uiowa.edu
Eighteenth Century Journals Portal - Trial ends May 15, 2009. Libraries will not purchase.
This Portal brings together rare journals printed between c1685 and 1815, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered are extremely wide-ranging and include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion. Send comments to Marsha Forys.
Electronic Enlightenment - Trial ends December 31, 2008. Resource has been purchased.
EE presents more than 53,000 letters and documents from the best critical editions from Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Edinburgh University Press, the Voltaire Foundation, and University of Toronto Press. In subsequent updates, additional leading scholarly and university presses will be joining the project, including Duke, Johns Hopkins, Norstedts, Pickering & Chatto, Virginia Historical Society, and Meiner Verlag. EE offers innovative online access to the correspondence of nearly 6,000 writers including Addison, Bentham, Boswell, Defoe, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Locke, Pope, Rousseau, Smith, Swift, Sterne and Voltaire.
EMIS (Emerging Markets Information Service) - Trial expired March 13, 2007 - Libraries will not subscribe at this time.
Username: us-uiowa (lowercases)
Password: martin (lowercases)
[select country, then news source and you will be prompted to log in]
EMIS gives emerging market specialists worldwide one-stop Internet access to mission-critical information from more than 70 emerging markets in Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Produced by an expert team of Product Managers and Information Specialists in 21 offices around the world, EMIS aggregates more than 9500 local and international sources, including ISI Emerging Markets’ own IntelliNews editorial and sector reporting.
Entrepreneurship - Trial ends June 5, 2009. Libraries will not subscribe.
Search worldwide publications and multi-media related to the topic of entrepreneurship. Intended to bridge theory with practice, the Entrepreneurship database covers a wide spectrum of resources useful to educators, researchers, students and practitioners. Content ranges from the scholarly - including journals, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings - to a full toolkit of practical guides, templates, forms, sample business plans, and tips from successful entrepreneurs. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Europa World of Learning - Trial ended April 27, 2007
The print edition of this title was first published almost 60 years ago and has become widely acclaimed as the premier source of information on the academic sphere world-wide. The online version builds on this success by providing a full range of sophisticated search and browse functions, and regular updates of content. The result is a site that offers access to global institutions of higher education and learning, and to the people who work within them.
Europa World Plus - Trial ended April 27, 2007
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. First published in 1926, the year book is one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
ExamMaster Online - Active until June 15, 2007 (Decision has been made to purchase, 5/3/07)
Exam Master OnLine is a premier computer based system designed to provide the most realistic and effective exam preparation possible. It is an efficient way to study for the USMLE, board certification exams, and to review medical subjects.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1975-1996) - Trial ends March 14, 2008. Resource purchased .
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1975-1996) consist of translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from nations around the globe. These media sources were monitored in their languages of origin, translated into English and issued by an agency of the U.S. Government. FBIS Daily Reports from Readex represent a unique resource for the study of foreign affairs, business, law, sociology, political science and more, as they cover all regions of the world. During the trial period, access is available for the Middle East and Africa (1974-1987) and Near East and South Asia (1987-1996). Send comments to Brett Cloyd.
FBIS Daily Reports
(NewsBank) - Trial expired; resource was purchased. Available at http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=FBIS
An index to the FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government covering political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues and events throughout the world. Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world are the sources of this information.
The Gilded Age - Trial ends March 31, 2008. Libraries will not purchase at this time.
The Gilded Age brings primary documents and scholarly commentary together into a searchable collection that is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history. In addition to an extensive selection of key treatises that reflect the social and cultural ferment of the late nineteenth century, The Gilded Age offers a wealth of rare materials, including songs, letters, photographs, cartoons, government documents, and ephemera. This primary content is enhanced by video interviews with scholars and numerous topical critical documentary essays specially commissioned for the project by Alexander Street Press. Send comments to janalyn-moss@uiowa.edu
Global Market Information Database (GMID) - Trial ends February 29, 2008. Decided not to purchase.
Global Market Information Database (GMID) , from Euromonitor International, offers quality international market intelligence on industries, countries and consumers. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Historical New York Times with Index - Trial ends March 18, 2009. Libraries will not subscribe.
The Historical New York Times with Index (1851-1993) provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times (1851-2005). Send comments to Steve Ostrem.
History Reference Online Complete - Trial ended June 18, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe.
History Reference Online Complete is an extensive, full-text online collection of 550 reference titles which cover a broad range of subjects including:
American and World History
Pop culture, folklore, and mythology
Law and government
History of religion
Geography
Political, social, and military history
World and U.S. issues
History of science, technology, and the environment
Title list (in excel)
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 - Trial ends October 22, 2008. Decision has been made to not purchase.
Contains newspaper titles from 22 states between 1808-1980. Send comments to Marsha Forys.
International Who's Who - Trial ended April 27, 2007
From heads of state, politicians, religious leaders and ambassadors, to the eminent and successful in business, finance, technology, film, music, fashion, sport, literature and the performing arts, The International Who's Who outlines the lives and achievements of more than 25,000 of the most distinguished men and women from almost every country in the world.
Japan Knowledge Databases - Trial ended November 30, 2007.
JapanKnowledgeshttp://na.jkn21.com/
Jitsushttp://moji.na.jkn21.com/
Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikeishttp://rekishi.jkn21.com/
Nikkoku Onlineshttp://nikkoku.jkn21.com/
Send comments to chiaki-sakai@uiowa.edu
John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera - Trial ends March 2, 2009. Libraries will not purchase.
This collection provides access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Categories include Nineteenth-Century Entertainment, the Booktrade, Popular Prints, Crimes, Murders and Executions, and Advertising. Send comments to Chris Africa.
Kompass: the Business to Business Search Engine - Trial ends July 15, 2008. Decision has been made to purchase.
A business to business search engine that includes 2.3M companies in 66 countries referenced by 57.000 product & service keywords 860.000 trade names and 4.6M executive name. Send comments to Dave Martin.
LexisNexis American Statistics Digital Collection - Trial expired Dec. 31, 2006. Decision has been made to purchase (1/30/07), access currently active.
100% PDF coverage of anything in American Statistics Index (ASI). Do a search and at the bottom of the results you will see a link to PDF.
Lexis Nexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection - Trial ends September 30, 2008. Resource purchased.
The Hearings collection includes two parts. Part A includes material from 1833-1979. Part B includes 1980-2003. From the publisher: “Hearings contain the full transcripts of the proceedings, including all oral statements, committee questions, and discussion. They also contain texts of related reports, statistical analyses, correspondence, exhibits, and articles presented by witnesses or inserted into the record by committee members and staff.” Send comments to Marianne Mason.
LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection Prospective Subscription - Active until December 31, 2006. Decision has been made to purchase (1/30/07), access currently active.
Go to the "Advanced Search" tab
LexisNexis Statistical DataSets - Trial ends June 30, 2008. Decision has been made not to purchase.
Please contact Marianne Mason for username and password.
LexisNexis Statistical DataSets - Trial ends June 30, 2008. Decision has been made not to purchase.
Please contact Marianne Mason for username and password.
Library Literature Retrospective: 1905-1983 - Trial ended March 31, 2007. Decision has been made to not purchase at this time (4/17/07)
Library Lit Retrospective provides indexing of over 1,200 periodicals, with citations to more than 500,000 articles. It also includes: thousands of monograph and book review records extend coverage far beyond journals to the whole scope of library and information science literature; multilingual coverage, with translated titles and English language summaries, covers journals in French, Spanish, Russian, German, Hungarian, Danish, Norwegian, Italian, and other languages; truly international coverage comprehensively surveys library science publishing in Europe, Russia, China, India, Australia, and Latin America.
Life and Times of Jorge Luis Borges - Trial ended April 13, 2007. Decision has been made to purchase this resource (4/23/07)
This database allows searches from a variety of queries and provides bibliographic, textual, chronological, and illustrated matter. Subjects covered are all those of interest to Borges: literature, culture, history, politics, philosophy, linguistics, and art.
Literary Manuscripts (Berg) - Trial ends March 31, 2009. Libraries will not purchase.
Literary Manuscripts is drawn from the nineteenth century holdings of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature from the New York Public Library. While the holdings of the Berg extend from 1480 to the present day, its most extensive holdings date from the nineteenth century. Fifteen author collections were selected with guidance from Dr Isaac Gewirtz, curator of the collection. They were selected with reference to the importance of each authors' contribution to Victorian literature, and the strength and significance of the Berg's holdings for that author. Send comments to Marsha Forys.
Library PressDisplay - Trial ends October 27, 2009. Libraries will not subscribe at this time.
PressDisplay provides instant online access to today's newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The ever-expanding collection currently includes nearly 1,000 U.S. and international titles. Just like reading the familiar print edition, viewers can browse articles and other key content, such as pictures, advertisements, classifieds, and notices. Send comments to Von Yeager.
Literature Resource Center - Trial ended May 30, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Literary Criticism Online - Active until January 31, 2007. Decision pending, under active consideration (2/5/07)
Medieval Travel Writing - Trial ends October 22, 2008. Decision has been made not to purchase.
This new collection from Adam Matthew Digital presents manuscripts of some of the most important works of European travel writing from the later medieval period. The chief focus is on journeys to central Asia and the Far East, including accounts of travel to Mongolia, Persia, India, China and South-East Asia. Send comments to Rijn Templeton.
Mergent Horizon - Trial ends June 20, 2008. Resource was purchased.
Mergent Horizon is an online research application that includes the most comprehensive database of US-traded companies organized by the goods and services from which they derive their revenues as well as their key business relationships. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Monthly Catalogue of US Government Publication, 1895-1976 - Trial ends September 30, 2008. Decision to purchase not yet made (11/17/08).
The Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications, 1895-1976 is a faithful digital version of the US Government Printing Office’s authorized government bibliography from 1895 to June 1976. Send comments to Marianne Mason.
National Socialism, Holocaust, Resistance and Exile 1933-1945 - Trial ended October 31, 2007. Libraries will not purchase.
Note: you must "allow pop-up" windows for the link above in order to access the resource.
Send comments to chris-africa@uiowa.edu
Natural Standard -Trial ended August 31, 2007. Decision pending.
The Natural Standard Research Collaboration is an international, multidisciplinary research group founded by clinicians and researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of California. Natural Standard provides high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies and includes contributors from more than 100 eminent academic institutions world-wide.
North American Women's Drama - Trial ended November 19, 2007.
When complete North American Women's Drama will bring together more than 1,500 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information. The collection begins with the works of Mercy Otis Warren and Susanna Haswell Rowson in colonial times and spans the 19th and 20th centuries to the present. It is planned to include contemporary playwrights, such as Tina Howe, Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, Maria Irene Fornes, Megan Terry, Emily Mann, Jane Martin, Susan Sontag, and Paula Vogel. More>>
Send comments to kathy-magarrell@uiowa.edu
Oxford African American Studies Center - Trial ends March 23, 2008. Resource was purchased.
The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The resource provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field. Send comments to Janalyn Moss.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Trial ended October 14, 2007. Libraries will subscribe.
Initially offering millions of words, phrases, and translations, in French, German, Spanish and Italian, the site will expand to include many other languages such as Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Polish. Included are usage examples and illustrative phrases, grammar guidance, click-through verb tables and pronunciation charts, explanations of grammatical terms, and help with spelling and punctuation. Also included are hundreds of correspondence templates including sample letters, CVs and resumes to provide practical help with writing in each language. Send comments to steve-ostrem@uiowa.edu
Oxford Scholarship Online - Trial ends April 26, 2008. Resource was purchased.
Oxford Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 1,900 Oxford books. Send comments to edward-shreeves@uiowa.edu
Plunkett Research Ltd - Trial ends March 5, 2008. Library will not purchase.
username: iowacity, password: trial
Plunkett Research, Ltd. is a leading provider of industry sector analysis and research, industry trends and industry statistics. Their research reports and online subscription services are used by the corporations, consultants, universities, libraries and government agencies. Plunkett Research, Ltd. was established in 1985. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Polymer Library - Trial ends December 18, 2008. Libraries will not subscribe.
Polymer Library is an online library providing valuable information to the rubber, plastics, adhesives and composite industries. Source materials include over 300 journals, together with conference papers, specifications and standards, books, reports, press releases, company literature, data sheets and directories. PL also has Patent records from 1994 - 2001.
Primary Sources of the Women's Movement, 1960 to present: Publications on the Status of Women - Active until December 31, 2006. Resource not purchased.
Primary Sources of the Women's Movement, 1960 to Present: Publications on the Status of Women is an archive of all available publications of federal, state and local Commissions on the Status of Women beginning in the mid-1960s. These resources include data and statistics, personal testimony, chronologies, milestones, biographies, laws and legal challenges, training instructions, self-help guides, and more.
Religion Databases from Ebsco - Trial ended July 16, 2007. Decision has been made to purchase.
User ID: religion | Password: cic
Primary Sources in Counseling and Psychology, 1950 to Present - Trial ended Sept. 30, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe.
Primary Sources in Counseling and Psychology is a searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material. New material is added on a biweekly basis and, when complete, the database will contain more than 2,000 session transcripts, 40,000 pages of first-person accounts, and 25,000 pages of secondary reference material. The database currently includes approximately 12,500 pages of material, including about 1,800 pages of reference material, 5,700 pages of personal accounts, and 4,900 pages of session transcripts.
Send comments to dorothy-persson@uiowa.edu
PsycBOOKS - Trial ends May 2, 2008. Libraries will not subscribe at this time.
PsycBOOKS is a full-text database of books and chapters in the American Psychological Association's array of quality electronic databases. Each month books published by APA and classic books from other publishers are added to the database. For a list of the latest releases, please click here. Send comments to Dottie Persson.
PsycEXTRA - Trial ends May 2, 2008. Libraries will not subscribe at this time.
PsycEXTRA, a gray literature database, is a companion to the scholarly PsycINFO database. It supplies clinicians, information professionals, policy-makers, researchers, and consumers with a wide variety of important information in psychology, behavioral science, and health. Most of the content was written for professionals and disseminated outside of peer-reviewed journals. Documents include newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, consumer brochures, and more. Send comments to Dottie Persson.
PsycINFO - Trial ends May 2, 2008. Libraries will subscribe.
PsycINFO is an abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. PsycINFO contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, cited references, and descriptive information to help you find what you need across a wide variety of scholarly publications in the behavioral and social sciences. Send comments to Dottie Persson.
R2 Digital Library - Trial ends December 31, 2008. Libraries purchased some titles.
The R2 Library, a collection of electronic books in the health sciences from Rittenhouse Book Distributors, is currently being evaluated by the Hardin Library. Books in the collection come from a wide variety of publishers, including Wiley, Thomson Healthcare, Elsevier, McGraw-Hill, and many others. Please send comments, including recommendations on individual book titles that you find useful, to Janna Lawrence.
Risk Management Reference Center (RMRC) (EBSCOhost) - Active through December 31, 2006. Libraries will not subscribe (1/30/07)
Routledge Reference Resources online - Trial ended April 27, 2007
This resource brings together the very best reference content from across Routledge's publishing heritage in unique subject collections. The first fully-searchable and cross-referenced releases are in the areas of Religion, and Politics and International Relations.
Safari Tech Books Online - Trial ends October 4, 2008. Libraries cannot subscribe at this time, due to lack of funding.
An e-reference library for programmers and IT professionals.
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SciBX- Trial ends April 22, 2009. Libraries will not subscribe.
Nature's SciBX provides a unique scientific and commercial perspective on today’s breakthrough science. SciBX distills the weekly flood of over 400 scientific articles down to the 25 most significant developments each week and provides in-depth analysis and commentary on the most important findings. SciBX will help the scientists and policy makers at your institution save time and resources by tracking and highlighting emerging translational science. Send comments to Dave Martin.
Shakespeare Survey - Trial ends September 26, 2008. Resource was purchased.
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies, and of the year's major British performances. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from Shakespeare's time to our own, have characterised the journal from the start. Send comments to Marsha Forys.
SimplyMap - Trial ended September 28, 2007. Resource purchased.
SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data. SimplyMap turns complex data into valuable information that is easily accessed through an innovative and user-friendly interface. Quick Reference Guide. Send comments to mary-mcinroy@uiowa.edu
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007 - Trial ended November 13, 2007. Resource purchased.
This is an essential portal for slavery studies, bringing together documents and collections covering an extensive time period spanning six centuries, from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. Designed for both teaching and research use, there is extensive coverage of topics such as the African Coast; the Middle Passage; the varieties of slave experience (urban, domestic, industrial, farm, ranch and plantation); Spiritualism and Religion; Resistance and Revolts; the Underground Railroad; the Abolition Movement; Legislation; Education; the Legacy of Slavery and Slavery Today. Send comments to chris-africa@uiowa.edu
Social Work Abstracts - Trial ended September 29, 2007. Libraries subscribed.
Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1977. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems. Researchers seeking scholarly and professional perspectives on subjects such as therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil and legal rights, and more will find Social Work Abstracts to be a useful resource.
Small Business Reference Center - Trial ended July 31, 2007. Libraries will not subscribe.
This database offers articles, sample business plans and overviews on a variety of business types and topics. The “business types” section includes information on bakeries, florists, health clubs, law firms, grocery stores, meeting planners and more. The “business topics” section offers information on a variety of topics including: small business assistance, business planning and franchises.
Springer EBooks - Trial ended November 16, 2007. Resource will be purchased.
The trial includes access to all English/International language content from 2005, 2006, and 2007, as well as book series dating back to 1997. Covers English language books published in 2005 - 2007, including all monographs, reference works and book series (back to 1997).
Direct Links: Books | Book Series | Reference Works
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State Papers Online, 1509-1714 - Trial ends April 2, 2009
State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a searchable archive of 16th- and 17th-century State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council for research and teaching projects in politics, government, and social, economic, and religious history. Send comments to Chris Africa.
Synthesis - Trial ends May 19, 2008. Libraries will not subscribe.
The Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science is an electronic book collection comprised of brief lectures on a variety of technical topics. These 50 to 150 page lectures are written by prominent engineers, researchers, and scientists. The lectures treat their topics in more detail and with more background information than a standard journal article but are significantly shorter than most textbooks. Send comments to John Forys.
Theatre in Video Active through December 31, 2006. Decision has been made to purchase.
Theatre in Video contains more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video-more than 500 hours in all. These definitive performances, by leading actors and directors, have been painstakingly licensed from a wide range of copyright holders. They are now delivered to you over the Internet, in a revolutionary new format developed specifically for drama. For the first time, students, instructors, and researchers can bookmark specific scenes, monologues, and staging examples and then include those online links in their papers and course reserves.