New Titles Added to JSTOR

The following journals were added to the JSTOR archive today. The full details for the journals are:

Acquisitions (Fogg Art Museum) (Arts & Sciences V)
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Release Content:
Nos. 1959/1962 – 1969/1970
Publisher: President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Art Museum
ISSN: 0440-3800
Publication of this title ceased in 1970.

Annual Report (Harvard Art Museums) (Arts & Sciences V)
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Release Content:
Nos. 1997/1998 – 2005/2006
Publisher: President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Art Museum
Content for this title is released as soon as the latest issues become available to JSTOR.
ISSN: 1534-5920

Berliner Museen (Arts & Sciences Complement)
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Previous Title: Amtliche Berichte aus den Koniglichen Kunstsammlungen (0934-9138)
Previous Title: Amtliche Berichte aus den Preuszischen Kunstsammlungen (0934-5795)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 - 23; 1951 - 1973
Vols. 41 – 64; 1919 – 1943
Vol. 40, Nos. 3-12; 1918 – 1919
Vols. 1 – 40; 1880 – 1918
Publisher: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin -- Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Publication of this title ceased in 1973.
ISSN: 0005-9315

Botanical Review (Biological Sciences; Life Sciences)
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Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 68; 1935 – 2002
Publisher: Springer on behalf of New York Botanical Garden Press
Moving Wall: 5
ISSN: 0006-8101

The Classical World (Arts & Sciences Complement)
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Previous Title: The Classical Weekly (1940-641X)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 98; 1907 – 2004
Publisher: Classical Association of the Atlantic States
Moving Wall: 3 years
ISSN: 0009-8418

Hermes (Arts & Sciences Complement)
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Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 131; 1866 – 2003
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
Moving Wall: 4 years
ISSN: 0018-0777

Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte (Arts & Sciences Complement)
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Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 52; 1950 – 2003
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
Moving Wall: 4 years
ISSN: 0018-2311

Iranian Studies (Arts & Sciences Complement)
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Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 33; 1968 – 2000
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of the International Society for Iranian Studies
Moving Wall: 7 years
ISSN: 0021-0862

Iraq (Arts & Sciences Complement)
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Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 64; 1934 – 2002
Publisher: British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Moving Wall: 5 years
ISSN: 0021-0889

Journal of Arabic Literature (Arts & Sciences Complement)
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Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 33; 1970 – 2002
Publisher: Brill
Moving Wall: 5 years
ISSN: 0085-2376

MoMA (Arts & Sciences V)
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Previous Title: Members Newsletter (1937-6766)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 5; March/April, 1998 – May, 2002
Nos. 6 – 26; Winter, 1991 – Autumn, 1997
Vol. 2; Summer, 1989 – Autumn, 1990
Nos. 1 – 51; Winter, 1976/1977 – Spring, 1989
Nos. 1 – 9; Autumn, 1974 – Autumn, 1976
Nos. 1 – 10; October, 1968 – November, 1970
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Publication of this title ceased in 2002.
ISSN: 0893-0279

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (Arts & Sciences V)
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Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 112; 1893 – 2004
Publisher: Virginia Historical Society
Moving Wall: 3 years
ISSN: 0042-6636

Although JSTOR seeks to provide every issue from a journal's run, on occasion there are issues that we are unable to find. To see which issues are missing, or for information about how to help JSTOR complete the archive, please visit JSTOR's Missing Issues page.

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Oxford's Electronic Enlightenment FAQ

See the University of Oxford's Electronic Enlightenment <http://www.e-enlightenment.com/>

The author provides this FAQ:

EE Information and Answers from Dr. McNamee: July 2008

1) For letters that aren’t in English and for which a translation was not given in the critical edition, will you be commissioning any translations?

We have the technical mechanism for the inclusion of translations, and I will encourage that to take place, eliciting collaborative involvement of our academic user community. We (EE) have already commissioned translations of Latin letters in the Edmond Halley correspondence, which have never previously been translated (at least for publication); these translations will be added before the end of 2008.

Eventually, I hope to encourage English versions of French, German, Italian, Latin, etc.; but ALSO French, German, Italian, etc. translations of English too.

2) Do you have a rough idea of how many non-English letters don’t have accompanying translations? (e.g. 30%.....40%...etc.)

Probably over 80% of non-English letters don't yet have English translations... but then, to being with, this is a scholarly resource (in one of the letters there is a lengthy quotation of an Ancient Greek verse, in the midst of which the editor of the letter puts "[sic]" with no explanation -- i.e., he expects the reader to understand the error in the transcription of the Greek without being told!

3) Are the links to the DNB subscription-sensitive, or will everyone see them, regardless of whether or not they have a DNB sub?

We show the link to everyone, but they only see results if they have a subscription.

4) Do the biographies all come from the critical editions, or are some pulled from elsewhere?

The biographies in EE are drawn from (i) the critical editions themselves, where they exist, supplemented by (ii) recognized biographical sources. These are listed here: http://www.e-enlightenment.com/services/reference/biographies.html

5) The cameo images found on each biography page – are these placeholders for future images of the persons themselves, or…?

Exactly, the cameos are place-holders for future portraits. I'm in extended negotiation with the National Portrait Gallery, London (and will include that in Washington when we have more US content next year), for a portrait with direct link to the person-specific section on the Gallery website.

6) Looking past the new content going in at the end of 2008, do we have any idea of the approximate number/amount of content that will be going in with each update?

Yes, we will update at the end of December and the end of June uploading 4000 letters each time. We will also provide one major technical update each year, probably applied at the end of June.

7) I remembered you mentioning that you were unable to load the original manuscript images for launch – is this now planned for the December update?

At this moment we do not have manuscript images for more than a handful of letters -- our sources are the best critical/scholarly editions available, not the archives holding the original documents. We will, during 2009, be uploading those images we do have though the number will be relatively small and I wouldn't want this to take too high a position yet. However, we are in close discussion with several of the archives holding major quantities of the original letters and this will be one of our project developments going forward. Because of the interest this will create, and the investment it will require, we are only saying at this time that "we are working to provide such images at some time in the future".

8) Any ideas as to the percentage of letters on the site where the original is in a language other than English?

-- language breakdown at launch:

• French 56%
• English 43%
• other 1%

-- the 'other' category consists of the following number of actual documents (these are NOT percentages):

• Greek 2
• Russian 7
• Spanish 9
• Portuguese 12
• Italian 20
• Latin 119
  

By the end of 2009 English and French will comprise approx. 44% each, Italian approx. 10%, German approx. 1%, and the others the remaining 1%.

Not all documents are available in translation (and I include English in this as we hope to translate those letters into other languages one day!). But we have translations for most of the documents under the "other" category listed above -- some translations never before available (done for us/by us).

9) Will the “day of the week” indication on the letters that we saw in one of the earlier iterations be returning at some point?

Yes, we will restore this calculation within the 2008/2009 cycle.

10) Any plans to link to the ANB alongside the DNB?

Yes, we would like to link to the ANB, especially from 2009 as we begin to include significant numbers of American correspondents.

Credo Reference Content Update - New Titles

Latest Additions Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO in History Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Routledge in Social Sciences Canada's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ABC-CLIO in Social Sciences Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics, Elsevier Science & Technology in Language Condensed Encyclopedia of Polymer Engineering Terms, Elsevier Science & Technology in Science Conspiracy Theories in American History, ABC-CLIO in History Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Leaders, Movements, and Concepts, Elsevier Science & Technology in Social Sciences Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Fundamental Themes, Elsevier Science & Technology in Social Sciences Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, ABC-CLIO in Social Sciences Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender, Elsevier Science & Technology in Psychology Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers, ABC-CLIO in History The Former Soviet Union's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ABC-CLIO in Social Sciences The Former Yugoslavia's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ABC-CLIO in Social Sciences Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law, ABC-CLIO in Social Sciences Martial Arts of the World, ABC-CLIO in Art Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History, ABC-CLIO in History Nigeria's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ABC-CLIO in Social Sciences Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present, ABC-CLIO in History Public Opinion, Polling, and Democracy Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO in Social Sciences Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO in Science South Africa's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ABC-CLIO in Social Sciences We're updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon! The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, Helicon in Encyclopedias

Featured Title of the Month Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present from ABC-CLIO A truly international, authoritative A-Z guide to five centuries of propaganda, in both wartime and peacetime, which covers key moments, techniques, concepts, and some of the most influential propagandists in history. What were the secrets of both Hitler's and Stalin's success? Why did so many Americans approve of Senator Joseph McCarthy? How did FDR maintain his image with the electorate? The answers to these questions can be found in the realm of propaganda: the art of mass political persuasion. This fascinating survey provides a comprehensive introduction to propaganda, its changing nature, its practitioners, and its impact on the past five centuries of world history. Written by leading experts, it covers the masters of the art from Joseph Goebbels to Mohandas Gandhi and examines enormously influential works of persuasion such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, techniques such as films and posters, and key concepts like black propaganda and brainwashing. Case studies reveal the role of mass persuasion during the Reformation, and wars throughout history: World War I World War II (Britain) World War II (Germany) World War II (Japan) World War II (Russia) World War II (United States) Vietnam War Regional studies cover propaganda superpowers as well as little-known propaganda campaigns: Russia China United States Southeast Asia Ireland Scandinavia The book traces the evolution of propaganda from the era of printed handbills to computer fakery, and profiles such brilliant practitioners of the art as Third Reich film director Leni Riefenstahl and 19th-century cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose works helped to bring the notorious Boss Tweed to justice. Plus, browse this book by images to see some examples of propaganda posters.

T & F Scheduled Server Maintenance

We will be performing maintenance on our servers. The maintenance will
take place beginning Friday August 8th at 16:30 (4:30 P.M.) Eastern Time
through Friday August 8th 2008 at 22:00 (10:00 P.M.) Eastern Time.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this maintenance update.

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Update on Wiley InterScience — Transition Issues, 7/24/08

Dear Customer,

I am pleased to provide here a further update on the transition of Blackwell journals to Wiley InterScience. We have worked hard to resolve the outstanding issues as quickly as possible and to keep you fully informed about progress.

Content
Last week we resumed the 'business as usual' loading of new journal issues, books, major reference works, and database content to Wiley InterScience and can also confirm that feeds to third parties including, for example, PubMed and locally-hosting consortia, have returned to normal. We are making good progress in uploading the missing content and have added a further 125000 articles in the last 3 weeks. The list of content which we are still working through has been updated and is available on our transition site: interscience.wiley.com/transition. There are now more than 1.6 million Blackwell articles on Wiley InterScience, which includes 1400 current journals and 6000 online books from Wiley-Blackwell, as well as reference works, laboratory protocols, databases, and more.

OpenURL Linking
We have resolved this issue and Blackwell Synergy OpenURL links should now be successfully redirecting to their equivalent pages, down to the article level, on Wiley InterScience. Links through the major link resolving services should all now be working correctly. If you still encounter any problems with linking directly, please submit the error through our customer support site and we will investigate.

Access Rights
Most license terms and access rights are now set up correctly. If you find you are still missing access to any of your Blackwell journals then please submit your request to your Account Manager or via our Customer Services site interscience.wiley.com/support and we will arrange for it to be set up promptly.

OnlineOpen
We are aware that some OnlineOpen articles are showing as 'free' but are not actually free to users, as they should be. We are working on resolving this issue as a high priority.

Customer Support
We have been offering round-the-clock, round-the-world customer support during the first weeks following the shutdown of Blackwell Synergy and have cleared most of the requests for assistance within 48 hours. We will now revert to our 'business as usual. service offering 24 x 5 customer service, i.e. during the working week only.

Further Transition News
Thank you again for your patience and support while we merged online platforms. We will continue to update our transition site (interscience.wiley.com/transition) over the next few weeks and months while we progress the full integration of the Wiley-Blackwell business. More information about the availability of usage data, the merging of the subscriptions models and the development of the new platform will follow in due course.

If you have any questions please contact your Wiley-Blackwell Account Manager or our customer services department at (interscience.wiley.com/support)

JSTOR Update, July 29, 2008

New Content

Three journals were added to the JSTOR archive today. The full details for the journals are:

The Kenyon Review (Arts & Sciences V)
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 32; 1939-1970
New Series, Vols. 1– 26; 1979-2004
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Kenyon College
ISSN: 0163-075X

Middle East Journal (Arts & Sciences VI)
Release Content: Vols. 1 – 58, 1947-2004
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Middle East Institute
ISSN: 0026-3141

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Arts & Sciences Complement)
Release Content: Series 1, Vols. 1 – 3, 1887/1888 – 1895/1896
New Series, Vols. 1-102, 1900/1901 – 2002
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Aristotelian Society
ISSN: 0066-7374

Although JSTOR seeks to provide every issue from a journal's run, on occasion there are issues that we are unable to find. To see which issues are missing, or for information about how to help JSTOR complete the archive, please visit JSTOR's Missing Issues page.

More detailed information about all JSTOR titles and collections, along with delimited lists, can be accessed from JSTOR’s Available Collections page.

Participation information for JSTOR collections may be found on the Participate page.

JSTOR plans to release new content into the archives approximately every two weeks from June through August. As always, please do not hesitate to contact JSTOR User Support with any questions or suggestions.

Credo Enhanced Platform Released 8/5/08

Features: Changes and Updates

We have added a number of new features to the site, as well as updating and improving our current features:

• Improved searching -- FILTER and NARROW your results using our new faceted browsing. Limit results by subject, type of entry, person, publication date or only those entries that have images, audio or video. View our Search Tips document for more information.
• LINK directly from Credo into your other online resources! View search results in another library resource with one click - through our new "Related Resources" feature. Library configurable. Instructions for setting up Related Resources.
• MULTILINGUAL interface -- change the interface language to Chinese, French, Polish, Spanish or Urdu.
• New, vastly improved CONCEPT MAP -- invaluable for visual learners and mind mappers. More details can be found in our Search Tips document.
• SAVED RESULTS & CITATION MANAGEMENT -- export to your tool of choice -- RefWorks, EndNote and others. BOOKMARK in your favorite site - Del.icio.us, Facebook and many more.
• Thoroughly EXPLORE each title by quickly locating people and places cited, images, and contributors. Hover mouse over index for article preview.
• BROWSE for books not only by subject, title or type but now by Dewey or Library of Congress classifications.

For an overview of changes, download our new features document.

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Credo Training

Want to make the most of your Credo enhancements? Why not sit in on one of our training sessions? We'll be showing you all the new features and the Librarian Admin pages so that you can really exploit the new functionality. Please visit the Credo training page at http://corp.credoreference.com/training for the full schedule. You can sign up for a session by emailing support@credoreference.com.

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Credo Support Documents

We’ve prepared a number of documents for you and your users that may ease the transition to the new Credo interface:

• New features overview: Learn about all the new and enhanced features on Credo.
• Search tips: Learn how to use Credo’s new search results with faceted browsing, advanced search and Concept Map. Good for librarians and end users, too!
• Guide for end-users: Customize this document with your library’s URLs and login information. Users get an overview of Credo, how to access and search, plus a sampling of interesting entries.
• Tours: Visit our help section to learn more about searching, the Concept Map, saving results and much more.
• Instructions for setting up Resource Links: This new feature allows seamless linking between Credo and your online catalog or other online resources.
• Download a 5-minute webinar about searching the enhanced Credo site. You can watch this webinar in your own time. (Please note: this file is very large -- 45MB.)

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Accessing Credo

Your organization's access to Credo Reference will automatically transition to the new platform today. We have worked with customers to test our various access methods – IP authentication, username/password, library card login, Athens and Shibboleth to ensure as seamless a transition as possible. However, please let us know immediately at support@credoreference.com, if you do experience any problems with access.

We would like to thank all of you for your comments over the past few months. Your comments and questions have proven to be invaluable. We look forward to your ongoing feedback as we continue adding enhancements and new content.

Please read our FAQ for any questions you might have about the enhanced Credo site, or email us at support@credoreference.com.

New Electronic Resources

Recently acquired, or in the process of being acquired, new electronic resources:

CAMBRIDGE HISTORIES ONLINE

While USC currently has a trial for this extraordinary resource the trial is in the process of being converted to a purchase and the database is available via e-resources. It includes the full text, completely searchable, of all 247 volumes of the renowned Cambridge Histories. Broad areas of subject coverage, in Cambridge's terms, are: American history; British history; Economic history; General history; History of science; History of the book; Language and linguistics; Literary studies; Music; Philosophy; Political and social theory; Regional history; Religious studies; Theatre studies and performing arts; and Warfare

DANCE IN VIDEO

One of two new Alexander Street Press products at USC. Quoting from the opening screen, "Dance in Video will contain 250 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. This release includes 46 videos, equaling 443 hours."

GLOBAL ROAD WARRIOR

Sub-titled the ultimate business travel guide, this resource provides a wealth of information about each of the world's countries, much of it hard to locate in one place, in a broad variety of 20 subject categories. Most of the broad categories are, in turn, divided into sub-categories. Excellent illustrations are provided and a series of very good maps for each country.

OPERA IN VIDEO

One of two new Alexander Street Press products at USC. Quoting from the opening screen "Opera in Video will contain 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon. This release includes 39 videos, equaling 80 hours."

Lynn Sipe, 8/1/2008