USC E-Resources Update

USC E-Resources Update Moves from Blogger to Libwire

2008-10-16T10:43:00.000-07:00

The USC E-Resources Update Blogger blog is being retired in favor of a new Libwire blog.Please change your links from this site to the new site at:http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/local/C1/There is also an RSS feed for the new site at:http://feeds.feedburner.com/libwire-C1.Thanks for your patronage over the years and we hope you will join us at our new site.Wayne Shoaf

ebrary Monthly Maintenance

2008-10-07T13:54:00.001-07:00

ebrary will be performing monthly system maintenance on the first Tuesday of each month, from 8:00PM to 10:00PM US Pacific Time. During this period, the ebrary service may be unavailable. We are scheduling this on a standing monthly basis to provide earlier notification to end-users and streamline the maintenance process. Please contact support@ebrary.com or your account representative with

JSTOR Update, September 29, 2008

2008-10-02T10:14:00.000-07:00

New ContentEight journals have been added to the JSTOR archive. The full details for the journals are:Acta Sociologica (Arts & Sciences Complement)http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=actasociRelease Content:Vols. 1 – 47; 1955 - 2004Moving Wall: 3 yearsPublisher: Sage Publications, Ltd.ISSN: 0001-6993The British Museum Quarterly (Arts & Sciences Complement)http://

Essay and General Literature Index Trial

2008-10-02T10:01:00.000-07:00

The USC Libraries currently has a trial for the retrospective content of Wilson's Essay and General Literature Index, covering 1900-1984 (we already have coverage for 1985+ ). It can be found with the other WilsonWeb databases.Here is Wilson's description:Essay and General Literature RetrospectiveSubjects Covered:Archaeology, Architecture, Art, children's Literature, Classical Studies,

Gale announces updates to Literature Criticism Online!

2008-09-26T11:21:00.000-07:00

Gale is pleased to announce a new release of Literature Criticism Online, which brings a variety of new features to this digitized collection of Gale's major criticism. The ten individual, award-winning Gale series that comprise Literature Criticism Online present a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Imagine centuries of analysis - the

JSTOR Update, August 29, 2008

2008-09-24T10:58:00.000-07:00

JSTOR Update | August 29, 2008 New Content The following journal was added to the JSTOR archive this week. The full details for the journal are: The American Biology Teacher (Biological Sciences; Life Sciences)URL: http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=amerbiolteacRelease Content:Vols. 1 – 66; 1938 – 2004Publisher: National Association of Biology TeachersMoving Wall: 3

JSTOR Update, September 19, 2008

2008-09-24T09:56:00.000-07:00

JSTOR Update | September 19, 2008 New Content Two journals were added to the JSTOR archive today. The full details for the journals are:Economic Botany (Biological Sciences Collection; Life Sciences Collection)http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=econbotaRelease Content:Vols. 1 – 56; 1947-2002Moving Wall: 5 yearsPublisher: Springer on behalf of New York Botanical Garden

Informaworld network maintenance - Saturday 27th September

2008-09-23T13:26:00.000-07:00

Customers may experience intermittent access to informaworld on Saturday 27th September 2008 to allow the company to complete some essential maintenance.

Credo Reference Content Update - New Titles

2008-09-22T14:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Content Update -- your monthly email about new and updated Credo Reference titles. A number of titles have been added to Credo Reference in the past month. Below are the latest additions. To see a complete list of available titles, visit http://corp.credoreference.com/titles. In this issue: Latest additions Featured title of the month Add new

Wiley InterScience Maintenance Notice - Sept 22

2008-09-17T13:23:00.000-07:00

Due to essential site maintenance, access will be temporarily unavailable on the indicated dates and times.DATE:Monday - September 22, 2008TIME:-- beginning --04:00 am New York09:00 am London (08:00 am GMT)04:00 p.m. SingaporeDURATION:approximately 1 hour

JSTOR Update, September 15, 2008

2008-09-15T14:12:00.000-07:00

System Update: Mac Preview problem now fixedWe are glad to report that we have located and fixed a problem that caused an incompatibility between JSTOR PDF files and older versions of Mac Preview. This problem caused only part of the article to be viewable in Preview. The fix released today means that JSTOR PDF files should now be viewable in their entirety in Preview 3.0.9 (the current version

New Electronic Resources

2008-09-09T16:14:00.000-07:00

Calendars of State PapersIncluded within the larger electronic resource British History Online is the Calendar of State Papers, a fundamental finding aid for the study of British history. The Calendar is essentially on index to the content of the collected State Papers (which the Libraries are in the process of acquiring in digital form upon its release). British History Online is a digital

New Titles Added to JSTOR

2008-08-18T17:13:00.000-07:00

The following journals were added to the JSTOR archive today. The full details for the journals are:Acquisitions (Fogg Art Museum) (Arts & Sciences V)URL: https://libproxy.usc.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=acqufoggRelease Content:Nos. 1959/1962 – 1969/1970Publisher: President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Art MuseumISSN: 0440-

Oxford's Electronic Enlightenment FAQ

2008-08-18T09:18:00.000-07:00

See the University of Oxford's Electronic Enlightenment 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

Credo Reference Content Update - New Titles

2008-08-13T10:31:00.000-07:00

Latest Additions Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO in HistoryBiographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Routledge in Social SciencesCanada's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ABC-CLIO in Social SciencesConcise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics, Elsevier Science & Technology in LanguageCondensed

T & F Scheduled Server Maintenance

2008-08-08T10:01:00.000-07:00

We will be performing maintenance on our servers. The maintenance willtake place beginning Friday August 8th at 16:30 (4:30 P.M.) Eastern Timethrough Friday August 8th 2008 at 22:00 (10:00 P.M.) Eastern Time.We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this maintenance update.Sincerely,Online Maintenance Team

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

2008-08-06T15:34:00.000-07:00

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. ContentLast week we resumed the 'business as usual' loading of new journal issues, books, major reference works, and database content to Wiley

JSTOR Update, July 29, 2008

2008-08-06T10:27:00.000-07:00

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; 1939-1970New Series, Vols. 1– 26; 1979-2004Moving Wall: 3 yearsPublisher: Kenyon CollegeISSN: 0163-075X Middle East Journal (Arts & Sciences VI)Release Content: Vols. 1 – 58, 1947-2004Moving Wall: 3 yearsPublisher:

Credo Enhanced Platform Released 8/5/08

2008-08-06T08:40:00.000-07:00

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

New Electronic Resources

2008-08-01T11:46:00.000-07:00

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

July Credo Reference Content Update - New Titles

2008-07-22T15:55:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Content Update -- your monthly email about new and updated Credo Reference titles. A number of titles have been added to Credo Reference in the past month. Below are the latest additions. To see a complete list of available titles, visit http://corp.credoreference.com/titles. In this issue:Latest additionsFeatured title of the monthAn enhanced Credo Reference platform is coming

2008-07-22T15:54:00.000-07:00

Dear EBSCO Customer, In just a few days, the long-awaited EBSCOhost 2.0 interface will be fully implemented. Its brand new look and feel, based on extensive user testing and feedback, will provide you with the most powerful, clean and intuitive interface available. This is the first redesign of the EBSCOhost interface since 2002, and its functionality incorporates the latest technological

Update on Wiley InterScience - Blackwell Journals

2008-07-22T15:52:00.000-07:00

Dear Customer, We would like to sincerely apologize if you are continuing to experience delays with gaining full access to your Blackwell journals on Wiley InterScience. A number of issues have been raised with us during the past week which we wish to update you on here. We are making good progress with resolving these outstanding issues as quickly as we can and are grateful for your

JSTOR Update, July 23, 2008

2008-07-21T17:10:00.000-07:00

New Content Three journals were added to the JSTOR archive today. The full details for the journals are: Mnemosyne (Arts & Sciences Complement)Release Content:Vols. 1 – 11; 1852-1862New Series, Vols. 1– 60; 1873-1933Third Series, Vols. 1 – 13; 1933/1934 - 1947Forth Series, Vols. 1 – 55; 1948-2002Moving Wall: 5 yearsPublisher: BrillISSN: 0026-7074 Oecologia (Biological Sciences; Life

JSTOR Update, July 18, 2008

2008-07-21T09:37:00.001-07:00

New Content The following journals were added to the JSTOR archive today: Clinical Infectious Diseases (Health & General Sciences; Life Sciences)Previous title: Reviews of Infectious Diseases (0162-0886)Release Content:Vols. 1 – 35; 1979-2002Moving Wall: 5 yearsPublisher: The University of Chicago PressISSN: 1058-4838 In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology (Biological Sciences; Life

June Credo Reference Content Update - New Titles!

2008-07-17T10:38:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Content Update -- your monthly email about new and updated Credo Reference titles. A number of titles have been added to Credo Reference in the past month. Below are the latest additions. To see a complete list of available titles, visit http://corp.credoreference.com/titles. In this issue:Latest additionsFeatured title of the monthAn enhanced Credo Reference platform is coming soon

Auto/Biography Content Triggers at Portico

2008-07-17T10:36:00.000-07:00

Because your library is a participant in the Portico preservation archive, your institution now has access to Auto/Biography published by SAGE Publications via the Portico website (http://www.portico.org/Portico/browse?journal=ISSN_09675507). Auto/Biography is no longer accessible from SAGE's online offering; therefore this content is “triggered” and is now made available to Portico

Problem with Blackwell Synergy Open URL linking ...

2008-06-30T14:59:00.000-07:00

From Wiley Interscience--OpenURL links are currently not redirecting at the journal level but instead default to the Wiley InterScience homepage. We are working on this and will have it resolved within a few days.[This means the Find It @ USC button takes you to the Wiley homepage. You will need to search for the journal title on the left (use "publication title"), then find the volume and issue

Wiley InterScience now includes Blackwell Journals

2008-06-30T10:19:00.000-07:00

Wiley InterScience now includes Blackwell journalsDear Customer,We are pleased to report that 1.6 million articles from Blackwelljournals were successfully loaded onto Wiley InterScience over theweekend and the site went live again this Monday morning.==================================================================Blackwell journal content has beenincorporated into Wiley InterScience.Wiley

JISC ADAT Alert: New Databases Added

2008-06-25T11:55:00.000-07:00

ADAT Logo JISC ADAT Alert: New databases addedWe are pleased to announce that two new databases have been added to JISC's Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT):Academic Onefile (Gale) General Onefile (Gale) The ADAT service now includes:13 bibliographic databases 4 full text databases 66,148 titles 8 database platforms 5 eBook platforms Search and compare these now at: http://

Blackwell Synergy & Wiley InterScience Journals now integrated

2008-06-18T15:23:00.000-07:00

Blackwell Synergy titles successfully integrated into Wiley InterScience as of this morning, June 30th***********************************As of Monday, June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content --including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from currentissues, backfiles, and issues published online before print -- will beincorporated into Wiley InterScience.We plan to close

Portico and Equinox Publishing Reach Digital Preservation Agreement

2008-06-16T09:48:00.000-07:00

Portico is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Equinox Publishing to preserve its entire digital journals collection of 28 titles. Equinox Publishing is an independent publisher founded in London in 2003 and they publish both journals and books on a variety of subjects for an academic audience. Through this agreement with Portico, Equinox Publishing ensures that

Library Trial: Opera in Video

2008-06-13T16:27:00.000-07:00

Dear Colleagues,USC Libraries has a trial subscription to Opera in Video, the newest offering from Alexander Street Press.Here is their description of the database:"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

Accessible Archives to Release Additional Units of the Liberator and African-American Newspapers

2008-06-13T14:33:00.000-07:00

ACCESSIBLE ARCHIVES TO RELEASE ADDITIONAL UNITS OF THE LIBERATORAND AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERSMalvern, PA (June 12, 2008) Accessible Archives, Inc., a leading publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has announced the immediate release of Parts IV and V of The Liberator and the upcoming availability of the Part XII Supplement toAfrican-American Newspapers: The 19th

New WilsonWeb Enhancements!

2008-06-13T13:32:00.000-07:00

Improvements include:* New "My WilsonWeb" profiles. Using their email address as their password, library users can create their own sub-account within WilsonWeb, where they can create and manage saved searches, search histories, email alerts, and RSS feeds.* RSS feed for new search results. Configure RSS updates via links on the Search Results or Search History pages.* New "Content Discovery Keys

Web of Science Coverage Expanded

2008-06-11T11:00:00.000-07:00

700 New Regional Journals Now AvailableSubscribers access it now!Journal selection processJournal List Updated & EnhancedWeb of Science® coverage expanded 199 from Asia Pacific364 from the European Union80 from Latin America50 from the Middle East and Africa7 from North America Now you can bring users at your institution thorough regional as well as global journal coverage through Web of

LexisNexis Statistical Datasets Trial

2008-06-11T10:51:00.000-07:00

USC Libraries has a trial subscription to "Statistical DataSets" the new LexisNexis module (also known publicly as "Data Planet").http://www.data-planet.com/lnID: contact Katharin PeterPW: contact Katharin PeterExpires 7/3/2008Database description:LexisNexis Statistical DataSets allows users to create their own tables, charts and maps from over 100 public domain and licensed quantitative

JSTOR Content and Platform Update

2008-05-27T11:22:00.001-07:00

New Content We are pleased to announce the first journal to be released on the new JSTOR platform. The Wilson Bulletin was released today; institutions participating in the Life Sciences Collection or the Biological Sciences Collection will have access to this content immediately. The full details for the journal are: The Wilson Bulletin (Biological Sciences Collection, Life Sciences

Project MUSE introduces linked subject headings

2008-05-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

Users of Project MUSE articles and Tables of Contents in our recently-launched new format may have noticed an additional feature - "clickable" subject headings for each article, allowing fast and easy connections to related content in Project MUSE. Built upon the rich controlled vocabulary classification of all MUSE articles and reviews with Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) by our

All journal content on Blackwell Synergy merges into Wiley InterScience

2008-05-14T09:29:00.000-07:00

As of July 1, 2008, all Blackwell journal content—including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before print—will be incorporated into *Wiley InterScience*.Over the weekend of *June 28th and 29th, 2008*, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable while we transition and

CSA Illumina Maintenance

2008-05-09T15:45:00.000-07:00

On Saturday and Sunday, May 10th and 11th, 2008 some CSA Illumina services may be affected by maintenance procedures. During this time, you may experience intermittent slow servicewhile using the CSA Illumina platform.

ISI Web of Knowledge Training Classed for May

2008-05-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

Take a training class in May;learn how to use the new tools and features. Enter for a chance to win an iPod Nano! Even if you are an experienced ISI Web of Knowledge user, you might not be aware of all the advantages the latest enhancements can deliver. Thomson Reuters offers free training programs for every level of user that help you learn about all the latest capabilities. If you sign up

EBSCO Historical Abstracts and America: History & Life

2008-05-09T09:19:00.000-07:00

As a follow-up to our September 20, 2007 announcement, the transition of America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts to the EBSCOhost interface will be completed on June 30, 2008. This means that all access to these databases will be supported only via EBSCOhost. If you are still using these databases via the ABC-CLIO platform, please begin to familiarize yourself and your end-users

InformaWorld downtime scheduled 9-11 pm Tues. April 29th (PST)

2008-04-28T08:15:00.000-07:00

A short period of downtime is scheduled on informaworld on Wednesday 30th April 2008, 04.00 - 06.00 GMT to allow us to complete some essential maintenance. Some users may experience impaired performance for a short time after the downtime has been completed. The informaworld team would like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenience this might cause. We would also like to reassure

ProQuest Technical Notice - CSA Illumina Maintenance

2008-04-25T13:30:00.000-07:00

On Saturday and Sunday, April 26th and 27th, 2008, some CSAIllumina services may be affected by maintenance procedures.During this time, you may experience intermittent slow servicewhile using the CSA Illumina platform or your federated searchclient (Z39.50). My Research and the Administrative Tools may beunavailable for part of this maintenance window but we will doour best to minimize the

Scheduled Server Maintenance - Informa

2008-04-18T11:20:00.000-07:00

Taylor & Francis Group, LLC will be performing maintenance of the servers. The maintenance will take place beginning Saturday December 1st 2007 at 7:00 A.M. Eastern Time through Sunday December 2nd 2007 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern Time. Access to the journals will be interrupted during this time.

WilsonWeb Live Online Training for April 2008

2008-04-16T13:34:00.000-07:00

WilsonWeb Live Online Training: The April ScheduleAttend a new mini-session and in only 30 minutes be introduced to the next generation of WilsonWeb.Register at www .hwwilson.com/training 1: Thursday, April 17, 2008 — 2 pm ESTOmniFile & the Current Issues Series o Examine the new frameless interface.o Learn how to create scheduled alerts for a productive search.o Translate your Full Text

EBSCOhost and EBSCOadmin Updates

2008-04-16T09:16:00.001-07:00

We are pleased to update you with the following information about new and upcoming features: In Support of EBSCOhost 2.0: Our Flash Demonstration ( http://www.ebscohost.com/2.0_flash) and PowerPoint on our marketing web site (www.ebscohost.com) now include details on the search query breadcrumb trail, and the Choose Databases enhancement. A New EBSCOhost 2.0 Brochure is now available

Access Select Gale Resources throughout National Library Week

2008-04-14T11:28:00.000-07:00

National Library Week means free access to select Gale resources!http://www.uptilt.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=4rs,yvr9,2e2o,7ko2,crtt,jin0,htrhThat's right. In addition to having free access to our new Books & Authorsdatabase all month, during National Library Week - April 13-19 -yourlibrary has free week-long access to these resources:Academic OneFileBiography Resource CenterBritish Library

The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003)

2008-04-10T16:28:00.001-07:00

Recently added: The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) [ProQuest] {available upon release in June 2008}ProQuest is releasing both The Guardian and its sister paper, The Observer on its historical newspapers platform. As such, they have been digitized from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. I believe initial coverage upon release

Virginia Company Archives

2008-04-10T16:25:00.000-07:00

Recently added: Virginia Company Archives [Adam Mathew Digital]Nature of Material:The project is made up of four constituent parts:Previously unpublished transcripts by Dr David Ransome of over 500 documents from the Virginia Company Archives. These will be fully searchable and are linked to the original manuscripts. A fully searchable text of The Records of the Virginia Company of London (4 vols

Perdita Manuscripts: Women Writers, 1500-1700

2008-04-10T16:21:00.000-07:00

Recently added: Perdita Manuscripts: Women Writers, 1500-1700 [Adam Mathew Digital]Nature of the Material: The collection consists of original manuscripts from 15 major libraries, reproduced as greyscale facsimiles. All of the manuscripts have been subjected to detailed indexing by the Perdita Project, providing access by:Author Title Places Genre within document First lines; poetry First lines;

19th Century British Library Newspapers

2008-04-10T16:20:00.000-07:00

Recently added: 19th Century British Library Newspapers [Gale/Cengage]Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, partners with the British Library to create one of the richest collections of primary source material in the world. Unparalleled in depth and scope, British Library Newspapers consists of two major collections from the British Library which span three hundred years of newspaper publishing in

17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

2008-04-10T16:12:00.000-07:00

Recently added: 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers [Gale/Cengage]The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection, that helps chart the development of the concept of 'news' and 'newspapers' and the "free press", totals almost 1

Maintenance Notification

2008-04-10T11:49:00.000-07:00

This message is to alert you that the previous interruption of WileyInterScience service has been corrected. Access to all online contentand functions should be fully restored.

Credo Reference Content Update - New Titles

2008-04-08T09:35:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Content Update -- your monthly email about new and updated Credo Reference titles. A number of titles have been added to Credo Reference in the past month. Below are the latest additions. To see a complete list of available titles, visit http://corp.credoreference.com/titles. Latest Additions Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Harvard University Press

Irish University Association Supporting Digital Preservation via Portico

2008-04-07T16:24:00.000-07:00

Portico is pleased to announce that the seven universities under the Irish Universities Association (IUA) have begun participation in the Portico archive. Established in 1997, the IUA seeks to formulate and pursue collective policies and actions on behalf of its member libraries: Trinity College Dublin National University of Ireland, Galway University College Cork Dublin City

New JSTOR Platform launched

2008-04-07T16:20:00.000-07:00

A new JSTOR platform was launched on Friday, April 4.A document describing features of the new platform is included in the JSTOR Sandbox (sandbox.jstor.org). The Sandbox also has links to tutorials and training materials focused on the new JSTOR interface. In addition, a list of newly scheduled webinars appears at the end of this announcement, with links to online registration.WebinarsThe

Grove Art Online

2008-04-04T14:17:00.000-07:00

The Grove Art Editorial Team is delighted to announce the launch of Oxford Art Online and the redesigned Grove Art Online .Oxford Art Online is the new gateway for online art information, and will be the home for forthcoming art reference products and subscriptions. Grove Art Online was first launched in 1998, and this release represents an exciting and long-anticipated upgrade in site

New Jacoby and Brill's dictionary of religion.

2008-03-28T10:45:00.000-07:00

Jacoby Online presents a completely new edition of "Jacoby". Updated twice yearly, at the rate of about 60 historians per update (approximate equivalent of 1,000 printed pages), each of Jacoby's 856 entries, comprising a total of more than 12,000, fragments will be supplemented with: . new authors not in the original FGrHist; . new readings of many of Jacoby's Greek texts; . new commentaries in

Credo Reference Latest Additions

2008-03-17T16:11:00.000-07:00

The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press, in Philosophy & Psychology We're updating many of our titles to the latest available editions. The following updated titles were recently released. Expect more soon! Collins Dictionary of Medicine , in Medicine Dictionary of Business, A&C Black in Business Marquis Who's Who in America, in Biography Marquis

Enhanced ISI Web of Knowledge Usability

2008-03-17T16:10:00.000-07:00

The next time you and your users access ISI Web of Knowledge, you’ll find many changes that address your concerns about functionality and ease of use. New features bring you: A new Web of Science tab that takes users directly to this premier resource A handy information box on the All Databases search page that directs users to essential Web of Science features such as cited reference

Important information regarding your IEEE online subscription

2008-03-10T09:24:00.000-07:00

An IEEE /Xplore/ environment upgrade is scheduled for Saturday, 15 March, 2008. During this upgrade, the system will be unavailable for up to four (4) hours beginning at approximately 10:00 am EDT (UTC/GMT - 4 hours).

Alexander Street Press-System Downtime Alert

2008-03-07T15:36:00.000-08:00

Please be aware that some Alexander Street databases will be unavailable on the morning of Monday, March 10th. This downtime is scheduled for 9:00 am EST and should not last more than 30 minutes. During the downtime new content will be added to several collections.

Portico Agreement with MIT Press

2008-03-07T10:37:00.001-08:00

Portico is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with the MIT Press to preserve its entire online journals collection of 33 titles. The MIT Press is one of the largest American university presses in terms of number of books and journals published and overall sales. The MIT Press Journals Division publishes in many subject areas, including the arts and humanities, social sciences,

Synergy system maintenance March 7

2008-03-06T12:19:00.000-08:00

To further improve the quality of the service the planned system maintenance will beperformed on the 7th of March 2008 at 11:00pm GMT (6:00pm EDT, 3:00pm PST) for up to 2 hours. Blackwell Synergy will be unavailable during this time.

Portico Agreement with Edinburgh University Press

2008-03-04T14:25:00.000-08:00

Portico is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Edinburgh University Press to preserve its online collection of 30 journals. Edinburgh University Press, founded over 50 years ago, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh, and has a reputation for publishing high-quality books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. Through this agreement with

Help Test JSTOR Peformance on 3/4/08

2008-03-03T16:27:00.001-08:00

Dear JSTOR Participant:In preparation for launching the new JSTOR platform, we invite you to help us try to reach maximum capacity on the servers that deliver the preview of the new JSTOR. We want to ensure that the new platform will perform under extreme usage conditions. What to do: Sometime between 3:00 and 4:00 EST (20:00-21:00 GMT) on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, please access the JSTOR

ebrary Monthly Maintenance

2008-03-03T16:26:00.001-08:00

Dear ebrary Customer:We are sending you a friendly reminder regarding our monthly maintenance window.ebrary will be performing monthly system maintenance on the first Tuesday of each month, from 8:00PM to 10:00PM US Pacific Time. During this period, the ebrary service may be unavailable.We are scheduling this on a standing monthly basis to provide earlier notification to end-users and streamline

JSTOR New Platform Preview Available

2008-03-03T16:24:00.000-08:00

We are happy to let you know that work on a new JSTOR platform is nearing completion. The interface has been updated with a new look, and more tools and capabilities for users have been integrated into the system. The new platform will also provide a more flexible foundation for future development, allowing us to add features and a greater array of scholarly content. Several projects are

Portico Agreement with National Library of the Netherlands

2008-03-03T16:23:00.000-08:00

Dear Colleagues, Portico announces agreement with the National Library of the Netherlands Portico and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands (the KB), are pleased to announce they have reached an agreement for an off-line copy of the Portico archive, which exceeds 6 million articles and 60 million files, to be held for safekeeping by the KB. Through its

JSTOR User Services Update - February 8, 2008

2008-02-08T14:27:00.001-08:00

JSTOR Participants' Meeting, January 13JSTOR User Services is happy to announce that presentation slides and audio recordings from the January 13th JSTOR Participants' Meeting are now available on the JSTOR web site. The program includes a JSTOR update from Mike Spinella, an Aluka update from Javanica Curry, and a discussion of the upcoming JSTOR platform rebuild from Beth LaPensee. We were

ebrary Monthly Maintenance

2008-02-06T09:32:00.000-08:00

ebrary will be performing monthly system maintenance on the first Tuesday of each month, from 8:00PM to 10:00PM US Pacific Time. During this period, the ebrary service may be unavailable.We are scheduling this on a standing monthly basis to provide earlier notification to end-users and streamline the maintenance process.Please contact support@ebrary.com or your account representative with any

An upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library

2008-01-29T11:20:00.000-08:00

An upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is scheduled for Saturday, 2 February. During this deployment, the system will be unavailable for up to eight hours beginning at approximately 9:00 AM EST. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.As a result of this new release, the IEEE Xplore digital library will beenhanced with:Conference Proceedings weekly update alerts- Enables a user

ISI Web of Knowledge upgrade on 2/2/08

2008-01-28T12:11:00.000-08:00

We’d like to let you know that the next ISI Web of Knowledge upgrade will now take place on February 03. We’re working hard to make sure that every new ISI Web of Knowledge capability is fully ready for your use. We’d rather do the extra work now so that you don’t experience any problems or inconvenience later. Thank you for your patience as we put the finishing touches on enhancements that

Relive History - Gale Digital Collections

2008-01-25T17:27:00.000-08:00

There will be a series of free informative webinars scheduled for this spring to learn more about Gale Digital Collections, the world's largest scholarly primary source online library.The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003The Economist and Gale are pleased to announce that the complete facsimile run of The Economist from 1843 to 2003, all in a full-text searchable interface.What is covered in

Important information regarding your IEEE online subscription

2008-01-22T14:09:00.000-08:00

An upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is scheduled for Saturday, 26 January. During this deployment, the system will be unavailable for up to up to eight hours beginning at approximately 9:00 AM ET.

ProQuest Maintenance Window - December 15, 2007

2007-12-14T09:55:00.000-08:00

The next ProQuest® platform enhancement release will be on December 15, 2007. A twelve (12) hour maintenance window will take place to install these exciting new enhancements. The window will begin Saturday, December 15, 2007, at 22:00 EDT to Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 10:00 EDT.Enhancements include:ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Multimedia Support release-ProQuest has seen an

ROTUNDA Newsletter

2007-12-14T09:14:00.000-08:00

DOLLEY MADISON V 2.0The second installment of The Dolley Madison Digital Edition adds nearly two hundred documents written after James Madison's death on June 28, 1836, and extending the chronology of the DMDE through early April 1837. New features include an expanded biographical introduction; detailed editorial notes on topics of relevance to multiple letters; improved searching; and an

Accessible Archives Releases Parts I and II of the South Carolina Gazette

2007-12-14T09:11:00.000-08:00

Malvern, PA (December 5, 2007) - Accessible Archives, Inc., a publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has announced the online availability of the South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1775. This new release features full XML and image availability.Charles Town (renamed Charleston in 1783) was the social, political and economic center of South Carolina throughout the colonial

Film & TV Literature Index w/Full Text Enhanced

2007-12-12T11:29:00.000-08:00

Our subscription to the Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text has been enhanced to include two excellent new features: an Image Collection authority file, and an authority file that will allow users to search within the collection of full text Variety Movie Reviews.The Image Collection contains over 24,000 classic color and black & white images of celebrity and entertainment

Reference Universe

2007-12-11T11:43:00.000-08:00

Reference Universe is now available on the USC E-Resources page, both in Quick links and on the A-Z database list. More information about this resource are below and at http://paratext.com/ru_intro.htm.**Reference Universe Content* There are currently analytics (back of the book indexes, article titles for print; article links for e-books) to over 11,000 works now in your Reference

Portico Supports First Trigger Event

2007-12-11T11:40:00.000-08:00

/Graft: Organ and Cell Transplantation/, published by SAGE Publications from January 2001 to March 2003, will be removed from SAGE's online offering at the end of this year creating the first ever trigger event for the Portico archive and Portico's participating publishers andlibraries.Because SAGE Publications, a leading international publisher of electronic media, journals and books, has

Credo Reference Content Update - New Titles

2007-12-07T09:31:00.000-08:00

Credo Reference titles. A number of titles have been added to Credo Reference in the past month. Below are the latest additions. To see a complete list of available titles, visit http://corp.credoreference.com/titles.------------------------------------------------------------------------Latest AdditionsEncyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Routledge in LiteratureEncyclopedia of

IEEE Xplore Dec. 13 Upgrade

2007-12-06T13:29:00.000-08:00

On Thursday, 13 December, IEEE will perform planned maintenance to the IEEE Xploredigital library. During the maintenance, users may experience up to two hours of downtime beginning at approximately 4:00PM (EST). A message will be posted to the IEEE Xplorehome page to alert your users to the planned downtime. Please encourage your users to take this into account when they plan their research.

Welcome to the release of our new History Resource Center interface!

2007-12-06T10:52:00.000-08:00

As a current subscriber to either the U.S. or World version, you are already a recipient of the great new features that are included in this release of History Resource Center.The History Resource Center enhancements are designed to:* Make the database easier to use by streamlining navigational elements* Include more topics, persons, events and regions covered in each database with new reference

Coming in January: New enhancements to ISI Web of Knowledge. Dual access to be discontinued.

2007-12-06T10:36:00.000-08:00

Dear Valued Customer,We hope you’ve had a chance to use the new version of ISI Web of Knowledge, and that you are helping users at your institution take full advantage of the new interface and its capabilities.You’ll find that although it may look different, ISI Web of Knowledge still delivers the thorough content and powerful tools you’ve come to rely on, such as Advanced Search and the Marked

Planned Outage of AIAA Website

2007-11-30T12:59:00.000-08:00

The AIAA website will be shutdown Tuesday, December 4, 6am to 9am EST, US.

Portico to Archive Palgrave Macmillan Titles

2007-11-14T13:54:00.000-08:00

Portico is pleased to announce that 44 Palgrave Macmillan journals from its online collection will be preserved in the archive to remain available for future scholars, researchers, and students. Palgrave Macmillan (a sister company to Nature Publishing Group) is a global academic publisher, serving learning and scholarship in higher education and the professional world. Palgrave Macmillan

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Subset of Knovel Now Live

2007-11-12T15:26:00.000-08:00

The USC Libraries new subscription to the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering subset of the Knovel electronic handbooks collection is now live! The collection includes fulltext searchable ebooks in these disciplines. Chapters are available in PDF.The company recommends Internet Explorer as the browser, but it is working well for some with Firefox. The subscription includes the AICHe (Amer.

Alexander Street Press service interruption this weekend

2007-11-08T14:14:00.000-08:00

Alexander Street Press databases will be down for routine maintenance and upgrades on Saturday, Nov 10 from approximately 7:00pm-11pm EST.

Accessible Archives Expands Coverage

2007-11-06T12:18:00.000-08:00

CCESSIBLE ARCHIVES EXPANDS COVERAGE OF THE LIBERATOR AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERSMalvern, PA (November 2, 2007) Accessible Archives, Inc., a leading publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has announced the imminent availability of Part III of The Liberator and Part XII of African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century, two of its premier collections.William Lloyd

New Interface to Web of Knowledge

2007-11-06T10:35:00.000-08:00

The Web of Knowledge new interface is live today!It is substantially different from the previous version.If you click on the Web of Knowledge link from the Databases pulldown menu (in the databases and eresources web pages), you now get RIGHT to Web of Science, NOT the frontend for all Web of K.If you want to search JUST ONE of the three indexes (Science, Soc Sci, A&H, see below), you must select

New Database: Reference Universe

2007-11-06T10:31:00.000-08:00

Reference Universe Content There are currently analytics (back of the book indexes, article titles for print; article links for e-books) to over 11,000 works now in your Reference Universe service. It will be updated quarterly, with the addition of approximately 300+ new titles each quarter. This includes both current publications from major and minor publishers, but also the

IEEE Xplore Upgrade 10 November

2007-11-05T12:04:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, 10 November, IEEE will implement an upgrade to the IEEE Xplore digital library.As a result, users will experience approximately 2-4 hours of downtime onthat date, between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. EST.This update includes the following features:Tabbed search results, including a beta test of Application Notes,practical content for working engineers Citation (Known Item) search,

Chadwyck-Healey maintenance window this Saturday

2007-11-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

Please note that some Chadwyck-Healey products will be taking an upgrademaintenance window on *Saturday, November 3, from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT*.Database usage (including the availability of PDFs) may be affected during thistime. The databases undergoing maintenance are: * Black Studies Center * British Periodicals * Colonial State Papers * History Study Center * House of Commons

Informaworld Maintainance Advance Notice

2007-11-01T09:39:00.000-07:00

Please be advised that there will be a period of scheduled maintenance on the informaworld website on Saturday 3rd November. Between 12:30 and 14:30 GMT the site will be unavailable.

Black Studies Center Now Available

2007-10-31T15:04:00.000-07:00

USC has just purchased ProQuest's Black Studies Center, which includes the complete full-text run of the Chicago Defender and many other resources important for a wide range of fields.BSC includes:The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, which includes interdisciplinary essays written by leading scholars. The Schomburg resources include: Schomburg Essays -- on topics such as Theory,

Springer Titles to be Preserved by Portico

2007-10-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

Portico is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Springer to preserve 824 titles from its online journals collection. Additional journals published with partner societies and other third parties will be incorporated into the agreement over time. Springer is one of the world's largest publishers of journals in the STM (Science, Technology, Medicine) sector, the largest

ProQuest Provides LA Sentinel Access Back to 1934

2007-10-23T13:18:00.000-07:00

Update to the October 11th announcement below: ProQuest will be providing USC access to their recently digitized content of this publication back to 1934!"The Historic Los Angeles Sentinel provides full-text access to THE most important African-American newspaper published in Los Angeles, from its founding in 1946 through 2005. This acquisition greatly strengthens our electronic resource