New & Trial Databases
New Databases
Here are the most recent additions to the UMD Library's growing collection of electronic databases. Please see our Indexes & Databases by Title page for additional databases.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete --Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.DLB Complete Online includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series. If you have questions or comments about DLB Complete, please contact Sarah Beaubien at sbeaubie@d.umn.edu or call 218-726-8549.
Ireland Collection (JSTOR) -- According to JSTOR's web site, "the Ireland Collection, developed in cooperation with Queen's University Belfast, is an interdisciplinary collection of journals and other materials. At its expected completion in 2009, it will contain a minimum of 75 currently publishing journals, with moving walls between 1 and 5 years, and 200 monographs. It will also include ceased journals and 2,500 manuscript pages. Complementing JSTOR's existing collections, the Ireland Collection adds titles and resources across the arts, humanities, and sciences in disciplines such as music, art, history, literature, archaeology, mathematics, and biology. Materials span from the 1780s to the present. The content is international in scope, while also providing a rich focus on Ireland. The Ireland Collection was created with funding from the JISC Digitisation Programme." If you have questions or comments about the Ireland Collection, please contact Pam Enrici at penrici@d.umn.edu or call 218-726-8586.
Literature Criticism Online (Gale) -- This product includes ten core literature reference series (Contemporary Literary Criticism, 20th Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism 1400-1800, Classical and Mediaeval Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, Children's Literature Review). For questions or assistance with LCO please contact Sarah Beaubien at sbeaubie@d.umn.edu or call 218-726-8549.
Literature Resource Center (Gale) -- Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. For questions or assistance with LRC please contact Sarah Beaubien at sbeaubie@d.umn.edu or call 218-726-8549.
Opera in Video: According to their web site, "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. The collection presents an overview of the most commonly studied operas in music history, opera literature, and performance classes. Multiple performances and stagings worldwide of the major operas allow for analysis of stage design, vocal techniques, roles, and musical interpretation across time periods, opera houses, and conductors." If you have questions or comments about Opera in Video, please contact Pam Enrici at penrici@d.umn.edu or call 218-726-8586.
Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO) --Index to articles in the social work profession as well as areas of service such as children and families, aging, crime and delinquency, education, health care and substance abuse. Social issues and problems are also covered. The EBSCO version is replacing the Ovid version starting 7/1/09. If you have questions or comments about Social Work Abstracts via EBSCO please contact Martha Eberhart at meberhar@d.umn.edu or call 218-726-8733.
Something About the Author Back File -- Online access to the print version of Something About the Author examining the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults Something About the Author Online includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series. UMD has access to volumes published from 1971 through June 20, 2009. If you have questions or comments about SATA Back File please contact Martha Eberhart at meberhar@d.umn.edu or call 218-726-8733.
Trial Databases
Trial Databases are available here for a limited time. Please give them a test run and let us know what you think. Your evaluation is important to us as we consider future purchases.
Google Scholar (in Beta testing) enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. This is probably not the first place to go, but if you are having problems finding your topic, give it a try. For help, contact the appropriate subject librarian.
