Trial Databases
New databases available for a brief trial period.
Let us know which ones you think are worth keeping.
- Films
on Demand (Films Media Group)
 
- Streaming video platform that provides more than 6,000 educational programs,
documentaries, and dramatic productions that cover: humanities & social sciences -
business & economics - science & mathematics - health & medicine - technical education -
family & consumer sciences - careers & job search - guidance & counseling. Material
comes from: Films for the Humanities and Sciences; Cambridge Educational; Meridian Education;
and Shopware.
- Trial ends March 2010
- Art
Museum Image Gallery (WilsonWeb)
- Online images of over 155,000 works of art from around the world,
including major European, American, and Canadian artists in the
collections of member museums, as well as Native American, Inuit, Greek,
Roman, Egyptian, Japanese, and Chinese works from
ancient to contemporary times.
- Trial ends March 31, 2010
- Cinema
Image Gallery (WilsonWeb)
- Online collection of still images from movies, television, and the entertainment industry
that includes: the history of movie-making - still images of films in production - directors
working on-set with the stars - set, costume, and production design - hair and make-up shots -
rare behind-the-scenes material. Contains over 150,000 images, along with over 4,000 posters
and lobby cards.
- Trial ends March 31, 2010
- Art
Full Text (WilsonWeb)
- Covers advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture, art history, computers in art,
crafts, decorative arts, fashion design, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design,
landscape architecture, motion pictures, museology, non-western art, painting, photography,
pottery, sculpture, television, textiles, and video. Includes the full text of selected journals
back to 1997, abstracts back to 1994, and indexing back to 1984. Also indexes reproductions
of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
- Trial ends March 31, 2010
- ERIC:
Education Resources Information Center (WilsonWeb)
- Created by the U.S. Department of Education, this lists citations and abstracts to articles
from over 1,000 education journals, along with other education-related materials including
books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers,
dissertations, and more.
- Trial ends March 31, 2010
- eHRAF
World Cultures (Human Relations Area Files, Yale)
- Browsable by region, culture, and ethnic group, each entry provides information on
all aspects of cultural and social life, including ethnonyms, identification, location,
demography, linguistic affiliation, history, economy, marriage, family, social organization,
political organization, religious beliefs, arts, medicine, and more. Each entry is also accompanied
by full text articles, books, and dissertations, as well as glossaries.
- Trial ends May 31, 2010
- eHRAF
Archaeology (Human Relations Area Files, Yale)
- Covering the world's prehistory, and browsable by archeological tradition, region, or
country, each entry provides information about a tradition's alternative names, time periods,
location, important sites, environment, climate, topography, geology, biota, settlements,
community organization, economy, foods, industrial arts, sociopolitical organization,
religion, expressive culture, and more. Each entry is also accompanied
by full text articles, books, and dissertations, as well as glossaries.
- Trial ends May 31, 2010
- Influenza (Flu) :
Evidence-based Medical Information (Ebsco)
- Provides continually updated, evidence-based clinical information about the H1N1,
seasonal, and other influenza (flu) viruses for clinicians, nurses, and patients. Includes overviews,
diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, vaccine information, questions and answers, and more from the
DynaMed, Nursing Reference Center, and Patient Education Reference Center
databases. Patient education information is presented in 17 languages.
- Facts
on File Issues and Controversies (Facts on File)
- Helps researchers understand today's crucial issues by exploring hot topics in politics,
government, business, education, and popular culture with objective coverage that provides a range of opinions
to inspire thought-provoking debates. Includes pro-and-con statements, interviews with experts, primary
source documents, timelines, statistical tables, newspaper editorials, editorial cartoons, discussion
questions, curriculum tools, and more. Updated weekly, with a 13-year backfile.
- Trial ends March 2010
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
HTML by Robert Delaney
robert.delaney@liu.edu
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