Wednesday, November 28, 2007

New ANTS Tutorials - November 2007

Five new tutorials have been added to the ANimated Tutorial Sharing (ANTS) website since October:

1. Art Index (Wilson Web edition) by Richard Baer (Camosun College).
2. Sociological Abstracts (CSA) by Paul Betty (Regis University) - ANTS
first U.S. contributor.
3. CINAHL Advanced Search Tutorial (EBSCOhost) by Duncan Dixon (Trinity
Western University).
4. CIHAHL Headings Tutorial (EBSCOhost) by Duncan Dixon (Trinity Western
University).
5. A Model for the Process of Informational Research (ANTS first Inforamtion
Literacy Tutorial) by Bill Badke (Trinity Western University).

The ANTS site is located at http://ants.wetpaint.com

The ANTS Team

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

NISC Databases on EBSCOhost

COPPUL has sent out an invitation to members to participate in an offer for the following NISC databases on EBSCOhost:

Arctic & Antarctic Regions (new)
Child Development & Adolescent Studies
Family & Society Studies Worldwide
Gender Studies Database
Left Index (new)
Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
Women's Studies International

COPPUL currently subscribes to several of these databases on the EBSCOhost platform. In conjunction with the renewal of these databases, this offer is extended to non-participating members to join if they are interested.

This offer includes two new unsolicited offers from EBSCO for Arctic & Antarctic Regions and the Left Index.

Deadline for replies:
December 14, 2007 for Child Development & Adolescent Studies, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, Gender Studies Database, Left Index, Women's Studies International.
January 18, 2008 for Arctic & Antarctic Regions, Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies,Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide.

For more information about this offer, contact Debbie Braun at debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca

Royal Society Journal Packages

COPPUL has sent out an invitation to members to participate in an offer for the following Royal Society Journal Packages:

Package S: Excellence in Science Collection

Package A: Physical Sciences Collection

Package B: Biological Sciences Collection

Package H: History of Science Collection

Online access to the Royal Society Digital Journal Archive, dating back to 1665 and containing more than 60,000 articles, will be exclusive to Royal Society Journal Package subscribers as of January 2008.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: (from vendor)
The Royal Society Digital Journal Archive is easily the most comprehensive archive in science and contains some of the most significant scientific papers ever published. The development of this digital resource means that the Society's online collection now contains every paper ever published in the Royal Society's journals - from the very first peer-reviewed paper in Philosophical Transactions in 1665 to the most recent interdisciplinary article in Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Seminal research papers include accounts of Michael Faraday's groundbreaking series of electrical experiments, Isaac Newton‚s invention of the reflecting telescope and the first research paper published by Stephen Hawking. For further information visit http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/archive

Deadline for replies: November 30, 2007.

For more information about this offer, contact Debbie Braun at debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca