What’s new in the library?
September 26, 2011
The library has made some changes over the summer; most student computers have been upgraded. The biggest changes are in electronic resources.
Where to find them: http://library.chemeketa.edu/information/database.php Off-campus users will need their MyChemeketa user name and password
What’s new in organization:
Database page menu
Option to group databases by type of content (e.g., articles, books, images, streaming media)
Citation help includes a guide to which databases do citations for you, and where to find that feature
Databases added this summer:
Biography Reference Bank – access to Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, Current Biography, Biography Index and Junior Authors and Illustrators….also includes images and biographical information from full-text articles
Britannica Online – searchable content of the Encyclopedia Britannica
ebrary College Complete – 23,000 electronic books in many disciplines.
Image Quest – searchable database of more than two million images; all are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use
JSTOR Arts & Sciences I and III. Archive Collections of nearly 400 journals, strong in the humanities. Title lists & info are available at http://about.jstor.org/content-collections/journals
Oxford Art Online – complete contents of the 34-volume Grove Dictionary of Art along with Oxford art reference resources, including The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.
Oxford English Dictionary – the standard reference, online
Oxford Music Online has the updated versions of the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, as well as other Grove and Oxford reference books.
Coming soon:
Safari books online – access to full text of books on computer-related topics.
Oregonian no longer available
Sadly, due a change in vendors, the library no longer has access to the full text of the Oregonian newspaper.
