New Database: Informe Académico

The library now provides access to Informe Académico

Informe Académico meets the research needs of Spanish-speaking users with a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America. Informe Académico provides quality reference material–not simply translations of English-language materials–on a powerful, easy-to-use interface configured for Spanish-speaking users, allowing researchers to analyze topics and conduct research in Spanish.

Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.

New Database: Educator’s Reference Complete

The library now provides access to Educator’s Reference Complete!

Educator’s Reference Complete seeks to provide full text for titles in the Eric database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty—such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.

You can find this database in the Library Databases link on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon. Search for Educator’s Reference Complete in the alphabetical list of databases by title or Ask a Librarian!

Web of Science Database Trial

SUNYConnect has partnered with Clarivate Analytics to provide trial access to the world’s most complete and highly subscribed citation database, the Web of Science.

Access to this resource will be available from Sept 7th – November 30th, 2017, and will allow your patrons to seamlessly search the most impactful literature in the Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, all while exploring the citation connections between discoveries.

With over 140 million records, including peer reviewed journals, conference proceedings, books, patents, data sets and studies, you will discover how the Web of Science offers access to the complete research lifecycle.

Did you know that the Web of Science

  • Is the only resource that provides cover-to-cover indexing for all records available back to 1900
  • Has more records than any other provider
  • Captures all authors and affiliations for all records
  • Has been capturing funding sources since 2008
  • Offers truly multidisciplinary and global content, originating from 80 different countries in 32 languages
  • Has more than 1.4B cited references
  • Is publisher neutral, with a full time objective editorial board, indexing only the most high quality content
  • Provides the only true cited reference search, presenting all citations, regardless of source

New Database: Academic Video Online

The library provides now access to Academic Video Online! 

Academic Video Online (AVON) provides access to more than 63,000* (and growing) videos all cross-searchable from a single platform. The database includes scholarly video material of virtually every video type: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, demonstrations, original and raw footage including tens of thousands of exclusive titles spanning essential subject areas including: Art & Design; Diversity; Health Sciences; History; Literature & Language; Music & Performing Arts; Personal Interest; Psychology & Counseling; Science & Engineering; Social Sciences. Included are: American History in Video; Education in Video; and Ethnographic Video Online.

You can find this database in the Library Databases link on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon. Search for Academic Video Online in the alphabetical list of databases by title or Ask a librarian!

Need help finding resources for your research paper?

Librarians are available to provide support for research questions! You can visit  the Research Help desk, in the main hall way of Memorial Library and ask for help from Monday to Wednesday, 10 am to 9 pm, Thursday, 10 am to 6 pm, and Friday,10 am to 4 pm.  On weekends research help will be provided Saturday, 12 pm to 5 pm, Sunday 1 pm to 9 pm.

Other options for getting assistance finding resources for your research paper in Memorial Library:

  • Chat: Use the Chat box on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon!
  • Email us: libraryemail@cortland.edu
  • Phone: Call us @ (607) 753-2590 or (607) 753-2820 during library hours
  • Appointments: Schedule a Research Consultation with a subject librarian  

New Database: Early English Books Online

The Library provides now access to Early English Books Online!

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Early English Books Online contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700. This incomparable collection contains more than 130,000 titles and more than 17 million scanned pages covering more than 30 languages from Algonquin to Welsh, as well as variant editions and multiple copies.

You can find this database in the Library Databases link on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon. Search for Early English Books Online in the alphabetical list of databases by title or Ask a librarian!

 

New Database: International Medieval Bibliography

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The International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) is a multidisciplinary bibliographic database covering Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for the entire period from AD 300 to 1500. It aims to provide a comprehensive, current bibliography of articles in journals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften) published worldwide in over 35 different languages.

The International Medieval Bibliography comprises 400,000 article records on every aspect of the Middle Ages, with over 16,000 new records being added annually in quarterly updates. A printed annual update of new records is published twice a year. All articles are fully classified by date, subject and location, and provide full bibliographical records. The IMB offers a tool for medievalists to identify the contents of current work published throughout Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region.

The discipline areas to which the IMB is relevant include Classics, English Language and Literature, History and Archaeology, Theology and Philosophy, Medieval European Languages and Literatures, Arabic and Islamic Studies, History of Education, Art History, Music, Theatre and Performance Arts, Rhetoric and Communication Studies.

To access the International Medieval Bibliography on the LibraryTab in myRedDragon:  choose Databases by Title and click on International Medieval Bibliography.

New Books in the Library

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If you want to hide from the cold: curl up and read a good book! You can find our new titles at the Librarytab in myRedDragon: click the link “New Books at Memorial Library” in the left lower box “Library Links and Resources” and you will find an overview of our latest additions, organized by subject!

You can also browse the new books in the New Book shelves located on the second floor on the wall opposite the Instruction Resource Area (IRA).