Featured Database: Historical Abstracts

Historical Abstracts is a great database to find scholarly articles for your research papers on the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the presents, including world history, military history, women’s history, history of education and much more. This database provides selective indexing of historical articles from thousands of journals in a wide variety of languages from more than 90 countries and database includes book citations, dissertations and theses, and coverage extends to related disciplines such as archeology, anthropology and sociology.

In addition to standard search features, Historical Abstracts with Full Text allows for searching by time period, a major advantage given the extensive range of its coverage.

You can find Historical Abstracts on the Library tab in myRedDragon in the box Databases by Title. Also check out the History Research Guide for additional resources on your topic!

Featured Database: Environment Complete

Environment Complete is an EBSCOhost database that specializes in journal articles and monographs from the subject areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning.  Environment Complete provides full text for over 600 of the most heavily-used journals in these disciplines, and contains over 1,772,000 records total.  The database’s holdings go back to the 1940s, and include articles from over 1500 domestic and international titles.  Monograph coverage includes full text from sources like the Encyclopedia of World Environmental History.

You can find Environment Complete on the Library tab in myRedDragon in the box: Databases by title.

 

Featured Database: LGBT Life with Full Text

LGBT Life Full Text provides full text of content related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender studies for hundreds of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers including The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, Tangents, and many more.

LGBT Life with Full Text also contains many full-text monographs and books including Classics in Lesbian Studies, Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research, Handbook of Research with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Populations, Queer Theory & Social Change, and more. Additionally, all relevant bibliographic data from NISC’s Sexual Diversity Studies is also included.

You can find the LGBT Life with Full Text on the Library tab in myRedDragon in the box: Databases by title.  For more resources try the Gender Studies Library Guide!

 

 

Featured Database: MLA International Bibliography

Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains millions of citations from journals & series, as well as book publishers.

The MLA International Bibliography provides a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage includes literature from all over the world–Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. Folklore is represented by folk literature, music, art, rituals, and belief systems. Linguistics and language materials range from history and theory of linguistics, comparative linguistics, semantics, stylistics, and syntax to translation. Other topics include literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater), and history of printing and publishing.

You can find the MLA International Bibliography on the Library tab in myRedDragon in the box: Databases by title.  For more resources on modern languages try the Modern Languages Library guide!

Featured Database: Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 to 2000


Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 to 2000 brings together primary
documents, books, images, essays, book reviews, Web site reviews, teaching tools, and more. The database chronicles the multiplicity of women’s activism in American public life from Colonial times to the present. The database contains tens of thousands pages of books, pamphlets, and related materials—for example, The History of Woman Suffrage (six volumes, 1881-1922); the proceedings of the national conventions of women’s anti-slavery societies in the 1830s; the proceedings of woman’s rights conventions, 1848-1869; the proceedings of the annual conventions of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1874-1898; and publications of the League of Women Voters, 1920-2000.

You can find this database in the database by title box on the library tab in myRedDragon. Also check out the History Research Guide and the Women’s Studies Research Guide for additional resources on this topic!

 

 

Featured Database: SBRnet Sport Business Resource Network

SBRnet Sport Business Resource Network gives access to multiple resources, including:

  • Industry-developed Market Research
  • Government Statistics
  • Facility Reports and News
  • International Market Publications
  • Customized Research
  • Directories on professional sports teams and their venues, as well as collegiate athletic programs

Covering Multiple Subjects: Broadcasting; Careers; College Sports; Disabled; Endorsements; Facilities; Fan Market Profiles; Financial Reports; Licensing; Market Demographics; Marketing; Olympics; Professional sports; Social Media; Sponsorship; Sporting Goods demographics and brand preferences; Sports Participation; Women’s Sports; Youth/Amateur.

You can find this database in the database by title box on the library tab in myRedDragon. Also check out the Sports Management libguide for additional resources on your topic!

 

Library Fall 2013 Semester Hours

The Library Fall semester hours starting Tuesday, September 3

  • Monday – Thursday: 7:30 am – 1 am
  • Friday: 7:30 am – 7 pm
  • Saturday: 10:00 am – 6 pm
  • Sunday:  noon – 1 am

Exceptions: Tuesday, November 26: 7:30 am – 10:00 pm

These hours will remain in effect until Friday, December 6, 2013. You can find a complete overview of our hours here.

 

 

 

Lunchhour Learn workshops!

Welcome back students! New this fall, the library is offering a series of workshop sessions on myRedDragon and Blackboard. Navigating Blackboard or myRedDragon can be a challenge for new students. So, come to a Lunchhour Learn workshop. Workshops will take place in the Technology Training Center in the Learning Commons (1st Floor). Snacks will be available and students can enter a raffle to win a WEPA printing card worth 5 $. Two cards will be raffled per workshop. Sign up at the IRSC or here in the “Calendar” tab: http://cortland.libguides.com/itds , just click on the “Lunchhour Learn” workshop you would like to attend.  September 4 @ 12:30pm will be the first one on Blackboard!  See you there!

For additional information look at the                                                                           Instructional Technologies and Design Services Libguide!