What's New for 2015-2016... So Far
As usual there are some additions in databases and other resources as we begin the new academic year.
Graduate students and faculty will find the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses - Section A: Humanities & Social Sciences helpful in their research, but upper level undergraduates may also find it useful, particularly those working on Honors Papers. It contains indexes and abstracts to master's theses and doctoral dissertations from around the country. Anyone in the ETBU graduate programs who produces a thesis as part of their degree requirements can have their thesis added. Anything found in PQDTA that was produced by student's in our master's programs is accessible in full text. Dissertations and abstracts from outside our campus may be purchased for a fee. The library will underwrite those fees (up to a certain point) for graduate students and faculty.
Newly acquired at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year was the Nursing Collection of Films on Demand. The library already had access to the Academic Collection. With these collections as well as smaller video collections found in other aggregate databases, the library now can access the equivalent of over 25,000 DVDs through the streaming video format.
We have added two more Naxos products. The first was added in the late spring and it is the Naxos Spoken Word Audio Library, which contains a large collection of streaming audio devoted to literature, history, business, and many more disciplines, with new recordings being added monthly. During the summer we also added the Naxos Works Database which is not a streaming audio collection, but instead information on specific works by major composers - such as when the work was composed, the first performance - even the artists who were involved in the first performances when that information is available. This information can be very helpful in developing programs for concerts, recitals, and much more.
Although it's not new, you'll see a new look when you use TigerCat this year. A recent upgrade also gave our online catalog a fresh, clean look. We think you'll like it!
Graduate students and faculty will find the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses - Section A: Humanities & Social Sciences helpful in their research, but upper level undergraduates may also find it useful, particularly those working on Honors Papers. It contains indexes and abstracts to master's theses and doctoral dissertations from around the country. Anyone in the ETBU graduate programs who produces a thesis as part of their degree requirements can have their thesis added. Anything found in PQDTA that was produced by student's in our master's programs is accessible in full text. Dissertations and abstracts from outside our campus may be purchased for a fee. The library will underwrite those fees (up to a certain point) for graduate students and faculty.
Newly acquired at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year was the Nursing Collection of Films on Demand. The library already had access to the Academic Collection. With these collections as well as smaller video collections found in other aggregate databases, the library now can access the equivalent of over 25,000 DVDs through the streaming video format.
We have added two more Naxos products. The first was added in the late spring and it is the Naxos Spoken Word Audio Library, which contains a large collection of streaming audio devoted to literature, history, business, and many more disciplines, with new recordings being added monthly. During the summer we also added the Naxos Works Database which is not a streaming audio collection, but instead information on specific works by major composers - such as when the work was composed, the first performance - even the artists who were involved in the first performances when that information is available. This information can be very helpful in developing programs for concerts, recitals, and much more.
Although it's not new, you'll see a new look when you use TigerCat this year. A recent upgrade also gave our online catalog a fresh, clean look. We think you'll like it!
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