Mason Library
From Coordinator of Electronic Reference, Associate Professor Patrick O'Brien:
The Library has added the following electronic resources in Fall 2008:
Literature Criticism Online
Fulltext literary criticism and biographical information from 12 multi-volume sets,
published by Gale. The sets included are Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth
Century Literary Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800,
Classical & Medieval Literary Criticism, Shakespearean Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism,
Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, Children's Literature Review, Something About the
Author, and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Nearly 2,000 big volumes, all
in one seamless interface.
Twayne's Authors Series (one year free trial)
Free trial is good until October 2009. Full text discussions of an author's works and a
chronology of the author's life. Six hundred volumes from Twayne's United States
Authors, English Authors, and World Authors series. Many of these volumes are available
in print in the Library's Main collection.
African American Music Reference
Searchable full text of 63 reference works, over 17,000 pages. Comprehensive coverage of
blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel,
and other forms of black American musical expression.
African American Song
Streaming audio from Alexander Street Press. Documents the history of African American
music in an online music listening service. The collection contains a diverse range of
genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others;
this release features some 16,000 tracks of great historical recordings from Document Records.
American Film Scripts Online
Contains 823 scripts by 969 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the
scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. In addition, the database includes
over 430 original images of previously unpublished screenplays.
American Song
Part of Music Online, a service of Alexander Street Press. Streaming audio. Much more than
a repository of well known classics like Yankee Doodle and The Star Spangled Banner,
this new resource includes music that relates to almost every walk of American life,
every ethnic group, and every time period. Includes songs by and about American Indians,
miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys, as well as the songs of
Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War,
and anti-war protests.
Classical Music Reference Library
Produced by Alexander Street Press. Brings together reference materials spanning the entire
history of Western classical music. Included are the reference titles Baker's dictionary of
music, Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, Baker's student encyclopedia of music,
and Women composers: music through the ages, and more. Provides coverage of all classical
genres, from the Medieval period to the 21st century.
Classical Scores Library
Part of Music Online, a service of Alexander Street Press. Over 3,500 scores in PDF
format. Many scores include links to streaming audio
at the Classical Music Library.
Contemporary World Music
Part of Music Online, a service of Alexander Street Press. Streaming audio.
Genres include contemporary reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion,
Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres.
Traditional music such as Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco,
gospel, and gagaku is also featured.
Dance in Video
Streaming video from Alexander Street Press. Dance productions and documentaries by the
most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover
ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well
as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Alexander Street Press' online version of this world music encyclopedia, also available
in Mason Library as a 10-volume set. Includes audio examples. Each volume contains
an overview of a geographic region, a survey of its musical heritage, and a description of
specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include detailed
photographs that show musicians, musical instruments, and the cultural context of dances,
rituals, and ceremonies.
Opera in Video
Streaming video from Alexander Street Press. Opera performances, captured on video through
staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world's best
performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance to the operatic
canon. The current release includes 40 videos; when complete the collection will
contain 250 videos.
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
Part of Music Online, a service of Alexander Street Press. Streaming audio. Includes the
recordings of the Folkways Records label, as well as other titles in the Smithsonian Folkways
series, and much more.
Biological Abstracts at EBSCOhost
Collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research
literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally. Replaces FirstSearch's
Basic BIOSIS database, which was discontinued.
GreenFILE
Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and
reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways
humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and
disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE
serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our
planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles
and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Researchers and authors seeking to submit manuscripts can find detailed info about
education journals in Cabell's Educational Curriculum & Methods Directory. Included
is info about each journal's review process, acceptance rate, time required for review,
fees, and more. To access: 1) click "Member Area," 2) select "Educational Curriculum &
Methods," and 3) click "Access Selected Directory."
Discovery Education streaming plus
Streaming video. Comprehensive K-12 curriculum coverage in six core subject areas. 8,700
full-length online videos, divided into segments. Requires "New User Passcode" ; available
to KSC users at the reference desk.
IPA Source: Transcriptions of Songs and Arias
International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions, and literal translations of songs and
arias in PDF format.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas- U.S.
With an unprecedented scope and cutting-edge scholarship, the Encyclopedia draws together the
diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas
from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe,
Asia, and the Middle East. Over 900 A-to-Z articles written by academics, scholars, writers,
artists, and journalists, address such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion,
education, health, and history. Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez, Editors in Chief.
New Library Staff
Please welcome Cecil Maxfield, Circulation Supervisor; Micki Harrington, Evening and Weekend Circulation Assistant; Kara Young, Systems Librarian; and Margaret Barney, Program Support Assistant in the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies.
The Library added the following electronic resources in Spring 2008:
ARTstor
Searchable database of digital images and associated catalog data, with new image collections
added several times a year. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the
fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology,
ethnographic and women's studies, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Users can
search, view, download and organize images.
North American Theatre Online (NATO)
NATO's mission is to provide detailed information about every: theatrical figure, play, theater,
major production, and production company. It covers American and Canadian theatre from
Colonial times to the present. The database covers people, theatre, and plays outside North
America only if they had some impact on the North American theatrical scene, e.g., a Russian
actor performing on Broadway. Includes unpublished works by major authors; works that have
never been performed; and works that are believed to be lost. In addition to photographs,
NATO includes architectural drawings, staging plans, individual ticket stubs, playbills,
postcards, and full text of plays!
Project Muse
Premium edition. Approximately 380 prestigious humanities and social sciences journals. Every
journal is peer-reviewed and every article is fulltext.
Theatre in Video
When complete, this database will contain over 500 hours of online, streaming video, representing
more than 350 full-length plays and documentaries. Coverage begins in the 1930s and will
progress through the 20th century. It features important contemporary performances; live
television broadcasts of New York productions from the 50s; and revivals of classic works
and experimental performances from the 60s and 70s. Unlike Hollywood adaptations, these
are the actual original productions, captured and recorded while performed for a live theatre
audience. Both Broadway and off-Broadway productions are represented in each decade.