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Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science

2008-09-09T20:17:59Z

Synthesis publishes a collection of titles each year in electrical engineering and computer science. The 2007 collection has 100 titles and 2008 will have 125. Purchasing the 2007 collection does not mean that you must buy the 2008 collection. Each year stands on its own. This is a one-time purchase for perpetual access and no DRM. There is also a smaller subject series for computer science alone that will have 50 titles, some from the 2007 big EE/CS collection and some from the 125 title 2008 EE/CS collection.

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Source OECD

2008-09-09T18:40:47Z

SourceOECD (to become the OECD iLibrary when a new version is launched later in 2008) is the collective brand name for OECD Publishing's online services. These online services include access to OECD textual publications - includes the publications of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) - in PDF form and access to OECD statistical databases in which data can be selected and downloaded as .xls, .csv, or .ivt files. SourceOECD can be bundled with the traditional print versions or purchased separately as online-only products. SourceOECD includes 17 thematic book collections (roughly 150 books a year), 19 journals, 3 reference titles, 19 OECD statistical databases and 10 IEA statistical databases. SourceOECD hosts as well 20 series of working papers.

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PinHawk Economics Research and News

2008-09-09T18:30:21Z

"Economists can follow the latest research papers from universities, central banks and think tanks in a compact daily email; also included are important speeches, the best economic blogs and breaking international news."

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Lexis Nexis Statistical Data Sets

2008-09-09T18:19:52Z

“LexisNexis Statistical DataSets aggregates over 100 public domain and licensed quantitative datasets and makes that data available from within a single interface. Users scan the contents of these datasets, select subjects and variables of interest, and view the data in side-by-side tables and charts. The product also provides accompanying metadata in the form of citation records to provide details on how the data were collected and obtained."

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Black newspapers

2008-09-09T17:53:22Z

"The Philadelphia Tribune (1921-2001) the oldest continuously published black newspaper, is dedicated to the needs and concerns of the fourth largest black community in the U.S. During the 1930s the paper supported the growth of the United Way, rallied against the riots in Chester, PA, and continuously fought against segregation."

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International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Science Direct)

2008-09-09T15:22:34Z

“The International Encyclopedia of Public Health covers all aspects of the public health field, providing information relating to key conceptual areas such as ethics and legality, consumerism, anthropology and sociology. The role of economics, globalisation and the history of public health are also examined while articles submitted by a wide range of distinguished contributors cover a broad list of topics, providing investigation into disease, hospital conditions, aging, diet, and injuries.”

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Heritage Quest Online

2008-09-09T15:04:45Z

“HeritageQuest Online™ combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. This online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s.”

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FBIS Daily Reports

2008-09-09T13:53:51Z

“The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports has been the United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence for nearly 75 years. The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. Many of these materials are first-hand reports of events as they occurred. As such, the FBIS Daily Reports constitutes a one-of-a-kind archive of transcripts of foreign broadcasts and news that provides fascinating insight into the second half of the 20th century.”

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Encyclopedia of Public Health

2008-09-09T13:36:34Z

“The Encyclopedia of Public Health is a summary of current knowledge in the field of public health. The work includes more than 2,500 entries in two volumes, written by international experts across the public health sciences. Entries consist of review-style articles (synopses), detailed essays and short definitions. Extensive cross referencing and hyperlinking offer an easy to use reference in Public Health.”

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Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Springer)

2008-09-08T20:42:00Z

“Comprehensive: Includes more than 10,000 entries - keynotes, in-depth essays and reviews - covering 43 topic fields, plus some 1,000 color figures. Complete: Covers the full range of modern neuroscience, from molecular neurobiology to brain architecture and from neurogenetics to neurophilospophy.”

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Corpus of Early Francophone literature from the Indian Ocean

2008-09-08T20:31:35Z

“This Corpus gives access, as completely as possible, to the whole of Francophone written and oral literature from the Indian Ocean, from the origins (18th century) to Independence (1960, or death of authors). The literary production of the countries of the Indian Ocean was considerable as early as the 18th century in Reunion Island and Mauritius, and the 20th century was particularly rich for Madagascan literature. The oral literature of the Indian Ocean was collected by intellectuals or by religious communities.”

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Corpus of the Early Francophone literature of Black Africa

2008-09-08T20:04:55Z

“This exhaustive corpus of more than 11 000 texts covers the whole of sub-Saharan francophone Africa, that is some twenty countries and more than a hundred ethnic groups and brings together the most diverse genres of this literature which has yet to be discovered and studied (novels, tales, short stories, narrative accounts, theatre, poetry, myths, legends, fables, proverbs, riddles, songs).
Built up from a vast bibliographical research, followed by the collection and edition of the texts, the Corpus is both a scholarly database and a precious collection of Africa's cultural heritage.”

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Aluka

2008-09-08T19:12:15Z

Aluka is a digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. The collections in Aluka are made available to educational, research, and cultural institutions around the world. During 2008, Aluka is expected to become part of JSTOR, a not-for-profit organization building trusted digital archives for scholarship. JSTOR makes available archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Aluka and the JSTOR archives are freely available in Africa.

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Science Signaling

2008-08-27T21:00:26Z

“Science Signaling is a weekly journal, publishing 51 issues a year, as well as an online resource and information management tool that enables experts and novices in cell signaling to find, organize, and utilize information relevant to processes of cellular regulation. The overarching goal of Science Signaling is to identify and develop a mix of tools and approaches (algorithms, schemas, programs, and human organizational structures) that are stable, scalable, interoperable, and cost effective for providing access to information on cell signaling.”

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New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

2008-08-27T20:49:31Z

“In 2008, Palgrave Macmillan published The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. While some classic articles from the 1987 were retained, around 80% of the text was either entirely new or substantially rewritten to reflect the depth of change within the discipline between the editions. This new edition retains the inspiring tradition of bringing together the world's most influential economists writing in their own voice on their areas of expertise, but in its online incarnation it has married this tradition with the benefits of a dynamic, updated resource serving the information needs of a new generation of economists.”
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