Electronic Resources News

Research in Practice

electronicresources — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:31:56 +0000

Our subscription to Research in Practice – a service which provides research evidence in the field of children and families – is not being renewed, due to a change in its login procedures and low usage.

Access ends on the 31st July.

NetLibrary ebooks now on EBSCOHost

electronicresources — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:25:26 +0000

Ebooks formerly supplied by the NetLibrary platform have been transfered to the EBSCOHost platform. The change reflects the demise of NetLibrary as a distinct business since its take over by EBSCO last year.

Links from OPAC will be redirected to the EBSCO site.

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance

electronicresources — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:15:14 +0000

We have access now to the International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with full text.

The bibliography contains more than 140 full-text journals. It also includes books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance.

Education databases move to new platform

electronicresources — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:58:36 +0000

The British Education Index, ERIC, and the Australian Education Index are available now on the new Proquest Professional platform at https://register.wlv.ac.uk/xap.plx?url=122.

New look Web of Knowledge

electronicresources — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:41:42 +0000

Web of Knowledge has a new look platform which will go live on July 17th. You can use the new site now at http://webofknowledge.com/.

All links to the old site will automatically go to the new site on the switch over date.

E-Journal A-Z name change

electronicresources — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:55:07 +0000

The sharp-eyed might have spotted that our E-Journals A-Z (https://register.wlv.ac.uk/xap.plx?url=135) now includes a tab for ebooks.

To reflect this change, we’ve altered its name to the snappy “A-Z of e-journals and e-books”. We hope you like it.

JournalTOCs trial

electronicresources — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:37:16 +0000

We have a trial of a customised version of JournalTOCs, a table of contents awareness service which alerts you when new issues of your favourite journals are published.

The service covers nearly 9,000 of our subscribed titles, with links through to the articles’ full text.

Please send any feedback about the site to Helen at H.Curtis@wlv.ac.uk.

Trial of theatre & dance database

electronicresources — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:44:57 +0000

We have a trial of the International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with full text, until the end of May.

It’s the definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts.

It includes a databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.

JISC MediaHub

electronicresources — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:45:16 +0000

MediaHub is a new JISC-funded service offering digital images, film and sound collections from a single interface, licensed for educational and research use.

The service is being Beta tested, and the full service will be available from August.

MediaHub will become part of the new JISC eCollections service that will consist of three new content platforms (one of which is JISC MediaHub).

Routledge Education journals – free access

electronicresources — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:30:09 +0000

We have free access to Routledge’s roster of 228 education titles during April.

You can get at them at http://www.educationarena.com/effa/