The Randall Library Serials Task Force would like to offer the following database trials for your preview. Following your examination of a database trial, we would appreciate your feedback using the survey form found at the following link.  Thank you.

Database Trial Evaluation Survey

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) (trial available on-campus only)
Spanning the entire spectrum of life sciences, the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) features more than 4,300 specially commissioned and peer-reviewed articles. This alone makes it an essential read for life scientists as well as a valuable resource for teaching. The articles within ELS are written by leaders in the field to provide comprehensive and authoritative coverage of this subject area and are aimed at researchers, students and teachers alike.

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (trial available on-campus only and requires a username and password. Please contact the reference desk for assistance)

The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world. They are among the richest and most detailed primary sources for the history of the past two centuries, and are fundamental to an understanding of current legislation, policy making and the political environment. HCPP online, with searchable full text, and detailed subject indexing, makes it possible to fully exploit the enormous potential of this resource for the first time. The origins of HCPP online lie in the Chadwyck-Healey microfiche edition of the nineteenth century House of Commons Sessional Papers. (More information on Sessional Papers is available in our brief guide to parliamentary papers.) Published between 1980 and 1983, the microfiche edition includes filmed images of 79,527 papers, covering 4.2 million pages. The accompanying 5 volume index, Peter Cockton's 'Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900', was the first thematic listing of the complete set of parliamentary papers. For more information on the compilation of the 'Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900', read the introduction to the print volumes.

Jazz Music Library (trial requires a username and password. Please contact the reference desk for assistance)
See—and hear—Alexander Street Press's latest Music Online collection. It currently includes 1,964 albums and 19,022 tracks, and it's growing all the time. Access the entire collection through June 30th.

Research Starters is a new offering from EBSCO Publishing, designed to help students grasp the broad outline of a subject, whether it be Business or Education, and to realize its real-world applications, critically engage it, and locate sources for conducting research in greater detail.
Research Starters - Business
Research Starters - Education
Research Starters - Sociology

Springer eBooks (trial available on campus only)

Last Update: June 30, 2009