Fogler Library, University of Maine - Library newsletter for faculty

FOGLER LIBRARY NEWS SERVICE
Publicizing events, collections, acquisitions and services at UMaine's library
-- Wednesday, March 31, 2005--

SUMMARY
1.   Services
      A. New Subject Portals on Fogler Web
2.   Collections
      A.  More Journals Newly Accessible Through JSTOR
3.   Databases
      A. Business Source Premier Has New Look

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1.   SERVICES
A. NEW SUBJECT PORTALS ON FOGLER WEB
What’s YOUR Topic? Step through the subject portals at Fogler Library...
From Anthropology to Zoology and from Dance to Women’s Studies, we have brought together books, journals, online resources and contact with your Fogler Library subject specialist under a single web page we call a portal. A subject portal serves as a doorway for your research needs that leads to many resources available both locally and globally via the Internet.   A wide array of subject portals, 83 in all, is available to support research, instruction, and studies here at UMaine.

Say your student is looking to write a term paper for your Psychology course. Find “Psychology” in the portal pulldown window on Fogler’s Home Page [ http://www.library.umaine.edu ]. The portal will lead to article sources, course guides and options for contacting librarians with specific questions about the topic. Suggested materials and “spotlights” on noteworthy resources are also available as well as quick links to comprehensive sources such as URSUS and Fogler Library's Indexes and Databases. Look for the "Portals" icon to put the many resources Fogler Library has to offer at one's fingertips!

2.   COLLECTIONS
A.   MORE JOURNALS NEWLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH JSTOR
Seven new titles have been added to the JSTOR archive. As a participant in the Arts & Sciences Collections II and III, and the Language & Literature Collection, Fogler Library will be able to offer access to the new content immediately:

Dumbarton Oaks Papers Vol. 1 - Vol. 57 (1941-2003); Feminist Studies Vol. 1 - Vol. 23, No. 3 (1972-1997); International Studies Review Vol. 1 (1999); Journal of Design History Vol. 1 - Vol. 12 (1988-1999); Journal of the American Institute for Conservation Vol. 1 - Vol. 40 (1960-2001); Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft 1. Band - 28. Band (1924-2001); NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction Vol. 1 - Vol. 33, No. 1 (1967-1999); The Bulletin of Symbolic Logic Vol. 10, No. 3 (September, 2004).

3.   DATABASES
A.  BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER HAS NEW LOOK
The vendor recently improved the search interface to provide better access to the content (which remains unchanged). It is now possible to browse (as well as search) for industry profiles, country reports, market research and company profiles. New source types include: Academic Journals, SWOT Analyses, Trade Publications, Industry Profiles, Company Profiles, Market Research Reports and Product Reviews.

If you have questions regarding this, or any other library resource, please don't hesitate to contact Fogler's Business Reference Librarian, Darylyne Provost at darylyne.provost@umit.maine.edu .

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