http://www.library.wisc.edu/e-resources/new-resources.xml New Databases, Subject Guides and Other Resources. These are recent additions to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries' Web site. You'll find new databases and other resources, and upgrades to software such as search interfaces. 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/hanyudacidian Han Yu Da Ci Dian, literally Comprehensive Chinese Word Dictionary, is the most inclusive available Chinese dictionary. It has diachronic coverage of the Chinese language, and traces usage over three millennia from Chinese classic texts to modern slang. Includes over 23,000 head entries, defines some 370,000 words, and gives 1,500,000 citations. 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://lib.utexas.edu/maps/ The Perry Casteñeda Library Map Collection provides online access to digital versions of all Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reference and thematic maps. Army Map Service (AMS) topographic map series and a wide variety of historic maps are also available for viewing and downloading. Maps are arranged alphapetically by geographic region or country and/or by various thematic types. 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/latinamernewspapers A uniquely comprehensive collection spanning five continents. Representing the largest fully searchable collection of historical newspapers from around the globe, the World Newspaper Archive will advance research and offer opportunities for fresh insight across wide-ranging academic disciplines. This expanding online resource was created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)of the world's largest and most important newspaper repositoriesand includes historical newspapers published in Africa, Latin America, Slavic and East Europe, South Asia and other regions. At this moment World Newspaper Archive only includes historical newspapers from Latin America. 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/garland The Garland encyclopedia of world music online is an extensive resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. 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. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study. Contains the full text of the 10 volume print encyclopedia, originally published 1997-2001. 30 Oct 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/mergentbondviewer Mergent BondViewer provides a wide-range of corporate bond data including both issuer and bond level terms, ratings, historical pricing, and condition data. 30 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/mergenthorizon Mergent Horizon provides comprehensive coverage for all companies that are actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ--over 6,200 in total, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance sectors. It offers insights into company, industry, sector and product research through a proprietary classification system that maps companies to their key competitors, suppliers, customers and strategic partners. Companies and their competitors can be searched by product or trade name. 30 Oct 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/donorsearch For use in Memorial Library only. 2 simultaneous users licensed. DonorSearch.net is the single largest repository of donor giving history publicly available anywhere. By combining DonorSeries, the NOZA US Charitable Donations Database, and FEC data, the user can search 55 million gift histories simultaneously. 30 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/humanrightsdocs Full text searchable online version of the Human Rights Documents Project in microform, containing in its entirety all of the documents filmed since the Project's inception in 1980. 27 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/oxford-classicaldict The Oxford Classical Dictionary (OCD) is a standard one-volume encyclopedia of everything relating to ancient Greece and Rome. 27 Oct 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/oxford-dictchristianchurch This is a one-volume reference book covering many aspects of Christianity. 27 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/amamanualofstyle Essential tool for physicians and other health professionals. In addition to the basics of grammar and citation, it leads writers through the thickets of abbreviation, nomenclature, and quantitation. 26 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/ibisworld IBIS World is a leading publisher of U.S. industry research, IBISWorlds team of expert analysts covers 700 different market segments. Each industry report is presented in an objective, easy to understand format, providing hard-to-find answers to top market research questions. Each market report is available online in HTML, PDF, or Word format. 26 Oct 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://www.lexicool.com/ This web site provides a searchable directory to over 6000 freely available online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries. Searches may be entered by language(s), subject, or title/keyword. Search results provide the number of entries and links to the online dictionaries. The site also provides a directory of translation and interpreting courses, a listing of translator and interpreter associations worldwide, language resources, freeware to download and links to sites for currency conversion, text analysis and language identification. Language-related software and products may be purchased at the website. 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles This site supplies information on the history, economy, and politics of countries and territories. Each profile includes an overview, map, facts, and current leaders. A media overview provides information on the press, television, radio, news agencies, and number of Internet users. Links provided on the side of the profile connect to the latest news and key stories, BBC links, background articles, related Internet sites and video and audio clips from the BBC archives. Additional features include timelines, recent news links, background articles, Internet sites, and BBC archive video and audio clips. Information on key international organizations is also included. 09 Oct 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://bedfordstmartins.com/bb Extensive bibliography of composition and rhetoric resources (2003 6th ed. (electronic version). Includes information about rhetorical history, curriculum, literacy, course development, teaching of writing and various kinds of communication styles. 09 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/americanwest Based on sources from the Everett D. Graff Collection at the Newberry Library, this resource contains manuscript materials, broadsides, maps, and printed items documenting the history of the American West from the 18th century to the early 20th century. Main themes covered by the collection include Native Americans, exploration, mining and gold rushes,the Mormon migration, settlement and homesteading, transportation history, and agricultural development. All content is full text searchable and access is supplemented by six introductory essays. 09 Oct 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/princetonencyc-poetry This Encyclopedia assesses 106 national poetries, with coverage of every significant poetry tradition in the world. Updated for the times, gone are such entries as Negro poetry American; Afro-American poetry takes its place. Many entries such as sonnet are virtually unchanged from the earlier edition; others, such as Feminist poetics, are brand-new. 09 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/worldbiographicalindex The database World Biographical Index contains short biographical details on people who either lived in, or were influential in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Australasian-Pacific region, and North and South America. It is an index to a total of 55 of K. G. Saur Verlag's Biographical Archives and is in addition, an independent instrument for biographical research on about 5.9 million persons. Many of the Biographical Archives referred to may be found in microfiche in Memorial Library Reference. 28 Sep 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/african-amer-newspapers Full text searchable newspaper covergage of approximately 270 U.S newspapers documenting the African American experience in Americafrom the early 19th century to the end of the 20th century. 11 Sep 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/britannica-schooled For PreKindergarten -12th grade audience, this database includes Encyclopedia Britannica; Compton's by Britannica; Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia; Britannica Concise Encyclopedia; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus and Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary and Thesaurus; selected magazines and journals from EBSCO (see http://info.eb.com/training/materials/Magazines.PDF); links out to external web sites; hundreds of video clips. 8 Sep 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/encyc-linguistics Covers the full range of topics in linguistics, including applied, computational, historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, neurolinguistics and sociolinguistics. It is intensively cross-referenced. The interdisciplinary focus makes this a useful resource not only for linguistics but also for the fields of computer science, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, social and behavioral sciences, and literary studies. 8 Sep 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/fuenteacademica Fuente Académica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. The database is updated weekly. 28 Aug 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/ Renaissance titles from various European libraries. 26 Aug 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/cch-intelliconnect Full-text federal, state, and international tax information and materials. Includes legislation, reporters (Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Federal Tax Guide, U.S. Tax Treaties Reporter, state tax reporters, etc.), journals, treatises, and more. Also includes business and finance materials such as Federal Securities Law Reporter, Blue Sky Law Reporter, Trade Regulation Reporter, FERC Reporter and more. This resource replaces CCH Tax Research Network and CCH Internet Research Network. 26 Aug 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/encyc-rhetoric The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric is a comprehensive survey of one of the Western world's oldest disciplines. Its 150 entries, written by leading scholars, bring together expertise in classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications in a comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion. The Encyclopedia is the most wide-ranging reference work of its kind, combining theory, history, and practice, with a special emphasis on public speaking, performance, and communication. 26 Aug 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ This resource is dedicated to public communication and rhetoric of all kinds and includes a speech bank, movie speeches, audio figures of speech, the top 100 American political speeches of the 20th century, the rhetoric of 9-11 and links to communication associations and journals. 26 Aug 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://inisdb2.iaea.org/ INIS is a leading open access reference database for scientific literature published worldwide on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. It contains over 3 million bibliographic citations and abstracts with almost 200,000 full-text documents. 30 Jul 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/musicindexonline Music Index moved to EBSCO and contains additional years of coverage. Indexes articles from 850 music periodicals from over 40 countries, primarily in North America and Europe. Does not include fulltext material, though there are links to JSTOR content. Does not include abstracts. Online edition indexes articles from 1972 to the present. The print edition goes back to 1949. 30 Jul 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://library.law.wisc.edu/hurst/ The J. Willard Hurst Collection details the career of the man commonly identified as the father of modern American legal history. The collection includes Hursts personal outlines and notes; course texts; publications; publication reviews; research notes; correspondence (incoming and carbon copies of outgoing letters); personnel records; photographs; audio recordings; and typewriter. Correspondence, topical outlines and notes, and audio recordings compose a bulk of the collection. 30 Jul 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://www.nines.org/ NINES is a searchable and tagged site linking the material, cultural and literary archive of the nineteenth century and the digital research environment of the twenty-first. The NINES site is a source for peer-reviewed digital work in the long 19th-century (1770-1920), British and American; a source for digital humanities research materials; a software tool repository for new forms of research and critical analysis. 30 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/britishhumanities BHI indexes and abstracts more than 370 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. Includes thesaurus. Records from 1962-1984 are indexed only. 29 Jul 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/lisa Indexes and abstracts over 440 Library and Information Studies related periodicals from 68 countries. There is a lot of English language material but more than 20 languages are included. 29 Jul 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/socialservicesabstracts CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. 29 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Dates of coverage will be gradually extended to eventually cover the historic period 1836-1922. 28 Jul 2009 13:50:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/sustainability Covers all aspects of sustainable development, human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management and conservation of natural resources. In addition to journal articles, the index icludes papers, reports, books, conference proceedings and hard-to-find gray literature. 28 Jul 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/bridgemanart With images from over 8,000 collections and more than 29,000 artists, Bridgeman represents international museums, galleries and artists by providing a central source of fine art for image users. Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from national museums to private collections. Fine art is just one of the sources of images; design, antiques, maps, architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artefacts and many others also feature in the collection. 28 Jul 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/hidvl The Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL)a collaboration between New York University Libraries and the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politicsbrings together in one place materials that have been available only in small, little-known archives that are inaccessible to scholars and that lack the resources to properly care for and provide access to these extraordinary cultural documents. Our trilingual Artist Profiles provide additional context to the videos and ensure wide accessibility to audiences around the Americas. HIDVL provides a digital venue for documenting the expression of social and political life through performance in the many cultures and political landscapes of the Americas. There is a Profile for each artist or collection housed in HIDVL. These artist profiles, compiled with the collaboration of the artists themselves, aim to contextualize the video collections with photos, texts, interviews, programs, bibliographies and additional resources that viewers might find useful. Profiles are written in English, Spanish and Portuguese. 28 Jul 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/althealthwatch This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990. Alt HealthWatch is available for all Wisconsin residents due to licensing by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, BadgerLink service. 28 Jul 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/humanitiesindex-intl The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, BadgerLink service has licensed several upgraded databases including Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, and Humanities Index Complete. These databases contain expanded content over the versions previously licensed. 14 Jul 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/americanheritage-del This dictionary highlighting American usage includes more than 92,000 entries and is enhanced with sound files as well as full-color photographs, drawings, and maps. Geographical and biographical names are included. 14 Jul 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/columbiaencyc A general purpose reference source with authoritative, factual information covering our physical, historical, geographical, political, scientific, religious, and cultural world. More than 53,000 entries. 14 Jul 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/encycinlandwaters Encyclopedia of Inland Waters is a 3-volume reference work, pulling together all the key information in one source from the leading publisher in the field. Inland aquatic habitats occur worldwide at all scales from marshes, swamps and temporary puddles, to ponds, lakes and inland seas and from streams and creeks to rolling rivers. Vital for biological diversity and ecosystem function and as resources for human life, commerce and leisure, inland waters are a vital component of life on Earth. The Encyclopedia of Inland Waters describes and explains all the basic features of the subject, from water chemistry and physics, to the biology of aquatic creatures and the complex function and balance of aquatic ecosystems of varying size and complexity. 13 Jul 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/newspapersource Newspaper Source Plus replaces ProQuest Newspapers. Licensed by BadgerLink/Department of Public Instruction for use by all Wisconsin residents, it includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The New York Times (from January 1985 to present), The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Mail (UK), The Irish Times (Ireland), The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Times of London, The Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and others. 10 Jul 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/britannica The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia contains more than 22,000 articles on a variety of subjects including, arts, business, geography, history, literature, philosophy, politics, pop culture, science, and sports. Included are photographs, diagrams, maps, tables, and pronunciation help. The complete Encyclopedia Britannica is available in print via: this record in MadCat. 10 Jul 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/APA-style-guide-er This guide (in PDF format) offers up-to-date information on formatting electronic references in APA style. It outlines the key elements to include in references to electronic sources, with numerous examples. Among the new examples are dissertations and theses; bibliographies; curriculum and course material; reference materials, including Wiki; gray literature, such as conference hearings, presentation slides, and policy briefs; general interest media and alternative presses such as audio podcasts; and online communities, such as Weblog posts and video Weblog posts. 16 Jun 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/encyc-ggpi This encyclopedia covers the basics and the latest in genomics, proteomics, genetic engineering, small RNAs, transcription factories, chromosome territories, stem cells, genetic networks, epigenetics, prions, hereditary diseases, and patents. Similar integrated information is not available in textbooks or on the Internet. It is the best, high-quality resource for researchers, instructors and students of basic and applied biology, as well as for physicians and lawyers or even for interested laymen, because of the clarity of its presentation. This new third edition updates a best-selling encyclopedia. It includes about 56 more words than the 1,392-page second edition of 2003. The number of illustrations increased to almost 2,000 and their quality has improved by design and four colors. In addition, cross-references among entries are expanded and the statements are supported by references: more than 14,000 journal papers and more than 3,000 books are listed. The book includes approximately 1,800 current databases and web servers. Retractions and corrigenda are pointed out. Target audience includes research workers in general genetics, genomics, proteomics, biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, evolution, cytogenetics, human genetics, ethics, natural philosophy; professors, teachers, librarians at universities, colleges and progressive secondary schools; physicians, law professionals; students at all levels of basic and applied biology; science administrators and journal editors, public libraries. 15 Jun 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://www.europeana.eu/ Europeana is a union catalog of digital resources that provided one-stop shopping for academically-oriented digitized materials from European museums, galleries, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. The digital resources include images, texts, audio and video. 29 May 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://www.hathitrust.org/ The digitized collection, HathiTrust, includes the CIC libraries (Big Ten) and the University of California System. Full-text of works that are out of copyright or in the public domain are available for viewing or searching. The items are also in Google books but have greater availability and searchability. These titles also appear in MadCat searches for those titles that are also in the University of Wisconsin--Madison libraries. 18 May 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/antisemitism-historical-encyc Entries in this encyclopedia span the period from ancient Egypt to the modern era. Key theoreticians of Jew-hatred and their written works, its permeation of Christianity and modern Islam, and its political, artistic, and economic manifestations are covered. 18 May 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/hispanic-american-newspapers This collection of Spanish and English language newspapers stems from the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project at the University of Houston. When complete, it will consist of 350 titles dating from the 19th and 20th centuries and stemming from throughout the United States. Although heavily focused on the Mexican-American community, it will also include newspapers documenting other ethnic groups, primarily Puerto Ricans and Cubans in the U.S. The newspapers are fully searchable via full text, headline, standard title, and title as published. Searchers may be limited by date, location, language, etc. 04 May 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://sicsa.huji.ac.il/bib.html The Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism comprises online databases containing about 40,000 items. New material is added on a regular basis:The Database on Antisemitism: The Annotated Bibliography Entries are grouped in three sections or chapter divisions: Bibliographies and Reference Works Antisemitism throughout the Ages Antisemitism in Literature and in the Arts and The Jewish Question in German-Speaking Countries, 1848-1914, is a separate, unique bibliography/database. It is currently being expanded to include material of and about the period between 1914 and 1933. 07 Apr 2009 10:10:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/germanyandamericas A complete overview of German-American relations, spanning five centuries of the influence and encounters of German-speaking people with South and North America. It includes hundreds of articles by international scholars on key explorers, leaders, and economic, social, and political forces that have helped shape transatlantic relations. 07 Apr 2009 09:10:00 GMT http://www.dlfaquifer.org/ Aquifer American Social History Online, a project of the Digital Library Federation, provides scholars with access to distributed digital library collections pertaining to 19th and 20th century United States social history. Contains digital content from over 175 American social history research collections, including books and pamphlets, journal articles, maps, sheet music, videos, data sets, political cartoons and posters, and oral histories. 07 Apr 2009 08:10:00 GMT http://jwa.org/encyclopedia This encyclopedia makes available to all who are interested in Jewish history and culture the varied accomplishments of Jewish women and their many contributions to the Jewish historical experience over the course of the past three millennia. In general reference works, Jewish women are most often not noted as Jews because their Jewishness is not considered relevant to their accomplishments. This title strives to recover the Jewish women who remained invisible in standard reference works. Includes the whole Jewish world and all of Jewish culture from the Hebrew Bible to the present, including the representations of Jewish women in classical biblical and rabbinic texts. 07 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/jkp-pda The 5th edition of Jubb, Kennedy, and Palmer's Pathology of Domestic Animals continues the long tradition of this classic set of volumes as the most comprehensive reference book published on the topic of pathology of the common domestic mammals, with emphasis on disease conditions of cattle and small ruminants, swine, horses, dogs and cats. Using a body systems approach, recognized authorities in their fields provide overviews of general characteristics of the system, reactions to insult, and disease conditions broken down by type of infectious or toxic insult affecting the anatomical subdivisions of each body system. Since the publication of the 4th edition in 1993, much has changed. Disease agents, such as Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) type 2, Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), Porcine circovirus 2, Hendra virus, and Leptospira spp., have emerged or further evolved. Molecular-based testing, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and in-situ hybridization, have allowed further understanding of pathogenesis of disease, and have greatly furthered our diagnostic capabilities. 11 Mar 2009 08:10:00 GMT http://www.snl.no/ The Store Norske Leksikon is an ongoing Norwegian-language general encyclopedia with a particular emphasis on Norway. A joint project of Kunnskapsforlaget and other publishers and of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture, it became free on the Web on 25. February 2009. 11 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://flaubert.univ-rouen.fr/bovary/atelier/ The Atelier Bovary (a French-language database) is a genetic dossier of various stages in the development of Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary through to its last, auctorially approved edition in 1873. In it one can not only read and search that text as one would any electronic edition but also compare previous versions of individual passages. The foundation for all this is the collection of Flaubert's own manuscripts deposited in the Bibliothque municipale de Rouen in 1914.