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Announcements about recent platform changes and other database updates.
Novelist (EBSCO) updated its interface with a more mobile-friendly and accessible design.
Note: The Novelist is licensed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; access for all Wisconsin residents is available via BadgerLink.
An additional 98 streaming films and documentaries have been added to The GOOD DOCS Complete Collection (Docuseek).
Education Source is the new name for the Ebsco database formerly known as Education Research Complete.
The terms of use for Kanopy streaming films has been updated for clarity: All films on Kanopy may be used for classroom screenings. Only films with a “PPR” designation in Kanopy may be used for public performances (screenings) as long as they take place on-campus and no entrance fee is charged.
ABC-CLIO eBook content migrated to the Bloomsbury Collections platform, with the following titles being affected by the change:
Brepolis Bibliographies (Brepols) redesigned their interface, resulting in improvements to the search engine and enhanced functionalities for the following databases:
The Dictionary of Old English: A to Le Online (University of Toronto) updated its subtitle (A to Le) to reflect its continued efforts to expand its content.
SpringerLink has been rebranded as Springer Nature Link. The platform hosts scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings published by Springer Nature.
Earlier this fall, Accessible Archives collections migrated to Coherent Digital’s History Commons platform, resulting in some changes to database titles. The Database Library entries have been updated to reflect changes resulting from this move:
UW-Madison access to O’Reilly (ebook platform) does not include use of their mobile app.
Wolter Kluwer’s drug information database Lexicomp changed its name to UpToDate Lexidrug.
ARTstor collections have migrated to the JSTOR platform within the Images section.
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Wisconsin at Madison (ProQuest) has been added to the Database Library.
As of July 1, 2024 all OECD iLibrary content online is open access and freely available to anyone.
AM Explorer has been rebranded as AM Primary Sources, a federated search portal for our subscribed Adam Matthews social sciences and humanities collections (15th – 21st century)
Iter Bibliography has moved to the EbscoHost platform. Iter Bibliography indexes secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400 – 1700).
Access to the following CNKI databases (East View) was restored on 4/1/2024 following a suspension in April 2023 due to a data review under Chinese domestic law:
UW-Madison’s Wall Street Journal subscription includes access to a separate service – WSJ for Instructors – which offers a suite of tools for integrating WSJ content into classroom use.
Palmer’s Full Text Online is now integrated into the expanded C19: The Nineteenth Century Index (ProQuest).
Brill has migrated its Major Reference Works to a new platform. The following resources have a new look:
GeoScienceWorld Books now includes access to publications from 2023 and 2024. Users now have access to content from 1929 to present on the platform.
Two Adam Matthew databases have new titles: Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America (former title: American Indian Histories and Cultures) and Indigenous Newspapers in North America (former title: American Indian Newspapers).
The Japanese newspaper database “Yomidas Rekishikan” has been rebranded to Yomidas (Yomiuri Database Service).
A note about Wall Street Journal via user accounts associated with UW-Madison Libraries: All users must create an account using a valid @wisc.edu email account. After registering and creating an individual user account, faculty and staff users are required to “refresh” their access once every 12 months to verify that they are still affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Faculty and staff should receive an email from Dow Jones informing them of this as the end of each 12 month registration period approaches. Students are required to provide the publisher with their graduation month and year when creating an account and will have uninterrupted access to the Wall Street Journal through their graduation month and year, plus an additional 90-day grace period.
Bloomberg Businessweek Archive has added content from 2001 to 2010. As a result, users have access to the magazine’s first issue in 1929 through December of 2010.
Users of Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949) / 民国时期期刊全文数据库 now have access to series 9-12, adding to previously available content in series 1-8.
The database Natural Medicines from Therapeutic Research Center has changed the name to NatMed Pro.
Campus-wide access to Preqin Pro Real Estate has changed to read-only (no downloading).
Access to Victorian Popular Culture (Adam Matthew) has expanded to include three additional topical modules.
The new platform for Essential Evidence Plus (Wiley) requires all users to create an account using a valid @wisc.edu email account.
Mass Observation Project (Adam Matthew) has expanded to include Module III, expanding content through 2009.
Access to the East India Company (Adam Matthew) archive now includes primary source materials from Modules II-V.
Sage Data is the new name for the Sage database formerly known as Data-Planet Statistical Datasets.
First World War (Adam Matthew) now includes access to Module 4: A Global Conflict, whose materials bring focus to the global nature of the war, in and beyond the European theatres.
Socialism on Film (Adam Matthew) now has access to films in two additional modules: 1) Newsreels and Cinemagazines and 2) Culture & Society.
Sage Research Methods now includes access to the “SRM Video: Data Science, Big Data Analytics, and Digital Methods” module.
The Kanopy BASE module is now part of our Kanopy access, adding over 9000 streaming film and documentaries to the selection.
Additional content is available in Past Masters (InteLex) with the addition of the module covering Les Œuvres de Michel Foucault.
On July 1, 2023 all Pitchbook accounts for UW-Madison users were set to “inactive” as part of an annual refresh process. Returning users should click the “Create an account” link on the dedicated UW-Madison login page for Pitchbook to enter details, including the same @wisc.edu email previously used, in order to re-activate your account with a new password, and restore access to your saved layouts and searches.
Additional content is available in Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive – EIMA (ProQuest) with the addition of Module 4, Rock, Folk and Hip-hop. EIMA is a core archive of trade magazines in the fields of film, music, broadcasting, and theater through 2015.
From April 1, 2023, access to certain CNKI databases (East View) has been temporarily suspended due to a data review under Chinese domestic law. The resumption date has not yet been determined. Databases currently impacted by this outage include:
World Folklore and Folklife (ABC-CLIO) is now available on a new platform. This database covers all aspects of traditional cultures around the world as presented through myths, folktales, language, and traditions.
Brill Bibliographies is migrating to a new platform on March 15, 2023. Users of the databases Book History Online and Bibliography of the History and Archaeology of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages can access the legacy or the new platform prior to that date.
Access to Geological Society (London) Special Publications book series expanded to include the first 300 volumes of their flagship book series.
UW-Madison subscription to the New York Times on nytimes.com does not include access to New York Times Games or New York Times Cooking.
The Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science changed platforms to Springer Nature and is now referred to as the Synthesis Collection of Technology.
ASHP Patient Medication Information is now included in Consumer Health Complete (Ebsco).
The “classic” SciFinder Web platform was discontinued on 12/31/2022. Access is now available through SciFinder-n.
AM Research Methods is the new name for the Adam Matthew database formerly known as Research Methods Primary Sources.
ARBAOnline database was discontinued by the vendor, with no current plans to transfer its contents to another database.
The access policy for ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) has been updated: All users must create an ICPSR account from an on-campus IP address using a @wisc.edu email account (cannot create an account while off-campus). Every six (6) months users must login to ICPSR from on-campus to re-certify affiliation with UW-Madison.
Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search is the new name and platform for the Japanese newspaper database known as KiKuzo II.
Oxford Handbooks is now available on the Oxford Academic Platform
The AMA Manual of Style (American Medical Association / Oxford University Press) moved to the Oxford Academic Platform.
The following databases have migrated from Chadwyck-Healey to the ProQuest platform:
Drama Online (Bloomsbury) access has expanded to include all offered collections.
Six Springer Nature ebook subject collections (2015 to 2022) have been added to SpringerLink: History; Literature, Cultural & Media Studies; Political Science and International Studies; Philosophy & Religion; Social Sciences; Law & Criminology
The South Asia Archive has moved to a new platform from Coherent Digital. This interdisciplinary collection of books, journals, and documents (1700 to 1953), from India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh supports research in the humanities and social sciences.
The Gerritsen Women’s History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs database has migrated from the Chadwyck-Healey to the ProQuest platform.
Content in select databases has been expanded with additional modules or years, as noted below:
Content in select Gale databases has expanded, following the acquisition of the modules indicated:
ProQuest One Business was selected by UW System to replace Business Premium Collection. All the content from Business Premium and its sub-collections, including ABI/Inform and J.P. Morgan Research, is now available in ProQuest One Business.
The Local Module has been added to Simmons Insights, which allows users to build, read, and export crosstab data runs on consumer purchases, consumer attitudes, and lifestyles for the Madison Media market.
The CNKI (中國知網) database platform brings together content previously found in China Academic Journals and Century Journals Project.
For ICPSR, individual registration is required to use analysis tools and to download data. UW-Madison users must use @wisc.edu email address.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) is now called Gale eBooks.
Several databases have moved to the ProQuest platform from Chadwyck-Healy: