Category: databases

July 29, 2013

Databases of the month: Check it out!

What database usage increased by 1087.5% during Spring quarter 2013? New York Times Historical! The library marketing committee featured three databases during spring quarter. The experiment was successful! New York...

Categories ARTstor/databases

June 17, 2013

Longform – For all your summer reading!

  The end of the academic year is just around the corner. What will you do with all that free time now that you don’t have to study? I suggest...

Categories databases/resources/students/websites

June 13, 2013

A Window into the Past … Discover the Library’s Magazines!

It’s that time again … finals! 2013 or 1931 … it’s still the same, as this June 13, 1931 Saturday Evening Post cover shows.     What else was happening...

Categories databases/periodicals

March 10, 2013

Did you remember to set your clocks ahead one hour?

Well, it’s that time of year again, when we adjust our clocks. Do you know why? Does the name William Willett mean anything to you? If it doesn’t, then maybe...

Categories databases/events/history

October 23, 2012

Information wants to be free

It’s International Open Access Week! Not sure if you should be celebrating or not? Have you ever been frustrated when a database article is not just a click away? Currently,...

Categories databases/periodicals/resources/science

August 23, 2012

Limited Availability of Full-Text Documents in ERIC

Are you trying to find full text documents from the Educational Resource Information Center, (ERIC) either from eric.gov or EBSCOhost? If you have tried, you’ve discovered not all full text...

Categories databases

July 2, 2012

What’s new about Proquest?

Proquest article databases (Proquest Research Library, Historical New York Times 1851 -2008 and ABI Inform Trade & Industry)  have a new interface with new search features including the following: Search...

Categories databases

June 8, 2012

The Databases, They Are A Changin’

(With sincerest apologies to Bob Dylan.) Do you use ProQuest to find articles from newspapers, magazines and journals? Do you use Gale Virtual Reference to find reports on the current...

Categories databases

May 23, 2012

Need to take the Asset Test? GED? Civil Service Test?

  Learning Express is a wonderful, often overlooked tool available to Clark students. This database includes hundreds of interactive practice tests and tutorials for academic or licensing exams. Get an...

Categories databases/resources/students/tools

November 14, 2011

Streaming Videos in Encyclopedia Britannica

Experience history with newsreels and other historical videos in  Encyclopedia Britannica Online.  In addition to Extended Play Videos, many of the encyclopedic articles feature additional resources such as short historical...

Categories databases/streaming videos/videos