Database News

Fall Semester 2009

For the start of the academic year, we have several databases to add to our growing collection of online resources. This week we'll feature new titles in the environmental sciences and education and answer these questions: What happened to Lexis-Nexis Environmental? Where is Education Full Text?

Environmental Sciences

Lexis Nexis has sold its environmental content to Proquest, and our access to Environment Abstracts is now through a different search platform. Before all this occurred, our link  to EA was located in Lexis-Nexis Environmental; now it is on the Find Articles page under Environment Abstracts. Interestingly, two other databases were included in the transaction. Links to EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements and Sustainability Science Abstracts are aslo on our A-Z list.

Education

After a thorough evaluation, the Vermont State College reference librarians recommended that we drop the Wilson database, Education Full Text, and replace it with EBSCO's Education Research Complete (ERC).  This was a soul-searching decision because librarians have long revered the Wilson product with its history of excellence in indexing the education literature.  JSC's print volumes extend back to 1929.

Education Research Complete boasts indexing of almost 3000 journals, plus full text of books and conference proceedings. In a 2007 research study, ERC was found to be a more comprehensive database than ERIC, once considered the unrivaled resource for education researchers since 1966.

Watch for search tips and tricks in the coming weeks and months as we test drive these new products.

 

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