2008 Woodie Awards
New databases focus on anthropology, periodicals
By Miranda Ebersole
Issue date: 9/14/07 Section: News
Originally published: 9/13/07 at 3:30 PM CSTLast update: 9/14/07 at 9:28 AM CST
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Students and faculty at this college have access to three new academic databases in this college's library.
During the summer, the library acquired eHRAF Collection of Archaeology, eHRAF Collection of Ethnography, and American Periodical Series Online 1740-1900.
All of the databases in the library can be found on its Web site. Anyone can access these databases in the library in Moody Learning Center, but only students and employees at this college can access them remotely 24 hours a day, library Chair Candace Peterson said Monday.
Both of the eHRAF databases are from the Human Relations Area Files, Inc., a financially independent research agency of Yale University. These databases contain information having to do with anthropology, she said.
At the urging of the sociology department, the library decided to try a trial subscription during the spring semester for the eHRAF databases. After the trial, librarians decided to order a permanent subscription.
Peterson said the databases will not only benefit anthropology students but also students from other disciplines, including history, government and English.
The third database that was added is the American Periodical Series Online, which contains original articles from American magazines dating to 1740.
This database has a large variety of periodicals to choose from, including professional journals, women's and children's magazines and literary magazines.
The articles in these magazines offer a glimpse into the daily life of Americans centuries ago, she said.
For example, she pointed out that the Lady's Book has dress patterns from the 1800s.
The library has the opportunity to purchase the American Periodical Series with permanent access to the database, instead of subscribing from year to year.
However, since this purchase is expensive, librarians decided to wait to see how popular the database is before making that decision, Peterson said. She did not give the exact cost of purchasing the database.
The college is paying each of these three databases on an annual basis. eHRAF Collection of Archaeology costs $995, eHRAF Collection of Ethnography costs $2,195, and the American Periodical Series Online costs $6,320.
These new databases bring the total number of databases in the library at this college to 143. However, librarians "are always looking for new databases," Peterson said.
Other databases that the library offers include the Handbook of Texas Online, which is an encyclopedia that offers information on Texas history, culture and geography, and also The Historical Newspapers: New York Times, which is a collection of articles from 1851 to 2004 in The New York Times.
Another database in the system is the Academic Search Complete, which offers thousands of articles for several subjects, such as chemistry, biology, psychology and religion.
Students can access the databases from the library's Web site at www.accd.edu/sac/library.
During the summer, the library acquired eHRAF Collection of Archaeology, eHRAF Collection of Ethnography, and American Periodical Series Online 1740-1900.
All of the databases in the library can be found on its Web site. Anyone can access these databases in the library in Moody Learning Center, but only students and employees at this college can access them remotely 24 hours a day, library Chair Candace Peterson said Monday.
Both of the eHRAF databases are from the Human Relations Area Files, Inc., a financially independent research agency of Yale University. These databases contain information having to do with anthropology, she said.
At the urging of the sociology department, the library decided to try a trial subscription during the spring semester for the eHRAF databases. After the trial, librarians decided to order a permanent subscription.
Peterson said the databases will not only benefit anthropology students but also students from other disciplines, including history, government and English.
The third database that was added is the American Periodical Series Online, which contains original articles from American magazines dating to 1740.
This database has a large variety of periodicals to choose from, including professional journals, women's and children's magazines and literary magazines.
The articles in these magazines offer a glimpse into the daily life of Americans centuries ago, she said.
For example, she pointed out that the Lady's Book has dress patterns from the 1800s.
The library has the opportunity to purchase the American Periodical Series with permanent access to the database, instead of subscribing from year to year.
However, since this purchase is expensive, librarians decided to wait to see how popular the database is before making that decision, Peterson said. She did not give the exact cost of purchasing the database.
The college is paying each of these three databases on an annual basis. eHRAF Collection of Archaeology costs $995, eHRAF Collection of Ethnography costs $2,195, and the American Periodical Series Online costs $6,320.
These new databases bring the total number of databases in the library at this college to 143. However, librarians "are always looking for new databases," Peterson said.
Other databases that the library offers include the Handbook of Texas Online, which is an encyclopedia that offers information on Texas history, culture and geography, and also The Historical Newspapers: New York Times, which is a collection of articles from 1851 to 2004 in The New York Times.
Another database in the system is the Academic Search Complete, which offers thousands of articles for several subjects, such as chemistry, biology, psychology and religion.
Students can access the databases from the library's Web site at www.accd.edu/sac/library.
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