WU Libraries: What's New

What's New

Note: this version of What's New is no longer updated. Please see the blog version.
View past announcements

Databases & Catalogs

New database: The Libraries have subscribed to British Humanities Index, which covers a wide range of arts and humanities subjects, from over 370 journals and weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom and other English speaking countries. More info. 7/1/2008
Database change: PAIS International has been moved from FirstSearch to CSA Illumina platform, and we've added the Archive; the combined coverage is from 1915 to the present. You can choose to search just the current file, just the archive file, or the combined database. More info. 7/1/2008
Database changes: Several databases are moving from FirstSearch to EBSCO. The FirstSearch access will cease as of June 30, 2008. The EBSCO access has been turned on now (with thanks to both EBSCO and the American Psychological Association), to ease your transition. Here are the new links: PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycCRITIQUES, and MEDLINE. 6/9/2008
New database: We've added UNdata to the library website, a free database containing '...official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system, as well as estimates and projections. The domains covered are agriculture, employment, education, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade and tourism. You can also find indicators such as Millennium Development Goals.' (from Frequently asked questions on the UNdata website) 6/9/2008
Database change: The Libraries have expanded the Knovel Library subscription to include all Premium content. One of the new items now available to you is Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (14th ed., 2006). Older editions of the Merck Index are available in print in the Libraries. 5/2/2008
Database changes: America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts are now available on the EBSCO interface. Please note that the ABC-Clio interface will cease as of June 30, 2008. More info about America: History and Life. More info about Historical Abstracts. 4/22/2008
New databases: Three former Sage Abstracts journals in print are now available online as EBSCO databases: Race Relations Abstracts covers areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, and immigration studies. Human Resources Abstracts covers areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, and organizational behavior. Urban Studies Abstracts covers areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history. More info about Race Relations Abstracts. More info about Human Resources Abstracts. More info about Urban Studies Abstracts. 4/21/2008
New database: EBSCO has made available a free database called GreenFILE, which covers all aspects of human impact on the environment; it indexes scholarly, government and general-interest titles. We've added it to our EBSCO profile so that citations will have Get it! buttons to full-text where available. More info. 4/11/2008
Database change: Grove Art Online is now part of Oxford Art Online, a comprehensive and authoritative guide with extensive surveys and in-depth articles on the history of art; provides links to museums, galleries, and art collections around the world, as well as images. More info. 4/9/2008
Database change: Grove Music Online is now part of Oxford Music Online, covering all aspects of music. It includes the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. More info. 4/9/2008
New database: The Libraries have subscribed to the (New) Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, which contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists. More info. 4/8/2008
New database: Washington University students, faculty, and staff have access to GuideStar, due to a subscription by the Social Work Library. This database provides information about the operations, personnel, and finances of nonprofit organizations. More info. 4/3/2008
New database: The Libraries have subscribed to Archäologische Bibliographie (via Projekt Dyabola). Based on the catalog of the German Archaeological Institute, this is the major bibliographical database for classical archaeology. More info. 4/2/2008

Events & Exhibits

Exhibition: Sambo: Race, Children's Literature, and a Century of Controversy, on display in the Grand Staircase lobby and Ginkgo Reading Room in Olin Library, June 27 - October 17, 2008. It is accessible during normal Olin Library hours.

There will be a symposium on Saturday, September 13, 8:30am - noon. Speakers will include Gerald Early, Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack, Anne Isaacs, J. Dillon Brown, Katharine Capshaw-Smith, and Dianne Johnson. Look for a mailing with more information about the symposium this summer. For more information, contact the Department of Special Collections: (314) 935-5495 6/23/2008
Check out Exhibitions in Olin Library & Whispers Café for the latest info about what's on display in Olin Library Lobby & Whispers Café. Take a look! 5/4/2008

New Services & Changes to Services

New Library Website Design Soon! We're working hard on a major facelift for the Libraries' website (http://library.wustl.edu), making it more intuitive and bringing the major search functions together on the homepage. We plan to release it later this week - stay tuned! After the site itself, we'll put the new look-and-feel in place on all our services, such as the catalog, Find it, Get it!, etc. These changes will be made over the next few weeks. 7/14/2008
Reset your own password - 24/7! If your password for the proxy server, ILLiad, and the library public computers is not working, it's now possible for you to reset your password via a webform, rather than contacting the Help Desk. After resetting it to your temporary password, use the change your password form to set it to one of your choosing. More info. 5/29/2008
Summer 2008 hours begin Thursday, May 8. 5/1/2008
Help with compliance with the NIH Public Access policy: The revised NIH Public Access Policy is effective today. It requires NIH-funded investigators to submit (or have submitted for them) their final, peer reviewed manuscript to PubMed Central upon acceptance of publication to be made publicly available within 12 months of publication. This policy applies to manuscripts accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008. The University Libraries stand ready to help you with questions you may have about compliance, copyright policies of journals where you may want to publish, etc. Save Your Time! Ask Us: Subject Librarians for NIH Public Policy Compliance & Journal Policy Concerns. 4/7/2008
Don't lose your files! Be careful saving your files from Word, Excel, and other applications on library computers so that you can retrieve them later:
- Save As to a USB drive (thumb drive, flash drive)
- Save As to a CD
- Email the document to yourself BEFORE closing it and the application
Ask at the nearest help desk for assistance. 5/14/2008

Collections & Resources

Two new ebooks in Gale Virtual Reference Library: The Libraries have purchased Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations of the World (3rd edition, 2005), and Encyclopedia of Food and Culture (2003). All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. 6/9/2008
More New ebooks in Gale Virtual Reference Library: The Libraries have purchased Encyclopedia of Anthropology (2006), Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages (2006), and Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia (2002). All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. 6/6/2008
New ebooks in Gale Virtual Reference Library: The Libraries have purchased British Playwrights,1880-1956: A Research and Production Sourcebook (1996), British Playwrights,1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook (1996), and Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film (2007). All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. 6/5/2008
Four more new ebooks from Oxford University Press: The Libraries have purchased International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2nd edition), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History, Black Women in America (2nd edition), and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. That's it for Oxford University Press titles, for now. The next ebook announcement will be from another publisher. 6/4/2008
Three more new ebooks from Oxford University Press: The Libraries have purchased The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, Encyclopedia of Semiotics, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. Several more title announcements are still forthcoming. 6/3/2008
And more new ebooks from Oxford University Press: The Libraries have purchased Encyclopedia of Evolution, Encyclopedia of Global Change, and International Encyclopedia of Dance. All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. Stay tuned for more title announcements! 6/2/2008
More new ebooks from Oxford University Press: The Libraries have purchased Encyclopedia of Social Work, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. The first title was purchased by the Social Work Library, but is available campus-wide. The other two are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are also available to all of Washington University. Stay tuned for even more title announcements! 5/30/2008
The Libraries have subscribed to Cabell's Directories, which help you select those journals that are most likely to publish your manuscript. The subject areas are Accounting, Finance and Economics, Marketing and Management. Click Member Area button on the site to access the directories. More info. 5/1/2008

Renovation News

Olin Library Wins Keystone Award: The renovation of the John M. Olin Library has won the Keystone Project of the Year Award in the category of interior build-out project.

See the Renovation website for photos and other information. Here's a PDF copy of a brochure showing the completion of the project.

View past announcements

Skip navigation Library Home Search Resources Catalog Articles Databases Research Help Check This Out How Do I ... Services Libraries Comments WUSTL		What's New Note: this version of What's New is no longer updated. Please see the blog version. View past announcements Databases & Catalogs New database: The Libraries have subscribed to British Humanities Index, which covers a wide range of arts and humanities subjects, from over 370 journals and weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom and other English speaking countries. More info. 7/1/2008 Database change: PAIS International has been moved from FirstSearch to CSA Illumina platform, and we've added the Archive; the combined coverage is from 1915 to the present. You can choose to search just the current file, just the archive file, or the combined database. More info. 7/1/2008 Database changes: Several databases are moving from FirstSearch to EBSCO. The FirstSearch access will cease as of June 30, 2008. The EBSCO access has been turned on now (with thanks to both EBSCO and the American Psychological Association), to ease your transition. Here are the new links: PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycCRITIQUES, and MEDLINE. 6/9/2008 New database: We've added UNdata to the library website, a free database containing '...official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system, as well as estimates and projections. The domains covered are agriculture, employment, education, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade and tourism. You can also find indicators such as Millennium Development Goals.' (from Frequently asked questions on the UNdata website) 6/9/2008 Database change: The Libraries have expanded the Knovel Library subscription to include all Premium content. One of the new items now available to you is Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (14th ed., 2006). Older editions of the Merck Index are available in print in the Libraries. 5/2/2008 Database changes: America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts are now available on the EBSCO interface. Please note that the ABC-Clio interface will cease as of June 30, 2008. More info about America: History and Life. More info about Historical Abstracts. 4/22/2008 New databases: Three former Sage Abstracts journals in print are now available online as EBSCO databases: Race Relations Abstracts covers areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, and immigration studies. Human Resources Abstracts covers areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, and organizational behavior. Urban Studies Abstracts covers areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history. More info about Race Relations Abstracts. More info about Human Resources Abstracts. More info about Urban Studies Abstracts. 4/21/2008 New database: EBSCO has made available a free database called GreenFILE, which covers all aspects of human impact on the environment; it indexes scholarly, government and general-interest titles. We've added it to our EBSCO profile so that citations will have Get it! buttons to full-text where available. More info. 4/11/2008 Database change: Grove Art Online is now part of Oxford Art Online, a comprehensive and authoritative guide with extensive surveys and in-depth articles on the history of art; provides links to museums, galleries, and art collections around the world, as well as images. More info. 4/9/2008 Database change: Grove Music Online is now part of Oxford Music Online, covering all aspects of music. It includes the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. More info. 4/9/2008 New database: The Libraries have subscribed to the (New) Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, which contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists. More info. 4/8/2008 New database: Washington University students, faculty, and staff have access to GuideStar, due to a subscription by the Social Work Library. This database provides information about the operations, personnel, and finances of nonprofit organizations. More info. 4/3/2008 New database: The Libraries have subscribed to Archäologische Bibliographie (via Projekt Dyabola). Based on the catalog of the German Archaeological Institute, this is the major bibliographical database for classical archaeology. More info. 4/2/2008 Events & Exhibits Exhibition: Sambo: Race, Children's Literature, and a Century of Controversy, on display in the Grand Staircase lobby and Ginkgo Reading Room in Olin Library, June 27 - October 17, 2008. It is accessible during normal Olin Library hours. There will be a symposium on Saturday, September 13, 8:30am - noon. Speakers will include Gerald Early, Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack, Anne Isaacs, J. Dillon Brown, Katharine Capshaw-Smith, and Dianne Johnson. Look for a mailing with more information about the symposium this summer. For more information, contact the Department of Special Collections: (314) 935-5495 6/23/2008 Check out Exhibitions in Olin Library & Whispers Café for the latest info about what's on display in Olin Library Lobby & Whispers Café. Take a look! 5/4/2008 New Services & Changes to Services New Library Website Design Soon! We're working hard on a major facelift for the Libraries' website (http://library.wustl.edu), making it more intuitive and bringing the major search functions together on the homepage. We plan to release it later this week - stay tuned! After the site itself, we'll put the new look-and-feel in place on all our services, such as the catalog, Find it, Get it!, etc. These changes will be made over the next few weeks. 7/14/2008 Reset your own password - 24/7! If your password for the proxy server, ILLiad, and the library public computers is not working, it's now possible for you to reset your password via a webform, rather than contacting the Help Desk. After resetting it to your temporary password, use the change your password form to set it to one of your choosing. More info. 5/29/2008 Summer 2008 hours begin Thursday, May 8. 5/1/2008 Help with compliance with the NIH Public Access policy: The revised NIH Public Access Policy is effective today. It requires NIH-funded investigators to submit (or have submitted for them) their final, peer reviewed manuscript to PubMed Central upon acceptance of publication to be made publicly available within 12 months of publication. This policy applies to manuscripts accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008. The University Libraries stand ready to help you with questions you may have about compliance, copyright policies of journals where you may want to publish, etc. Save Your Time! Ask Us: Subject Librarians for NIH Public Policy Compliance & Journal Policy Concerns. 4/7/2008 Don't lose your files! Be careful saving your files from Word, Excel, and other applications on library computers so that you can retrieve them later: Save As to a USB drive (thumb drive, flash drive) Save As to a CD Email the document to yourself BEFORE closing it and the application Ask at the nearest help desk for assistance. 5/14/2008 Collections & Resources Two new ebooks in Gale Virtual Reference Library: The Libraries have purchased Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations of the World (3rd edition, 2005), and Encyclopedia of Food and Culture (2003). All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. 6/9/2008 More New ebooks in Gale Virtual Reference Library: The Libraries have purchased Encyclopedia of Anthropology (2006), Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages (2006), and Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia (2002). All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. 6/6/2008 New ebooks in Gale Virtual Reference Library: The Libraries have purchased British Playwrights,1880-1956: A Research and Production Sourcebook (1996), British Playwrights,1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook (1996), and Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film (2007). All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. 6/5/2008 Four more new ebooks from Oxford University Press: The Libraries have purchased International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2nd edition), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History, Black Women in America (2nd edition), and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. That's it for Oxford University Press titles, for now. The next ebook announcement will be from another publisher. 6/4/2008 Three more new ebooks from Oxford University Press: The Libraries have purchased The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, Encyclopedia of Semiotics, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. Several more title announcements are still forthcoming. 6/3/2008 And more new ebooks from Oxford University Press: The Libraries have purchased Encyclopedia of Evolution, Encyclopedia of Global Change, and International Encyclopedia of Dance. All are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are available to all of Washington University. Stay tuned for more title announcements! 6/2/2008 More new ebooks from Oxford University Press: The Libraries have purchased Encyclopedia of Social Work, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. The first title was purchased by the Social Work Library, but is available campus-wide. The other two are part of our conversion of print Reference sources to online, and are also available to all of Washington University. Stay tuned for even more title announcements! 5/30/2008 The Libraries have subscribed to Cabell's Directories, which help you select those journals that are most likely to publish your manuscript. The subject areas are Accounting, Finance and Economics, Marketing and Management. Click Member Area button on the site to access the directories. More info. 5/1/2008 Renovation News Olin Library Wins Keystone Award: The renovation of the John M. Olin Library has won the Keystone Project of the Year Award in the category of interior build-out project. See the Renovation website for photos and other information. Here's a PDF copy of a brochure showing the completion of the project. View past announcements

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