Monday, August 31, 2009

There are 3 new databases available from the library this semester!
(Remember if off-campus, you must login with your Palomar e-services/network login)

* History Resource Center
Integrates 17 reference sources from various publishers (e.g. Gale, Macmillan, Scribner,etc.) with full-text articles from over 100 academic journals. Includes primary source documents, some native language documents and even a few Microfilm Collections. There are also a high percentage that never have been available electronically in the United States before. Historical news sources, 500 maps, 1,000 images.

* Biography Resource Center
Contains more than 422,000 biographies on more than 335,000 people from around the world and throughout history. It combines more than 135 frequently consulted Gale biographical databases with nearly 300 full-text periodicals.

* LegalTrac
LegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,500 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text.

More information about these and other databases are available by clicking the "Databases/Articles" link from the library homepage or by going to the Library home page. Please contact Tamara Weintraub, Collection Management/Subscriptions Librarian, with any questions, comments, or recommendations about our electronic resources.

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