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  • New Databases, 1/24/2012
    Nursing Reference Center
    A comprehensive database of clinical health resources.
    Academic Video Online
    Cross-search all the library's video databases from Alexander Street Press.
  • New Database, 1/4/2012
    C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
    Online index to books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers and archives of the nineteenth century.
  • New Database, 9/22/2011
    eStatement Studies
    Comparative financial data from the Risk Management Association.
  • New Databases, 9/1/2011
    Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volume II
    Even more online videos for education and training in counseling and therapy.

    Nursing Education in Video
    Online videos for the education and training for nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers.
  • New Databases, 6/22/2011
    Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971
    Will ultimately include more than 130 newspapers from 25 states, providing a wealth of research materials about the American immigrant experience.

    International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
    Over 140 full-text journals as well as indexing for several hundred publications from over 20 countries, covering all aspects of music.
  • New Database, 6/15/2011
    Morningstar Investment Research Center
    Stock and fund analysis reports.
  • New Databases, 6/13/2011
    Mergent Online
    For company and industry research, both historical and current, with data on global publicly-traded companies, as well as domestic and international private companies.

    Mergent WebReports
    More than 300,000 .pdf documents of company annual reports and prospectuses as well as industry reports, with coverage of over 50,000 global companies from more than 100 countries.
  • New Databases, 4/12/11
    Civil War
    Primary sources from the time period, from the "Soldiers' Perspective" to the "Generals' Perspective" and more!
  • New Databases, 4/3/2011
    Education in Video
    Streaming videos, developed specifically for training and developing teachers.

    World History in Video
    Streaming video documentaries from filmmakers worldwide, exploring human history from earliest civilizations to the 20th century.

Wilson Databases No Longer Available

Reminder: As of February 1, 2012 H.W. Wilson databases will no longer be available. This includes WilsonWeb folders; f you have saved any information, please move it to another location (Word document, email, etc.).

The Wilson databases are now on the EBSCO platform.  You can find them by the same database name on the Library's Database pages.

 

January 30, 2012 | | Comments (0)

Welcome to the spring 2012 semester!

Welcome back, everyone, and best wishes for 2012!

What's New at WCU Libraries?

January 24, 2012 | | Comments (0)

PILOT Library Catalog maintenance; E-Z Borrow unavailable

Wednesday January 18 – Friday January 20
The PILOT Library Catalog will be in "read-only" mode during an upgrade. An alternate link is available on the library's homepage.  However the availability (Checked Out/Checked In) may not be current and you will not be able to do renewals in PILOT.

During this time you will also be unable to place requests in the E-Z Borrow interlibrary loan system.

For more updates, see the Library Systems Status & Alerts blog.

January 17, 2012 | | Comments (0)

Saturday Jan. 14: Rescheduled outage for Alexander Street Press databases

Change to this maintenance outage.  It is now scheduled for 8:00 p.m.- 12:00 Midnight on Saturday January 14.   The Alexander Street Press databases will be unavailable due to maintenance at their data center. These databases include the music and video products as well as others - e.g. Music Online, Theatre in Video, etc.

Please try back on Sunday or Monday.  If you continue to experience difficulties at the later times, please contact the Reference Desk via email: refdesk@wcupa.edu . 

Thank you for your understanding.

January 06, 2012 | | Comments (0)

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