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Wilson's Short Story Index (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

Wilson's Short Story Index provides electronic access to the entire contents of me past three print volumes, covering stories published from 1984 through 1998. It also includes references to stories published in 1999. There are approximately 77,000 citations, compiled from 3610 short story collections and 155 periodicals listed in Humanities Index and Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. In addition, 1350 of these provide a link to the full text. Access points are via author, title, and subject for stories from collections and anthologies, via author and title only for stories from periodicals.

Bibliography Of American Literature (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

A staple of humanities reference collections, the five printed volumes of The Bibliography of American Literature are now available on the web as part of the LION (LIterature ONline) gateway package. Included in the BAL file are nearly 40,000 bibliographic records for literary works of over 300 American authors writing from the American Revolution through 1930 (authors who published during this period but died after 1930 are excluded). While the emphasis is on "imaginative" works, the principal works of major essayists and journalists who also published poetry or fiction appear here as well. Citations to secondary works, reprints, and reference …

Masterplots Complete 2000 Edition (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

Updating the 1999 edition, Masterplots Complete CD-ROM 2000 Edition has two maior things going for it: it includes even more information (the entire contents of 21 sets of Masterplots reference books: that's 104 print volumes worth) and it's cheaper than the last version.

World Biographical Dictionary Of Artists--Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

This disc affords digital access to a resource that has been in progress throughout the 20th century. The Thieme-Beeker Dictionary of Picture Artists from Antiquity to the Present, Volume I (1907) to 37 (1950), formed the basis of the Allgemeines Kuenstlerlexikon (AKL) project, begun in 1969. The first three volumes of the AKL were published by 1991 by Seemann Publishers. Since 1991, when K.G. Saur took over, not only were all three Seemann volumes republished, but Volumes 3-30 (A- Dunlap) have now appeared. The CD-ROM World Biographical Dictionary of Artists--Allgemeines Kuenstlerlexikon provides electronic access to the articles included in the …

The International Who's Who 2000 Cd-Rom (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

If you've ever wondered where Amazon. com founder Jeff Bezos went to college (answer: Princeton) or when U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was born (answer: 1938 in Czechoslovakia), check out The International Who's Who (IWW), published by Europa Publications. While the CD-ROM version of this standard print resource facilitates searching to an extent, it fails to use technology to its full potential.

Gutenberg Digital (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

If you've never had the pleasure of seeing an actual printed Gutenberg Bible, here's the next best thing Gutenberg Digital Presented on two CD-ROMs are the fully digitized Goettingen Gutenberg Bible and other supplemental texts.

The Accunet/Ap Photo Archive (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

Here's the first resource you'll tum to when a student looking for an early I 960s photo of Fidel Castro shows up at the reference desk. The Accunet/AP Photo Archive is a database of approximately 500,000 current and archived photos from the library of the Associated Press.

English Language Bibliography 1945 To The Present, Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

English Language Bibliography 1945 to the Present (ELB) provides one-stop shopping for your bibliographic needs on post-World War U publishing in the English language. ELB provides quick access to a Listing of approximately 7.5 million English-language titles dating from when Gutenberg revved up his press to last week's best seller. Specifically, it claims to include comprehensively all titles in English published in any country since 1945. It is updated weekly.

Nationalgalerie Berlin: Catalogue Of Painting And Sculptures (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

For scholars and students of modem German art, the Nationalgalerie: Catalogue of Painting and Sculptures on CD-ROM is an excellent means of learning about this museum's collection without having to go all the way to Berlin.

This disc presents in electronic form the complete catalog of the collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in the Nationalgalerie Berlin. While the Nationalgalerie's collection shows a predictable emphasis on German artists, it includes a wide variety of other European artists as well. The disc also catalogs for the first time works confiscated and lost by the museum during World War II. Entries for …

Into That Dark Night: Nazi Germany And The Jews, 1933-1939 (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

Produced in collaboration with Drew University and Yad Vashem (The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority), this disc objectively presents the historical and political climate in 1930 Germany that led to the Nazi regime, what many consider to be one of the darkest periods in human history. It includes a history of the rise of Nazism and the political state it created, effectively illustrating the series of political and economic developments that fostered an environment of suspicion toward minorities, in particular the nation's Jewish population. When a charismatic leader full of hate is added to this crucible, incomprehensible atrocities, such …

Return On Instruction: Methods For Assessing The Impact Of Information Literacy Instruction On The Use Of Electronic Resources, Nicole A. Branch, Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

Moving from simplistic, open web search strategies sufficient for high school level work to independently navigating the complex system of information sources available on college campuses is a developmental milestone for undergraduate students. One of the aims of library instruction is to play a critical role in this transition to college-level research, which necessitates the use of specialized databases and other information sources. Instruction librarians raise awareness of library e-resources and provide in-depth guidance in selecting and effectively using online sources. Santa Clara University librarians were interested in investigating the immediate impact of instruction on the use of the library’s …

Ibz-Online: Internationale Bibilographie Der Geistes-Und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschrigtenliteratur (Review), Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

That extensive German title may be intimidating but IBZ-Online (or for non-Germanophiles, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences-Online) is an index for scholarly research that no self-respecting European or American research library has been without for over a hundred years. Founded by Felix Dietrich in 1899, IBZ is also known as "The Dietrich" in Europe. Publications from 40 countries in more than 40 languages are covered. lBZ-Online provides access to citations for over two million journal articles. with some 120,000 entries from 6000 periodicals added each year.

Perseus, Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

When exploring the vast territory of ancient Greek culture, let Perseus heroically guide the way ... Perseus 2.0 that is. A product of the Perseus Project at Tufts University, this virtual library includes more than 420 works by 31 authors in both Greek (e.g., Plato, Homer) and English, extremely detailed entries for Greek art and architecture located throughout the world, and a number of reference works (such as a 35,000-word Greek-English lexicon, an encyclopedia, and a searchable atlas of the ancient world). In addition, there are over 25,000 full-screen images (photographs and drawings) of architecture, archaeological sites, coins, vases, and …

North American Idioms: An Interactive English Language Learning Resource, Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

Try saying, "That exam was a piece of cake," to someone learning English and watch the look of confusion that comes from taking you literally. Fortunately for students of English-and their teachers-a CD-ROM product is now available to unlock the mysteries of the bizarre idioms we use. North American Idioms: An lnteractive English Language Learning Resource is true to its name-it is a fantastic interactive learning tool that is as engaging as it is instructional.

Whaley's Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Magic 1584-2000, Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

Whaley's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic contains nearly 4000 terms and phrases used in the performance and study of magic from 1584 (the year the first English-language book by a magician was published) to the present day. The quality of the content appears to be accurate, reliable. and thorough. For comparison's sake. I consulted the printed Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians, published by Facts On File in 1988. which defines the phruse "hocuspocus" as "a synonym for illusion created by trickery or deceit." Whaley's entry not only states three additional uses of this phrase but also cites the etymology from the …

Business English, Elizabeth Mckeigue

Elizabeth McKeigue

Produced in Canada at the University of Victoria, BC, Business English: Meetings makes effective use of audio, video, and text to demonstrate vocabulary, idioms, and cultural behaviors used to communicate in the typical North American business meeting. Students learn by following a fictitious company that is considering a merger with a larger one.