New Database: Art Full Text

Art Full Text is a database that indexes and abstracts articles from magazines published throughout the world. Some full-text coverage is also included. In addition to articles, there are reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Example of subjects covered: Archaeology, Architecture Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Motion Pictures, Museology, Photography, and Television. This is one of the few databases which indexes Fashion Theory.

New Titles Available from the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf

The following titles have been added to the Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection, available through Hunter Library:

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Encyclopedia of Global Change
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
International Encyclopedia of Dance
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Encyclopedia of Evolution
The Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment

Oxford Reference Online provides authoritative information from over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. In addition this database contains comprehensive scholarly articles from an expanding range of key titles in the Oxford Companions series and also includes the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

New Database: ARTstor

ARTstor
A collection of 500,000 images that document artistic traditions across many cultures and time periods: architecture, sculpture, photography, design as well as other forms of visual culture. Be sure to read the technical requirements before trying to use the software.

Technical Requirements:

- Flash Player 6 or above
- Java (Sun Version 1.3 or higher)
- Cookies enabled
- Pop-up blocking software must allow pop-ups from www.artstor.org
- Monitor resolution: 1024 X 768 recommended
- Memory: 128 MB or higher.

Changes and Upgrades to NC Live Databases

NC Live is the State of North Carolina's program serving over 200 libraries. NC Live provides many of Hunter Library's online research databases. This year, NCLive is adding many new resources including major upgrades to favorites like Academic Search Elite, CINAHL, and Business Source Elite. New databases include Newsbank: North Carolina Plus, an index to NC newspapers such as the Asheville Citizen Times; Learning Express Library, a database of practice tests for GRE, SAT, etc; Morningstar Library Edition, a database for investment research; and Reference USA, an interactive business directory.

There will be a few database cancellations including ABI Inform and the InfoTrac databases, but upgrades in existing databases will provide comparable (or better!) access to information. Librarians' recommendations for alternative resources will be on the library's list of databases.

The upgrades to Academic Search Elite, CINAHL, and Business Source Elite are available now! Other changes will be effective in early January 2006.

If you have any questions about these database changes, please call the Hunter Library Reference Desk, 227-7465 or 1-866-928-5424.

New Databases: Hospitality & Tourism Index and Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Hospitality & Tourism Index with Full Text (1965-present)
Available from EBSCOhost through Hunter Library.
An index to articles in over 500 national and international periodicals, covering the scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ulrichsweb)
Available from R.R. Bowker through Hunter Library.
Provides comprehensive and authoritative information on serials published worldwide. Also contains links to alternate titles, tables of contents, article abstracts, journal full-text and document delivery.