Electronic Resources Update

New Database: IEEE ASPP

In addition to IEEE Computer Society Digital Library, we now have access to IEEE All-Society Periodicals Package (ASPP), which contains a core collection of engineering, electronics, and computer science periodicals, including 128 IEEE Society-sponsored journals and magazines. NOTE: Transactions and conference proceedings are NOT available as full-text. See IEEE Computer Society Digital Library for full-text of conference proceedings. (These databases are separate --they have different interfaces.)

NOTE: For IEEE ASPP, the default search is the ENTIRE IEEE collection. In order to search our subscribed content, the user needs to click the button "Search subscribed content only" on the right-hand side of the advanced search page. There is no way around this!

New Resource: The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com

Available in the library catalog. Currently on-campus only until a problem with the proxy server is resolved.

New Databases --Jan 2007

ENGnetBase

Contains over 600 online engineering handbooks covering all areas of engineering.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 

Online version of the 87th edition, 2006-2007.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)

A one-stop source for information on today's social issues. Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (CSA)

Full text of 25 journals published by SAGE and participating societies covering political science and international relations.

Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (CSA)

Full text of 35 journals published by SAGE and participating societies covering psychology.

Sociology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (CSA)

Full text of 33 journals published by SAGE and participating societies covering sociology.

Urban Studies & Planning: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (CSA)

Full text of 12 journals published by SAGE and participating societies covering urban studies and planning.

New Database: AccessScience

http://0-www.accessscience.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/

Updated daily, AccessScience delivers the latest content of the trusted McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th Edition, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th Edition.

New Database: World Trade Law

http://0-www.worldtradelaw.net.lib.aucegypt.edu/dsc/main.htm

WorldTradeLaw.net Dispute Settlement Commentary Service (DSC) service is a comprehensive legal research tool for WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports and WTO Arbitrations. Features include summary/analysis of all reports/arbitrations; up-to-date keyword index; and a database of dispute settlement tables/statistics.

New Database: Iraq, 1914-1974: The Middle East Online, Series 2

http://0-infotrac.london.galegroup.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/itweb/aucairo

Iraq, 1914-1974: The Middle East Online, Series 2 is an essential contemporary resource for the understanding of modern Iraq, using primary source documents from The National Archives of the UK, this online fully searchable collection of British Government files covers the period from the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War and the creation of the new state, to the rise of Saddam Hussein in 1974. General Editor: Dr Charles Tripp, SOAS, University of London.

New E-Books: Oxford Digital Reference Shelf

Contains 17 online reference books. To access these e-books, search by title in the Library Catalog or the database Oxford Reference Online.

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

New Database: CoreReference (Hemscott)

http://0-www.corereference.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/auth.php

Contains a wide variety of detailed U.S. company information including extensive financial and valuation data, industry comparisons, information about company personnel and compensation, SEC filings, Stock prices, etc. User has the option of creating original reports as well as exporting data to EXCEL spreadsheets.

Replacement for ValueLine Investment Survey Reports.

JSTOR --Access to Full Archive

We now have access to the entire JSTOR archive, thanks to JSTOR waiving participation fees for any academic or not-for-profit institution on the continent of Africa.

The full archive includes:

Arts & Sciences Complement
Arts & Sciences I Collection
Arts & Sciences II Collection
Arts & Sciences III Collection
Arts & Sciences IV Collection
Biological Sciences Collection
Business II Collection
Health & General Sciences Collection                                                               

New Database: Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an

Now ONLINE!

http://0-www.brillonline.nl.lib.aucegypt.edu

Drawing upon a rich scholarly heritage, and with nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, Brill’s EQ it is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qurʾānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis, extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qurʾānic studies.

Database Guide
Print version: Main Reference BP133 .E53 2001