Trial Databases
Database trials are available only on campus unless otherwise indicated.
The Literary Encyclopedia: An all-new reference work written by university teachers around the world. It is also a unique digital environment designed to integrate current knowledge of literature and culture and facilitate understanding of historical contexts and connections. It contains over 2150 author biographies, 2300 profiles of works, and 1850 essays on topics. It covers both English and non-English literatures, with good coverage of English, American, Canadian, German, and Russian literatures, and increasing coverage of French, Italian, Japanese, classical Greek, Latin, Hispanic and East European. Trial runs through the end of the semester.
IBISWorld: Contains Industry Market Research Reports, Global Industry Reports, Industry Risk Reports, Company Research, and Business Environment Reports. There is also a section on China. Reports are classified by 5 digit NAICS level. Trial runs through November 2009.
Colonial State Papers: Provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Also included is a digitized version of The Calendar of State Papers, Colonial: North America and the West Indies 1574-1739, which contains bibliographic records and extracts for thousands of additional documents. Trial ends November 25, 2009
GREENR: Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources:
For students and faculty interested in an
academic approach to environmental topics, Gale
delivers GREENR – a resource that combines news, unique commentary,
audio, video, primary source documents, images,
conference reports, statistics and more into a Weblike
experience designed to attract attention and
foster participation.
