Database trials are available only on campus unless otherwise indicated.
Anthropology Online Collection
An Anthropological collection of ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and studies on human behavior. This collection over over 130 sources dating from the 19th century to present day and focuses on social and cultural life. Alexander Street Press, the database creator, has set up this database to be cross-searchable with Ethnographic Video Online, which contains several ethnographic clips and films. Trial ends March 10, 2012.
Birds of North America (BNA Online)
Provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada. Read more about BNA here. Trial ends February 29, 2012.
Social Explorer
Includes US Census data from 1790 to 2010, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations
and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000. Users can customize, save, print, export and email maps and reports. The site is updated three times
annually. Includes only state and county data through 1930, tracts 1940 to present, and block groups 1980 to present. Does not include STF 1 block level data. Trial ends February 10, 2012.
Wiley WIREs
A suite of electronic journals or collections of articles on interdisciplinary and "high-impact topics". This trial includes the publications: Climate change, Cognitive science, Computational statistics, Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology, Systems biology and medicine, and RNA. More topics will be published in 2011. Please email Angelique Jenks-Brown with any comments.
