Black Studies Center

National Library Week is the perfect time to announce that the library now has access to ProQuest's Black Studies Center. The Black Studies Center is a gateway to scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more. It combines several resources for research and teaching, including the Schomberg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals, and Black Literature Index. Also included are a thousand specially selected Black Studies dissertations.

Teacher Resource Center

EBSCO has added Teacher Resource Center to the database list. This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free via the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.

Green File Added to EBSCO's Database List

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.

EBSCO's Upcoming Interface Changes

EBSCO plans to launch a new search interface this summer. If you want a preview of it, use these links:

1) EBSCO's marketing web site: http://www.ebscohost.com/2.0
2) PowerPoint: http://www.ebscohost.com/special/temp02-08/interface.ppt?marketID=1
3) Flash Presentation: http://www.ebscohost.com/2.0_flash

Training will be available online once the implementation is finished.

New JSTOR Platform

The new JSTOR platform will be launched on Friday, April 4. A document describing features of the new platform is included in the JSTOR Sandbox:
http://sandbox.jstor.org

JSTOR Sandbox also has links to tutorials and training materials focused on the new JSTOR interface.