New streaming music database -- Naxos Music Library

The Library now provides streaming access to Naxos Music Library, with more than 100,700 CDs containing more than 1,460,000 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added monthly, and Naxos can be searched by composer, work, genre and label; by keyword search; and more. Liner notes are available for many recordings. Genres include classical, pop & rock, jazz, folk, blues, and more. Happy listening!

Ebooks: Getting started with ebrary

Did you know that the Library has electronic books? Well, it does. And over 50,000 of them are in a new database called ebrary Academic Collection. The books span all academic disciplines taught here at BU. This is the first of several blog posts highlighting ebrary and some ways to use it.

While most readers probably prefer paper to electronic for recreational reading, ebooks offer some nifty advantages for academic researchers. Ebooks allow them to --

• Search within an ebook for a keyword, name or phrase
• Use the ebook anytime, from anywhere
• Be assured the book will never be unavailable because it's been checked out by someone else or not returned or has gone missing on the shelf
  
• Take notes and highlight portions of the book using the ebrary 'infotools' (don't try this on a print book!)
  

You can search the ebrary Academic Collection either using PILOT, the Library catalog, or using the direct database link (also on the Databases pages).

To find an ebrary book in PILOT:

1. Conduct a search in PILOT – Type the word ebrary into the first search box and a keyword or phrase into the second box (for example, creative teaching)
2. Sort results by 'Publish date descending' - The latest books will be listed first
3. Select and view a record – Click on a book title to see more information about it
4. View the book in ebrary - Click on the Web Link at the top of the record, where it says, "An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view"

To find books in the ebrary Academic Collection:

1. Conduct a search in ebrary – Use the simple or advanced search
   
2. Open a document – Click on the title name or jacket
3. Explore the document – Navigate to search terms, search the document for key words, jump to relevant chapters, flip through pages using the arrows <-- -->
4. Highlight text and take notes – Create a bookshelf (if needed) to save and organize your research
5. Use InfoTools – Link out to other online resources to expand your research
6. Print pages, and copy and paste text – ebrary provides automatic citations with a URL hyperlink back to the source
7. Manage, archive and share research – Organize your bookshelf and email folders to peers

As always, if you have questions, please ask for help at the Reference Desk. And stay tuned for more tips on using the ebrary Academic Collection!

Biological Abstracts now complete!

Biological Abstracts, the premier database for the life sciences, is now searchable online from 1926 to the present, thanks to the Library's recent purchase of all backfiles. What does this mean? In the past, a BU researcher could search BioAbs from 1997 to the present online but would have to use the print indexes for materials indexed between 1926 - 1996. Now, researchers can search virtually all the life sciences literature, including biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, pre-clinical and experimental medicine, pharmacology, zoology, agriculture, and veterinary science, in one database containing over 11.3 million references.

To access Biological Abstracts, visit the Library's Find Articles and More pages, including Databases A-Z and Databases by Subject > Biological Sciences and other pages. As always, if you have any questions, please contact the Reference Desk at 570-389-4204.

ADAM Interactive Anatomy now on the Web!

The interactive anatomy teaching tool, A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy, is now available on the Web through the Andruss Library Web site. Go to Find Articles & More > Databases A-Z > ADAM Interactive Anatomy. The tool also includes a Multimedia Encyclopedia, a library of 3D images, and over 3,000 illustrations for teaching clinical concepts.

 

The database is paid for with Tech Fee funds and administered by Office of Technology, Technology Support Services, Desktop Software.

 As always, if you have any questions please contact the Reference Desk, x4204.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

We are very pleased to announce that The Chronicle of Higher Education is now available full-text, online to students, faculty, staff and administrative personnel on or off campus. To access, please go to the Library’s web page at http://library.bloomu.edu then click on Databases (A-Z), then scroll down to The Chronicle of Higher Education – Campus Wide.
This online edition offers several advantages over the print version:

• the Web site (http://chronicle.com) is updated throughout the day with the latest news in academe;


• the text from the current print edition is posted every Monday morning (http://chronicle.com/chronicle);


• a searchable archive of every issue published since September 1989 (http://chronicle.com/search);


• all the commentary and essays from the weekly magazine, The Chronicle Review (http://chronicle.com/review);


• all data from the annual Almanac & other special single topic reports are available in easy-to-search databases: (http://chronicle.com/special);


• online extras such as slide shows, podcasts, and videos are available (http://chronicle.com/extras).