Trials & New Databases

Trials & New Databases

New Databases 2006-07

Index to Printed Music
"Combines the IPM Index Database, the IPM Bibliography Database and the IPM Names Database into the only electronic title for finding individual pieces of music printed in standard scholarly editions. Because it indexes each individual piece in a collection, it provides superior access for scholars, performers, teachers, and other researchers."
Times (London) Archive
The complete digital edition of The Times of London. Offers full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2nd ed., Macmillan)
Update to the 1967 8-volume set
ScienceDirect
Full text access to hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals.
Europa World Plus
Economic, political and geographic background information along with statistical data, by country. Corresponds to the print version Europa World Year Book and nine-volume Regional Surveys. Contains primarily current information.
Facts on File World News Digest
Covering 1940 to the present, World News Digest contains essential facts of the news as reported in the major newspapers and news magazines around the world. Emphasis throughout is on the factual content rather than opinion or analysis. Also, hourly headline news, maps, and more.
SourceOECD International Trade by Commodity
NOTE: REQUIRES IE 5.01 OR HIGHER. Yearly statistical data on imports and exports in OECD countries, selected non-OECD countries, as well as in the OECD main country groupings. It provides detailed data in value (thousands USD) and quantity by commodities and by partner countries.
SourceOECD Monthly Statistics of International Trade
NOTE: REQUIRES IE 5.01 OR HIGHER. Statistics on international trade of OECD countries. Data are broken down by economic groupings, by country and by region, and include seasonally adjusted series as well as calculated indicators.
SourceOECD Services Statistics
NOTE: REQUIRES IE 5.01 OR HIGHER. National accounts statistics on output and employment in service activities and trade in services statistics.
Senate & House Journals, Series I, 1789-1817
Journals of the House of Representatives and Senate 1789 to 1817, covering the first 14 Congresses of the United States.
Senate Executive Journals, Series I, 1789-1866
Executive Journals of the United States Senate 1789 to 1866, covering the first Congress through the first session of the 39th Congress.
ebrary
ebrary is a company that provides electronic books to libraries. Bowdoin has licensed ebrary’s Academic Complete collection, which contains the full-text of nearly 30,000 titles. ebrary e-books are included in the Bowdoin Library Catalog and will appear in your search results with the phrase [electronic resource] after the title.
Classical Music Library
Recordings of music written from the earliest times (e.g., Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
African American Song
Documents the history of African American music in an online music listening service. The collection contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others.
American Broadsides and Ephemera
This is a fabulous collection of American broadsides printed between 1820-1900, and ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. One of the many treasures you’ll find are graphic images of advertisements and circulars ranging from "alcoholic beverages" to "zoological specimens" ("Advertising specimens under the headings of mineralogy, rocks, fossils, casts of celebrated fossils, skins of animals and stuffed specimens, skeletons, and invertebrates.")
Early American Newspapers, Series II & III.
Added extensive coverage of early American newspapers in fully searchable, graphic form, now covering 1690-1922
Physics Review Online Archive
The American Physical Society’s Physical Review Online Archive. It includes all APS journal content back to 1893. It provides full image of the complete content of each issue of each journal covered. There is a rolling 4 year embargo (e.g., content from 2002 will be included during 2006)
Film and Television Literature Index
"Scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television." Currently covers 1988 - present; will eventually absorb Film Literature Index, which covers 1976-2001.
Collected Works of John Dewey
"This database is based on the 37-volume printed edition The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953, published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1967-1990 (edited by Jo Ann Boydston)."