Trial Databases
New databases available for a brief trial period.
Let us know which ones you think are worth keeping.
- Influenza (Flu) :
Evidence-based Medical Information (Ebsco)
  
- Provides continually updated, evidence-based clinical information about the H1N1,
seasonal, and other influenza (flu) viruses for clinicians, nurses, and patients. Includes overviews,
diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, vaccine information, questions and answers, and more from the
DynaMed, Nursing Reference Center, and Patient Education Reference Center
databases. Patient education information is presented in 17 languages.
- TeachingBooks.net
(TeachingBooks.net)
- Serves as a time-saving portal to thousands of online and multimedia resources
relating to children's and young adult books, authors, and illustrators to support lesson
planning and author studies across all subject areas in the K-12 curriculum. Provides
access to audio and video clips of each author; book discussion guides and lesson ideas;
excerpts from books-on-tape readings; and links to the authors' and publishers' official
websites to generate enthusiasm for books and reading and to add a multimedia dimension
to reading in the classroom, library, and home.
- Trial ends December 15, 2009
- Publishing
Opportunities Database (Ebsco)
- Describes the publishing opportunities for scholars in 14,000 highly cited journals, 2,000 special
journal issues each year, and over 12,000 conference calls for papers annually. Each entry includes: the
publication or conference name, the scope of topics sought, deadlines, formatting requirements, submission
information, publication frequency, contact information, and websites.
- Trial ends November 2009
- Facts
on File World News Digest (Facts on File)
- Summarizes and organizes all major political, social, and economic news events in the
United States and around the world from November 1940 to the present day. Includes primary
source documents, timelines, editorial cartoons, curriculum tools, and more. Updated twice weekly,
along with an hourly newsfeed.
- Trial ends December 31, 2009
- Facts
on File Issues and Controversies (Facts on File)
- Helps researchers understand today's crucial issues by exploring hot topics in politics,
government, business, education, and popular culture with objective coverage that provides a range of opinions
to inspire thought-provoking debates. Includes pro-and-con statements, interviews with experts, primary
source documents, timelines, statistical tables, newspaper editorials, editorial cartoons, discussion
questions, curriculum tools, and more. Updated weekly, with a 13-year backfile.
- Trial ends December 31, 2009
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
HTML by Robert Delaney
robert.delaney@liu.edu
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