From Clement C. Maxwell Library...

The Library has a trial of the Philosopher’s Index database from EBSCO from Oct. 5 to Nov. 5. The Philosopher's Index, produced by the Philosophers Information Center, is a current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. In January the Library will cancel the print edition of Philosopher’s Index and replace it with this database. This trial gives us an opportunity to become familiar with the resource before our subscription begins. Click here to try it out!

Please send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin at kstaubin@bridgew.edu.

The Library has a three week trial to the eStatement Studies database beginning on Sept. 28. eStatement Studies includes financial ratio benchmarks, industry default probabilities and regional breakouts. Current data and six years of historical data can be exported into an Excel documents.

Please try this database and send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin at kstaubin@bridgew.edu.

The Library has a 60 day trial of AtoZ Maps Online.com through a link on the Library’s home page. The database includes outline maps, political maps, physical maps, thematic maps, climate change maps, environment maps, historic maps, hurricane maps, earthquake maps, volcano maps, fire maps, animal and plant species distribution maps, current event maps, geology maps, topographic maps, and weather maps. All users can download and use any of the many tens of thousands of maps in any way they wish, including use in print and electronic reports. Additional features include 2,700 flag images and icons, 300 geography crossword puzzles, 267 geography lesson plans, 30 interactive geography games quizzes and learning tools, and 14 geography, cartography, GIS and other glossaries.

Please use this resource and send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin at kstaubin@bridgew.edu

The trial will end on November 8th, 2009.

Throughout the month of April, the online version of The Encyclopaedia of Islam is available for your use. The Encyclopaedia comprehensively details Islamic religion, life and culture across the globe. The online version includes all of the content of the print 2nd edition and incorporates new entries from the 3rd edition as they are published. The geographical and temporal scope includes the early Islamic empire, the Ottoman Empire, and contemporary Islamic regions and nations including Central Asia, Iran, and Indonesia.

The Library urges you to review and evaluate this resource, testing the easy of navigating through the entries, the degree of completeness and its overall comprehensiveness. Please send your comments to Kendra St. Aubin at kstaubin@bridgew.edu by May 5, 2009. Thank you!