What’s new at your library?

 

Subject Guides

 

Subject  guides contain key resources on selected subjects that will help get you started on your research.

Also the Discipline specific information on the library page is updated.

 

New electronic resources

 

ISI - Emerging Markets  - Southeast Europe  

EMIS aggregates data from different sources, both local and international, offering:

News , Company – profiles and financial statements, Industry analyses, statistics, key macroeconomic indicators, Financial Markets data, Tenders, access to the full archives of all

CEIC Data

Part of the database is CEIC Data that delivers accurate and timely economic, sector and financial data from around the globe. The access to the databases is in the local university network via the library web page - databases section. We have subscription to Southeast Europe countries only. Please, choose a country under Southeast Europe on your right side of the menu. CEIC - for this product a CDM Excel Plug In has to be installed from http://www.ceicdata.com/client/Downloads.html. Users Guides: Web Guide, PDF Guide.

 

Enhanced Databases 

World Bank Data

World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, and Global Economic Monitor are now free and easy to access at data.worldbank.org. The World Bank Group now provides  access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe - some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The link to the data is updated and it is available at Panitza library page.

 

 

ProQuest

New Content is  available in ProQuest Central - the multidisciplinary database today totaling more than 12,665 titles—with over 9,745 titles in full text. Coverage: 1905-Present. Also:

- Over 880 full text U.S., Canadian and international newspapers including exclusive access to the full text of The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times

- Nearly 30,000 full text dissertations in the areas of business, psychology, physical sciences, health, education and more.

- Concise business information from nearly 9,000 market reports across 43 industries in 40 countries, spanning the UK, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, and Latin America  

ScienceDirect Freedom Collection   a full-text database published by Elsevier offers a collection of high-quality journal articles online. Content includes access to over 2500 full-text scientific journals date back 5 years. Be aware of the time span 2005 - 2010.

 

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) continues to grow, adding new titles and more back issues to the existing titles. During the last six months, 65 new periodical titles have been included. As per today CEEOL offers access to more than 103.000 full text articles in 23 languages, provided by 505+ humanities and social science periodicals from Central, East and Southeast Europe.

 

JSTOR's Data for Research(DfR) : dig into JSTOR data

The DfR service is provided by JSTOR for use by the research community. It provides a set of web-based tools for selecting and interacting with content from the JSTOR archive.

 

Databases on new interfaces  

 

 

EBSCO databases.  Content for the following databases remains the same but they are now available with new interface.

 

Cancelled Databases

 

Columbia Grangers World of Poetry

 

Borrowing DVDs and Videos

 

DVDs and videos in our Ground Floor may now be checked out of the library for 3 days loan periods.  Audio CDs  and VHS are available for borrowing as well.  Borrowing policies audio/visual recordings are summarized below.

Students, Faculty, Staff

DVDs: 3 days, limit 3
CDs:  3 days, limit 3

Audiotapes, VHSs : 3 days, limit 3

 

Quiet Areas

 

Designated quiet study areas are located on Floor 1 and Floor 2. We ask that quiet study area users observe the following policies as a courtesy to other library patrons.

Quiet study areas are available for individual use.  We ask groups to locate elsewhere in the library or use group study rooms when they are available. Conversation should be moved outside designated quiet areas, including cell phone calls. Individuals are asked to keep study areas clean for other patrons. Trash and recycling receptacles are available.

 

What is AMICAL Group Catalog

 

AMICAL

The American International Consortium of Academic Libraries (AMICAL) brings together 22 institutions of higher education located in 18 countries across Central and Western Europe, West and North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia.  Main goal of the Group AMICAL catalog is sharing information through interlibrary loan.

Group Catalog of AMICAL Participating libraries and their OCLC symbols:

            Library                                                 OCLC Symbol

1          Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane             ALAUL

2          American College of Greece                   GEQ

3          American College of Thessaloniki           GRACT

4          American University - Central Asia         KGAMU

5          American University in Bulgaria              BGAUB

6          American University in Cairo                  MEAUC

7          American University in Kosovo               KOAUK

8          American University of Armenia              AMAUA

9          American University of Kuwait                KUWAI

10        American University of Nigeria                NRAMU

11        American University of Paris                  EIP

12        American University of Rome                 ITAUR

13        American University of Sharjah               A7U

14        Central European University                   BCD

15        Franklin College                                    F3N

16        John Cabot University                            ITJCU

17        Lebanese American University               LQU

18        Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus L6U

 

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Last Update 23.08.2010