Monthly Archives: October 2011

New Indigenous Collection database

By admin | Published: October 25, 2011
This new addition to the Informit group of databases brings together a broad range of international Indigenous resources. Subject areas covered include anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics, education, health, history, human geography, law and land rights, literature, politics and policymaking, (post)colonial studies, psychology, race studies, sociology and visual and performing arts. The 11,600+ records [...]
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Book Citation Index on trial

By admin | Published: October 19, 2011
Thomson Reuters Book Citation Index in Web of Science is on trial until 14 November 2011. Web of Science has now added book citation indexes for over 25,000 titles in the Sciences and the Social Sciences & Humanities from 2005.  Until now, the main citation databases have focused on journal articles and conference proceedings rather than books, [...]
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Spotlight on indigenous titles

By admin | Published: October 11, 2011
The library has recently purchased the following indigenous materials: Aboriginal arts (DVD) Aboriginal ethnographica Aboriginal rules: definitely more than a game (streaming DVD) Aboriginal self-determination: the whiteman’s dream After Mabo (DVD) Baskets & belonging: indigenous Australian histories Brewarrina’s Aboriginal language program (DVD) Culture crisis: anthropology and politics in Aboriginal Australia Deadly Yarns 1, 2, 3 and [...]
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Database name changes

By admin | Published: October 5, 2011
There have recently been changes to two popular databases. Taylor & Francis Journals (formerly Informaworld) provides full text access to journal articles, books and reference materials in the areas of criminology, legal and dispute studies, international studies, environment, planning, youth work, policy studies and many others. EBSCOhost eBooks (formerly netLibrary) is a collection of full [...]
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