We are very pleased to announce that we now have access to ScienceDirect Freedom Collection – you’ll find it linked to our database pages. Freedom Collection is a package of over 2,000 electronic journals in a broad array of disciplines with significant strength in environmental sciences, energy, and nuclear energy. We have access to current issues of journals as well as issues dating from 2008.
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If you are interested in keeping up on news from China or doing research on current topics, you’ll like Current Digest of the Chinese Press. In partnership with Middlebury, we have a new subscription to this online compilation of stories from the Chinese press that have been translated into English. We have access to all issues from 2011, including the inaugural issue.
To find Current Digest of the Chinese Press, visit the Databases, Ejournal & Ebooks page on the Library’s website. You’ll find it linked to the News, Policy and Business, Economic & Trade databases pages.
Read MoreIf you are looking for statistics on China, we are happy to report that we now have access to China Data Online. This database features both national, provincial and city statistics. With census figures, industrial production, trade and demographic statistics, this site is a terrific addition to our database list.
Find the link on our full databases list and on our Statistics Databases page.
Read MoreThe library now has a subscription to Plunkett Research Online. The database is excellent for industry, company, and career research. You’ll find market research and forecasts, company profiles and job search tools. Plunkett publishes research on major U.S. industries and on growing industries like gaming, social media and green technology.
Read MoreWe are excited to announce that we have access to a new electronic journal package from Taylor & Francis. The Social Sciences Humanities package includes over 1000 journals with full text coverage dating from 1997. You’ll find a link to the package on our databases page. The individual titles in the package are listed with links on our Periodicals AtoZ List.
Read MoreThe Economist Intelligence Unit ranks 140 world cities every year in terms of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. We now have access through our EIU Country Reports & Surveys database. To find the Liveability Ranking and Overview, find the link to EIU Country Reports & Surveys on our databases page. Then find Liveability Ranking and Overview on the Reports menu at right.
Read MoreWe now have online access to Le Grand Robert – the fabulous unabridged French language dictionary. You’ll find a link to the dictionary on our databases page – http://www.miis.edu/academics/library/find/articles/databases as well as our Translation Databases page – http://www.miis.edu/academics/library/find/articles/translation. From off campus, you will be asked to log in – use your network login.
Read MoreIf you are a New York Times reader and are concerned about the new digital subscription model they adopted this week, the Library has good news for you. We do get a print copy of the newspaper delivered to our door every day. But we also have full access to articles from the Times through ProQuest and LexisNexis. Both databases give us an archive of articles dating from 1980. Both have easy search interfaces allowing for different search strategies. And both are updated daily.
If you have any questions about how to access the New York Times, stop by the library front desk or email us.
Read MoreWe now have access to Handbook of Translation Studies Online published by John Benjamins. This wonderful academic source on topics in translation and interpretation is a companion to our Translation Studies Bibliography. You’ll find links to both on our Translation Databases page.
Read MoreWe now have online access to all serial publications of the International Institute for Strategic Studies – Adelphi Series, Survival, Military Balance, Strategic Survey and Strategic Comments. Each title has an archive dating from 1997. All of these titles are linked to our Periodicals AtoZ List.
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