International Historical Statistics

A unique collection of statistics covering a wide range of socio-economic topics using collections of data sets taken from hundreds of disparate primary sources, including both official national and international abstracts – back to 1750 and up to 2010.

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Trial expires: Thursday, May 16, 2013

ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a one-volume, comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web.

Education Source

This bibliographic and full-text database covers scholarly research and information to meet the needs of education students, professionals and policy makers. Education Source was developed from a merger of databases from EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson and includes many unique sources that were never previously available. It offers the world’s largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals, and encompasses an international array of English-language periodicals, monographs, yearbooks, and more.

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Trial expires: Saturday, December 01, 2012

Social Sciences Index Retrospective

“Social sciences index retrospective, offers the ability to search a wide range of important journals in the social sciences. Topics include the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. ” –Publisher description

NBC Learn Higher Ed

This resource was on trial and has been acquired by the Baylor University Libraries.

March of Time

From 1935–1967, American theatergoers and television watchers were witness to Time Inc.’s unique and controversial film series, The March of Time®. Now, for the first time, this groundbreaking series is available in online streaming video in a single, cross-searchable collection designed specifically to meet the needs of researchers, teaching faculty, and students. The videos have been restored to their original luster by HBO Archives.

Like all Alexander Street online video collections, this resource include unique tools for teaching and research.

• Synchronized, searchable transcripts run alongside each video
• Visual tables of contents let you quickly scan each video
• Rich playlist functionality lets users create, annotate, and organize clips and include links to other content
• Permanent URLs let users cite and share whole videos, playlists, and custom clips
• An embeddable video player lets libraries and instructors deliver video content to other users on secure Web site pages or via course management systems
• Permissions for in-class, on-campus, and remote-access viewing are all included in the terms of the subscription

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Trial expires: Saturday, June 02, 2012

In 2009, the Baylor University Libraries subscribed to campus-wide access to the online version of The Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com). At that time, access to The Chronicle was controlled by being on campus or using a link that went through the Library’s proxy service for off-campus access.  Unfortunately this mode of off-campus-network access doesn’t work well with today’s mobile devices.   Recently The Chronicle made an enhancement to their subscription service that resolves this issue, and the Baylor University Libraries upgraded to this additional level of access.  Now Baylor University faculty, students, and staff may access The Chronicle on the device that is most convenient for them, no matter where they are located.

If you do not already have a personal account set up at The Chronicle of Higher Education that uses your Baylor e-mail address, then you need to create that free account by clicking on the “Create a Free Account” link at found on the top right side at http://chronicle.com or you can use this direct link:  http://chronicle.com/myaccount/createfreeaccount.  Once you have a personal account with The Chronicle that uses your Baylor e-mail address, use that e-mail address and the password you set up when you created the account to access The Chronicle from any of the following devices or from off campus:

• From the iPad  — Download The Chronicle’s free iPad editions app.  With this app, you can download either or both sections of The Chronicle.  Login to this app using your Baylor e-mail address and the password you set in your Chronicle account.  Once you have logged in, you will be able to download each week’s issue of The Chronicle.  Note that the download time can take 5+ minutes, depending on the speed of the network you are using.
• From smart phones or tablets using the device’s web browser – Login to The Chronicle’s mobile interface (it should auto-detect when you go to http://chronicle.com) with your Baylor e-mail address and the password you set in your Chronicle account.
• From any computer, from any location in the world – Go to http://chronicle.com and login with your Baylor e-mail address and the password you set in your Chronicle account.

NBC Learn

NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News, makes the global resources of NBC News and the historic film and video archive available to teachers, students, schools and universities. This website consists of NBC News Archives on demand for both K-12 and higher education. The Implementation Toolkit can provide tips on incorporating NBC Learn into the classroom. This trial has also been integrated into Baylor’s Blackboard system. Refer to this guide for information on using the NBC Learn Building Block.

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Trial expires: Friday, April 13, 2012

Last year, EBSCO Publishing bought HW Wilson.  EBSCO is in the process of migrating all Wilson databases to the EBSCOhost platform.  The following Wilson databases acquired by the Baylor University Libraries have been moved to the EBSCOhost platform:

• Art Index Retrospective
• Book Review Digest Retrospective
• Education Index Retrospective
• Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective
• Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
• Play Index
• Readers’ Guide Retrospective
• Short Story Index Retrospective

The remaining Wilson databases should be migrated to the EBSCOhost platform before the end of February 2012, and include the following resources acquired by the Baylor University Libraries:

• Children’s Core Collection
• Fiction Core Collection
• Middle and Junior High Core Collection
• Public Library Core Collection Nonfiction
• Senior High Core Collection

Web of Knowledge — Book Citation Index

The Book Citation Index has been added to our Web of Knowledge subscription for a trial period. To use this feature, click on the “Cited Reference Search” link and complete the search form. Just below the search form you will see “Citation Databases” with a “+” to the left. click on that plus to view the options that allow you to narrow your cited search to books or chapters in books.

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Trial expires: Thursday, December 15, 2011