NAXOS Music Library - Database Trial. September 2014 - 30 November 2014

• NAXOS Music Library Trial: September 2014 - 30 November 2014.
• Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world's largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 102,310 CDs with more than 1,485,200 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month.
  The library offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues plus the complete catalogues or selected titles from over 650 record labels, with more labels joining every month. Along with classical music, jazz, world, and pop/rock are also represented.
  
  We would like to ask all users to log-out from our services properly at the end of each session by clicking the red "LOGOUT" button located at the Manual Bar at the top of the screen.
  
  Contact Roy Stanley, Subject Librarian for Music for username and password details, for the duration of this trial.
  
  No. of users: 10 users
  

South Asia Archive - Database - Trial - until 27th December 2014

• South Asia Archive (Taylor and Francis) Trial period: 12 November - 27th December 2014.
  Please NOTE: this trial is available both ON and OFF campus.
  
  The South Asia Archive is a fully searchable digital archive resource providing access to over 4 million pages of rare and valuable research and teaching materials (both primary and secondary) across the humanities and social sciences. Focused on South Asia, the Archive comprises material sourced from collectors and archivists in India by the South Asia Research Foundation.
  
  The South Asia Archive will give digital access to rare and out of print materials ranging from the mid-18th to mid-20th Century in a mix of English and vernacular languages.
  
  You will be able to search across multiple document types, including:
  • Runs of journals
  • Census documents
  • Legislative documents
  • Film ephemera
  
  This data also ranges across a wide variety of different subject areas such as, Art History, Economics, Law, Science, Education, Literature.
  
  
  
  
  For databases, or other e-resources, on trial, please see the Trial tab on the Library's databases page. 
  Trial databases are normally available 'On Campus' only. This Archive is the exception.
   
  
  

Loeb Classical Library - Trial - until January 2015.

The following database is on trial, available on campus only:
Loeb Classical Library Trial: 16/10/14-9/01/15.

The written treasures of the ancient Greek and Roman world.

James Loeb founded the Loeb Classical Library in 1911, to make the work of classical authors accessible - regardless of knowledge of Greek or Latin.

Key features include:
• Single- and dual-language reading modes
• Sophisticated Bookmarking and Annotation features
• Tools for sharing Bookmarks and Annotations
• Greek keyboard
• User account and My Loeb content saved in perpetuity
• Intuitive Search and Browse
• Inclusion of every Loeb volume in print
• Regular uploading of new and revised volumes

For databases, or other e-resources, on trial, please see the Trial tab on the Library's databases page. 

Trial databases are normally available 'On Campus' only.

New resource: Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB) formerly Hand Press Book Database

The HPB bibliographic database from CERL, free to TCD under our CONUL agreement, has been added to the New Resources page and will have a record in the catalogue and a link from the main databases page in due course.

The HPB Database (previously called the Hand Press Book Database) is a steadily growing collection of files of catalogue records from major European and North American research libraries covering items of European printing of the hand-press period (c.1455-c.1830) integrated into one file. This makes it possible for information to be retrieved in one single search across all files. As the digitisation of collections in contributing libraries progresses, more and more catalogue records point to digital presentations of the early printed books.

The HPB Database is of interest to librarians and any one else with academic pursuits across many fields of study that use printed books as source material. It is especially valuable for research in intellectual history, social history, and transmission of thought — as well as in the history of printing and the history of the book. It may be accessed for information retrieval and downloading by CERL member institutions, their staff and users.

New database on Web of Science

Web of Science - New KCI Korean Journal Database.

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Please be advised that in addition to the upgrade to the Web of Science 5.15 on October 19, 2014, [see details here ] subscribers  were provided with free entitlement to the New KCI Korean Journal Database. The KCI Korean Journal Database is a searchable repository of literature from Korea and is available for selection listed on the drop down 'Search' list.

About the New KCI Korean Journal Database.

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"The KCI Korean Journal Database provides a comprehensive snapshot of the most influential regional content from researchers in South Korea. Using citation connections from the Web of Science(tm), regional work is framed within the broader context of global research.

The newest regional database included in Web of Science lets you make connections to the broader research landscape. Get a more complete global picture by discovering new insights from research in highly influential BRICK regions."

Further information at:

http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/kci_kjd/

Online recorded training at:

http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/kci-korean-journal-database/

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953). New resource.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953)

One of four new China-related databases in the Library, this ProQuest collection of 24 Chinese historical newspaper titles includes The China Weekly Review (1923-1950), The North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette (1870-1941) and the Peking Daily News (1914-1917).

Provides first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. 

China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998 from the Digital National Security Archive. New resource.

See our NEW RESOURCES tab on the TCD Library Databases and E-Books page:

Digital National Security Archive: China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998

One of four new China-related databases in the Library, this ProQuest collection pulls together more than 2,000 documents concerning the relationship between the United States and China, with an emphasis on the 1969-1998 time period.

The documents include memos, cables, and studies concerning U.S. diplomatic relations with China, records concerning the U.S.-PRC security relationship, documents related to the economic and scientific association with the PRC, and intelligence estimates and studies concerning the PRC's foreign policy objectives, military capabilities, and internal situation.

U.S. Intelligence and China: Collection, Analysis, and Covert Action from the Digital National Security Archive. New resource.

See our NEW RESOURCES tab on the TCD Library Databases and E-Books page:
Digital National Security Archive: U.S. Intelligence and China: Collection, Analysis, and Covert Action

One of four new China-related databases in the Library, this ProQuest collection includes more than 2,300 documents providing new insights into aspects of intelligence operations, with the results of most of these efforts, naturally, kept highly classified.

The resulting finished intelligence addressed a diversity of topics, ranging from military capabilities to domestic policies, and which was critical in helping to shape U.S. policy toward the emerging world power.

This collection provides insights into all these aspects of intelligence operations, revealing U.S. concerns about its rival, China, and its ally, Taiwan.

Political, Economic, and Military Conditions in China: Reports and Correspondence of the U.S. Military Intelligence Division, 1918-1941. New resource.

Political, Economic, and Military Conditions in China: Reports and Correspondence of the U.S. Military Intelligence Division, 1918-1941

One of four new China-related databases in the Library, this Gale collection reproduces the six principal Military Intelligence Division files relating exclusively to China for the period 1918 to 1941 (general conditions, political conditions, economic conditions, army, navy, and aeronautics).

This collection also includes documents created by other U.S. Government agencies and foreign governments from the records of the Military Intelligence Division.

TCD subscribes to three databases on the platform, "Archives Unbound" from Gale Cengage Learning: 1) Northern Ireland: A Divided Community, 1921-1972. Cabinet Papers of the Stormont Administration; 2) Political, Economic, and Military Conditions in China: Reports and Correspondence of the U.S. Military Intelligence Division, 1918-1941; 3) The Dublin Castle Records 1798-1926.

Irish Newspaper Archives - platform update

Irish Newspaper Archives - Update 22nd August

The updated site is not compatible with IE9 and users trying to access the site from IE9 will be redirected back to the current version of the site.

Please note that we will be updating the system on Friday 22^nd August  at 9.00am Irish Time (IST).

The update will provide for a range of improved functionalities including the below.

-          Zoom Tool

-          Article Reference & Citation

-          Word Highlighting in Jump To Page

-          Many more attached in APA5.1 Release Notes

Please note however the updated site is only compatible with IE10 or higher as well as alternative browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox & Safari.

The updated site is not compatible with IE9 and users trying to access the site from IE9 will be redirected back to the current version of the site.

If you have any questions at all about the update please let us know.

Women Writers Online - new platform

The long-awaited move to its new platform has been made by the Women Writers Project: Women Writers Online.

From the WWP site:
The Women Writers Project is a long-term research and publication project focusing on early women’s writing in English. and electronic text encoding.


The WWP is continually working to expand the breadth and depth of our Women Writers Online collection. 
See here for new titles added.

LION: Literature Online from ProQuest - final shutdown of old platform.

ProQuest introduced LION: Literature Online on its new platform, in November 2013.

There has been dual access to the old and new platform until now, although TCD Library removed the link to the old platform from the catalogue record a while ago. 

In case anyone was still using the old URL, please be advised that:

DUAL ACCESS PERIOD ENDS – 28th June 2014
Legacy platform access to Literature Online will be turned off on 28th June 2014.  

Marc records for the new platform are in the TCD catalogue. 

A libguide is available to explain the new features and how the new Literature Online offers an improved research experience for users.