The following trials are available for USMAI FY2007 subscriptions. Access to these trials requires usernames and passwords and is available only to staff of USMAI Libraries. Usernames and passwords were sent to library directors and reference contacts via e–mail. For assistance, please contact Kari Schmidt (301-314-9132 or schmidtk@umd.edu) or Betty Day (301-405-9072 or bday@umd.edu).

FY07 USMAI Renewal Timeline [Word Document]

FY07 Renewals Baseline Template [Excel Spreadsheet]

Worst Case Pricing for USMAI E-Resources [Word Document]

EBSCO Pricing FY07 [Excel Spreadsheet]

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FY07 Trials

ABC-CLIO

• United States at War: Understanding Conflict and Society United States at War resource is currently the only educational database available that focuses exclusively on U.S. conflicts. Researchers can now compare and analyze a wide range of data associated with the participants of 14 major U.S. engagements in a more holistic and comprehensive way. The user-friendly interface also provides instant access to extensive facts and figures, dynamic timelines, and thought-provoking perspectives from scholars, video and audio clips, detailed maps, and historical documents.
• America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts New Interface Fact Sheet and Database Enhancement Information

ACCUNET/AP MULTIMEDIA

• AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
  The AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive provides photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history. Also features over one million photographs dating back to 1826 to the present, graphics, audio files dating from the 1920's, and news stories dating from 1997. Fact sheet

ALEXANDER STREET PRESS

• Black Drama
  The project brings together 1,200 plays, almost a quarter of which are previously unpublished. The collection includes the complete works of more than 300 playwrights from North America, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia, and other locations. Covers Victorian plays to the present. Fact sheet
  
  
• Black Thought & Culture
  More than 100,000 pages of monographs, speeches, essays articles, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from earliest times to 1975. Includes the only full run of The Black Panther - the party's newspaper - and 2,500 pages of oral history interviews recorded by the former Black Panther, David Hilliard. Fact sheet
  
  
• Classical Music Library
  A fully searchable database of classical recordings. Includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to on the Internet. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information. Fact sheet
  
  
• Smithsonian Global Sound
  A virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The database includes more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. Fact sheet

CSA

• Bibliography of the History of Art
  Contains abstracts and indexes of current publications in the history of art, including scholarly journals, conferences, book, exhibition reviews, and exhibition catalogues. The records consist of bibliographic citations, abstracts, and indexing. Fact sheet
  
  
• PAIS
  The PAIS International database from CSA contains references to more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. Fact sheet
  
  
• Sage Full-Text Collections on CSA
  Sage Full-Text Collections: Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Nursing & Health Sciences, Urban Studies & Planning. Fact sheet
  
  

CQ PRESS

• CQ Federal Collection
  Online access to Congressional Staff Directory, Federal Staff Directory, Judicial Staff Directory, and the Homeland Security Staff Directory. Fact sheet
• CQ Weekly
  Weekly congressional news and analysis. All the major policy issues confronting the U.S. Congress: Defense, Economy & Taxes, the Environment, Foreign Policy, Health, Education, and Welfare, Crime, etc. Fact sheet
• CQ World PowerBase
  Online directory combines the data from the Worldwide Government Directory with International Organizations, Trade and Customs World Directory, Profiles of Worldwide Government Leaders, and Worldwide Directory of Defense Authorities. Fact sheet

EBOOK LIBRARY

• EBook Library
  Although EBL offers content across all subject areas, the initial focus is on recent titles – most specifically in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine (STM). Fact sheet

EBSCO

• Book Index with Reviews
  Provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print, books on tape, etc. Fiction and non-fiction titles are included in the database, in all genres. Contains over 800,000 full text searchable reviews. Fact sheet
  
  
• Business Source Complete
  Contains active, peer-reviewed, business related journals. Indexing and abstracts for the some scholarly business journals goes back to 1886. Contains author profiles. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. Fact sheet
  
  
• Catholic Periodical & Literature Index
  Covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes over 360,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. Fact sheet
  
  
• CINAHL with full text
  Provides indexing for 2,717 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. Contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Provides full text for 320 journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1982 are also included. Fact sheet
  
  
CINAHL Overlap Analysis by Vincent Dobbs, College of Southern Maryland


• CINAHL Plus
  Provides indexing for 3,001 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with coverage dating as far back as 1937. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Searchable cited references for more than 1,160 journals are also included. Full text material includes more than 70 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. Fact sheet
  
  
• CINAHL Plus with full text
  Provides indexing for 3,001 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with coverage dating as far back as 1937. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Provides full text for 327 journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1937 are also included. Fact sheet
  
  
• EconLit
  Contains citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969. Provides links to full text articles in all fields of economics. Fact sheet
  
  
• Hospitality & Tourism Index with Full Text
  Bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. Combines three collections: Cornell University's former Hospitality database, Articles in Hospitality and Tourism (AHT), formerly co-produced by the Universities of Surrey and Oxford Brookes, and the Lodging, Restaurant & Tourism Index (LRTI), formerly produced by Purdue University. Contains more than 500,000 records from more than 500 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. Fact sheet
  
  
• Humanities International Complete
  Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Content pertains to literary, scholarly and creative thought on the humanities. Fact sheet

Humanities International Analysis by Lisa Woznicki, Towson University

• International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
  Contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles. Additional full text available includes more than 50 books & monographs. Fact sheet
  
  
• Mental Measurements Yearbook
  Guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments in psychology, education, business, and leadership. Designed for novice to experienced audiences. All entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. Fact sheet
  
  
• New Testament Abstracts
  Abstracts for articles, reviews, books, and software on the New Testament and its historical milieu. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985. Fact sheet
  
  
• Old Testament Abstracts
  Indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Abstracts from over 450 journals are included. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology, etc. Coverage in the database dates back to 1978. Fact sheet
  
  
• SocIndex with full text
  Sociology research database; contains abstracts for 640 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. Features records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociological thesaurus. Fact sheet

SocIndex and Sociological Abstracts Comparison by Robin Moskal, UMBC

FACTS ON FILE

• Reference Suite
  Includes Facts on File World News Digest, Issues & Controveries on File, Today's Science on File, and World Almanac Reference Database. Fact sheet

GALE

• Biography Resource Center
  Combines more than 330,000 biographies from Gale sources. Fact sheet
  
  
• Book Reviews Index Online Plus
  Electronic version of the print edition. Indexes book reviews from 1965 to the present. Fact sheet
  
  
• Gale Virtual Reference Library--With Xreferplus
  Customizable and searchable e-book collection. Fact sheet Title List
  
  
• History Resource Center: World
  Contains full-text academic journals, periodicals, reference works and primary source documents. Covers world history from antiquity to the present. Fact sheet
  
  
• History Resource Center: U.S
  Full-text periodicals, multimedia reference articles and overviews and facsimiles of historic documents pertaining to US history. The chronology feature allows users to conduct a visual search by choosing events from a historical timeline. Fact sheet
  
  
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
  Covering current social debates this database provides in-depth articles from proponents and detractors as well as factual information from statistics, government data and legislation on a wide variety of topics. Fact sheet
  
  
• Science Resource Center
  Curriculum-oriented science database. Reflects curriculum trends and focuses on concepts taught in school classrooms such as earth science, science history, life science, physical science, science and technology, space, etc. Fact sheet
  
  
• Student Resource Center
  Content from biographies, essays, full-text magazines, glossaries, historical overviews, photographs, audio files, etc. Fact sheet
  
  
• Testing & Education Resource Center
  Covers information related to private schools, undergraduate and graduate programs. The resource is searchable by location, tuition and major. Features online practice tests for entrance and preparatory exams as well as career handbooks like LSAT Success and the State Trooper Exam. Fact sheet
  
  

HARMONIE PARK PRESS

• Music Index
  Cites book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry. Organized by an internal subject list which includes both subject and geographic headings. Covers all styles and genres of music. Fact sheet

H.W. WILSON

• Art Museum Image Gallery
  Contains 96,000 high-quality images with a full description. Many include curatorial text, provenance data, detail or multiple views for many images, and related multimedia where available. Covers 3000 B.C. to the present, with art from the cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, including Native American and Meso-American peoples. Includes contemporary and modern artists, as well as both fine and decorative art: painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, textiles, costumes, jewelry, ceramics, furniture, glass, books and manuscripts, and archaeological finds. Fact sheet

IBIS World

• IBIS World
  Information and risk ratings on US industries, and analysis of economic and demographic statistics. Information on companies includes contacts, board of directors, financial data, and business segments. Fact sheet

IBIS Review by Lenore England, UMUC
IBIS Trial Details
IBIS Industry List
IBIS Getting Started

PARATEXT

• Reference Universe
  Bridge between your library's printed reference collection and specialized online reference databases. Contains links to reference titles in ABC-CLIO e-books Access Science, Gale's Virtual Reference Library, Oxford Reference Online, LIterature Online (LION), and XRefer Plus. Links to online review titles in ARBA Online, Book News Online, and Choice Online. Fact sheet

PROQUEST

• Alt Press Watch
  A full text database comprised of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Fact sheet
  
  
• ProQuest Biology Journals
  Covers more than 200 leading journals in biology. All publications are available in ASCII full text, and nearly all of them also offer articles in the full-image and Text+Graphics formats. Fact sheet
  
  
• Black Studies Center
  Supports Black Studies in history, literature, political science, sociology, philosophy, and religion. Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean, and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals. Fact sheet
  
  
• Los Angeles Times
  ProQuest Newsstand, including the Los Angeles Times. Fact sheet
  
  
• ProQuest Psychology Journals
  Information from over 400 psychology and related publications. All the source publications are available in the ASCII full-text format. Nearly all of them also offer articles in the full-image and Text+Graphics Science & Technology formats. Fact sheet
  
  
• Safari Tech Books
  A ready-reference resource, with simultaneous searching of hundreds of titles covering science, technology, and medicine. Fact sheet
  
  
• Wall Street Journal: Historical Newspapers
  ProQuest Historical Newsapers, including the Wall Street Journal. Coverage from the mid-1800s to the 1980s; varies by newspaper. Fact sheet

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