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Kotobarabia Arabic E-Library (trial access through Nov. 23)

Categories: LIS Staff Interest

For two weeks, you can explore over 3,500 contemporary and classic Arabic books from Egypt that are available in e-book form for the first time in the Kotobarabia Arabic E-Library.Works in the collection are divided into 29 thematic categories and several subcategories. Let us know what you think – email Rebekah Irwin or your liaison.

Churchill Archive (trial access)

Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Now through January 14, 2013 we have access to the Churchill Archive.

The Churchill Archive includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders.

Find this and other trials at http://go.middlebury.edu/trials (go/trials).
Contact your area liaison with comments and feedback.

Trial access to the Encyclopedia of Islam

Categories: LIS Staff Interest

For the next month we have trial access to the Encyclopaedia of Islam.

Find it on our New & Trial Resources page (go/trials).

The Encyclopaedia covers the world of Islam with illustrations, maps, and over 11,000 entires.

World Muslim population by percentage (Pew Research)

Email your library liaison with comments.

Routledge Performance Archive (trial access)

Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Through November 23rd we have access to The Routledge Performance Archive (RPA).

The RPA provides access to interviews with key figures in theatre history and contemporary practice; masterclasses with actors from around the world; excerpted and full-length contemporary productions; and documentaries. The video material spans more than fifty years of documented work and ranges across the entire spectrum of theatre topics.

Find this trial and others at http://go.middlebury.edu/trials (go/trials).
Contact your area liaison with comments and feedback.

Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān Online (trial through Oct. 26)

Categories: LIS Staff Interest

For the next month we have trial access to the Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān and the Qurʾān Concordance.

Find both on our New & Trial Resources page (go/trials).

The Encyclopaedia includes qur’ānic terms, concepts, place names, cultural history, and essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur’ānic studies.

The Encyclopaedia includes the Qurʾān Concordance which allows users to identify and localize text fragments and snippets.

Mid-late 7th century Qur’anic manuscript from Wikipedia

Email Rebekah Irwin or your library liaison with comments.

New trial: Orlando Women’s Writing in the British Isles

Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is a resource for researchers, students, and readers with an interest in literature, women’s writing, or cultural history.

Find Orlando and other New & Trial Resources here (go/trials).

Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Orlando 
includes biographical and writing career entries on over a thousand writers, more than eight hundred and fifty of them British women. It also includes selected non-British or international women writers, and British and international men.

Our access ends October 22, 2012.

Email Rebekah Irwin or your library liaison with comments.

New to the Library for 2012-2013

Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddNotes, Post for MiddPoints

Selected new books and DVDs for 2012-2013

New journals subscriptions for 2012

New audiobooks for iPod/mp3 players and new ebooks for Kindles, Nooks, etc.

New Library collections in Environmental Studies

New library acquisitions for the study of China

New Library acquisitions for Latin America, the Caribbean, South and East Asia, & African history

New library collections for American history

New library collections: women’s history

JSTOR is on steroids

National Geographic online archive (1888-1994)

New Library acquisitions for the Sciences

New to the library: statistics and GIS data

New to the library: technology and computer science resources

Consumer Reports online

New Library collections in Environmental Studies

Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Environment & Energy Publishing (E&E)
Environment & Energy Publishing (E&E) is a “leading source for comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy policy and markets.” Included publications are EnergyWireClimateWireEnvironment and Energy Daily (E&E Daily), GreenwireE&E News, ETV, and E&E Reports.

Environmental Justice
A journal exploring the equitable treatment of all people, especially minority and low-income populations, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

GREENR Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources
A site for research on sustainability and the environment. News, video, interactive maps, and original documents covering energy systems, healthcare, food and others.

Nature Climate Change (2007 – current)
Dedicated to research on the impacts of global climate change and its implications for the economy, policy and the world at large.