Tag Archives: trials FY 2015

TRAC Terrorism (Trial ends May 30, 2015)

A student asked that we trial TRAC Terrorism, so a trial is now under way at both Middlebury College and the Middlebury Institute, ending May 30th.

Created by The Beacham Group, LLC, Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC) is a uniquely comprehensive resource for the study of political violence of all kinds. In cooperation with a team of 2800 experts, TRAC gathers the best information for exploration of this topic by faculty, scholars, students, government and defense professionals, as well as the general public.

Find guidance for how to use the site in this video:

Let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or your liaison.

Is there something you’d like the Middlebury libraries to trial? Let us know at go/requests.

iPoll Databank (trial ends April 13th)

Middlebury has two-week trial access to the iPoll Databank from the Roper Center at the University of Connecticut, one of the world’s leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from public opinion surveys.  If we subscribe, it would include RoperExpress (with the ability to download the datasets to conduct bivariate and mulitivariate analysis) and Roper Explorer (online analysis of several hundred studies allowing cross-tabulations without specialized statistical software).  The trial now includes the download and online analysis options (use the register link to create a free user id to use this feature).  More details on coverage.

Roper provides educational material for using their tools and learning the basics about polling and analysis.

Check it out and let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or your liaison.

SIPRI Yearbook (trial through March 13, 2015)

Students, faculty and staff at Middlebury have free access for 30 days to the

SIPRI SIPRI Yearbook online – full of information on armaments, disarmament, and international security.

Look it over and let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or your liaison.

Elsevier’s Reference Module on Earth Systems & Environmental Sciences (trial ends March 16, 2015)

Faculty, staff, and students from Middlebury now have access to several encyclopedias and other reference works on the ScienceDirect platform. This information sheet explains the module and its contents which include:

ClimateVuln

 

 

EncyEnvirHealthComprehBiotech

 

and much more. Explore, and let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or your liaison.

Human Rights Studies Online (trial ends March 20, 2015)

Through March 20th, students, faculty, and staff affiliated with both Middlebury College and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey will have trial access to a Human Rights Studies Online – a research and learning database providing comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide from 1900 to 2010. This collection includes primary and secondary materials in multiple media types.HRSOLook it over and let us know what you think! Email your feedback to eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or your liaison.

If there’s something you’d like the library to explore or purchase, let us know at go/requests.

 

Alexander Street Drama (trial ends December 3, 2014)

Alexander Street Drama brings together thousands of plays from Alexander Street’s individual full-text drama collections and makes them accessible and cross-searchable in a single package. It includes the complete content of:.

Everything is cross-searchable through the unified North American Theatre Online interface, with the results seamlessly integrated into one search result.

Let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or your Library liaison.

IEEE’s Computer Science Digital Library (trial ends October 22, 2014)

Members of the Middlebury community have free access to the Computer Science Digital Library from the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for two weeks, ending October 22, 2014.

Included in the CSDL are over a dozen journals, many “Transactions of the IEEE” and hundreds of conference proceedings.

Let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or contact your liaison.

ABIA – Index of South and Southeast Asian Art and Archeology (trial ends October 30, 2014)

Middlebury College has free trial access to ABIA – Index of South and Southeast Asian Art and Archeology until October 30, 2014.

ABIA - Index of South and Southeast Asian Art and Archeology

ABIA is the only specialist academic in-depth bibliography dedicated to South and Southeast Asian prehistory, archaeology of the historical period, art, crafts and architecture (from early down to contemporary), inscriptions and palaeography, coins and seals of these regions. Going back to 1928, this unique and up-to-date bibliographic reference source has become the standard of reference in the fields it covers for both specialists as well as students.