New Library Indexes, Databases, and Research Resources
Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890 - 1982 (trial access thru Dec.)
Electronic version of the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890 - 1982. Indexes 375 leading magazines including popular and peer-reviewed periodicals. Please tell us what you think of this trial. Send comments to rlibrary@middlebury.edu.
Lexis Nexis Environmental Universe (trial access until 11/30/08)
Provides access to Environment Abstracts; news and full-text journals; US & state codes (laws), regulations, and cases. Compare this database vs. Environment Index. Send feedback to eslibrarians@middlebury.edu.
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf (trial access until 12/10/08)
The Oxford Digital Reference Shelf is a collection of dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press. It covers many subjects and is cross-searchable. We subscribe to a number of Oxford titles already. We are considering adding more.
Please tell us what you think of this trial. Send comments to rlibrary@middlebury.edu.
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To search the Oxford titles that we have on trial individually, go to Oxford Digital Reference Shelf (on-campus only). Note: we already subscribe to Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History and Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance.
- To search all Oxford titles, go to Oxford Reference Online Premium. Includes both the titles to which we already subscribe and the titles that we have on trial.
Oxford Islamic Studies Online (trial access until 12/10/08)
Oxford Islamic Studies Online (OISO) offers online access to the history and culture of Islam and provides full-text access to Oxford reference and scholarly works, including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, two classic interpretations of the Qur'an, a Concordance of the Qur'an, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, and the forthcoming Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (due to publish in 2008).
Please tell us what you think of this trial. Send your comments to rlibrary@middlebury.edu.
Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science
Entries range from (long): the domain of GISci and its major subdomains, such as cartography and geodesy and core themes, such as spatial analysis, ontology, and data modeling; (medium): significant topics, such as network analysis, spatialization, and polygon operations. (short): specialized concepts and techniques, such as the ecological fallacy, spatial weights, and open standards; (very short ): key organizations in GIS and definitions of fundamental topics, such as legend and extent.
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change
Covers the science and history of climate change, the controversies over climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change.
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
5 vol., 2007. 1,200 entries on topics related to the overlap between people and nature. Biographies, policy discussions, and essays about problems, processes, and theoretical concepts.
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
This is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Access the full online edition (same content as print) or the Quick Guide (examples of commonly cited resources)
Also in print: Main Library Ready Reference shelves LB2369 .C57
Brill's Online
Online access to standard reference sources for studying the Greek and Latin classics including Brill's New Pauly; Brill's New Jacoby; Der Neue Pauly; Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker
Polling the Nations (Opinion Polls)
"Database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000+ surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and 100 other countries around the world." Logout when done (1 user limit).
Periodicals Archive Online (more journals added)
Searchable archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences from 1665 - 2000. Our package now includes all 6 collections and is searchable with the British Periodicals I collection. Formerly called PCI Full-text.
Russia and CIS Statistical Database
Covers Russian and English-language publications, reports & data sets from the Russian State Statistics Committee and the Commonwealth of Independent States Statistical Committee. Guide: http://online.eastview.com/help/statguide_eng.pdf
China Data Online
Our subscription only covers these databases (listed under China Statistics): 1) Monthly Statistics (2) National Statistics (3) Provincial Statistics (4) City Statistics (5) County Statistics (6) Monthly Industrial Data (7) Yearly Industrial Data (8) Statistics with Map & Charts (9) Statistical Yearbooks. Works best with Internet Explorer.
NExpress
Use the 
button in Midcat to search for and request items from a consortia of 6 other northeastern libraries, Middlebury borrowers can also visit these libraries and check out items directly. These libraries are: Williams, Bates, Bowdoin, Wellesley, Colby, and Northeastern University. See the NExpress page for full details.
New Acquisitions
Lists of the Middlebury College Libraries' recently acquired materials. These lists are arranged by call number (Library of Congress Classification) and are updated monthly.
