Friday, April 29, 2011

Temporary Access to Two Online Political Science Encyclopedias

The Library has arranged for temporary online access to The Encyclopedia of Political Science and the Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History. Both encyclopedias are published by CQ Press and may be accessed through May 27. Please email Judy Diffenderfer if you would like the Library to purchase permanent access to one or more of these online encyclopedias.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Online Video Documentaries Trial -- Should We Subscribe?

The Library currently has a trial through May 7th to an online documentary video collection called Filmakers Library Online (FLO).  Links to FLO can be found on the Library Subject Guide pages and on the A-Z list.  The documentaries can be viewed from home as well as campus.  Please email Judy Diffenderfer with your comments if you would like the Library to subscribe to this collection.  .

Filmakers Library Online  currently has 911 documentaries covering subjects across the curriculum.  Well over half the titles have been issued since the year 2000 and many have earned awards

Particular subject strengths include Women’s Issues (162 titles), Health (126),  History (99), Religion (76) Race & Culture (72), Politics (64), Sociology (50), Economics (50), Psychology (48),   Sexuality and Gender (34) Environment (32),  Medicine (32) and Fine Arts (29).

A searchable transcript accompanies each film and clips of a portion of a film can be created to be shown in class or embedded into iLearn.

     We have two similar video collections from the same publisher, American History in Video and Counseling and Therapy in Video.  These collections have enjoyed increasing use, suggesting this is a successful platform for delivering content.