Trial Database
The Mardigian Library currently has a trial of the following database:
Asian Studies in Video
Available through April 13
“Asian Studies in Video” is an online streaming video collection of narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts. With Asian voices addressing Asian issues, and through works selected by Asian film experts, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights. Its themes — such as modernity, globalization, national identity, female agency, inequalities in opportunity amid social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity — are central to any meaningful discussion of Asian culture.
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E-book Updates
Japan Knowledge
This database includes dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese), a 30-volume encyclopedia, two dictionaries, a dictionary of scientific terms, a biographical dictionary, the “JK Who's Who”, and the “Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan”. A news database covering Asia and the European Union, full-text books, a database of video recordings from 1908 to 2005, a database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan, a books in print database, a sound library, and a music library are also included in this collection.
New Global Finance Titles added to Ebrary Academic Complete
New titles recently added to the Ebrary Academic Complete e-book database include “No Miracle: How Nations Can Bridge the Digital Divide and Stimulate Economic Growth” by Mitchell Wigdor and “G20 Governance for a Globalized World” by John Kirton. These titles are part of the “Global Finance” series by Ashgate Publishing. New titles from many disciplines are added to the e-book collection every month.
Database Updates
Investment Claims
“Investment Claims” includes materials and analysis in international investment law and arbitration. Users may search arbitration awards and decisions, bilateral investment treaties, multilateral treaties, journal articles, monographs, and arbitration laws. All materials are linked and cross-referenced by the “Oxford Law Citator."
BCC Research Reports
“BCC Research Reports” provides access to thousands of market research reports and market forecast information related to high tech and emerging technologies. Some areas of focus include advanced materials science, biotechnology, chemicals, energy, health care, sensors, plastics, and nanotechnology. Over 250 research reports are published annually.
Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
“Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection” delivers over 300 important dramatic works in streaming audio from the archive of the nation's premiere radio theatre company, L.A. Theatre Works. The plays, which include some of the most significant dramatic literature of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, are performed by leading actors from around the world and recorded specifically for online listening. The database includes plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Arthur Miller, and more.
COS Pivot
COS (Community of Science) Pivot is a directory of researchers and research funding opportunities. It includes over 400,000 funding opportunities (worth an estimated $33 billion) and 3 million profiles of scholars worldwide. It compiles researcher profiles unique to an organization (such as University of Michigan-Dearborn) and matches them to relevant current funding opportunities.
COS (Community of Science) Pivot is a directory of researchers and research funding opportunities. It includes over 400,000 funding opportunities (worth an estimated $33 billion) and 3 million profiles of scholars worldwide. It compiles researcher profiles unique to an organization (such as University of Michigan-Dearborn) and matches them to relevant current funding opportunities.
