What's New at Passports

July 2008

50-State Agency Database Registry

http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases

Provides links to various databases created by agencies for each of the 50 U.S. states.

Education at a Glance (OECD)

http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2825_495609_39251550_1_1_1_1,00.html

Comparative statistics on various aspects of education and training among OECD countries.

History of Psychology

http://academic.udayton.edu/gregelvers/hop/welcome.asp

Links to information on significant individuals in the field from all time periods.

The Literacy Web

http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/

Comprehensive site for literacy instruction, from early childhood through adult and ESL.

Measuring Up: the National Report Card on Higher Education

http://measuringup.highereducation.org/

Provides a national overview as well as evaluations on each of the 50 U.S. states on factors such as affordability, preparation, completion, etc.

The Men's Bibliography: a Comprehensive Bibliography of Writing on Men, Masculinities, Gender, and Sexualities

http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/

References to books and articles on various issues including health, families, relationships, child and adolescent development, etc.

PsychScholar (Hanover College)

http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/

Links of interest to scholars, professionals, and students in the field. Information on careers, resources for the classroom, current research, etc. is included.

June 2008

Baldwin Library of Children's Literature: Digital Collection

http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/UFDC.aspx?c=juv

Digitized versions of books primarily published in Great Britain and the United States of America dating from the 1700s.

FOB: Firms Out of Business

http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/fob.cfm

"...a database of publishing, literary and other firms out of business." (web site description). Also tries to indicate successor firms which may have taken over any intellectual property rights still in effect.

May 2008

OFFSTATS: Offical Statistics on the Web

http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/

"...free statistics from official sources on the web." (web site description) Browse by country, region, and subject.

China Travel (China National Tourism Administration)

http://old.cnta.gov.cn/lyen/index.asp

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

http://www.law.conrnell.edu/citation/

A guide to legal citation from the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University Law School.

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/en/

Health information available by country and a wealth of data and statistics.

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease.

April 2008

Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984 (a Wilson database)

Indexes almost 600 international art publications covering 55 years of art journalism. A good resource to find "contemporary criticism of art at the time of its debut, track a body of work of an artist or movement" as well as artist interviews, commentary, art reproductions and coverage of all art subjects in journals published from 1929 to 1984. (Webster/Eden only).

Artsearch

Search theatre job postings online. The library's print subscription to Artsearch:The National Employment Bulletin for the Arts (available on the library shelf) includes online access to job listings and various resources from Theatre Communications Group. (Requires login with Webster or Eden ID.)

March 2008

Intute - Arts and Humanities

http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/

This UK site created by universities and other partners organizes "Best of the Web" Arts & Humanities resources for education and research.

Poets & Writers

http://www.pw.org/

This nonprofit organization offers helpful resources for creative writers including links to literary magazines, small presses, job listings, discussion groups, "Top Ten Topics for Writers" and selected content from Poets & Writers Magazine.

January 2008

Anesthesia Abstracts

Anesthesia Abstracts is an electronic journal that summarizes and analyzes articles from a wide variety of health science publications. Each month, Anesthesia Abstracts provides the busy anesthetist with a synopsis of key articles important to clinical practice. Abstracts are accompanied by expert analysis and commentary by CRNA contributing editors. (Webster/Eden only)

Learning Express

Offers a collection of practice tests and tutorials to prepare for academic and licensing tests. Categories for test preparation include graduate school entrance exams (GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT); Business Writing Skills; Civil Service; Military; Nursing; Resume and Interviewing Success Skills; TOEFL and many more. Note: users will need to create a unique user name and password to view the tests. (Webster/Eden only)

Literature Criticism Online (a Gale database)

Contains content from 4 publications in the Gale Literary Criticism series offering modern and historical literary commentary on authors and their works. Online content begins with 2007 volumes of the following series titles: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism and Children's Literature Review. For content in volumes published before 2007, consult the print volumes shelved in the library's reference collection.

Newseum: The Interactive Museum of News

http://www.newseum.org/

A interesting feature of this "news" history site is Todays Front Pages with over 600 front pages from 55 plus countries. It includes some archived pages for events of historical significance and analysis for current front page coverage.

November 2007

APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources

APA guidelines for citing online sources. Note: If you are using Acrobat 6.0 and have difficulty viewing the file, open Acrobat 6.0 and try the following: Edit--> Preferences--> Internet--> Uncheck PDF in browser. (Webster/Eden access only)

September 2007

Discovering Collection

Biographies and essays on subject areas such as literature, history, science, government, cultures, and social studies. Users can search by type of source including creative works, reference, statistics, primary sources and multimedia (photographs, video and audio clips, etc.). (Webster/Eden only)

American Theological Library Association

http://www.atla.com/

Discovery Education streaming

Segments from thousands of educational videos from Discovery School and other producers are provided. Segments cover areas such as science, mathematics, art, health, professional development, careers, language arts, social studies, visual and performing arts, research, and world languages. Corresponding state standards (including Canada and Australia) are given for each video. (Webster/Eden only)

August 2007

New Interface for Lexis-Nexis Academic

Lexis-Nexis Academic has made several changes to the look of the database. When using this resource, be sure to consult the Help and Tutorials to the right of the screen. Contact the Library's Reference Desk at (314) 968-6950 or (800) 985-4279 if you have questions. Webster/Eden students, faculty, and staff may also use our Ask a Librarian email service.

Yotophoto

http://yotophoto.com/

Index of free-to-use photos in the public domain or available under Creative Commons, GNU FDL, and other licensing conditons.