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Ethnographic Video Online and

Anthropology Online

New trial available until April 30th 2012.

Anthropology Online is a comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behaviour.

Featuring cross-searchable access to Ethnographic Video Online and Anthropology Online collections, it provides Anthropologists, Sociologists and cultural historians with an expansive and multifaceted survey of the discipline. Researchers can explore a wide range of materials—from documentaries and field notes to written ethnographies and reference works. Anthropology Online brings together a wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behaviour the world over.  

Ethnographic Video Online is a video encyclopedia of humanity and will contain more than 750 hours of classic and contemporary documentaries produced by leading video producers in the discipline; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films. Wherever possible, videos will include accompanying field notes, liner notes, filmmaker biographies, related articles, study guides, and other context-enhancing, full-text materials.

 Access is currently available:  Ethnographic Video Online and Anthropology Online

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New resource trial : GeoFacets

GeoFacets trial until 28/3/2012

Access through this link: GeoFacets
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New trial resource

Procedures Consult Trial dates: 1/11/11 – 31/12/11

The following IP authenticated trial resource has been added to the University Library collection.

Procedures Consult is an online procedure reference tool that offers easy access to complete details on how to prepare for, perform and follow up on the most common procedures required in today’s hospital setting.

Procedures Consult covers the procedures required by the ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine) and conforms to ACGME standards to help physicians and residents to consistently achieve the best patient outcomes.

• High quality video, text and illustrations for top medical procedures
• Highlights patient safety guidelines
• Includes indications, contraindications, anatomy, equipment
• Includes testing, competency tracking and reporting
• Is browsable and searchable for quick and easy access to any procedure
• Highlights when patient ‘informed consent’ is required

 Access is currently available:  Procedures Consult

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Book Citation Index – New trial resource

Book Citation Index – on trial from 14/10/11 to 13/11/11   
The Book Citation Index is designed to enhance the powerful discovery and analysis capabilities of Web of Science by incorporating comprehensive book citation data. Researchers can search for and identify the most relevant and esteemed literature along with the 12,000 peer-reviewed journals and 150,000 conference proceedings already indexed, enabling users to navigate the links in citations across books, journals and proceedings. Books are indexed at the chapter level, resulting in improved searches and deeper insights into the citing behavior between books and the wider world of scholarly research in the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities. The Book Citation Index allows users to search journals, conference proceedings, and books simultaneously within a single, integrated resource.

Access is currently available via Sirius: Book Citation Index

Trial database

UNSW Library is providing trial access to the AccessEngineering database until 10/11/11. AccessEngineering delivers comprehensive authoritative information that accelerates research and innovation, and features content from a broad range of must-have McGraw-Hill engineering publications, including the latest editions of classics such as Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry’s Chemical Engineers Handbook, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, and many more.  AccessEngineering offers the widest and deepest repository of fully searchable engineering content available online – from the authors and industry-leading titles engineers have trusted and depended on for years.  Focused around 14 major areas of engineering, AccessEngineering features a new taxonomy book view offering comprehensive coverage and faster title-by-title access to our engineering collection.

In addition, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering is embedded on all search pages.  Search and generate results from the world-renowned McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering, which contains more than 18,000 entries containing synonyms, acronyms, abbreviations, and a pronunciation guide are included for each term.

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