Database news and changes September 2009 Page 1 The new semester has brought many changes and new databases to OCCC�s library. In addition to the databases themselves, changes to the databases by subject page should improve finding the appropriate database for a subject. More than twenty new databases offer additional coverage topics that did not have much coverage in the past. Some of the improved coverage is in the area of Education, Psychology, Social Sciences, Environmental Science and Alternative and Consumer Health. OCCC now has access to ARTstor art image database. This is a wonderful resource that is useful not only to art but to most subjects that OCCC offers. Please visit the library�s Databases by Subject page to see the selection of databases that may interest you. For a full list of all the databases available see the Databases A to Z page. If you have any questions please contact the Electronic Services Librarian, Andy Heiz at ex 4253 or andrew.heiz@sunyorange.edu. For a guided tour in person stop at the library and ask for a librarian. * ARTstor A new subscription to this art image database gives access to images of famous and not so famous works of art. Searchers will be able to find high resolution images and zoom in on details. Browsers can find images by 16 different genre classifications or by a geographic list of countries from which art images exist. For those interested in specific searches art images are also classified by artist, title of the work and by time period. ARTstor also allows searchers to set up accounts to save images for easy retrieval. * ProQuest Nine new databases are now available to OCCC students, faculty and staff. Of note it is now possible to search for newspaper articles from newspapers around the United States or to search English language international newspapers. ProQuest Platinum and Reference Library are two general databases that provide information on a variety of topics. Researchers have access to four new topic specific databases. The databases Teacher Journals and Education Journals provide access to full text articles. Social Science Journals and Psychology Journals give researchers some alternatives for their research. * Ebsco New databases from EBSCO offer researchers some never before covered topics. Alt Health Watch, Associates Programs, Canadian Reference Centre, Environment Complete and Religion and Philosophy Collection have a high content of full text access to journals. Points of View is a new entry into the area of current events and issues. It is much like Opposing Viewpoints and includes information for starting, researching and writing a research paper. Our sustainability initiative is supported by Environment Complete which joins GreenFile in coverage of the environment. Computer & Applied Sciences Complete provides coverage of computers and electronic engineering to compliment Computer Source. Health Source � Consumer Edition offers general health articles for those looking for non-research information. * Gale trial For the next year OCCC will have access to LitFinder, one of Gale literature databases. LitFinder connects users with reliable, in-depth and constantly updated information on authors and their works. From an ancient Persian poem to a Restoration play to a modern-day policy speech, LitFinder delivers up to a million examples of full-text, indexed and excerpted literature � along with thousands of citations, biographies, explanations, overviews and images to enhance understanding. Please use the database and let the library know if this is a keeper. * Quick Links The QuickLinks to the database vendor pages is no longer at the top of the database by subject and A-Z list. We found that students who used the quick links to find articles were having problems getting back to articles they had found. In addition students using the QuickLinks were not using databases that offer better coverage of the research topic. QuickLinks should be used when links to specific databases are not working. They can be found on the Databases A-Z page under the letter Q. * Databases by subject The Databases by subject page received a major overhaul that is intended to make it easier for students to browse into subjects. Under the new set up databases in each subject are listed in order of how useful they are in that subject. In addition the databases are color coded and grouped into primary, secondary and general use databases. Primary databases provide in-depth coverage of a specific topic and will be highlighted in green. Secondary databases are provide coverage of a related group of topics and are highlighted in yellow. General databases are those that provide coverage of many different topics and have no highlighting. This will allow students to visually find the appropriate database for the subject being researched.