Due to last minute changes in the state budget, iCONN (the Connecticut Digital Library) will suspend access to the following databases effective October 1, 2009:

AP Images (ADDENDUM: available through October 31, 2009 courtesy of the vendor)

Boston Globe

Campus Research (available through October 9, 2009 courtesy of the vendor)

CINAHL Full-Text (Index will remain intact)

 

Listen up! :) Wilson Omnifile journal database now allows you to listen to its full text articles in the html format. To listen to an article, simply open the HTML version of the article, then click the "Listen" button near the top of the page. The JStor journal database also allows listening to its full-text PDF articles. Save the PDF file to your PC, open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader, and then from the Acrobat menu, click on View, Read Out Loud, Activate Read Out Loud. Then click on View, Read Out Loud, and select either "Read this Page Only" or "Read to End of Document." For more information about how to utilize these features, please contact a reference librarian.

Following the merger of publishers Wiley and Blackwell, most of our journal subscriptions from them are now available exclusively online. Online coverage varies, but generally begins with 1997. Please check the catalog for specific title information.

Trinity College Library now subscribes online to over 200 journals from Oxford University Press. We also have access to a large collection of journals from SAGE and SpringerLink. Please choose from 'All Online Resources by Title' on the Trinity Online Resources (TOR) page or check the library catalog for specific titles.

Access World News is a new collection of U.S. and International newspapers, web-only material, and videos. Please see 'Database Trials' under Trinity Online Resources (TOR). This trial runs through April 2009.

GreenFILE is a new database for searching the literature in envrionmental sciences.  It indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.

You can now search our top ten databases at once from the library home page or from the main page of Trinity Online Resources (TOR). Searching multiple databases brings back results quickly and can suggest alternative avenues of research in resources that you might not have considered using initially. The Top-Ten search can also offer some guidance if you’re not sure which database is the best place to start your research  For more specific results, try a Top-Ten Advanced Search! 

As of March 1, 2008, Trinity College is a member of Roper Center Public Opinion Archives.  This means that we now have access to two important products:

• iPOLL: "The best finding aid to locate national US public opinion polls rich in a particular subject, iPOLL contains nearly half a million survey questions and answers asked in the US over the last 65 years by more than 150 survey organizations. And now it is possible to access the catalog and questionnaire directly from iPOLL."
• Roper's Survey Dataset Collection: "The Center acquires, preserves and makes accessible thousands of individual-level datasets based on surveys conducted since the 1930s. The collection provides opportunities for researchers to conduct detailed secondary analysis to discover new insights years after the original survey was released."

To access these items, visit here.  If you need help access or analyzing Roper data, please contact Rachael Barlow, Trinity's Social Sciences Data Coordinator.

6,600 Visual Resources Collection images and 29,000 licensed Saskia Archive images are available in ARTstor to Trinity users.  "Enter the ARTstor Digital Library" and see our collections listed to right under "Institutional Collections."  They can be searched individually or with ARTstor's collections via basic quick search box or "Advanced Search" screen.  Save/download size is 1024x1024 pixels - suitable for PowerPoint or other non-ARTstor presentation tools.

The library has recently subscribed to 3 new online music collections spanning world music, classical, and African American folk music. The collections provide music as streaming audio, and represent some of the most renowned artists, composers, and recording labels. For teaching purposes, faculty can easily incorporate the music into their courses by linking to specific selections from Blackboard. All are invited to explore the music collections from the comfort of their own rooms or offices! The titles of the collections are Smithsonian Global Sound, Classical Music Library, and African American Song. You can find them by going to the Music & Performing Arts subject category in TOR, and then selecting the "Audio & Video" tab. Happy listening!