What's New?

NAXOS Music Online

2011-12-13T07:20:00.000-08:00

Listen to holiday music from the library's database Naxos Music Online
Naxos Music Library offers online access to more than 17,000 CDs with more than 250,000 tracks, making it one of the largest classical music databases in the world. In addition to classical music, Naxos offers thousands of tracks of jazz, film music, world music, and classic and contemporary rock. Search for recordings by genre, label, instrument, composer, or performer, then create and listen to your own playlists

Identity Theft Figures in the U.S. 2005-2010

2011-12-06T09:07:00.000-08:00

A Department of Justice report shows that identity theft in the U.S. affected 8.6 million households. See the full report at http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/itrh0510pr.cfm

Doing Business in the East African Community

2011-08-23T09:22:00.000-07:00

You business majors may be interested in this report from the World Bank
Doing business in the East African Community

Affordable Care Act Ensures Women Receive Preventive Services at No Additional Cost

2011-08-16T07:13:00.000-07:00

A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Last summer, HHS released new insurance market rules under the Affordable Care Act requiring all new private health plans to cover several evidence-based preventive services like mammograms, colonoscopies, blood pressure checks, and childhood immunizations without charging a copayment, deductible or coinsurance. The Affordable Care Act also made recommended preventive services free for people on Medicare

The Changing Face of the Aircraft Industry

2011-08-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

An International Report from Chatham House, U.K.

McDermott Library Facebook

2011-08-04T09:12:00.000-07:00

Follow the McDermott Library Welcome Week events (Aug 24th - August 31st) on Facebook

and check out the library events calendar at http://libguides.utdallas.edu/welcomeweek

Westlaw's Campus Research

2011-06-29T08:33:00.000-07:00

Westlaw's Campus Research is an online research service that provides access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources. Campus Research is divided into two sections, News & Business and Law.
News & Business provides full-text access to current and archival newspapers, magazines, trade journals, newswires, newsletters, radio and television broadcast transcripts, and foreign language publications, as well as company information such as SEC filings and Hoover’s company records. The Law section contains federal and state case law, including cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Code Annotated, the Code of Federal Regulations, American Jurisprudence 2d, American Law Reports, some law materials from the European Union, and content from over 800 law reviews and journals.

Ask A Librarian

2011-06-25T11:14:00.000-07:00

Don't forget -- if you can't get to the library to ask a question Use
UT System Ask A Librarian
hours:
Monday - Thursday: noon - midnight
Friday: noon - 4pm
Sunday: 6pm -midnight

Databases -- New

2011-06-24T09:04:00.000-07:00

These databases have recently been added to the McDermott Library Resources:
Latin American Newspapers
Early American Imprints, Series I: Supplement
Early American Imprints, Series II: Supplement
INSPEC Backfile
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection
British Periodicals II

Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982

2011-06-20T15:44:00.000-07:00

This standard index to U. S. periodicals of broad, general, and popular character provides a well-balanced selection of nontechnical magazines representing all the important scientific and humanistic subject fields. The periodicals represent a detailed account of American cultural life from 1890 to 1982.

The Great Courses Tutorials

2011-06-13T08:13:00.000-07:00

Designed to meet the powerful demand for lifelong learning, The Great Courses is an intellectual engaging series of video and audio courses led by the world's best professors and experts in diverse fields such as philosophy, history, literature, science, and the arts. The Great Courses currently maintains a catalog of more than 350 courses delivered by great teachers from the Ivy League, Stanford, Georgetown, and other leading colleges and universities.
Use the Ghttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifreat Courses Libguide for a list of all of our holdings.

New Off-Campus LOG IN

2011-05-05T08:02:00.000-07:00

At the beginning of summer semester we will be switching our login authentication to NetID and Password. You can preview the new login screen at http://libtestproxy.utdallas.edu/

Now you will use your Net ID and Password (same as for email) instead of your UTD ID and last name.

New Resource on Complementary & Alternative Medicine

2011-05-05T07:59:00.000-07:00

A new online resource, designed to give health care providers easy access to evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), was unveiled today by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health.

With this new resource, providers will have the tools necessary to learn about the various CAM practices and products and be better able to discuss the safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine with their patients.

Subject Guides

2011-03-08T07:54:00.000-08:00

Don't forget the Subject Guides that the librarians have produced. We have 134 guides to date, including Literature Review, Job Search Tools, and Primary Sources.

Women in America : Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being

2011-03-08T07:35:00.000-08:00

In support of the Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget and the Economics and Statistics Administration within the Department of Commerce worked together to create the Women in America report which, for the first time in recent history, pulls together information from across the Federal statistical agencies to compile baseline information on how women are faring in the United States today and how these trends have changed over time. The report provides a statistical portrait showing how women’s lives are changing in five critical areas:

* People, Families, and Income
* Education
* Employment
* Health
* Crime and Violence

Generations and their Gadgets

2011-02-15T09:56:00.000-08:00

Many devices have become popular across generations, with a majority now owning cell phones, laptops and desktop computers. Younger adults are leading the way in increased mobility, preferring laptops to desktops and using their cell phones for a variety of functions, including internet, email, music, games, and video.

Pew Internet Report

Cyber Bullying

2011-02-15T09:50:00.000-08:00

Cyber Bullying and the Law

Although bullying has long been a problem educators have faced, we are now seeing tragic results of taunting and bullying through social networking websites, text messages and other electronic means that were not available just a few years ago. School systems and state policymakers are beginning to look at measures to prevent cyberbullying and punish those who engage in it.

Homelessness in the United States

2011-01-25T12:41:00.000-08:00

State of Homelessness in America 2011

This comprehensive examination not only reveals national and state level homeless counts, but also delves into economic indicators and demographic drivers – taking an in-depth look at risk factors for homelessness. Built upon the most recent nationally available data from the federal Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Justice, and other public information sources, this report analyzes the effect the recession has had on homelessness and how it has contributed to an increased risk of homelessness for many Americans.

CCH State & Federal Employment Law Compare

2010-12-15T08:16:00.000-08:00

CCH State & Federal Employment Law Compare

Allows the direct comparison of state and federal employment law, including law cases, federal and state regulations, and government rulings. It also provides links to summaries or full text of state laws and highlights recent changes. Results can be printed or exported to Microsoft Word or Excel.

Women Writers Online Database

2010-12-10T10:06:00.000-08:00

Women Writers Online Database is a complete set of digital texts from the Women Writers Project at Brown University. This collection contains works by pre-Victorian women writers including 100 Renaissance texts. Among the types of primary sources included in this collection are: poems, letters, essays, book chapters and plays.

ARTstor Travel Awards 2011

2010-12-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

ARTstor is providing five travel awards of $1,500 each to supplement travel costs to help support the educational and scholarly activities of graduate students, scholars, curators, educators, and librarians in any field.
Learn more

American Time Use Survey

2010-11-30T11:52:00.000-08:00

The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.
For example - in 2009, employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on the days that they worked; they worked longer on weekdays (7.9 hours) than on weekend days (5.0 hours). Eighty-five percent of women and 67 percent of men spent some time doing household activities such as housework, cooking, lawn care, or financial and other household management on a given day.

Women Writers Online Database

2010-11-24T15:43:00.000-08:00

Women Writers Online is a complete set of digital texts from the Women Writers Project at Brown University. This collection contains works by pre-Victorian women writers including 100 Renaissance texts. Among the types of primary sources included in this collection are: poems, letters, essays, book chapters and plays.

Statistics

2010-11-10T09:23:00.000-08:00

Including statistics in your research paper is a great way to emphasize your position and enhance your research. The US government collects statistics like squirrels collect nuts. They are freely available at http://www.fedstats.gov/

You can also try the Statistics Useful Web Sites

Factiva Database

2010-10-19T08:00:00.001-07:00

The database FACTIVA has news articles in 23 languages, and an audio option.

Artstor Database

2010-10-01T10:06:00.000-07:00

Now available in the Artstor Database - Editorial cartoons and sketches by John R. Fischetti
ARTstor has collaborated with Columbia College Chicago to share more than 3,200 images of drawings and sketches by Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist John R. Fischetti in the Digital Library.
Learn more

ebooks

2010-08-12T08:26:00.000-07:00

IEEE - Wiley eBooks Library provides access to over 400 up-to-date titles, covering emerging technologies, such as bioengineering, photonics & electro-optics and robotics & control systems. Access is provided to individual chapters in PDF format. Sign up for email and RSS alerts at http://www.ieee.org/go/emailalerts to keep you informed of the 40+ titles added annually.

Business Data & Statistics

2010-07-14T09:12:00.001-07:00

Business data and statistics from the US government

Includes:
Banking statistics
Trade statistics
Labor statistics, etc.

State of the States 2010

2010-07-06T17:30:00.001-07:00

In State of the States 2010, the Pew Center on the States looks beyond the acute problems caused by the Great Recession to examine larger trends that have the potential to change state government in lasting ways.

Chat with a librarian

2010-07-01T14:38:00.001-07:00

UT System Chat Hours:

Monday - Friday noon - midnight
Friday noon - 4pm
Sunday 6pm - midnight

Chat with a UT System Librarian and get all of your library questions answered immediately

CCH State & Federal Employment Law Compare

2010-06-30T07:20:00.000-07:00

*** NEW DATABASE***
CCH State & Federal Employment Law Compare allows the direct comparison of state and federal employment law, including law cases, federal and state regulations, and government rulings. It also provides links to summaries or full text of state laws and highlights recent changes. Results can be printed or exported to Microsoft Word or Excel.

MAPS A-Z

2010-06-29T16:06:00.000-07:00

*** New Database ***
A-Z MAPS ONLINE

This database features 146,000 maps on multidisciplinary subjects such as politics, geology, the environment, biology, and history. It includes climate change maps, hurricane maps, earthquake maps, volcano maps, fire maps, animal and plant species distribution maps, current event maps, political outline maps, and topographic maps. All these maps can be printed or downloaded for educational use.

Ebooks from Psycnet

2010-06-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

The library has just added a collection of psychology ebooks. Individual titles can be found in the library catalog, or you may search the Psycnet Collection.

Giving USA Foundation

2010-06-09T08:40:00.000-07:00

The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2009

Report of charitable contributions in the US from individuals and corporations.
For example:
» Total estimated charitable giving in the U.S. dropped 3.6% in 2009.
» Individual giving fell 0.4% in 2009. Individual giving is 75% of all giving or $227.41 billion.
» Corporate giving increased 5.5%. This unexpected bounce takes corporate giving to within 1% of its pre-recession level.
» Giving to religion fell 0.7% in 2009.
» Giving to education declined 3.6% in 2009.
» Giving to foundations dropped 8%.
» Giving to arts, culture and humanities fell 2.4%.

Native American Ethnobotany

2010-06-08T18:48:00.000-07:00

From the University of Michigan -- Dearborn
Native American Ethnobotany
A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants.

2010-06-01T17:32:00.001-07:00

From the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics:

The Condition of Education report

NEW DATABASE

2010-05-20T10:30:00.000-07:00

IHS Global Insight Provides coverage of regional, national, and international economic, financial, and commodity information. Includes historical data on macroeconomic variables such as national income accounts, balance of payments, foreign debt, interest and exchange rates, money supply and employment.

Texting while Driving

2010-05-11T16:23:00.001-07:00

Wisconsin is the 25th state to make texting while driving illegal

From the Governor's Highway Safety Association

Legal Forms

2010-05-04T19:23:00.000-07:00

Gale Legal Forms
is available to students, staff and faculty of UTD. Access through the Find Articles and Databases link.
Includes:
Bankruptcy
Divorce
Name Change
Power of Attorney
Real Estate
Sample Letters
Wills

Tell Me More

2010-04-27T18:57:00.000-07:00

The library has a new language learning program called Tell Me More from Auralog. Lessons, from beginner to advanced levels, are available for the following languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Lessons incorporate all aspects of language learning, including pronunciation, spelling, and grammar. Users need to set up a personal account and should use headphones with a microphone to take full advantage of the learning experience.

Artstor

2010-04-18T13:33:00.000-07:00

ARTstor has collaborated with the Emilio Sanchez Foundation to share 79 images of works by the Cuban-born American artist Emilio Sanchez (1921–1999), which are now available in the Digital Library. Sanchez is best known for paintings and prints that depict the play of light and shadow on architectural structures. He also explored light and compositional structure through non-architectural themes, including still lifes and landscapes. Internationally renowned, Sanchez has had many solo and group exhibitions around the world and his works are represented in numerous private and public collections

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

2010-04-13T16:53:00.000-07:00

The McDermott Library has the full set of Lecture Notes in Computer Science online, with many titles also available in paper. You may look at the full list of 5472 titles by entering "lecture notes in computer science" as a title search in the library catalog - or you can search for individual titles, including:
10th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2009, Salamanca, Spain, June 10-12, 2009 proceedings.

Films on Demand Tutorials

2010-04-05T15:31:00.001-07:00

Films on Demand (streaming video)
This website shows videos purchased by McDermott Library which are available to students, staff, and faculty. There are films in the following categories:
Humanities & Sciences; Business & Economics; Career Education & Job Search; Communications; Literature & Language Arts; Foreign Language & Culture; Family & Consumer Science; Social Sciences; Psychology & Mental Health; Legal Studies & Crime.

Titles include:
Applications of Quadratics (10 minutes)
Coordinates (20 minutes)
Acids and Bases (30 minutes)
The fabulous story of the American Dollar (31 minutes)
America at War (35 minutes)

Top Journals in your Field

2010-03-30T18:33:00.000-07:00

If you need to know which are the top journals in your field, we have 2 databases that you can use:
The Web of Knowledge includes Journal Citation Reports.
1. Click on Select a Database - then select Journal Citation Reports. Now select your requirements and submit:

The database Scopus includes a Journal Analyzer. Go to the tab Analytics. Search for specific journal titles under various subject heading. Your results will be returned as a chart eg:

C-Span Videos on the Web

2010-03-16T13:15:00.000-07:00

C-Span Puts Full Video Archives on the Web. They include White House press briefings, Congressional sessions, and interviews. The archives cover 23 years of history and five presidential administrations.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/

RIA Checkpoint Free Webinars

2010-03-12T13:58:00.000-08:00

RIA Checkpoint contains comprehensive federal, state and local, and international tax resources, including information, insights and tools on tax, pensions, benefits, estate planning and corporate finance topics. The centralized search interface provides an entire spectrum of tax information: complete tax law, expert analysis, practitioner insights, tax related news, cases, rulings and more.

Learn how to use RIA Checkpoint with a FREE webinar:
To find a free course and enroll right away CLICK HERE

RIA Checkpoint can be found by going to

Then select "R" in the alphabetical list of Databases - then select "RIA Checkpoint"

RefWorks Subject Guide

2010-03-09T16:32:00.000-08:00

Our RefWorks Instruction Librarian has developed a subject guide to help you get started using RefWorks.

RefWorks is a citation management service that allows you to import citations from online article indexes and databases, organize and manage these references within folders, automatically format them within papers and create instant bibliographies in a variety of styles.

RefWorks also offers these tutorials:
RefWorks 2.0: The New User Interface
RefWorks Fundamentals
RefWorks Advanced Features
Six Ways to Import Information into RefWorks
Four Ways to Create Bibliographies in RefWorks
RefGrab-It
RefMobile
RefShare
RefWorks for Faculty
RefWorks in 15 Minutes
RefWorks Administration Tool
Write-N-Cite III for Windows
RefAware

Newsletters

2010-03-02T17:28:00.000-08:00

Did you know you can build your own newsletter from Thomson Reuters and receive expert insight on hot topics including impact factors, global research trends, emerging technologies and managing intellectual property?
Choose from these five content areas – we will then deliver your customized KnowledgeLink newsletter every two months:
• Global innovation
• Information professional development
• Intellectual property
• Pharmaceutical knowledge
• Scientific research
Build your newsletter and see recent articles

The world's most innovative companies 2010

2010-02-23T18:03:00.000-08:00

FACEBOOK is reported to be #1

Full report

IEEE Xplore Database

2010-02-23T17:50:00.001-08:00

If you're a user of the IEEE Xplore database, you will notice that they have completely changed their interface.

The content is still the same -
IEEE Xplore, produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is ideal for conducting research in the field of electronics, electrical engineering, telecommunications, wireless communications, and computer engineering. It provides access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings, as well as current IEEE standards. Complete full text is provided back to 1988, with select content reaching back to 1952.

If you need help with the new interface, please let me know carol.oshel@utdallas.edu - 972-883-2627

U.S. Industry Outlook - State Government 2010

2010-02-16T17:20:00.000-08:00

2010 U.S. Industry Outlook
This report covers education, medicaid, economics etc.

Supreme Court of the United States

2010-02-09T18:03:00.001-08:00

The Supreme Court of the United States met for the first time, February 1, 1790.
For more information on the Supreme Court, including history, opinions, merit briefs, oral arguments, etc. go to http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Primary Sources Introduction

2010-02-02T16:43:00.001-08:00

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Primary Sources Introduction

View more presentations from Carol.

Global Powers of Retailing 2008

2010-02-02T16:13:00.001-08:00

Would it be a surprise to discover that Wal-Mart is the #1 retailer in the world?
Read this report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to discover the next 249 top retailers.

WorldCat Database

2010-01-26T16:22:00.000-08:00

Use the WorldCat Database to find out what is available in other libraries worldwide. Our Interlibrary Loan Department will borrow the materials for you. (We do not borrow class textbooks)
Find Worldcat by going to Find Articles and Databases and clicking on W in the alphabet.

Book Reviews

2010-01-23T15:40:00.002-08:00

If you have to do a book review this semester the Book Review Subject Guide can help suggest databases/websites.

You'll also find information on how to reach the Arts & Humanities Librarian.

Safari Online Videos

2010-01-14T08:37:00.000-08:00

Safari Tech Books Online now includes videos (at present 565 titles). They include JavaScript Libraries and TCP/IP Packet Analysis.

Business & Company Resource Center

2010-01-14T08:26:00.000-08:00

The database Business & Company Resource Center has a new look, but still provides current business, company, and industry content including: periodical articles, press releases, corporate structures, financials and earning estimates, investment reports, and company histories. Sources include Market Share Reporter, Ward's Business Directory of U.S. and Private Companies, and other authoritative industry databases. Companies can be searched by name, ticker symbol, SIC/NAICS code, product/brand name or location.

E books

2009-12-18T07:46:00.000-08:00

Check out the new English language E-books published from 2005 in the following subject areas:
Behavioral Science
Business & Economics
Chemistry and Materials Science
Computer Science
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law
Mathematics and Statistics
Professional and Applied Computing

Individual titles also link directly from the catalog.

Christmas Music

2009-12-01T16:57:00.000-08:00

Naxos Music Library Online provides Christmas music for you to download and enjoy. Included are:

Christmas and Hanukah: I'll be home for the holidays

A piano Christmas in the 1920s

Christmas Jazz

Christmas Gala: Dallas Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

A Kremlin Christmas- Christmas chants of Russia - 17th-20th centuries

ebooks

2009-11-24T17:09:00.000-08:00

The Greenwood Digital Collection is a sophisticated research platform comprised of reference, academic and general interest e-books.
It is now the ABC-Clio Ebook Collection

How to Read a Citation

2009-10-29T14:50:00.000-07:00

When your professor hands you a citation, are you confident that you know what you're looking at? Is it a book, a journal article, book chapter, or a conference proceedings?

Here's a short, easy to follow tutorial that will give you the answers.
How to Read a Citation

Country Profiles

2009-10-28T12:00:00.000-07:00

COUNTRY PROFILES
This site supplies information on the history, economy, and politics of countries and territories. Each profile includes an overview, map, facts and current leaders. A media 0verview provides information on the press, television, radio, news agencies, and number of internet users. Links provided on the side of the profile connect to the latest news and key stories, BBC links. Background articles, related Internet sites, video and audio clips from the BBC archives, recent news links and timelines. Information on more than twenty international organizations is also included.

Compiled by BBC Monitoring.

Job Search Tools Subject Guide

2009-10-27T17:22:00.000-07:00

The librarians have put together several different subject guides to help when JOB-HUNTING. Find companies in your subject areas, resume and interviewing techniques books and recommended employment websites. This is just one of the many online books recommended:
Interviews by Bob Rosner, Allan Halcrow and Alan Levins

Literature Review Subject Guide

2009-10-23T09:08:00.000-07:00

This NEW subject guide, found on the library home page at http://www.utdallas.edu/library/ under Resources is a convenient tool to guide you through the literature review process.

Language Map

2009-10-08T07:19:00.000-07:00

The Modern Language Association Language Map
A Map of Languages in the United States

The MLA Language Map is intended for use by students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning about the linguistic and cultural composition of the United States. The MLA Language Map uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States. The census data are based on responses to the question, "Does this person speak a language other than English at home?"
http://www.mla.org/map

Subject Guides, Tutorials , Handouts

2009-10-08T07:06:00.000-07:00

October is Information Literacy Month, by proclamation of the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
The McDermott Librarians have compiled several subject guides, tutorials and handouts, including How to find a Book Review, How to Evaluate a Website and How to Read a Citation. These, and others, can be found on the LIBRARY HOME PAGE under RESOURCES

RefWorks Webinars

2009-08-18T08:27:00.001-07:00

You may create a RefWorks account through the McDermott library using your UTD email account. The RefWorks Instructors offer several different online webinars to help you learn how to use RefWorks. You may also call Chris Edwards, Reference Librarian, at 972-883-2614 with questions.

Four Ways to Create Bibliographies in RefWorks
RefAware
RefGrab-It
RefMobile
RefWorks Advanced Features
RefWorks Fundamentals
RefWorks in 15 Minutes
Six Ways to Import Information into RefWorks
Write-N-Cite III for Windows

World Population Data 2009

2009-08-18T07:53:00.000-07:00

Reputable statistics on world population from the Population Reference Bureau in Washington, DC.

"48% of people worldwide live on less than #2 per day"
"264 births per minute worldwide"
"US has the world's highest CO2 emissions @ 5697 million metric tons per year"

SciFinder Scholar

2009-07-29T12:08:00.000-07:00

Good news for those science researchers who would like to use SciFinder Scholar from home! SciFinder is now web-based, and is available from off-campus to all UTD students, faculty and staff. Find SciFinder from the library home page orange button - ARTICLES AND DATABASES - then under 'S' in the alphabetical list. You must create an account with SciFinder using your UTD email.

Television Ads

2009-07-29T07:35:00.000-07:00

This is an archive of TV ads from the 1950s to the 1980s - maybe useful for marketing classes or social history - but it's also fun to look at!
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adviews/

Jobs of the Future

2009-07-21T14:47:00.000-07:00

If you're still trying to decide what you want to be when you grow up - this report from the Executive Office of the President's Council of Economic Advisers may help

http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Jobs_of_the_Future.pdf

Trafficking in Persons Report 2009

2009-06-24T07:19:00.000-07:00

This report comes from the U.S. State Department, and could provide some statistics to enhance a really good research paper.

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/index.htm

Looking for a job?

2009-05-28T07:53:00.000-07:00

The McDermott librarians have created 2 subject guides for job hunters in Business & Management and Computer Science & Engineering. Check them out at http://libguides.utdallas.edu/index.php

Find a Company/Business for Employment Purposes in CS/EE
Job Search Tools for School of Management

Harris Poll

2009-05-28T07:50:00.000-07:00

If you need the results of a poll to enhance your research paper, here are the 2009 polls from HarrisPoll:

http://www.harrisi.org/harris_poll/HarrisPollByDate2009.asp

Country Reports on Terrorism 2008

2009-05-05T14:38:00.000-07:00

From the U.S. State Department http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2008/index.htm

Educational Statistics

2009-04-16T10:50:00.000-07:00

National Center for Educational Statistics has released its new reports at:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/

Faculty Publications at UTD

2009-04-07T15:00:00.000-07:00

If you're interested in UTD's faculty journal article publications, check out the newest Subject Guide - Publications produced at the University of Texas at Dallas http://libguides.utdallas.edu/content.php?pid=40707.

These are articles compiled in an RSS feed from the database SCOPUS, and the list is updated daily.

Artstor Database

2009-03-26T08:55:00.000-07:00

Have you used ARTSTOR yet?
Artstor is a visual database that contains over 500,000 pictures, paintings, sculpture, photographs, architectural drawings, and designs. Derived from the artistic traditions of many eras and cultures, this material comes from museums, libraries, photographic archives, publishers, slide libraries, and individual scholars. You can use these materials in your research papers or power point presentations.
ARTstor User Services staff provides regularly scheduled online training sessions for three topics: Introduction to ARTstor; Presenting with ARTstor; or Teaching with ARTstor. These hour-long sessions are held using GoToWebinar and are offered free of charge to all ARTstor users. To view the upcoming schedule and to register for sessions, see the online training. ARTstor in 3 Minutes instructional video demonstrations are also available. The video series offers quick, three-minute or less overviews of ARTstor features such as: how to register for an account, how to download images to PowerPoint, and how to make image groups. The video series is also available on YouTube and TeacherTube (search for 'ARTstor').

Scitable

2009-03-18T12:21:00.000-07:00

Scitable by Nature Education
is a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science.
Scitable currently concentrates on genetics, the study of evolution, variation, and the rich complexity of living organisms. As you cultivate your understanding of modern genetics on Scitable, you will explore not only what we know about genetics and the ways it impacts our society, but also the data and evidence that supports our knowledge.

RefWorks

2009-03-17T07:23:00.001-07:00

Did you know that you can take your RefWorks Account and data with you when you graduate from UTD? Here’s how.

New Subject Guides added!

2009-03-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

There are now 80 Subject Guides compiled by the librarians to help you in your classes at UTD. Some of the more recent additions include "Finding Primary Sources", "Find a Company/Business in CS/EE for Employment Purposes", and "BA 3374 International Marketing Class Handout".

Select [New] Subject Guides, Class Handouts, Tutorials on the library Home Page.

Encyclopedias

2009-02-20T10:25:00.000-08:00

Don’t Forget the Encyclopedias …
when you start your research paper. They are great sources for background information, refining your topic and search terms, finding relevant terminology etc. The library also provides access to many online encyclopedias including:

AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online

Concise Encyclopedia of Statistics

Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns

Encyclopaedia Britannica

… and many more!

Obama speeches

2009-02-19T08:38:00.000-08:00

Here is the full text of Barack Obama's speeches from 2002-2009:

http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/releases.asp?file=Obama-Speeches.ask

Medpedia

2009-02-18T15:14:00.000-08:00

Collaborative Online Medical Encyclopedia Goes Live
Medpedia, a new online medical encyclopedia relying on user-generated content from anyone with an M.D. or a Ph.D. in a biomedical field, officially became available today. The venture, which has the backing of numerous leading medical schools, was explored in an earlier Chronicle article that takes a detailed look at issues for contributors and users of the site. --David Shieh

As with all collaborative sites, you need to evaluate the articles. I found several grammatical errors in the first article that I read!

labmeeting

2009-02-18T09:06:00.000-08:00

From a group of PhD students at Stanford University comes LABMEETING - a social website designed to "Make Science Easier".
Organize your PDFs, discover new papers and manage your labs.

Art Databases

2009-01-23T12:09:00.000-08:00

The library has recently added Oxford Art Online to its collection of art databases. Oxford Art Online contains Grove Art Online and other collections.

ARTStor Visual database that contains over 500,000 pictures, paintings, sculpture, photographs, architectural drawings, and designs. Derived from the artistic traditions of many eras and cultures, this material comes from museums, libraries, photographic archives, publishers, slide libraries, and individual scholars. How to Search This Database

Oxford Art Online The new home of Grove Art Online, the Oxford Art Online database contains electronic versions of the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Term. The Oxford Art Online database also offers thousands of images from ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Images for College Teaching, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society, and numerous international art galleries and artists. You may use the artwork from these databases in your power points, presentations and research papers. They add interest, color, and many times count as primary documents.
NOTE: Copyright restrictions may apply.

Subject Guides, Class Handouts, Tutorials

2009-01-13T16:47:00.000-08:00

The librarians have developed a page for subject guides, class handouts and tutorials.
The HOW TO ... guides include:

Find a SWOT analysis
Find a book review
Create a Company Dossier

And others

Cell Phones and Driving

2009-01-07T11:55:00.000-08:00

Here's a report from AAA on Cell Phones and Driving http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/CellPhonesandDrivingReport.pdf

RefWorks Webinars available online for January

2009-01-06T14:53:00.000-08:00

RefWorks Fundamentals
RefWorks Advanced Features
RefWorks in 15 Minutes
Globally Editing Multiple References in RefWorks
Write-N-Cite III for Windows
Creating Non-English and Multi-Language Bibliographies in RefWorks
Converting an EndNote Database to RefWorks

Make the most of your RefWorks subscription - (provided FREE by the McDermott Library) by taking one of these webinars from the RefWorks trainers.
Then go to the library home page to create your individual RefWorks Account.

Oxford English Dictionary Online

2008-12-17T07:55:00.000-08:00

Te latest quarterly update to the Oxford English Dictionary Online is available at www.oed.com!
OVER 1,300 NEW AND REVISED WORDSThe revised material in this update includes words in the range of "ran" to "reamy." In his latest article, John Simpson, Chief Editor of the OED, discusses these revisions, noting that the entries at the beginning and end of these ranges tend to be rather inconsequential terms -- in this instance, when's the last time you referred to something frothy as "reamy?" Nonethless, Simpson also mentions that in addition to the monumental prefix "re-," the list of revised words also includes more significant terms like ranch, rancid, ransom, rational, ravage, and read.
Principal Editor of New Words Graeme Diamond highlights notable new words ew, plus-one, podcasting, and Rashomon in a commentary written for this update. New words also added to the OED include the quite colorful time suck, skeezy, brewski, and frenemy, among others.
THREE LAPS TO GOWhat will be the 3rd edition of the OED is now a quarter complete with this December update. At the quarter mark of this revision process, the OED now contains a staggering 263,917 entries (741,153 meanings), illustrated by 2,931,547 quotations!
THE OED IS CELEBRATING ITS 80TH ANNIVERSARYIf you’ve always wanted a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary (or if your current copy has seen better days!), don't miss your chance: the magnificent 20-volume printed set is only available through January 31, 2009 at the special offer price of just $895.

How to Read a Citation

2008-08-06T09:53:00.000-07:00

If you have trouble finding a journal article or book in the library catalog, even when you have a complete citation, you might benefit from our latest tutorial How to Read a Citation.

RefWorks Webinars for August

2008-07-30T15:18:00.000-07:00

RefWorks is a citation management service that allows you to import citations from online article indexes and databases, organize and manage these references within folders, automatically format them within papers and create instant bibliographies in a variety of styles. Learn how to use RefWorks and discover its many benefits!

Sign up for a free account now (be sure you use your utd email address) and join one of these RefWorks webinars in August:

RefWorks Advanced Features
RefWorks in 15 Minutes
RefWorks Fundamentals
RefAware Write-N-Cite III for Windows
RefShare

Westlaw's Campus Research

2008-07-22T15:31:00.000-07:00

McDermott Library is pleased to announce the availability of WestLaw’s Campus Research database, a valuable addition to the Library’s collection of electronic resources.

WestLaw’s Campus Research provides federal and state case law, including cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Code Annotated, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, American Jurisprudence 2d, American Law Reports, some law materials from the European Union, and content from over 800 law reviews and journals.

You may access Campus Research immediately, both on campus and remotely (a valid UTD-ID is required for off-campus access), using the Library’s electronic legal resources page.

Open Educational Resources

2008-07-17T12:10:00.000-07:00

Open Educational Resources, sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, is a global teaching and learning network of free-to-use resources. It includes K-12 lesson plans and college courseware for you to use, tag, rate, and review.

Here’s just one example of the great content in this site:
Looking for open resources on Climate Change?
Climate Change is a 5-minute video with lesson plans about the difference between weather and climate, for grades 6-12.
Climate Change Course is a college-level unit exploring the science that underpins climate change and global warming.

Dictionaries, free online

2008-07-16T09:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some free, online dictionaries from Oxford University Press:

Compact Oxford English Dictionary http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/compact_oed/?view=uk

Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2nd Ed.) http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/quotation_dict/?view=uk

Concise Dictionary of First Names
http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/name_dict/?view=uk

STAT-USA/Internet & Daily Composite Quotations for U.S. Securities.

2008-07-10T09:57:00.000-07:00

As of July 1, STAT-USA will no longer carry the Daily Composite Quotations for U.S. Securities. They have also removed the archives of these files from their site. However, they have obtained new files on government securities trading that may be of value:

Weekly reports on primary transactions in U.S. government securities, by type and by dollar value
Quarterly reports on primary securities dealers, ranked by their share of market activity
Year-to-date reports, updated quarterly, on the primary dealers’ trading in government securities

Business & Company Resource Center

2008-07-07T15:38:00.000-07:00

Two major enhancements are now available to users of Business & Company Resource Center.

1) The addition of 35 new investment report providers.
· Over 1.5 million reports are available with a 3-year rolling backfile

2) A new & improved "Financials Tab." Now you can:
· Analyze a company across time
· Compare a company's financials to their competitors, or choose specific companies to compare
· Review annual or interim financial information, looking back up to 6 years or 5 interim periods
· Export the data

Interested in learning more? Attend a FREE webinar.

Citations and Style Manuals

2008-07-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

The librarians have collected some helpful sites to help you prepare your bibliographies and works cited lists. From the library home page select Useful Web Sites (it is under Resources), then Citations and Style Manuals. I like the 3rd site in the list called Citation Style for Research Papers (Long Island U.) It gives good advice on plagiarism and it covers APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago and AMA styles.

Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary

2008-06-26T11:38:00.000-07:00

Here's a resource that's not only fun to use, but useful too.

Visuwords: http://www.visuwords.com

Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary can be used to help students understand ways research topics can be divided and/or organized. It’s a great tool when starting a research paper and will give you ideas as how to develop your research topic.