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Database News, 2008 - 2009

New Databases Added

• African American Music Reference (about)
• African American Song (about)
• AGU (American Geophysical Union) Journals (about)
• American Song (about)
• ArchiveGrid (about)
• ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Journals (about)
• Audit Analytics (about)
• Biography Index Retrospective (1946-1983) (about)
• Biological Abstracts (backfile data: 1969-1979) (about)
• Biotechnology Research Abstracts (about)
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology and Psychiatry (about)
• Cambridge Journals Online (about)
• Camio (about)
• Classical Music Library (about)
• Classical Music Reference Library (about)
• Classical Scores Library (about)
• Contemporary World Music (about)
• Datastream (about)
• eHRAF Archaeology (about)
• eScholarship Repository (about)
• Europa World Plus (about)
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (about)
• Global Library of Women's Medicine (about)
• GreenFile (also freely accessible) (about)
• ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (about)
• International Relations and Security Network: ISN (about)
• Jazz Music Library (about)
• MarketLine (about)
• Mergent Horizon (about)
• Music Online (about)
• Nettrekker (about)
• Oxford Reference Online (about)
• Oxford Scholarship Online (about)
• Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database) (about)
• Philosopher's Index (about)
• PILOTS (also freely accessible) (about)
• RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1800-1950) (about)
• Royal Society of Chemistry Journals (about)
• Smithsonian Global Sound (about)
• SourceOECD
• Teacher Reference Center (also freely accessible) (about)
• Teachingbooks.net (about)
• Texas LegalForms (about)
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (about)

Database Updates

New Full Text in Subscribed Databases

• Annual Reviews: New subject areas in 2009: Economics, Financial Economics, Marine Science, and Resource Economics
• New ebook titles in GVRL (Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Title list
• JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI collection - Title list
• Nature Chemistry, Nature Nanotechnology, and Nature Photonics added to Nature Journals Online
• New journals added to Project MUSE
• Periodical Archives Online ejournal backfiles
  • Module 6 - Title list
  • Module 7 - Title list
• ScienceDirect ejournal backfiles
  • Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology - Title list
  • Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, supplement 1- Title list
  • Economics, Econometrics, & Finance - Title list
  • Economics, Econometrics, & Finance, supplement 1 - Title list
  • Medicine & Dentistry - Title list
  • Medicine & Dentistry, supplement 1 - Title list
  • Medicine & Dentistry, supplement 2 - Title list
• ScienceDirect ebook series: Advances in Applied Microbiology, Advances in Cancer Research, Advances in Genetics, Advances in Immunology, Advances in Parasitology, Advances in Virus Research, Comprehensive Biochemistry, and Methods in Enzymology
• Over 1,300 computer science, mathematics, and physics ebooks in SpringerLink published in 2008 and 2009
• Hundreds of new ebooks added to Lecture Notes series in computer science, mathematics & statistics, and physics & astronomy in SpringerLink for 2009

Forthcoming Titles - Coming Soon

• Two new American Chemical Society (ACS) journals, ACS Chemical Neuroscience and Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, will debut in January 2010 and be included in UTSA's subscription.

Title Changes & Other Changes

• African American Song merged into American Song.
• Associations Unlimited is no longer available. See Gale's Ready Reference Shelf for directory information.
• Bibliography of the History of Art was officially renamed IBA: International Bibliography of Art, although it is still commonly known by its original title.
• Environment Abstracts is now a subset of Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management. The content was previously included in LexisNexis’ Environmental Universe.
• General Science Full Text is no longer available.
• Global Newsbank has merged into Access World News.
• Hoover's Company Records is no longer available. Company overviews are free at Yahoo! Finance; company histories are in Business Company Resource Center; and non-public company and executive information are in Mergent Online.
• Safari Tech Books became Safari Books Online.
• SciFinder has transitioned to web-only access. Users must create an individual account for access. See the SciFinder webpage for more information.

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Updated August 25, 2009