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• Reference Services
• May 07
• Issue: 212

New Databases Available on FirstSearch

This summer, OCLC is migrating ten of RLG’s databases to FirstSearch. Libraries can add the databases to their current FirstSearch subscription on a subscription basis only, per-search will not be available. For new orders placed prior to June 25th libraries may purchase a 12-month subscription and pay for only 6 months. If you are interested in learning more about these databases please contact Nylink’s Jen Hawkes (hawkesj@nylink.org), OCLC Services Librarian or visit: http://www.oclc.org/services/reference/rlg/default.htm.

Anthropological Index

Source: Royal Anthropological Institute

Scope: 1957-present, 900 journals (updated semi-monthly)

Focus: Physical Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Ethnography, and Linguistics

Anthropological Literature

Source: Harvard University, Tozzer Library

Scope: Late 19th c. - Present, 900 journals (updated quarterly)

Focus: International resource for the fields of Anthropology, Archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research

Anthropology Plus: (combination of Anthropological Index and Anthropological Literature)

Source: Royal Anthropological Institute and Harvard University, Tozzer Libarary

Scope: Late 1880’s to today (updated monthly)

Focus: Anthropological, Archaeological, and Ethnographic research

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Source: Getty and Columbia University

Scope: 1741-Present, indexes more than 2,500 US and foreign journals, 75 percent of these are not indexes in any other source (updated weekly)

Focus: Bibliographical research tool for research in architecture, urban design, historic preservation, and urban planning history

Bibliography of the History of Art

Source: Getty and INIST (Institute for Science and Technical Information)

Scope: 1973-Present, 4,300 periodicals indexed (updated quarterly)

Focus: Comprehensive art bibliography covering European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present. This database indexes and abstracts journal articles, art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealers’ catalogs. Chicano Database

Source: University of California Berkley

Scope: Extensive coverage from 1960’s-present and selective coverage from 1900’s, over 59,022 records (updated quarterly)

Focus: Indexes journal articles, newspapers, books and book chapters on the Mexican-American and broader Latino experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants

FRANCIS (international humanities and social sciences)

Source: INIST (Institute for Science and Technical Information)

Scope: 1984-present, 4,300 journals and provides abstracts for 80 percent of its 2+ million records (updated montly)

Focus: Multilingual, multidisciplinary information published in over 4,200 journals covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics. History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Source: International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science

Scope: 1975-Present, citations from 9,500 journals in addition to books, book reviews, articles, and essays from books, conference proceedings, and dissertations (updated quarterly)

Focus: Integrates four bibliographies to create an international database for the history of science, technology, and medicine, reflecting their influence on society and culture from prehistory to the present.

Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals

Source: Mary M. Schmidt, Head Art Librarian Emeritus at Princeton University

Scope: 19th century

Scope: 1840-1907, all 42 art journals published during that period from the United States (not updated, complete)

Focus: The only online index to all 42 art journals published in the United States in the 19th century. Provides information on artists, illustrators, painting, sculpture drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitors and sales, decoration, and collecting.

Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies (social sciences)

Source: INION, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, and Russian Academy of Sciences

Scope: 1980-present, 12,500 periodicals published in the former Soviet Union, Russia, and Eastern European countries (updated semi-annually)

Focus: Slavic studies and social sciences

Two additional databases will be available in early fall 2007, more information to come:

• SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs
• Hand Press Book Database

OCLC FirstSearch Contact Information

For more information about OCLC’s FirstSearch service, please contact Nylink’s Joyce Rambo (ramboj@nylink.org) or Jennifer Hawkes (hawkesj@nylink.org). They are available via email or phone (800-342-3353/518-443-5444).