New in the library: Your input requested on research database trials

New in the library: Your input requested on research database trials

From Eric Kallas, reference librarian
O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center

UST libraries are providing trial access to several cool and useful research databases via our St. Thomas libraries Web page. Take a look and tell us what you think – all feedback is greatly appreciated.

Current database trials include:

  • IBISWorld Industry Intelligence (log on, using EZProxy Login)
    You now have access to America ’s largest collection of Industry Market Research Reports, analyzing more than 97 percent of the U.S. economy. There are 680 reports, published at the five-digit NAICS code level. These reports, about 25 pages long, are updated three times a year. Please send comments to John Heintz.
  • International Medieval Bibliography
    The discipline areas to which the IMB is relevant include: classics, English language and literature, history and archaeology, theology and philosophy, medieval European languages and literatures, Arabic and Islamic studies, history of education, art history, music, theater and performance arts, rhetoric and communication studies.
    Please send comments to Ann Kenne.
  • PsycBooks (Ovid)
    PsycBooks (Ebsco)
    PsycBooks (APA) For username and password please call the reference desk, (651) 962-4664 or (651) 962-5001.
    PsycBOOKS contains full text in Portable Document Format (PDF) of scholarly book titles published by the American Psychological Association (APA). The initial offering includes about 500 titles, including approximately 50 classic books in psychology, dating from the early 19th century, and the exclusive electronic release of the APA-Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology with over 1,500 authored entries.
    Please send comments to Maura Smyth.
  • PsycInfo (CSA)
    PsycInfo (APA) For username and password please call the reference desk, (651) 962-4664 or (651) 962-5001.
    This is your old favorite resource with a couple of new looks and feels. We’d love to have some feedback on the different interfaces.
    Please send comments to Maura Smyth.