Library News for Political Science

JSTOR Update

Faceted Searching to be Added to JSTOR

JSTOR will introduce a new "faceted search" feature in early July. The faceted search will offer a number of different options to expand and refine search results. Faceted searching and search results will allow you to easily visualize how the returned articles are distributed among categories, or “facets." For instance, with faceted search you can see how many of your results are in each discipline, how many are book reviews or full-length articles, and how many articles contain images, among other options. You'll be able to modify your search results by choosing specific facets, and all search results pages will now incorporate the facets sidebar to make modifications easier.

Several webinars have been scheduled to provide overviews of the new search functionality. If you’re interested in seeing a preview of the new functionality, we encourage you to sign up for one of the sessions this week. Screenshots of the new functionality have also been posted on JSTOR's Facebook page, in the photo album "New Faceted Search Interface."

In order to register for a webinar, please follow the link below.

JSTOR's New Faceted Search
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT
(16:00-16:30 GMT, 11-11:30 AM CDT, 10-10:30 AM MDT, 9-9:30 AM PDT)
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/952029465

WU Customized Copyright Addendum

Washington University Customized Copyright Addendum

from Library News for Psychology by Melissa Vetter

Do you know about the Customized Copyright Addendum generator available to all WU authors?

The Washington University Copyright Addendum form will generate a customized PDF that authors can attach to a journal publisher’s copyright form to retain specific rights that are not expressly stated by the publisher. Any combination of these rights may be selected. Please note that the WU Addendum allows authors to retain rights to the peer-reviewed manuscript version; not the final published article. The peer-reviewed manuscript version reflects all the changes made as a result of the peer review process.

WU authors are NOT required to use the WU Addendum. It is a tool for authors to use if they wish to retain rights that are not expressly stated in journal publisher’s copyright form. For more information on rights for authors please see Authors and Copyright.

To view the addendum form visit: http://becker.wustl.edu/forms/WUaddendum-form.html

Do you know about the Customized Copyright Addendum generator available to all WU authors?

The Washington University Copyright Addendum form will generate a customized PDF that authors can attach to a journal publisher’s copyright form to retain specific rights that are not expressly stated by the publisher. Any combination of these rights may be selected. Please note that the WU Addendum allows authors to retain rights to the peer-reviewed manuscript version; not the final published article. The peer-reviewed manuscript version reflects all the changes made as a result of the peer review process.

WU authors are NOT required to use the WU Addendum. It is a tool for authors to use if they wish to retain rights that are not expressly stated in journal publisher’s copyright form. For more information on rights for authors please see Authors and Copyright.

To view the addendum form visit: http://becker.wustl.edu/forms/WUaddendum-form.html

New Link to Materials from NBER

NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Data
A cornucopia of links to statistical information from a wide variety of sources prepared by the NBER. Emphasis is on U.S. but some other country data is also available. Also contains NBER Working Papers.

New E-Encylopedias from Sage

• Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods: Provides 'detailed (although not exhaustive) information about each of the many methods that survey methodologists and survey statisticians deploy in order to conduct reliable and valid surveys.' (from Introduction to ebook on the site)

• Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods: 'Researchers and practitioners at all levels, and across disciplines, will benefit from this encyclopedia, as it defines and explains core concepts, describes the techniques involved in the implementation of qualitative methods, and presents an overview of qualitative approaches to research.' (from Introduction to ebook on the site)

New or Changed E-Resources

·         Hein Online contains many legal resources, including the Code of Federal Regulations, United States Code, and U.S. Statutes at Large; scroll list of 'Subscribed Libraries' in the left-hand column once connected. Campus-wide access is due to subscription by the WU Law Library.

 

·         NCES DataLab: Statistics compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

 

Ebooks from Greenwood or ABC-Clio:

·         Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales

·         Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

·         Rich and Poor in America

·         Treaties with American Indians

·         Encyclopedia of Witchcraft

Congress & The Presidency

We have access to the title Congress & the presidency.  The URL is:

 

http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=0734-3469

 

This title is new to Routledge for 2009.  It is available in an internet only subscription for 2010.

RefWorks Announces April Release

 

We are pleased to announced that the April 2009 release of RefWorks was completed last week and is now available for use.  To review the new release items, simply log into your accounts - as these enhancements are made available instantly to all registered users.  To view the press announcement regarding the newly released RefMobile feature, please go to:  http://www.refworks.com/content/news/RefMobile_Press_Release.pdf. 

 

As always, we hope these new feature enhancements to RefWorks will provide you and your users with a number of new ways to discover and manage your personal research data in an easier, more efficient manner. If you have any questions regarding these enhancements, please contact our Technical Services Team at support@refworks-cos.com. 

 

As a reminder, online training is available in multiple languages covering a variety of time zones. For a complete listing of our webinar schedule, please click here. Thank you for your continued support!

 

The RefWorks-COS Team

European Political Science Review

We have access to the title European political science review.  The direct (on-campus) URL is:

 

http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_EPR

WBIS Online

·         WBIS Online – also called World Biographical Information System Online.  It ‘is the most comprehensive biographical database available, providing short biographical information on 5.49 Million people from the 8th century B.C. to the present.' (from database homepage) Note that the WU Libraries subscribe only to the index, not to the full-text articles.

Papers of Thomas Jefferson

·         The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition have just been released; this is part of the Rotunda collection, including the papers of George Washington, John Adams, Dolley Madison, and other collections, which we purchased last fall.