Database Trials

Please take a look at the current and recent electronic resources that Emerson College Library has been investigating. Please let us know what you think by filling out our Database Trial Feedback Form.

We use a number of factors, including importance to our curriculum, price, and what electronic resources we already have, in our decision of whether or not to purchase a new resource. Your input is very helpful in this decision. Questions? Contact James Capobianco, the Coordinator of Web Development, at james_capobianco@emerson.edu or x8332.

Current

First Research (from Hoovers)
Detailed industry studies, updated quarterly and written by retired executives from the field. Also included are profiles for each U.S. State and Canadian province.
Special Instructions: Learn41@firstresearch.com / Research
Comparable Databases: Business and Company Resource Center, MarketResearch Academic
Trial Ends: unknown

Credo Reference
Searchable collection of 270 full-text reference books, including images, maps, and audio files.
Comparable Database: Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
Trial Ends: 20 Apr 2008

Film Indexes Online (Proquest)
Film Indexes Online is a new portal for subscribers to Chadwyck-Healey film resources: Film Index International (FII), the American Film Institute Catalog (AFI Catalog), and FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals.
Special Instructions: welcome
Note: We already subscribe to Film Index International. This would add the AFI Catalog, and change our subscription of FIAF (see below) from Ovid to Proquest.
Trial ends: 4 April 2008

FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals - Full Text (Proquest)
Adds searchable full text from many of the most important FIAF journals, including full-text coverage of FIAF index records from key titles such as Sight and Sound and Positif.
Special Instructions: welcome
Comparable Database: FIAF International Film Archive Index (from Ovid)
Trial Ends: 4 April 2008

Global Road Warrior
From World Trade Press, Global Road Warrior is a 175-country database highlighting business travel, communications and business culture. It has country facts, travel information, business culture, currency images, and country maps.
Comparable database: CountryWatch
Trial Ends: 22 April 2008