Where Is Business Source Premier?

If you’ve been looking for Business Source Premier, we have upgraded it and its name has changed! Business Source Complete is the upgraded version of Business Source Premier, and it includes more full-text peer-reviewed journals, more trade journals, more industry and company profiles, more market research reports and more working papers.  Business Source Complete also includes some types of resources not available in Business Source Premier, such as author profiles, full-text interviews (executive & analyst) and faculty seminars (videos). Enjoy the upgrade !

New this week

If you haven’t checked out our new book lists–or subscribed to the rss feed–we publish new lists of new titles every week.  Yes the economy’s bad, but we are still buying new books, journals, CDs and films, and online resources. Here’s a sample of what’s new in the library this week: Since we’re in the season of meteor showers, it might be interesting to look at The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars by Christopher Cokinos, a study of the pioneering explorers and eccentrics who’ve become entranced by the meteors and their imprints on earth. Natalie Merchant’s Leave Your Sleep, from our CD collection, is a set of folk songs and nursery-rhyme inspired songs focusing on themes of motherhood and childhood.  Rolling Stone says, “The music is beautiful and the vibe mellow,” and you can hear her talk about it in a radio interview and sample the music here. A number of new titles about alternative energy, including its use in building design, the pioneering promise of nanotechnology in photovoltaics, a history of hybrid cars, and a look at wind energy are also new this week in the library. Finally, there’s my favorite genre: biography.  A biography of Mum Bett, the first slave granted her freedom by a United States court, in Massachusetts in 1781, by arguing that “all men are born free and equal” made her slavery illegal in Massachusetts.  A group biography of presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson also makes its appearance. Check out our other new books, or subscribe to the RSS feed!

Questions? Ask a Librarian!

Did you know that you can Text a Librarian for answers to all of your library or literature questions? All you have to do is text your question to 66746 and begin your message with the word husky. You can also get answers at the Reference Desk  by calling (617) 373-2356, or visiting on the second floor of Snell Library during these hours:
Mon-Thurs: 9:00am – 9:00pm
Fri: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Sat: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Sun: 12:00pm – 8:00pm
Coming to a Snell Librarian with your questions guarantees that you’ll get put in the right direction, and they often go above and beyond the scope of their job to assist you in whatever project you have.

Publishers improve searching and retrieval

Several of our ejournal and online publishers have launched improved, redesigned web sites over the past weekend.  I’m not sure why all of a sudden everyone’s doing this, perhaps to prepare for the beginning of the academic year. Wiley’s web site, rechristened Wiley Online Library, has a more intuitive interface with neater layout and more white space.  There’s a new search engine to deliver more relevant results, and more options for receiving up-to-date information. If you already had a personal account on Wiley to receive alerts, your account has been migrated to the new system. Table of Contents, EarlyView  and Accepted Article Alerts have all been migrated with your account. Saved searches and saved search alerts were not transferred and will have to be re-created. Lexis-Nexis weighs in with a new interface as well, with more search options on the home page, easier access to “landmark” court cases, and improved navigation.   The Lexis-Nexis change is significant, and because this is a large database with many different types of materials, it may take some getting used to.  If you don’t see something you are looking for, please let us know. Finally our new Discovery service has some cosmetic changes on the results screen, with shadow boxes on the left for refining results and linked databases higher up on the right.  Because this service is currently under development at the NU Libraries, there will be further changes over the next few weeks.