GENERAL LIBRARIES COLLECTION OVERVIEW: BOOKS
UT LIBRARIES 1997 NATIONAL RANKINGS
Here are the UT Libraries national rankings in terms of services and
funding for library collections among the 110 research libraries surveyed last year by the Association of Research Libraries.
SPECIAL REGENTAL PURCHASES
The following are among items purchased for the General Libraries with special 1997/98 Regental funding. This funding has also allowed us to initiate the purchase of an additional 4,000 books covering all disciplines. Special funding for library collection enhancement will also be requested for 1998/99. The titles below are currently in process and will be available soon.
GENERAL LIBRARIES COLLECTION OVERVIEW: JOURNALS
FEATURED JOURNAL: BRAIN RESEARCH
Brain Research, annual subscription cost $15,428, is an international
multidisciplinary journal that provides a medium for prompt publication of articles in the fields of neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neurophysiology, neuroendocrinology, neuropharmacology, neurotoxicology, neurocommunications, behavioral sciences, molecular neurology and biocybernetics. The journal is held at the Life Science library.
GENERAL LIBRARIES COLLECTION OVERVIEW: ONLINE DATABASES
The General Libraries goal is to make the primary academic index for every discipline available online and accessible from every campus library as well as from home or office. We now offer 93 indexes on the UT Library Online Indexes, Abstracts & Full Text page.
A sampling includes: ABI/Inform (business), Anthropological Literature, Applied Science and Technology Abstracts, Archives USA, Art Abstracts, Avery Index (architecture), BIOSIS/Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Student edition, CINAHL (nursing), EconLit, Education Abstracts, Engineering Index, FRANCIS (humanities), General Science Abstracts, Hispanic American Periodicals Index, Humanities Abstracts, INSPEC (physics, electrical engineering, computers), International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Library Literature, LLBA (linguistics), MathSciNet, Medline, MLA Bibliography (literature), PAIS (public policy), PsycINFO, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, Social Science Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts.
FEATURED INDEX DATABASE: DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS
Contains more than 47,000 new dissertations, and 12,000 new theses are added to the database each year. It contains more than 1.4 million entries, ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. It represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities.
FEATURED FULL-TEXT DATABASE: LION (Literature Online)
LION is a fully searchable Web library of over 250,000 full-text
works of English and American literature. It includes several literary databases of poetry, plays and fiction as well as general reference works and links to other Internet sites. It was purchased through the Amigos consortia of 500 libraries in the Southwestern states.
Both DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS and LION are available on UT Library Online Indexes, Abstracts & Full Text page.
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