Ethnographic Video Online

Provides a comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior, with more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more.

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Trial expires: Monday, May 03, 2010

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Paley Center Seminars

An exclusive video collection of interviews with celebrities, television crews, and distinguished panels. It includes 300 filmed seminars from the series held by The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) in New York and Los Angeles. These discussions feature leading names in media discussing the creative process, contemporary issues in production, and issues such as the impact of the media on contemporary society. Topics covered range from presidential advertising campaigns to reality shows, from the writing process of The Wire and Heroes to Madeline Albright and Henry Kissinger on the media and foreign policy.

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Trial expires: Monday, March 15, 2010

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Criminal Justice Abstracts

Covers international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.

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Policy Map

PolicyMap is a geographic information system that enables the creation of custom maps, tables and reports and provides the ability to download, rank and analyze data. It provides over 10,000 indicators related to demographics, crime, home sales, income, education, health, energy, taxes and more from reliable sources across the nation.

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Trial expires: Friday, April 30, 2010

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LexisNexis Statistical Datasets EASI Modules

The LexisNexis Statistical Datasets now contain data from Easy Analytic Software Inc.  When looking for data on consumer expenditures or consumer spending habits, this can be the place to find what you need. Whether you are looking for household items, food or miscellaneous services, this can be a first stop to finding what you need.  Want to know what is spent on eyeglasses in Tarrant county?  With LexisNexis Statistical datasets you can locate this information. Information within the datasets can be broken down by state, county, and zip code. Within the consumer spending analytics section, data can be searched by age, income level, race and household type.  The datasets also contain sections on demographics and a very interesting section on media use.  How many internet users in Texas, how many people bought books, how many people watch the Scifi channel?  We can find the answer here.  Tables of data along with the ability to graph the data complete a resource that everyone can appreciate.  There is even a direct export to RefWorks.

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ProQuest Sociology

Provides users with access to the full-text of more than 180 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts.

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Trial expires: Thursday, November 26, 2009.

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Ageline
An online database containing detailed summaries of publications about older adults and aging, including books, journal and magazine articles, research reports, dissertations, and videos. Users can search AgeLine by various options, such as subject, author, title, keywords, etc.; publication coverage is from 1978 to the present, with selected coverage from1966-1977.

This resource was available at no cost from the American Association of Retired People, but they were unable to continue to support it, and it was purchased by database vendors and is now available as a subscription.

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Springer Images

SpringerImages is a growing collection of scientific (and some non-scientific) images, including high-quality clinical images from images.MD. The continually updated collection – currently over 1.6 million images – gathers photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables, and places them in a searchable database. Users can search through captions, keywords, context and more, even jumping from the image to the source article. Users can also create personalized image “sets,” and can easily export images for use in their own presentations or lectures. Details on using Springer Images can be found in this user guide.

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Trial expires: Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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Publishing Opportunities Database

Publishing Opportunities Database, provides an extensive listing of opportunities for professors, post-doctorates and other students interested in presenting and publishing their research papers. Information from three distinct sources is combined and presented: Journal Call for Papers; Conference Call for Papers; and Special Issue Call for Papers.

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Trial expires: Friday, October 30, 2009

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Data.gov

The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the United States federal government. Data.gov includes a searchable data catalog that includes access to data in two ways: through the “raw” data catalog and using tools. Please note that by accessing datasets or tools offered on Data.gov, you agree to the Data Policy, which you should read before accessing any dataset or tool.

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