ACLS History E-Books http://historyebook.org/
The American Council of Learned Societies History E-Books Project is a collaboration of eight learned societies, sixty contributing publishers and the librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office. There are 1,100 full text titles in the project which can be accessed either through the database or through the Voyager online catalog. The books are fully searchable and of high quality. The project covers several fields in historical studies. The project is available 24/7 on and off campus.
Literature Resource Center from Gale – coming in December
Gale’s Literature Resource Center is the premier collection of literary and critical resources available online. The Gale Literature Resource Center includes traditional literary reference works, critical information on authors and their works, current journal articles and additional resources. Despite the name, this resource is not limited to literary figures and works. Researchers will find a broad range of biographical and critical information at their fingertips. LRC includes the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, several of the literary criticism sets and over 200 full text journals.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
The following reference titles are being converted to online editions which will be available both on campus and via remote access. These resources will be available via the database table and through the Voyager Online Catalog and are fully searchable.
Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary, 34th ed., 4v, 2005
Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd ed., 5v, 2004
Encyclopedia of Homelessness, 2v, 2004
Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed., 15v, 2005
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, 2nd ed., 6v, 2000
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 17v, 2004
West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, 2 ed., 13v, 2005
Two more titles will be added at the beginning of 2006:
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
