National Library Week: April 10 - 16

In celebration of National Library Week, Sweet Briar College Libraries will be offering the campus community free trial access to a selection of fast, free and trusted information databases from Thomson Gale, a leading information publisher. Thirty top quality databases in Spanish, Health Care, Religion, Law and Education will be included in the trial. (Sweet Briar College Library already subscribes to a few of these databases.)

Click here to access the trial. (Will not be available before April 10.)

Descriptions of the 30 databases in our week-long trial follow:

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE --includes Spanish-language and Health

Gale Virtual Reference Library (with xrefer plus) –
Here are the books librarians look to first for answers. Once they couldn’t leave the library – now they’re eBooks …they’re yours to use 24/7.

InfoTrac OneFile
You can search the pages of more than 9,000 periodicals (newspapers, magazines, journals) for issues going as far back as 1980. That’s 36 million articles and daily updates.

InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy
Use this collection to zero in on magazines and journals covering religion, philosophy and the related fields of archaeology and anthropology.

Consulta (Spanish language)
Here’s a Spanish-language collection of references, magazines and primary documents that can be searched using English or Spanish menu.

Una colección de la Español-lengua de las referencias, de los compartimientos y de los documentos primarios que se pueden buscar usando el menú inglés o español.


Informe (Spanish language)
Search the world’s most popular Spanish-language magazines and journals – 132 in all – not translations.

que los compartimientos y los diarios más populares de la Español-lengua del mundo -- 132 en todos -- no traducciones.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Get up-to-date answers to your questions about health and healthcare and how to manage them from this collection of medical encyclopedias, dictionaries, assessment tools and articles.


STUDENT / HOMEWORK HELP
Real research for outstanding students …and better grades!

Science Resource Center
For the study of earth science, life science, space science and more, this is the most complete online collection of reference, science magazines, photos, illustrations, sound and video clips and links to specially selected Web sites.

WEB FEET
This is a subject-by-subject guide to the best free resources available on the Internet – not a search engine, but collections of Web sites picked by librarians, subject experts, teachers, and editors with descriptions of what you’ll find when you link to them.


Corbis Images for Education
You can easily search and download from this collection of more than 400,000 digital images, specially chosen for use in classroom projects, homework assignments, presentations, lesson plans, classroom materials and more.

Student Resource Center
Pick a subject and search this vast collection of references, magazines, newspapers, audio and video. Its content is specially selected for high school assignments.

Junior Reference Collection
Middle schoolers, you can explore five award-winning databases with a just one search to learn about people and their cultures, books and their authors, states and nations, or science.

Discovering Collection
If your assignment involves literature, history, biography, science or social studies, here’s a collection that can help you discover not just who, what, when and where but also why.

Kids InfoBits
Learning is simple (and safe!) when kids in early grades learn to search for answers using this Internet-based, kid-friendly collection of references, magazines and up-to-the-minute news sources. It’s picture-rich and picked especially for young learners.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Get both sides of the story. The issues, current events and controversies that are in today’s headlines and tomorrow’s homework assignments can be found in this dynamic online library.

Testing and Education Reference Center
Find a school, pick a major, practice for the SATs – this Web resource can help you prepare for higher education …and life!



HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY and LITERATURE
Meet the people, events and voices that have shaped today’s world …and tomorrow’s

The Making of Modern Law
Quickly search nearly 10 million pages (more than 22,000 works) from the world's foremost law libraries for historical and legal research covering nearly every aspect of American and British law during the past two centuries.

LitFinder
You’ll find the complete text or an excerpt from nearly a million poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays in this amazing online collection -- also biographies, photographs, glossary and more that you can easily search using an author’s name, one of more than 10,000 subject headings or by entering a specific title.

Book Review Index Online Plus
Learn where to find more than five million book reviews in thousands of publications using this online index. Then link to the complete text of more than 634,000 reviews from InfoTrac OneFile.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online
With this digital image archive you’ve got click-on access to a hands-on look at the Age of Reason – 150,000 books (33-million pages) from 1701-1799.

History Resource Center – Modern World
Here’s a complete library for the study of 20th century world history – not just history books, but journals that provide today’s perspective as well as maps, microfilm images and statistical information.

History Resource Center – U.S.
A complete library for the study of the history of the United States from pre-Colonial times to the present – not just history books, but journals that provide today’s perspective as well as maps, microfilm images and statistical information.

Times Digital Archive
The Times (London) is perhaps the world’s most respected and often-quoted newspaper – with this archive, you can access every headline, article and image from 1785 to 1985 to put a true global perspective on your research.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
This database is the best place to start any search for biographical information. It will help you quickly determine which publications you need to consult for accurate and accessible biographical information.

Biography Resource Center
For coverage of more than 300,000 people in the headlines and behind-the-scenes in literature, science, business, entertainment, politics, sports, history and the arts, this database delivers biographies, magazine articles, Web sites and sources for further study.

Literature Resource Center
One-stop convenience and reliability make this online collection of biographies, bibliographies and literary criticism your best choice for researching the lives and works of novelists, poets, journalists, and other writers living and long departed.

What Do I Read Next?
Critics, librarians and other experts help you identify new reading choices according to your interests, your favorite authors, subjects, eras or themes. Looking for an award winner or some great suggestions…? You’ve come to the right place.


BUSINESS and LAW
Decisionmakers, find facts faster here – about companies, organizations and legal issues

Business & Company Resource Center
Here’s an essential tool for today’s business students and researchers. It offers one-stop access to comprehensive business information – company profiles, industry rankings, product and brand names and investment reports as well as up-to-the-minute press coverage and analysis.

Associations Unlimited
There’s an organization for every interest, occupation and objective under the sun. Search by subject, name or location to find, contact or learn more about nearly half a million groups.

Military and Intelligence Database
A single, simple search uncovers results from 500 books, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers and journals that have been hand-selected for libraries serving military personnel. The powerful and intuitive InfoTrac® interface makes it easy to mark, print, and e-mail results.

LegalTrac
This database provides a quick and easy way to search some of the world’s most highly regarded legal publications, including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.