Database Trials

The Union Institute & University Library is currently considering subscriptions to the Health and Psychosocial Instruments database and the American History in Video database. Please try these resources and let us know if they will be useful for your courses and research.


American History in Video Trial
American History in Video includes approximately 1,000 hours of newsreels from the late 1890s to the 1980s. Beginning with the Spanish American War, the early films provide documentary footage of actual people, places, and events together with interviews and other broadcast content from the period.

In addition to the “officially received” perspectives offered by newsreels, this collection includes some 200 hours of rare, hard-to-find, and diverse perspectives as captured in a wide range of short films. These include items like Teddy (1968), an interview with a teenage African American; Supervising Women Workers (1944); and various promotional and amateur productions that capture the experience of blue collar workers in the American industrial economy. -Description from Alexander Street Press


Health and Psychosocial Instruments Trial (HaPI)
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI), produced by Behavioral Measurement Database Services, is a comprehensive bibliographic database providing information about behavioral measurement instruments. Information in the database is abstracted from hundreds of leading journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences. Additionally, instruments from Industrial/Organizational Behavior and Education are included. Records contained in HaPI provide information on questionnaires, interview schedules, vignettes/scenarios, coding schemes, rating and other scales, checklists, indexes, tests, projective techniques, and more." -Description from EBSCO Publishing

Catalog may be unavailable on April 18th

Due to EOS upgrades, the online catalog may be unavailable on the evening of Saturday, April 18th (April 18th, 9:00pm-3:00am PT; April 19th, 12am-6am EST).

Although the upgrade has been scheduled to inconvenience as few users as possible, we realize that this may be an issue for students working late on Saturday evening. Please accept our apologies and let us know if we can help you locate any resources in advance of the upgrade.

Susan Whitehead
802-828-8758
susan.whitehead@myunion.edu

Library databases will be unavailable for 24 hours (3/21/2009 12pm - 3/22/2009 12pm)

Union Institute & University's Student Information System will be unavailable from Noon on Saturday, March 21 to Noon on Sunday, March 22. During this 24 hour period, critical updates will be installed in preparation for the launch of CampusWeb 2.0.

During this time, CampusWeb, the AS400, and password protected Library Research Databases will NOT be available.

The following systems WILL be available during this maintenance window: Learner E-Mail, Faculty & Staff E-Mail, eCollege, ePortfolio and the University Web site.

Greg Thompson, Director
Department of Computer Services

Creating Links to Online Library Resources

EBSCO Databases

1. Find the full text article that you want to link to in one of the EBSCOhost databases (i.e. Academic Search Premier, PsycARTICLES).

2. Click on the article title to view the full record.

3. Scroll down the page until you see the words “Persistent link to this record.” Copy the URL of the persistent link.

4. The link will take users to the abstract page of the article with a link to the full text.

Sample Link: http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.myunion.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=35608404&site=ehost-live

Gale Databases (i.e. Academic OneFile)

1. Find the full text article that you want to link to.

2. Click on the article title.

3. Click the “bookmark this document” link.

4. Copy the URL of the persistent link, which will display in a new window.

5. Add the proxy prefix to the URL (http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=)

6. The link will take users to the full text article.

Sample Link: http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?contentSet=IACDocuments&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AONE&docId=A154550425&userGroupName=vol_m761j&version=1.0&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&source=gale

AnthroSource Databases

1. Find the full text article that you want to link to.

2. Click on the article title to go to the full record.

3. Copy the number next to the doi field (i.e. 10.1525/aa.2005.107.3.321)

4. Add the doi number to the end of the following link.

a. http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://dx.doi.org/

5. The link will take users to the abstact page with a link to the full text article.

Sample Link: http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ahu.2003.28.2.180

CSA Databases

1. Find the full text article that you want to link to in CSA (i.e. Psychology SAGE Full-Text collection).

2. Click on the article title to go to the full record.

3. Copy the number next to the DOI field (i.e. 10.1177/0011000006294910).

4. To create the link, follow the instructions below for the database that the journal resides in.

5. The link will take users to the full text of the article.

For SAGE Psychology titles, add the DOI number to the end of the following link:
http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/getfulltext.cgi?username=
vcui&access= vcui22&mode=pdf&db=sagepsyc-set-c&doi=

For SAGE Criminology titles, add the DOI number to the end of the following link:
http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/getfulltext.cgi?username=
vcui&access= vcui22&mode=pdf&db=sagecrim-set-c&doi=

For SAGE Education titles, add the DOI number to the end of the following link:
http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/getfulltext.cgi?username=
vcui&access= vcui22&mode=pdf&db=sageduc-set-c&doi=

For SAGE Sociology titles, add the DOI number to the end of the following link:
http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/getfulltext.cgi?username= vcui&access= vcui22&mode=pdf&db=sagesoc-set-c&doi=

JSTOR Database

1. Find the full text article that you want to link to in JSTOR.

2. Click on the "item information" link.

3. Copy the URL next to the words “Stable URL.”

4. Add the proxy prefix to the URL (http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=)

5. The link will take users to the first page of the article.

Sample Link: http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4623854

ProQuest Databases

1. Find the full text article or dissertation that you want to link to in ProQuest.

2. Click on the title to view the full record.

3. Scroll down the page until you see the words “Document URL.”

4. Copy the URL of the persistent link.

5. The link will take users to the abstract page with a link to the full text.

Sample Link: http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1613666431&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=68174&RQT=309&VName=PQD

PsychiatryOnline Databases

1. Find the full text article that you want to link to.

2. In the upper left-hand corner, you will see a doi number.

3. Copy the doi number (i.e. 10.1176/appi.ajp.1643.402).

4. Add the doi number to the end of the following link (http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://dx.doi.org).

5. The link will take users to the full text article.

Sample Link: http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.164.3.402

ScienceDirect Databases

1. Find the full text article that you want to link to.

2. Underneath the title, click on “Full Text + Links.”

3. Use the right-hand button of your mouse to click on the doi link and select “Copy Shortcut” if using Internet Explorer or “Copy Link Location” if using FireFox.

4. Add the proxy prefix to the URL (http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://dx.doi.org.proxy.myunion.edu/).

5. The link will take users to the full text of the article.

Sample Link: http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://dx.doi.org.proxy.myunion.edu/10.1016/j.ejor.2008.04.042

New Library Web Address - www.myunion.edu/library

We are pleased to announce the introduction of the new Gary Library web address, www.myunion.edu/library. Along with the entire University, we are in the process of updating our website to provide quicker access to online resources.

During this period of transition, both our original web address (www.tui.edu/library) and our new address (www.myunion.edu/library) will bring you to the Gary Library homepage. We hope this will provide a seamless experience for all our patrons, but please do not hesitate to contact us if you encounter difficulties accessing any of our online resources or tutorials. As always, we welcome your feedback, and hope you will share your comments, questions, and ideas regarding the new website.