Milner Library recently acquired the 2012 Higher Education collection of electronic books from Project Muse. Titles include Getting to Graduation and Success on the Tenure Track. The full title list is available here.

Milner Library now has an electronic book collection from Project Muse. The Higher Education 2012 collection includes titles such as Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology and Success on the Tenure track. The complete title list is available on Project Muse.

Milner Library now provides access to the following streaming video collections from Alexander Street Press:

• American History in Video: videos covering all areas of American history, including the Civil War, the New Deal, Danial Boone and more…
• Classical Music in Video: videos of performances of classical music, earliest performances are from the 1950s. Includes orchestra, chamber music, oratoria and solos.
• Ethnographic Video Online, volume 1: videos for the study of human culture and behavior
• March of Time: videos from the renowned series, the March of Time, from Time, Inc. Produced from 1935 to 1967, the videos cover a variety of topics.
• Nursing Education in Video: created specifically for the education of nurses and healthcare workers, this collection covers topics such as anatomy & physiology, basic clinical skills and more.
• Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video: videos covering subjects such as medical fitness, sport science, nutrition and more

ARTstor will be performing an upgrade to their systems beginning on Saturday, January 26th at 10:00 PM CST and concluding on Sunday, January 27th at 12:00 PM CST. While the upgrade is being performed, users will not have access to the ARTstor Digital Library.

The Statistical Abstracts of the United States, now available from Proquest,  provides statistical tables and charts covering various aspects of social, political, and economic life. Emphasis is on the United States, but some tables cover regions, states, cities, and comparative international statistics.

Information is gathered from all agencies of the federal government and from private, commercial, and professional sources. The Statistical Abstract of the United States is designed to serve as a convenient source for statistical reference and as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. Most data are presented in time series and include the most recent year available at time of publication.

Want to learn more about the changes in the new version of the Statistical Abstract? Check out Proquest’s Quick Start guide.

Points of View Reference Center consists essays on a possibly controversial topics. Each essay presents multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for additional study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.

In conjunction with Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Points of View Reference Center provides additional support when developing projects, writing papers or creating speeches on current events.

One of the most important sources for the study of American history, politics and society, the U.S. Serial Set gives the thinking behind the events to add context and insight.

This collection of government publications captures key aspects of American life from the early 19th century onward - from agriculture, to westward expansion, scientific exploration, politics, international relations, business and manufacturing. Few, if any, research collections compare to the Serial Set in time span, subject variety, source authority and diversity or relevance to the modern studies of yesterday’s activities and attitudes.

Coverage in the US Serial Set begins in 1789 with the American State Papers and provides details of Congressional activity through 1969.

Milner Library now has a subscription to the following drama collections from Alexander Street Press.

• Asian American Drama: plays by Asian American playwrights as well as other related material.
• Black Drama: plays by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean and other African diaspora countries
• Latino Literature: poetry, fiction and plays by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States
• North American Indian Drama: plays from American Indian and First Nation playwrights
• North American Women’s Drama: plays written by women from North America and Canada since colonial times
• Twentieth Century North American Drama: plays from North America and Canada as well as other related materials

All of the resources above can be cross-searched using the North American Theatre Online database which covers all aspects of Canadian and American Theatre.

Education Full Text, the full text version of Education Abstracts, has been added to Milner’s offerings for educational researchers. Education Full Text provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996. It also includes the indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Content includes in-depth coverage of special education and more than 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more.

Milner’s subscription to EBSCOhost’s Business Source Premier has been upgraded to Business Source Complete. The upgrade includes an increase in the number of full text journals and books as well as Company View. Company View has information about more than 1 million private and public companies. It also includes data such as case studies and industry profiles and more about the companies.