China Academic Journals

Chinese Academic Journals (CAJ) is the most comprehensive, full-text database of mainland Chinese journals in the world. It contains more than 7,200 journals starting from 1915. As of September 2007, the full-text article count reached 23.5 million. This collection provides access to journals in many subject areas including Literature, History, Philosophy, Economics, Politics, and Law beginning from 1994.

January 19, 2011

Mass Observation Online is a searchable collection of British social history material, 1937-1972, from the Mass-Observation Organisation. The database comprises a complete set (over 2,000) of File Reports, 1937-1972. The range of topics covered includes popular culture (with reports on cinema-going, radio and music, and the advent of television); consumerism, branding and fashion (including the rise of department stores and the New Look); sex, marriage, and the family, as well as attitudes to war, politics and America, Russia and Europe. In addition, the database has many other publications, surveys, diaries, and photographs. All material is full text searchable.

November 30, 2010

JBI COnNECT+ (Clinical Online Network of Evidence for Care and Therapeutics) provides access to resources to help the health care professional find and use research evidence to inform clinical decision-making. It complements The Cochrane Library database as an evidence-based practice resource. This database has been developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute which specializes in promoting and supporting evidence-based health care in midwifery, medicine, and allied health .

November 15, 2010

With 58,555 letters and documents and 7,113 correspondents as of October 2010, Electronic Enlightenment is the most wide-ranging online collection of edited correspondence of the early modern period, linking people across Europe, the Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.  By treating every correspondent — not only the “great men” — as someone significant, EE reveals the existence of the myriad unknown and ignored figures of the period and raises questions about their place in the structures of their time, challenging the traditional concept of the "Enlightenment" as the preserve of philosophers.  Highlights include:

• thousands of newly composed biographical notes;
• tens of thousands of corrections of minor errors;
• scores of thousands of expansions of abbreviations and sigles;
• hundreds of thousands of internal links and cross-references

November 8, 2010

EIU Market Indicators & Forecasts - A comprehensive database of economic, demographic, consumption and industry data on 60 major countries worldwide and 11 regional aggregates, stretching back to 1990. The product includes detailed economic and industry forecasts for the next five years and longer-term economic projections.

November 1, 2010

The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Archive of Latin Americana contains a wide range of documentation, with its principal strength in primary sources such as serials, reports, fliers, pamphlets, posters, manuscripts, and correspondence. The publications generally provide a left-wing ideological perspective covering progressive and human rights issues, but documentation of the political right, the military governments, and the Church is also included. Located at O’Neill Microforms Z688.L4 N67.

October 25, 2010

Scripta Sinica is the largest Chinese full text database that includes a wide range of historical materials. More than 460 titles and 391,000,000 characters of materials pertaining to the traditional Chinese classics have been included in the database.

October 18, 2010

Films On Demand is a streaming video delivery service providing access to thousands of educational films. Users can search for and organize specific clips, create and share playlists, and personalize folders.Boston College Libraries currently subscribe to the following collections: Health & Medicine; Humanities & Social Sciences; Science & Mathematics; Business & Economics; and Archival Films & Newsreels.