Selecting and using FirstSearch databases (in-depth information).
| Date | Section | Description of changes |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2009 | Details | Updated Accession number index example for Social Sciences Abstracts and Social Sciences Index; updated several indexes, labels, and examples for Contemporary Women's Issues |
| 14 Sept 2009 | Details | Updated Accession number index example for Humanities Abstracts and Humanities Index |
| 20 July 2009 | Details | Updated Dates Covered for Art Index; updated Index Labels and Examples for Art Index, Art Abstracts, Applied Science and Technology Abstracts, Applied Science and Technology Index. |
| 16 June 2009 | Details | Updated index labels for ProceedingsFirst |
| 13 May 2009 | Details | Updated number of records in Electronic Books (Ebooks) |
| 19 April 2009 | Details | Changed database name from Hand Press Book to Heritage of the Printed Book |
| 15 Mar 2009 | Details | Updated Sources and/or Number of records for: Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, Chicano Database, Contemporary Women, ECO, EconLit, History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Philosopher's Index, Sociological Abstracts, PAIS International Updated Sources, Number of records, Indexes for: RILM Music Abstracts, PapersFirst |
| 9 Feb 2009 | Details | Updated Level of Availability in Database details for ERIC |
| 19 Jan 2009 | Database table Details |
Added OAIster database Updated Why select... and Database details for Education Abstracts and Education Index |
| 9 Dec 2008 | Details | Updated database details for Book Review Index |
| 3 Nov 2008 | Details | Updated producer address for Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive |
| 6 Oct 2008 | Details | Updated Why select... for Anthropology Plus, ATLA Religion and ATLAS; updated Indexes and examples... for ATLA Religion, ATLAS and Bibliography of the History of Art |
| 8 Sept 2008 | Details | Updated Why select... and Database details for FRANCIS and RILM Music Abstracts |
| 11 Aug 2008 | Details | Updated Database details for: Anthropological Literature, Buisiness & Industry, Business & Management Practices, Electronic Collections Online, EconLit, MLA, Philosopher's Index, Sociological Abstracts, Worldscope and WorldscopeS; updated indexes and examples for Philosopher's Index, Worldscope and WorldscopeS |
| 1 July 2008 | Database table Details |
Removed discontinued databases: BasicBIOSIS; Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory; Inspec Removed links to discontinued database Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory from databases Business & Industry, Business Management and CWI Updated Why select... and/or indexes and examples for Chicano Database; Essay and General Literature Index; GEOBASE; History of Science, Technology, and Medicine |
| 10 June 2008 | Database table | Corrected alphabetical order of database names |
| 9 June 2008 | Why select Details |
Updated coverage information for EnvironmentS Updated indexes and examples for WorldCat and Wilson Select Plus |
| 13 May 2008 | Details | Updated Why select... and index information for MLA. |
| 25 Apr 2008 | Details | Updated source information for Alternative Press Index; added new indexes (Series Title and Series Title Phrase) to Anthropology Plus. |
| 17 Mar 2008 | Details | Updated index labels for Anthropological Literature; Clase Periodica; History of Science, Technology, and Medicine |
| 22 Jan 2008 | Details | Updated number of records and sources for Alternative Press Index and MEDLINE |
| 21 Jan 2008 | Details | Updated number of records and sources and other details for: Alternative Press Index, ArticleFirst, Arts & Humanities Search, EconLit, ERIC, MEDLINE, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals |
| 13 Dec 2007 | Details | Updated number of records for WorldCat, Ebooks, and WorldCat Dissertations and Theses |
| 12 Nov 2007 | Details | Updated producer address for Thomson Scientific |
| 17 Sept 2007 | Details | Added descriptions for former RLG Eureka databases: Anthropological Index; Anthropological Literature; Anthropology Plus; Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals; Bibliography of the History of Art; Chicano Database; FRANCIS; Hand Press Book; History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals; Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies; SCIPIO |
| 10 Sept 2007 | Details | Updated "Why select..." information for Book Review Digest. |
| 5 Aug 2007 | Details | Removed indexes Methodology (mg:) and Methodology Phrase (mg=) from PsycCRITIQUES. |
| 25 July 2007 | Details | Updated producer address for ABI/INFORM, Business Dateline, Dissertation Abstracts Online, Newspaper Abstracts, Periodical Abstracts and SIRS Researcher |
| 8 July 2007 | Database list, Details | Removed Consumer Index, FactSearch, Media Review Digest |
| 14 May 2007 | Details | Changed database name PsycINFO_1887 to PsycINFO. |
| 11 Dec 2006 | Details | Updated producer address and indexes and examples for ERIC |
| 6 Nov 2006 | Details | Updated indexes and examples for SIRS Researcher |
| 3 Oct 2006 | Details | Added examples of 13-digit ISBN to Ebooks, PapersFirst, WorldCat and WorldCat Dissertations |
| 2 Oct 2006 | Details | Updated coverage dates for MLA International Bibliography Revised Indexes and examples for EconLit and GEOBASE |
| 16 Aug 2006 | Details | Corrected number of records and producer information for PsycBOOKS databases |
| 14 Aug 2006 | Details | Corrected producer information for PsycFirst and PsycINFO databases |
| 11 Aug 2006 | Details | Corrected producer information for PsycARTICLES database |
| 7 Aug 2006 | Details | Removed Serial Decade Index from WorldCat |
| 10 July 2006 | Details | Added PsycCRITIQUES database |
| 22 June 2006 | Details | Per producer's request, changed name from "INSPEC" to "Inspec"; updated address information |
| 5 June 2006 | Details | Updated information and copyright statement for ERIC, and indexes for PsycFIRST, PsycINFO, WorldCat and WorldCat Dissertations and Theses |
| 9 May 2006 | Details | Updated number of records and/or coverage dates for: ABI Inform, AGRICOLA, Applied Science & Technology Abstracts, Applied Science & Technology Index, Art Abstracts, Art Index. OCLC ArticleFirst, Biography Index, Biological & Agricultural Index, Book Review Digest, Books in Print, Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, Clase and Periodica, Consumers Index, Contemporary Women's Issues, Disclosure Corporate Snapshots, DisclosureS Corporate Snapshots, Dissertation Abstracts, EconLit, Education Abstracts, Education Index, OCLC Electronic Collections Online, Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database, FactSearch, General Science Abstracts, General Science Index, GEOBASE, GeoRefS, GPO Monthly Catalog, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, INSPEC, Library Literature, MEDLINE, Newspaper Abstracts, PAIS International, OCLC PapersFirst, Periodical Abstracts, OCLC ProceedingsFirst, PsycARTICLES, PsycFIRST, PsycINFO, Readers' Guide Abstracts, RILM, SIRS Researcher, Social Sciences Abstracts, Social Sciences Index, Wilson Business Abstracts, Wilson Select Plus, Worldscope GLOBAL, WorldscopeS GLOBAL.. |
| 10 April 2006 | Details | Updated address for American Theological Library Association |
| 20 Feb 2006 | Details | Updated indexes for GEOBASE |
| 9 Feb 2006 | Details | Removed Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) |
| 30 Jan 2006 | Details | Added new index to GEOBASE |
| 19 Dec 2005 | Details | Updated number of records for PAIS Archive |
| 13 Dec 2005 | Details | Updated number of records and/or coverage dates for: ABI Inform, Alternative Press Index, Arts & Humanities Search, ATLAS, Biology Digest, Books In Print, Business Dateline, Chem Abstracts Student Edition, ERIC, INSPEC, MLA, Newspaper Abstracts, PAIS Archive, Periodical Abstracts, RIPM, Sociological Abstracts. Also changed producer for SIRS Researcher. |
| 23 Nov 2005 | Details | Removed index from Arts & Humanities Search |
| 14 Nov 2005 | Details | Updated indexes for PsycFIRST and PsycINFO_1887 |
| 12 Oct 2005 | Details | Updated indexes for PsycBOOKS |
| 25 Aug 2005 | Details | Removed British Nursing Index |
| 13 June 2004 | Details | Removed OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals |
| 15 May 2005 | Details | Added PsycBOOKS |
| 10 March 2005 | Details | Updated frequency of Wilson databases to weekly; added missing links to some Wilson databases |
| 21 Feb 2005 | Details | Updated WorldCat for Local Holdings (Union List) |
| 30 June 2004 | Details | Removed HealthInfo and InternetPCAbs |
| 7 June 2004 | Details | Added PAISArchive |
| 7 May 2004 | Details | Added BritishNursingIndex |
| 23 April 2004 | RIPM | Updated examples |
| 20 Nov 2003 | UnionLists | Updated coverage dates |
| 4 Nov 2003 | Details | Added RIPM and ClasePeriodica |
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