Brown University Library News

The Library has arranged for a free trial for China Data Online, which has 7000 indicators illustrating economic and social development and census data since 1982. The trial will end on May 10, 2006. Please send feedback to Thomas_Stieve@brown.edu 1. Go to e-resources at http://www.brown.edu/library/eresources/ 2. Under “–find articles, citations, etc.”, click on “Database Trials”. 3. Log on with your user name and password. 4. Choose “China database service” 5. At the site, click on to “Direct Access for Institutional Users” on the upper left to access the data. Off-campus users must log in via the VPN client or EZproxy.

The Library is pleased to announce our subscription to the National Newspapers Database, which provides current editions of:
Atlanta Constitution, 1/1/1990-present
Boston Globe, 1/1/1980-present
Chicago Tribune, 1/1/1985-present
Christian Science Monitor, 5/1/1990-present
Los Angeles Times, 1/1/1985-present
New York Times (late east coast edition), 1/1/1995-present
USA today, 4/1/1987-present
Wall Street Journal, 1/2/1984-present
Washington Post, 1/1/1987-present
See a list of the Library’s newspaper offerings.
Off-campus users must log in via the VPN client or EZproxy.
For further information contact: Anne_Nolan@brown.edu

The Library has two new datasets:
AHD.COM (American Hospital Directory) provides online data for over 6,000 hospitals and covers hospital cost reports, hospital profiles, department statistics, IP and OP data, quality measures, and other public use files. This resource may be accessed on the Level 1 Rockefeller Library Cluster computers ONLY.
Geolytics CensusCD 1980. Long form in 2000 boundaries has 1980 Census data in 2000 boundaries. Search Josiah for other Geolytics products.
For further information contact Thomas_Stieve@brown.edu