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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Archives Unbound : Foreign Relations Between the U.S. and Latin America and the Caribbean States, 1930-1944

When working on historical research, obtaining access to primary source material is important.  In many cases, finding this material can be difficult and time consuming.  In an effort to bring some of this rare primary source material together in a cross-searchable digital format, Gale has created the Archives Unbound collection. Archives Unbound is a vast new resource of topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students. Specifically developed to address the needs of libraries, Archives Unbound is unique not only for its expansive, multi-use content but also for the distinct new intuitive search platform by which you access it. (source)

Atkins Library has invested in several of these collections to meet the university’s research need.  We would like highlight one of these collections: 


“During the 1930s, U.S. relations with Latin America and the Caribbean Growing war clouds in Europe and Asia predicated the need for securing resources and allies in the Western Hemisphere. Giving up unpopular military intervention, the U.S. shifted to other methods to maintain its influence in Latin America: Pan-Americanism, support for strong local leaders, the training of national guards, economic and cultural penetration, Export-Import Bank loans, financial supervision, and political persuasion.” (source)

Date Range: 1930-1944
Content: 82,212 images
Source Library: National Archives (U.S.)

The valuable documents will help in your research when studying America’s relationship with our neighbors to the south.  We encourage you to browse and search the collection.


Tuesday, May 19, 2015

DARE



Atkins Library has recently started a subscription to the online version of the Dictionary of American Regional English or DARE.  “DARE represents the full panoply of American regional vocabulary, from Adam’s housecat to Zydeco—has long been consulted by a wide range of scholars and lovers of language and regional nuance. This digital version transforms the dictionary into an interactive, multimedia tool that will greatly benefit both scholarly inquiry and general intellectual curiosity.” (source)

DARE can assist students and faculty who are doing research on American Culture or History, and need a place decipher different terms or phrases used throughout the country.  It is also a fun place to explore the dialects throughout the country.

We encourage you to visit DARE and explore the rich language of America.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Business Expert Press eBooks



Business Expert Press Collection of 300 eBooks have recently been added to the Atkins Library eBooks collection.  Business Expert Press is the leader in providing unique content in comprehensive and accessible collections. With our quality global authorship they have been able to produce eBooks that provide real-life business solutions. (source) Their born-digital books are written by professors who translate real-live business experiences into teaching tools and serve as curriculum-oriented, cost effective alternatives to high-priced textbooks.  These ebooks can be used easily and without limitation through Atkins Library on the IG Publishing platform. (source)


The eBooks, by experts in the field, cover the following subjects:

Consumer Behavior

Corporate Communication
Entrepreneurship
Human Resources Management & Organizational Behavior
Marketing
Public Relations
Selling & the Sales Force
Economics,
Financial Accounting and Auditing
Information Systems
Supply & Operations Management
Corporate Governance
Business Ethics & Corporate Responsibilities
International Business
Project Management



The timely and authoritative content in these ebooks will help students and faculty tackle current research in business and management.  Atkins Library encourages you to take a look at what the Business Expert Press Collection has to offer!

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

OneSource


As part of our Reference USA subscription through NCLive, Atkins library is able to provide access to OneSource.  OneSource Business Browser contains in-depth business information on companies in North America, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia-Pacific as well as emerging markets.(source)  This resource is of special interest to our business and marketing students.


Through OneSource users are able to search the companies included in the database by name, geography and industry. Each company entry includes a profile, news and analysis, filing information, and financials for each company:  

Profile
  • Company Summary
  • Corporate Overview
  • Executives
  • Corporate Family Tree
 News & Analysis
  • Latest News Stories
  • Articles
  • Fair Disclosure Transcripts
  • Significant Developments
  • Competitors Report
  • Analysts’ Reports
  • Strategic Initiatives
  • Strengths/ Weaknesses (SWOT)
  • Peer Analysis
 Filings
  • SEC Filings
  • Annual Reports
 Financials
  • Financial Reports (Reuters)
  • Financial Reports (As Reported)
  • Financial Health
  • Ratio Comparisons
  • Geographic Segments
  • Business Segments
    (source)
This is crucial information for anyone researching a particular company or industry and we are happy to be able to provide this information, with a direct link to OneSource in ReferenceUSA.   

Monday, March 16, 2015

Pronunciator



Are you traveling out of the country and are looking to learn the basics of your destinations language? Is English your second language and you are looking to improve your grammar for better communication with your colleagues?  Have you always wanted to learn a new language?  If so then you need to check out Pronunciator!

Pronunciator provides courses on over 80 different languages for English speakers including: 
  • Afrikaans
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Basque
  • Belarusian
  • Bengali
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Cebuano
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Chinese (Pinyin)
  • Chinese (Xiang)
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English (American)
  • English (British)
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Galician
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hebrew
  • Hiligaynon
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Japanese (Romaji)
  • Javanese
  • Korean
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Macedonian
  • Malagasy
  • Malay
  • Malayalam
  • Maltese
  • Marathi
  • Mongolian
  • Nepali
  • Norwegian
  • Pashto
  • Persian

  • Polish
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Sindhi
  • Sinhala
  • Slovak
  • Slovene
  • Somali
  • Spanish (Latin America)
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Tagalog
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Thai
  • Tibetan
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Uzbek
  • Vietnamese
  • Welsh
  • Xhosa


Each language course has a minimum of 1,500 phrases to learn, and most have 10,000 phrases.

The Pronunciator also has ESL for speakers of 50 non-English Languages!   Atkins library would like to encourage you learn a new language this year using the Pronunciator.  Enjoy!