The UO Library has trial access to the databases listed below. As part of the evaluation process, we would like to receive comments from library patrons about the usefulness of these databases. Comments can be submitted in the box at the bottom of the page. When you select the link for the database, the database will open in a new window, allowing you to easily return to this window to submit comments.
Access to the electronic indexes listed on this page from off-campus is limited to current University of Oregon faculty, students and staff who connect to the Internet through the UO Computing Center.
Below are the trial databases currently available, listed in order of expiration date:
BiblioRossica
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BiblioRossica is a unique Russian language project from one of the leading American publishers, Academic Studies Press (Boston, USA). It is a continuously expanding portal for modern academic literature on the humanities, in an electronic format.
Expires May 27, 2012
State Paper Online 1509-1714
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State Papers Online, 1509 -1714, published in four seamless Parts, offers researchers a ground-breaking online resource for understanding two hundred years of British and European history, from the reign of Henry VIII to the end of the reign of Queen Anne. The largest digital manuscript archive of its kind, State Papers Online gathers together 16th- and 17th- century British State Papers and links these rare historical manuscripts to their fully text-searchable Calendars. As such, it radically transforms and simplifies the process of research, offering Early Modern scholars unprecedented access to the behind the scenes workings of the Tudor and Stuart governments.
Expires May 30, 2012
Chinese Doctoral/Masters Dissertations
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Contains doctoral theses from Universities in China. Full-text access to theses in series (1) Literature/History/Philosophy, (2) Politics/Military/Law, (3)
Medicine/Hygiene, (4) Education/Social Sciences, and (5) Economics & Management is available.
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Expires May 30, 2012
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
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This database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997.
Expires May 31, 2012
Apabi Newspapers Database
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Contains full-image/full-text newspaper databases, covering more than 80% of newspapers published in China. Apabi Newspapers Database is full content, including color images, with many titles updated daily.
Expires June 07, 2012
Oxford Bibliographies Online
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Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this cutting-edge resource guides researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
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Expires June 11, 2012
Opera in Video
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Opera in Video contains five hundred hours of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world's best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance to the operatic canon.
Expires July 16, 2012
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