LINUS October 1995


New CD titles at Central Library


Loh Mee Lan, Central Library RIS Dept

Arts & Humanities Citation Index. 1980-present

Contains bibliographic data, cited references covered in over 1,100 journals in the fields of arts, archaelogy, architecture, classics, dance, history, language, literature, music, philosophy, poetry and religion. Citations from 1992 are available on NUSNET. Updated triannually.

Examples of search records retrieved in Title Field for 1994 : Plato (153 records), Islam (194 records), Social policy (26 records)

Environment Abstracts. 1975-present
Indexes over 800 journals covering social, economic, political, legal and scientific aspects of the environment. Specific topics such as climatic change and global warming, air, water, and noise pollution, waste management, solid and toxic wastes, recycling, alternative and renewable energy sources, population, impact assessment, toxicological effects, risk assessment, wildlife habitat and management, radiological contamination, remedication and control technologies can also be searched. Besides citations of journal articles, it also covers conference papers and proceedings. Also includes the Energy Information Abstracts (from 1975-1993). Updated quarterly.

Examples of search results retrieved in Keyword Field:
Ecotourism (54 records), Environmental Engineering (1416 records), Environmental Protection (4194 records)

Datapro on CD-ROM
The software is windows-based and is quite user friendly. Users can view the titles by using the Table of Contents under the browse option or search by keywords in report titles or fulltext. The articles can be downloaded. Updated monthly. The five Datapro titles are as listed : * Print version is not available in NUS Library.
Geobase. 1980-present
For physical and human geography, geology, mineralogy, ecology and development studies. It covers over 2,000 journals in addition to books, monographs, reports and dissertations. Updated quarterly. Print equivalent : Geographical Abstracts (Physical Geography and Human Geography) and International Development Abstracts.

Examples of search results retrieved from 1990-1995:
Singapore or Malaysia (1371 records), Population Policy (191 records), Spatial Analysis (528 records).

IntlEc CD-ROM : Index to International Economics, Development & Finance. 1981-present
Indexes over 2,300 journals titles covering business, agriculture, trade, energy, natural resources, monetary policy, labour and finance. Also covers international economic and trade issues such as economic trends, privatisation, monetary policy, interest rates, etc. Updated quarterly.

Examples of search results retrieved:
Singapore in Country Field (673 records), Privatisation in All Keywords Field (513 records), Monetary policy in All Keywords Field (6420 records)

LLBA Disc. 1973-present
Covers over 2,000 journals in the fields of linguistics and its subdisciplines, including child language acquisitions, language theraphy, dialectology. It has abstracts of journal articles, books, monographs, technical reports, occasional papers, dissertations, as well as, book reviews. Updated semiannually. Print equivalent : Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts : LLBA.

Examples of search results retrieved :
Singapore English (83 records), Language patterns (346 records), Syntax acquisition (83 records).

Palmer's Index to The Times. 1790-1905.
Index to The Times [London]. Users can search by a single word or phrase in the Keyword field, or by terms in the Main Heading, Date, Day and Page fields.

Examples of search results retrieved in Keyword Field:
Singapore (214 records), Straits Settlements (193 rec.)

NUS Library has The Times [London] on microfilm from 1785.

Social Work Abstracts Plus. 1977-present
Consists of two separate databases; Social Work Abstracts and Register of Clinical Social Workers. Social Work Abstracts covers more than 450 journals in the areas of social work and human services. Register of Clinical Social Workers is a directory of the Clinical Social Workers in USA. Updated semi-annually. Print equivalent : Social Work Abstracts.

Examples of search results retrieved :
Child abuse (987 records), Singapore (15 records), Social Welfare and Policy (521 records), Homelessness (224 records)


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