Online resources : databases

Core records of the British Cabinet from 1915 to 1980 have been digitised, and their full text is searchable online from these web pages. These include: Conclusions of cabinet meetings - the formal records of the discussions and decisions of cabinet. Cabinet memoranda - the reports and papers given to cabinet ministers prior to cabinet meetings, giving background and forming the basis on which decisions were made. Cabinet Secretary's notebooks - handwritten notebooks of the Cabinet Secretary, forming the first draft of the formal conclusions. They can give a much fuller flavour of cabinet discussions and differences between ministers. These notebooks have only survived from 1942 onwards and are gradually being released by the Cabinet Office following sensitivity checks and transcription. The Cabinet Office precedent books - short volumes describing Cabinet procedures and the Cabinet Office, providing context for the rest of the collection.

Provides tables of contents and abstracts for journals in the disciplines of economics, law, history and geography, literature and linguistics, psychology, education, political science, sociology, and sport.

China Academic Journals database covers most humanities and social science academic journals published in mainland China (Hong Kong and Taiwan are not included) since 1994. Although most articles are in Chinese, the title and abstracts are also in English and are searchable. Full-text electronic versions of 5,300 Chinese academic periodicals in 9 series: science-engineering (A-C), agriculture, medicine/hygiene, literature/history/philosophy, economics/politics/law, education/social science, and electronics/information science. The database includes current issues as well as archives of back issues of journals, and is reproduced with original pagination.

The Henry III Fine Rolls Project is a three year Resource Enhancement project, commencing in April 2005 and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. It aims to publish the Fine Rolls of Henry III from 1216 down to 1248 in English calendar format, in both print and electronic form. The electronic version appears on this website and provides free access to all those interested in this resource. The web site also provides free access to digital facsimiles of the rolls. It is hoped that a second three year project will complete publication down to the end of the reign in 1272.

The Cecil Papers are a privately held archive of approximately 30,000 sixteenth and seventeenth-century manuscripts, consisting principally of the correspondence of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) and his son Robert, the 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563-1612). These two men dominated the administration of government during the reign of Elizabeth I and the first eight years under her successor, to the extent that critics suggested that England was becoming a regnum Cecilianum. Both Cecils held a variety of public appointments; they were both long-serving Secretaries of State who achieved even greater political power as Lord High Treasurer. The collection documents their various official roles. In addition, the collection contains documents acquired by Robert Cecil that had belonged to his rival, Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex. The papers span the period 1520-1668, from the birth of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, to the death of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. Because of the importance of the Cecils, the materials offer crucial insights into the events of one of the most dynamic periods of history, including the marriages of Henry VIII, through the reign of Elizabeth I and the clandestine plans to facilitate James I/VI's accession, upon her death. In addition to the documents relating to English domestic politics, also covered in detail are overseas occurrences and interactions with other powers, through the reports of English ambassadors to the courts of Europe and the network of overseas agents. Among the major events in English foreign policy addressed by these documents are the clandestine plans for James' accession to the English throne, Mary Queen of Scots' imprisonment and execution, the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland, the Spanish Armada, military events in the Low Countries, the Gunpowder Plot, the Main Plot and imprisonment of Sir Walter Raleigh, and Early English settlement of America. Besides the political papers, ProQuest's The Cecil Papers database also includes selected documents from a separate collection, the Cecil Family and Estate Papers, which shed light on the rich history of three generations of the family. All the documents, which include a number of contemporary hand-drawn maps, tables and letters, have been reproduced as full-colour, high-quality images directly from original documents. These images can be examined using a dynamic viewing tool or downloaded as PDFs of JPEGs.

Cambridge Books Online offers access to eBooks from our world-renowned publishing programme, covering subjects from all disciplines across science, technology and medicine, as well as humanities and social sciences.

Cambridge Collections Online offers subject or theme based cross-searchable collections, including Cambridge Companions Complete Collection with its two sub-collections: Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics, and: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture. Each collection is updated with new Companions on publication. Cambridge Collections Online also includes: Shakespeare Survey, an online version of the print series, from 1948 to the present.

Presents full text coverage of over 100 electronic journals that are published by Cambridge University Press (CUP). Lists the current titles that are available. Notes that registration is required. Explains that all users have access to the tables of contents, abstracts, and searching and alerting services. States that only subscribers have access to the full text of articles. Provides online registration and subscription information.

Provides access to information about developments in computer science. Major areas of coverage include: artificial intelligence, communications and networks, computer theory, data, database and information systems applications, hardware, human-computer interaction, mathematics of computing, programming, and systems organization. Content is comprehensively classified and keyworded using the Association for Computing (ACM) classification scheme.

CAMIO fills the gap left by the end of operations of the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO). This new database not only supports art history, studio art, and design departments, it also provides rich context for history, religion, and other humanities programs. It covers antiquity to the present, and includes photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles, books, installations, and architecture - plus audio-video and mixed media.

This is the combined search-and-retrieval website for AAPG publications and related collections. Includes full-text and abstracts.

The Digest of Social Legislation covers a wide range of legislation for England and Wales, and Scotland. It is divided into several sections, covering Consumer Protection, Education, Employment, Housing, Social Security and other topics. The Digest is designed for advisers and aims to give as exact an account of the relevant statutory provisions as possible, and its users include solicitors, Citizens Advice Bureaux, advice centres, welfare officers, colleges and universities, and local authorities. This electronic version incorporates changes in legislation up to the present year.

Provides access to CAplus, a database of chemical literature and U.S. and foreign chemical-related patents, CASREACT, and the Registry database from Chemical Abstracts Service. Includes journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, substance database and dissertations covered in Chemical Abstracts as well as articles currently being indexed, book reviews and biographical information. Covers chemistry, biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, toxicology, environmental science, medicine, and food science, from 1907 to the present. Also includes compounds identified in the CAS registry since 1957.

UK's most extensive database of social care information. Includes research briefings, reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites. Covers topics such as benefits and personal finance, criminal justice, law and rights education, training and employment, families, children and young people, government and social policy, health and health care, housing and environment, living and life events, management and organisational development, mental health and mental health care, people, groups and communities, physical and learning disabilities, research and evaluation, social care services, social work and social workers.

CareKnowledge is an extensive database of social care information and includes research briefings, reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites.

A fully digitized version of one of the most comprehensive literary archives of the nineteenth century, the Carlyle Letters Online features thousands of letters written by Scottish author and historian Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle (18011866), to over six hundred recipients throughout the world.

The British Cartoon Archive is located in Canterbury at the University of Kent's Templeman Library. It has a library, archive, gallery, and is a registered museum dedicated to the history of British cartooning over the last two hundred years. It holds more than 130,000 original editorial, socio-political, and pocket cartoons, supported by large collections of comic strips, newspaper cuttings, books and magazines. The collection of original artwork dates back to 1904 and includes work by W.K.Hasleden, Will Dyson, Strube, David Low,Vicky, Emmwood, Michael Cummings, Ralph Steadman, Mel Calman, Nicholas Garland, Chris Riddell, Carl Giles, Martin Rowson, and Steve Bell, amongst many others.

Provides access to CAplus, a database of chemical literature and U.S. and foreign chemical-related patents, CASREACT, and the Registry database from Chemical Abstracts Service. Includes journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, substance database and dissertations covered in Chemical Abstracts as well as articles currently being indexed, book reviews and biographical information. Covers chemistry, biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, toxicology, environmental science, medicine, and food science, from 1907 to the present. Also includes compounds identified in the CAS registry since 1957.

CAMIO fills the gap left by the end of operations of the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO). This new database not only supports art history, studio art, and design departments, it also provides rich context for history, religion, and other humanities programs. It covers antiquity to the present, and includes photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles, books, installations, and architecture - plus audio-video and mixed media.

Articles transcribed from The Catholic Encyclopedia : an International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline and History of the Catholic Church (New York : Appleton, 1907-1912). Provides alphabetical index to completed articles. Includes a hypertext link to a geographical list of libraries holding The Catholic Encyclopedia ; a link to a list of articles in progress ; a link to the document, The Making of the Catholic Encyclopedia (1917). Includes image link to New Advent Catholic supersite home page.

Transcriptions and facsimiles of documents "including papal and synodal decrees, catechisms and inquisitorial manuals, biblical commentaries, theological treatises and systems, liturgical writings, saints' lives, and devotional works" by Catholic authors of the 16th and 17th centuries.

"CATNYP is the online catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library. This catalog includes materials added to the collections after 1971, as well as some materials acquired before 1971"--About CATNYP.

"On this site you will find William Caxton's two editions of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, probably printed in 1476 and 1483. The originals are both in the British Library. In the Background section you can find information on Caxton's life and about how he became involved with printing. You can find links to some web resources on Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales in our Links section and further reading in References. You can also view a Timeline". (Home page)

The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835 (CCEd) makes available and searchable the principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales with the aim of providing coverage of as many clerical lives as possible from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century. The Database fills major gaps in our knowledge of one of the most important professions in early modern England and Wales. It provides an invaluable research tool for both national and local, academic and amateur historians, and genealogists who often need to discover biographical information about individual clergymen or more about the succession of clergy in a particular place. The CCEd's major features include: Records relating to the major events of clerical careers – ordination, appointments as curates, rectors and lecturers. Information about parishes, chapelries and the many secular institutions and persons with chaplains Information about patrons, many of them women Information about schools and schoolteachers. Two search engines, one ‘Basic' and the other ‘Advanced', for investigating the records, as well as a Browse facility. A website, containing a host of useful aids, such as descriptions and maps for dioceses, lists of bishops and parishes, a glossary of terms, and an “Online Journal” containing essays and ‘notes and queries'

The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835 (CCEd) makes available and searchable the principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales with the aim of providing coverage of as many clerical lives as possible from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century. The Database fills major gaps in our knowledge of one of the most important professions in early modern England and Wales. It provides an invaluable research tool for both national and local, academic and amateur historians, and genealogists who often need to discover biographical information about individual clergymen or more about the succession of clergy in a particular place. The CCEd's major features include: Records relating to the major events of clerical careers – ordination, appointments as curates, rectors and lecturers. Information about parishes, chapelries and the many secular institutions and persons with chaplains Information about patrons, many of them women Information about schools and schoolteachers. Two search engines, one ‘Basic' and the other ‘Advanced', for investigating the records, as well as a Browse facility. A website, containing a host of useful aids, such as descriptions and maps for dioceses, lists of bishops and parishes, a glossary of terms, and an “Online Journal” containing essays and ‘notes and queries'

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.The reviews are presented in two types: complete reviews and protocols for reviews currently being prepared (all include an expected date of completion). Protocols are the background, objectives and methods of reviews in preparation.

Cecilia is an on-line guide to music collections in archives, libraries and museums in the UK and Ireland. The project was supported with funding from The British Library Cooperation and Partnership Programme; Museums, Libraries and Archives Council; Research Support Libraries Programme; Music Libraries Trust. Cecilia is administered by The United Kingdom & Ireland Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres- (IAML(UK & Irl)).

The Cecil Papers are a privately held archive of approximately 30,000 sixteenth and seventeenth-century manuscripts, consisting principally of the correspondence of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) and his son Robert, the 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563-1612). These two men dominated the administration of government during the reign of Elizabeth I and the first eight years under her successor, to the extent that critics suggested that England was becoming a regnum Cecilianum. Both Cecils held a variety of public appointments; they were both long-serving Secretaries of State who achieved even greater political power as Lord High Treasurer. The collection documents their various official roles. In addition, the collection contains documents acquired by Robert Cecil that had belonged to his rival, Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex. The papers span the period 1520-1668, from the birth of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, to the death of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. Because of the importance of the Cecils, the materials offer crucial insights into the events of one of the most dynamic periods of history, including the marriages of Henry VIII, through the reign of Elizabeth I and the clandestine plans to facilitate James I/VI's accession, upon her death. In addition to the documents relating to English domestic politics, also covered in detail are overseas occurrences and interactions with other powers, through the reports of English ambassadors to the courts of Europe and the network of overseas agents. Among the major events in English foreign policy addressed by these documents are the clandestine plans for James' accession to the English throne, Mary Queen of Scots' imprisonment and execution, the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland, the Spanish Armada, military events in the Low Countries, the Gunpowder Plot, the Main Plot and imprisonment of Sir Walter Raleigh, and Early English settlement of America. Besides the political papers, ProQuest's The Cecil Papers database also includes selected documents from a separate collection, the Cecil Family and Estate Papers, which shed light on the rich history of three generations of the family. All the documents, which include a number of contemporary hand-drawn maps, tables and letters, have been reproduced as full-colour, high-quality images directly from original documents. These images can be examined using a dynamic viewing tool or downloaded as PDFs of JPEGs.

"Mission statement: to bring the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture (in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, and English) to the Internet in a rigorously scholarly project that is, at the same time, user-friendly for the widest possible range of readers and researchers ... texts are presented in immediately usable form and accompanied by introductions, translations (where possible and necessary), and scholarly bibliographies. Images will be an integral part of text presentation"--About us page.

UKBORDERS provides digitised boundary datasets of the UK, available in many Geographic Information System (GIS) formats (MapInfo MIF/MID, ArcView Shape, Arc/Info Export and several others), for teachers and researchers in the UK Higher and Further Education community to download and use in their work.

Features "The World Factbook," a publication from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Includes country-based information on flags, maps, geography, people, government, the economy, transportation, communication, and defense. Highlights the regions to choose from, including Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America, Antarctica, and Africa. Also includes a world summary.

CERUK is a database of current or on-going research in education and related disciplines. It covers a wide range of studies including commissioned research and PhD theses, across all phases of education from early years to adults.

"CLCLT is the world's leading database for Latin texts. It contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). It covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas. The complete works of writers such as Cicero, Virgil, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas a Kempis can thus be consulted. The texts have been taken from the Corpus Christianorum series and from many other leading editions"--Publisher's website.

This site allows you to consult Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, The Chambers Thesaurus (1996) or Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1997 edition with amendments).

Provides access to CAplus, a database of chemical literature and U.S. and foreign chemical-related patents, CASREACT, and the Registry database from Chemical Abstracts Service. Includes journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, substance database and dissertations covered in Chemical Abstracts as well as articles currently being indexed, book reviews and biographical information. Covers chemistry, biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, toxicology, environmental science, medicine, and food science, from 1907 to the present. Also includes compounds identified in the CAS registry since 1957.

Provides access to CAplus, a database of chemical literature and U.S. and foreign chemical-related patents, CASREACT, and the Registry database from Chemical Abstracts Service. Includes journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, substance database and dissertations covered in Chemical Abstracts as well as articles currently being indexed, book reviews and biographical information. Covers chemistry, biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, toxicology, environmental science, medicine, and food science, from 1907 to the present. Also includes compounds identified in the CAS registry since 1957.

English and foreign-language references to journal articles, books, audiovisuals materials, and conferences; intended for all personnel interested in health and safety management. Sources of references are about 200 journals manually scanned as well as peripheral sources. Arranged according to chemical hazards, biological hazards, precautions and legislation, and general. Each entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. Chemical and subject indexes.

The Chicano Database is a comprehensive bibliographic index representing all types of material for information about Mexican-American topics and the only specialized database for and about Chicanos. Updated quarterly, the Chicano Database provides extensive coverage from the 1960s to the present, with selective coverage dating back to the early 1900s. Records added since 1992 have expanded its scope to include the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. The Chicano Database also includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database, covering psychological, sociological, and educational literature.

China Academic Journals database covers most humanities and social science academic journals published in mainland China (Hong Kong and Taiwan are not included) since 1994. Although most articles are in Chinese, the title and abstracts are also in English and are searchable. Full-text electronic versions of 5,300 Chinese academic periodicals in 9 series: science-engineering (A-C), agriculture, medicine/hygiene, literature/history/philosophy, economics/politics/law, education/social science, and electronics/information science. The database includes current issues as well as archives of back issues of journals, and is reproduced with original pagination.

ChinaScope Financial offers China-focused company, sector and macro-economic data as well as media reports and market developments.

China Yearbook Full-text Database is co-developed by China Academic Journals Electronic Publishing House and Tongfang Knowledge Network Techonology Co., Ltd. Yearbook is a type of chronicle almanac which records facts, statistics, activities, events and other national or regional conditions in an intensive, detailed, timely, comprehensive and systematic manner. Through yearbook, you can learn about a country, a specific industry or field, or a particular region from every aspect such as politics, economy, science and technology, culture and education. It is an indispensable reference work that covers authoritative data, literature, intelligence and informative resources for your research.

The database features the English translation of Barth's magnum opus, The Church Dogmatics, in its entirety. The original German version, Die kirchliche Dogmatik, is also included as are the first 45 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, which includes hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. These volumes are supplemented by seven additional German works that have not yet been published as part of the Gesamtausgabe and English translations of thirteen important texts by Barth.

Features "The World Factbook," a publication from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Includes country-based information on flags, maps, geography, people, government, the economy, transportation, communication, and defense. Highlights the regions to choose from, including Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America, Antarctica, and Africa. Also includes a world summary.

CINAHL, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, covers nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals, publications of the American Nursing Association, and the National League for Nursing. Articles (some with abstracts) from 1200 journals, books, dissertations, standards of professional practice, educational software are included.

This video follows an elementary school teacher as she discusses challenges faced by new teachers and how professional development by veteran teachers, such as Teachers Network online courses, enabled her to better prepare for success.

The Digest of Social Legislation covers a wide range of legislation for England and Wales, and Scotland. It is divided into several sections, covering Consumer Protection, Education, Employment, Housing, Social Security and other topics. The Digest is designed for advisers and aims to give as exact an account of the relevant statutory provisions as possible, and its users include solicitors, Citizens Advice Bureaux, advice centres, welfare officers, colleges and universities, and local authorities. This electronic version incorporates changes in legislation up to the present year.

China Academic Journals database covers most humanities and social science academic journals published in mainland China (Hong Kong and Taiwan are not included) since 1994. Although most articles are in Chinese, the title and abstracts are also in English and are searchable. Full-text electronic versions of 5,300 Chinese academic periodicals in 9 series: science-engineering (A-C), agriculture, medicine/hygiene, literature/history/philosophy, economics/politics/law, education/social science, and electronics/information science. The database includes current issues as well as archives of back issues of journals, and is reproduced with original pagination.

Presents full text coverage of over 100 electronic journals that are published by Cambridge University Press (CUP). Lists the current titles that are available. Notes that registration is required. Explains that all users have access to the tables of contents, abstracts, and searching and alerting services. States that only subscribers have access to the full text of articles. Provides online registration and subscription information.

An invaluable reference tool for Coptic Studies is The Coptic Encyclopedia (Aziz S. Atiya, ed. NY: Macmillan, 1991). This monumental work, with approximately 2800 entries written by 215 scholars, covers treasures of Coptic language and literature; Copto-Arabic literature; Coptic art, architecture, archaeology, history, music, liturgy, theology, spirituality, monasticism; and biblical, apocryphal, social, and legal texts. The encyclopedia was the fruit of years of effort on the part of its Editor-in-Chief, Aziz S. Atiya and its Principal Investigator, Lola Atiya. In 2009 the Claremont Graduate University (CGU) School of Religion acquired the right to develop an updated and continuously expanding and evolving web-based version of The Coptic Encyclopedia. Since then, the Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia (CCE) has been gradually posting the articles of the 1991 Coptic Encyclopedia and will be continuously adding updates and new topics from the growing body of scholarship in Coptic studies at worldwide institutions. Again, the participation of the Coptic community in envisioning and funding this project was instrumental in the project coming to fruition. The partnership of CGU and the Coptic community is one of the missions of the Council for Coptic Studies at the CGU School of Religion.

CLAROS is an electronic database containing the successive publications of epigraphical Greek texts re-edited during the last 125 years (and before). Users of CLAROS can consult the data relative to the edition of Greek inscriptions (name and date of publication, and the editor's name; but not the epigraphic text itself). Users can retrieve the concordance among inscriptions, that is, the different editions of the same inscription.

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Combines CLASE (Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades), which indexes indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities (over 1,200 sources) and PERIODICA, which covers journals specializing in science and technology (over 1,400 sources). Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.

The online library CLASSICA DIGITALIA - VNIVERSITATIS CONIMBRIGENSIS is designed to create a wide communication network devoted to the area of Classical Studies. The library welcomes contributions from the whole academic community, although special attention is given to the creation of synergies within the Portuguese-speaking world. Its editorial policy is set by the editorial board, with all contributions being subjected to review by an international panel of referees. All works available in CLASSICA DIGITALIA are also published in printed format.

Provides musical sound recordings and MIDI files, program notes, reference texts (composer biographies, history, and glossary), and images. The music includes vocal and instrumental works from the Middle Ages through to the present. Users navigate through browse lists, a search engine and music track playlists.

Cross-searches on one platform all the audio, video, scores, and full-text reference material from all the Alexander Street Press music products that each institution subscribes to (therefore content will vary).

Classical Scores Library will contain 400,000 pages of the most important classical scores, manuscripts and unpublished material, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 8,000 scores. Provides for textual searching by various criteria.

Cross-searches on one platform all the audio, video, scores, and full-text reference material from all the Alexander Street Press music products that each institution subscribes to (therefore content will vary).

Digital collection includes forty string quartets in parts dating from about 1770 to 1840, most, though not all complete, and representing composers whose works are rarely found in modern editions.

This video follows an elementary school teacher as she guides us through her daily classroom routines and demonstrates how consistency and structure are essential to effective teaching.

This video follows a high school science teacher as she demonstrates how her structured and routine-based classroom environment is the key to successful behavior management and student engagement.

This video shows a team of two elementary school teachers demonstrating how they engage their students through group work to help them learn not only curriculum material but also important social skills.

"CLCLT is the world's leading database for Latin texts. It contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). It covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas. The complete works of writers such as Cicero, Virgil, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas a Kempis can thus be consulted. The texts have been taken from the Corpus Christianorum series and from many other leading editions"--Publisher's website.

The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835 (CCEd) makes available and searchable the principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales with the aim of providing coverage of as many clerical lives as possible from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century. The Database fills major gaps in our knowledge of one of the most important professions in early modern England and Wales. It provides an invaluable research tool for both national and local, academic and amateur historians, and genealogists who often need to discover biographical information about individual clergymen or more about the succession of clergy in a particular place. The CCEd's major features include: Records relating to the major events of clerical careers – ordination, appointments as curates, rectors and lecturers. Information about parishes, chapelries and the many secular institutions and persons with chaplains Information about patrons, many of them women Information about schools and schoolteachers. Two search engines, one ‘Basic' and the other ‘Advanced', for investigating the records, as well as a Browse facility. A website, containing a host of useful aids, such as descriptions and maps for dioceses, lists of bishops and parishes, a glossary of terms, and an “Online Journal” containing essays and ‘notes and queries'

Medical resource for informing treatment decisions and improving patient care.

A fully digitized version of one of the most comprehensive literary archives of the nineteenth century, the Carlyle Letters Online features thousands of letters written by Scottish author and historian Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle (18011866), to over six hundred recipients throughout the world.

The Coastal and Marine Resource Atlas was commissioned ... in recognition of the need to update the 1990 Government and Industry sponsored coastal sensitivity maps produced by the Nature Conservancy Council. The Atlas contains environmental and other resource datasets covering the Great Britain coastline and marine areas of the UK Continental Shelf. The Atlas is designed as a web based tool to access a wide range of information on coastal and marine resources.

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.The reviews are presented in two types: complete reviews and protocols for reviews currently being prepared (all include an expected date of completion). Protocols are the background, objectives and methods of reviews in preparation.

Consists of 6 databases: Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Cochrane reviews), Database of abstracts of reviews of effect (DARE), Cochrane central register of controlled trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane database of methodology reviews (Methodology reviews), Health technology assessment database (HTA), and NHS economic evaluation database (NHS EED).

During collaborative conferences, teachers observe a lesson or conference and provide explicit feedback on the teaching and learning interaction. Collaborative conferences use a team approach (with two or more teachers) to support student learning. During the pre-conference, the student's teacher identifies the instructional goal and asks the observing teachers to notice specific writing behaviors. After the lesson, the teachers engage in purposeful dialogue that aligns with the observation focus. This Close-Up features three conferences: a cluster conference in which a third-grade team observes a colleague during a writing conference with a student; a coaching conference involving a fourth-grade teacher and a literacy coach, who also serves as an intervention specialist for the student; an intervention conference in which a third-grade teacher and language specialist discuss the revising process of a student served by both teachers. Collaborative conferences allow teachers to pool their knowledge and engage in focused dialogues for improving their students' writing.

This video follows a team of teachers in a high school math department as they demonstrate how to collaboratively plan ways to most effectively motivate students and teach a shared math curriculum.

This video follows two high school teachers as they demonstrate the benefits of planning together for a curriculum that covers several subject areas, such as humanities, and spans a 2-hour period of the school day.

A fully digitized version of one of the most comprehensive literary archives of the nineteenth century, the Carlyle Letters Online features thousands of letters written by Scottish author and historian Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle (18011866), to over six hundred recipients throughout the world.

The database contains almost every work of St. Thomas which has been translated into English (over fifty texts). Documents are retrieved using Folio views, a text management program by Folio Corp.

Contains the complete works of William Shakespeare from the original electronic source of the Complete Moby(tm) Shakespeare.

With the dissolution of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1991, the decision was taken to deposit the archives alongside those of the Labour Party in Manchester's People's History Museum. Catalogued in 1993-1994, these turned out to be one of the outstanding national collections for the political history of the British left and have since aroused considerable scholarly interest. For the period from the 1940s, records of the party's central leading bodies have been meticulously preserved and include notes taken at meetings by leading party officials. In addition there are extensive records of central departments like the industrial department, which dealt with the trade union activities which were the most visible and controversial sign of the party's influence, and the international department, which maintained links with communist parties overseas. Contains Central Party records, Local Party records, Miscellaneous non-Party organisations, Individual deposits and CPGB history materials.

This site contains Darwin's complete publications and many of his handwritten manuscripts. There are over 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 images. There is also a large Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalogue. More than 150 ancillary texts are included, ranging from reference works to reviews, obituaries, descriptions of the Beagle specimens and related works for understanding Darwin's context. Free audio mp3 versions of his works are also available.

Contains the complete works of William Shakespeare from the original electronic source of the Complete Moby(tm) Shakespeare.

Teachers of adolescents across the country are under enormous pressure to cover more content in their disciplines, to make instruction more relevant to students, and to help students acquire the reading skills they need to succeed on standardized tests and beyond. In this video program, high school teacher Cris Tovani brings viewers into her school and classroom and shows how she and her colleagues are meeting the challenge of improving students' reading skills across the curriculum. The programs include examples of Cris working with students using texts from multiple disciplines in her classroom, as well as collaborating with colleagues throughout the school. Program 1: Modeling What Good Readers Do Using examples from technical text and novels, Cris models her own reading process to show students how to read and understand difficult material. Program 2: Interpreting Data: Charts, Graphs, Standardized Tests Cris works with students as they analyze charts, data and graphs, and discusses how standardized test scores led her to place more emphasis on data reading across the curriculum. Program 3: Reading Like a Mathematician Cris and math teacher Jim Donohue co-teach, working with struggling readers on strategies for completing math problems, and talk about their collaboration. Program 4: Synthesizing Complex Ideas Cris assists students as they integrate reading from history textbooks with current articles in newspapers and magazines. Students synthesize background knowledge and new information to understand wars from the last seventy years. Accompanying the Comprehending Content video is a detailed viewing guide with sample workshop activities, reading materials used by students on the program, focus questions for viewing, and tips for using the related book, Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?, with the video in a study group setting.

WRDS (generally pronounced as "words") is an Internet-based data subscription service that is provided by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This data service gives users access to a number of companion databases under the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) including; COMPUSTAT North America (from Standard & Poors) 300 annual & 100 quarterly data items on more than 24,000 listed companies. CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) a comprehensive collection of data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. IBES (Institutional Brokers Estimates System) provides forecasts from securities analysts. NYSE TAQ (Trade and Quote) provides trade and quote data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets.

Provides access to information about developments in computer science. Major areas of coverage include: artificial intelligence, communications and networks, computer theory, data, database and information systems applications, hardware, human-computer interaction, mathematics of computing, programming, and systems organization. Content is comprehensively classified and keyworded using the Association for Computing (ACM) classification scheme.

FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. The dictionary has been growing since 1985 and now contains over 12000 definitions totalling more than four megabytes. Entries are cross-referenced to each other and to related resources elsewhere on the net.

CLAROS is an electronic database containing the successive publications of epigraphical Greek texts re-edited during the last 125 years (and before). Users of CLAROS can consult the data relative to the edition of Greek inscriptions (name and date of publication, and the editor's name; but not the epigraphic text itself). Users can retrieve the concordance among inscriptions, that is, the different editions of the same inscription.

According to Jean Piaget, intelligence develops in a necessary sequence of stages that are related to age. Piaget's theories have given us profound insights into the cognitive development of children. This knowledge in turn, provides a framework for understanding how children think and for planning educational strategies. Using structured interviews with children from four to nine years old, Dr. David Elkind illustrates the development of transitive thinking and reversibility as children move from the pre-operational to concrete operational stage of cognitive development. Children's construction of the unit concept, so basic to arithmetic and beginning reading, is illustrated in a well run first grade class. Dr. Elkind also examines some recent criticisms of Piaget's theories.

ISI Web of knowledge is an integrated platform designed to support research in academic, corporate, government, and not for profit organizations. ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.

In this video, Max Brand confers individually with two different boys in this fifth grade classroomђ́ؤone during writer's workshop, the other during reading workshop. Max demonstrates the key elements of successful literacy conferences with boysђ́ؤplenty of wait time, homing in on specific text, and discussing reading or writing strategies the student is using.

"Contemporary world music will contain 50,000 tracks that delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku and more. This database is a complementary database to Smithsonian global sound for libraries - it includes a blend of contemporary and traditional world music recordings from many labels throughout the world"--About the database.

Cross-searches on one platform all the audio, video, scores, and full-text reference material from all the Alexander Street Press music products that each institution subscribes to (therefore content will vary).

Contains the complete table of contents information from more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.

Copac includes details of materials held in libraries throughout the UK, plus Trinity College Dublin Library in Ireland. Copac includes the catalogues of all the UK National Libraries, a wide range of major University libraries, as well as specialist collections such as the National Art Library (V&A Museum).

Contains the complete works of William Shakespeare from the original electronic source of the Complete Moby(tm) Shakespeare.

"CLCLT is the world's leading database for Latin texts. It contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). It covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas. The complete works of writers such as Cicero, Virgil, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas a Kempis can thus be consulted. The texts have been taken from the Corpus Christianorum series and from many other leading editions"--Publisher's website.

"CLCLT is the world's leading database for Latin texts. It contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). It covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas. The complete works of writers such as Cicero, Virgil, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas a Kempis can thus be consulted. The texts have been taken from the Corpus Christianorum series and from many other leading editions"--Publisher's website.

"Mission statement: to bring the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture (in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, and English) to the Internet in a rigorously scholarly project that is, at the same time, user-friendly for the widest possible range of readers and researchers ... texts are presented in immediately usable form and accompanied by introductions, translations (where possible and necessary), and scholarly bibliographies. Images will be an integral part of text presentation"--About us page.

The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources.

The International Monetary Fund Country reports and publications, arranged by country. The IMF promotes international monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability, facilitates the balanced growth of international trade, and provides resources to help members in balance of payments difficulties or to assist with poverty reduction.

Personal collection of Joseph Cowen (1829-1900). A social reformer and Member of Parliament for Newcastle (1873-86), Cowen's pamphlet collection dates, mostly, from his active years from the late 1840s to early 1880s. The collection reflects his interests in social, educational and economic issues and includes much local material.

Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc.

Online reference library providing access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.

Crossfire is Beilstein's structure database management and indexing system. The Beilstein and Gmelin databases are available as part of the Crossfire system. The Beilstein database provides worldwide coverage of the literature relating to the preparations and properties of organic compounds and covers the literature from 1771 onwards. The contents and the data structure are based on the Beilstein handbook of organic chemistry. The Gmelin database, the most complete collection of structures, properties, and references to the literature in organometallic and inorganic chemistry, contains all the structural, factual, and bibliographic data cited in the Gmelin handbook of inorganic and organometallic chemistry from 1648 to 1975 and 110 top journals from 1975 to 1994.

WRDS (generally pronounced as "words") is an Internet-based data subscription service that is provided by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This data service gives users access to a number of companion databases under the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) including; COMPUSTAT North America (from Standard & Poors) 300 annual & 100 quarterly data items on more than 24,000 listed companies. CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) a comprehensive collection of data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. IBES (Institutional Brokers Estimates System) provides forecasts from securities analysts. NYSE TAQ (Trade and Quote) provides trade and quote data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets.

Provides access to information about developments in computer science. Major areas of coverage include: artificial intelligence, communications and networks, computer theory, data, database and information systems applications, hardware, human-computer interaction, mathematics of computing, programming, and systems organization. Content is comprehensively classified and keyworded using the Association for Computing (ACM) classification scheme.

CINAHL, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, covers nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals, publications of the American Nursing Association, and the National League for Nursing. Articles (some with abstracts) from 1200 journals, books, dissertations, standards of professional practice, educational software are included.

Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of science, technology, medicine and allied historical fields. The database combines four bibliographies: Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science Current Bibliography in the History of Technology Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Citations reflect the contents of over 600 journals, plus partial contents of several hundred more. Coverage includes all languages in which these materials are published.

CERUK is a database of current or on-going research in education and related disciplines. It covers a wide range of studies including commissioned research and PhD theses, across all phases of education from early years to adults.

Free online, searchable, access to a selection of 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century Welsh and Wales-related journals held at The National Library of Wales and partner institutions. These materials cover a very wide range of subject areas, including humanities, social sciences, science and technology. The site is in development at present, and expects to host 50 titles by September 2009.

Contains the complete works of William Shakespeare from the original electronic source of the Complete Moby(tm) Shakespeare.