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New in 2010: Guides, archives and encyclopedias
Digital National Security Archives, one of many new resourcesDigital National Security Archives, one of the most comprehensive sets of declassified U.S. government documents available online, now includes the following collections, bringing its total number of collections to 33, with over 80,000 documents:Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited
Kissinger Telephone Conversations
Kissinger Transcripts
Peru: Human Rights, Drugs and Democracy , 1980-
U.S. Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction
CQ Electronic Library has new content, offering online editions to some of CQ Press's political guides, including:Guide to Congress
Guide to Political Campaigns in America
Guide to the Presidency
Guide to U.S. Elections
Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
Gale Virtual Reference Library, a collection of online reference works, has been expanded to include full-text editions of the following titles:Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , 2v, 2005
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy , 2nd ed., 3v, 2002
Encyclopedia of American Immigration , 4v, 2001
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security , 3v, 2004
Encyclopedia of India , 4v, 2006
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World , 2v, 2004
Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics , 3v, 2007
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia , 6v, 2003
Encyclopedia of Philosophy , 2nd ed., 10v, 2006
Encyclopedia of Population , 2v, 2003
Encyclopedia of Russian History , 4v, 2004
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics , 4v, 2005
Encyclopedia of Sociology , 2nd ed., 5v, 2001
Encyclopedia of Terrorism , 2003
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa , 2nd ed., 4v, 2004
Encyclopedia of U.S. National Security , 2v, 2006
Environmental Encyclopedia , 3rd ed., 2v, 2003
International Military Alliances, 1648-2008 , 2v, 2008
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy , 3v, 2001
Patterns of Global Terrorism , 2v, 2005
Political Parties of the World , 7th ed., 2009
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods , 2v, 2008
Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources , 2006
World Press Encyclopedia , 2nd ed., 2v, 2003
Oxford Scholarship Online, a collection of Oxford University Press books, has been expanded to include Oxford Scholarship Online: Business and Management, over 80 full-text books covering international business, finance, political economy, corporate governance, and more. Labels: databases, New SP10
New in 2010: LexisNexis Statistical Insight improved
 LexisNexis Statistical has a new name - LexisNexis Statistical Insight - and a new look.You can use this resource to search for publications containing statistics and filter your results by subject, issuing agency, full-text, etc. Within LexisNexis, you'll also find LexisNexis Statistical Datasets, a new resource allowing users to create customized tables, graphs and charts from a wide range of data resources, including World Bank, World Resources Institute, U.S. government agencies, United Nations, China Data Center, stock exchanges from around the world (Deutsche Borse Group, Bombay Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Nikkei, NASDAQ, etc.), and more.To access DataSets, look for the pull down menu in LexisNexis Statistical Insight labeled Related LexisNexis Subscriptions.This is an example of documents retrieved on a search for Haiti and disaster:  Labels: databases, Lexis, New SP10
Snowpocalypse 2010: Weekend update
 Capitol Building, February 6, 2010 by Steve Sears, SAIS LibraryREGULAR HOURS RESUME THIS WEEKEND:Saturday, Feb 13: Open 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Sunday, Feb 14: Open 11:00 am - 11:00 pm _______________________________
Friday, Feb 5: Open 8:30 am - 5:00 pmSaturday, Feb 6: CLOSED Sunday, Feb 7: Open 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (tentatively)Please check the Library web site or call the Circulation Desk at 663-5900 on Sunday to confirm these hours.
Monday, Feb 8: The Library will be OPEN 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
For those who had reserve books originally due at 10:30 am, please get the books back in as soon as you safely can. Overdue reserve fines will be waived. You may check out reserve books for overnight as of 1:00 pm, due back Tuesday morning at 10:30 am.Tuesday, Feb 9: Open 10:00 am - 5:00 pmIf weather conditions deteriorate rapidly, we may have to close earlier in the afternoon. You may check out reserve books for overnight all day today. They are due back Thursday morning at 10:30 am.Wednesday, Feb 10: CLOSEDThursday, Feb 11: SAIS Library will be OPEN from 11:00 am until 5:00 pm.Friday, Feb 12: Open 11:00 am - 7:00 pmAs always, you can continue to access Electronic Reserves, the JHU Libraries catalog and most of the Library's online resources using your JHED login from off campus at any time of day or night. You may also contact the Library staff via email.Stay safe and have fun in the snow!Labels: hours
Electronic Resources orientations
 Want to make your research more effective - and faster? We're offering one-hour overview of the Library's online resources.
A SAIS Librarian will demonstrate how to use JHU/SAIS resources to find scholarly materials, focusing on articles. Sing-up online via the link below for February 17th or 23rd.
Schedule of classesLabels: training
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