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THE CHEST DATA MESSENGER
15 March 2002 URL:<http://www.chest.ac.uk/>
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CONTENTS
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a) H W Wilson Databases for Further Education Colleges
b) Latest Data Wishes
a) H W Wilson Databases for Further Education Colleges
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CHEST is currently in negotiation with H W Wilson to provide access to a
number of databases on a site licence basis.
Free trials are available until the end of April. To register for a
free trial go to <http://www.hwwilson.com/chest.htm>
The databases covered by the trial are:
Applied Science & Technology Full Text
Art Full Text
Biography Reference Bank
Biological and Agricultural Index Plus
Education Full Text
Famous First Facts
General Science Full Text
Humanities Full Text
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text
Readers' Guide Full Text, Mega Edition
Readers' Guide Full Text, Select Edition
Readers' Guide for Young People
Social Sciences Full Text
Wilson Business Full Text
Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition
Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Select Edition
Pricing for the databases is now being finalised and will be issued as
soon as it is confirmed. Meanwhile, CHEST would be interested in your
comments about the databases and the relevance to your college.
Please send comments to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> and copy
them to Fiona Richmond <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
b)Latest Data Wishes
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The following is a list of the latest Data Wishes to appear on the CHEST
web site. If you would like to add your wish please go to
<http://www.chest.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wishes> or to view the complete Data
Wishlist go to <http://www.chest.ac.uk/general/datawishes.html>
Acompline/Urbadisc - European urban issues
<http://www.london-research.gov.uk/rl/rlacomp.htm>
Architectural Publications Index on disc - Architecture
<http://www.ribabookshop.com/software/apid/apid.asp>
Art Bibliographic Modern - Art & Design
<http://www.csa.com/csa/factsheets/artbm.shtml>
Art Full Text - Art
<http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/artindex.shtml>
ASSIA - Social Sciences
<http://www.csa.com/csa/factsheets/assia.shtml>
Avery Index - Architecture
Britannica online
<http://www.britannica.co.uk>
British Humanities Index
<http://www.csa.com/csa/factsheets/bhi.shtml>
British Nursing Index
<http://www.hcn-optology.com/>
Childdata - Education, health and welfare of children and young people.
<http://www.oxmill.com/childdata>
Current Research in Britain (CRIB) & Research Worldwide
Reference material <http://www.cos.com>
Design and Applied Arts Index - Design and crafts
<http://www.daai.co.uk>
Expanded Academic ASAP - Humanities
<http://www.gale.com>
Guardian/Observer Archive - News
<http://www.proquest.co.uk>
Infotrac Custom Newspapers - News
<http:/www.galegroup.com>
Infotrac Journals - Business
<http://www.gale.com/>
International Federation of Film Archives - Film
<http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/FIAF/english/default.html>
ISI WoS Science Citation Index back to 1945 - Science
<http://www.isinet.com/isi>
ISI WoS Social Sciences Citation Index back to 1956 - Social Sciences
<http://www.isinet.com/isi>
Lexis Nexis Professional- Busines/Finance/News
<http://www.lexis-nexis.co.uk/>
New Scientist Archive
<http://www.newscientist.com/archive>
Reuters Business Insight - Business
<http://www.reutersbusinessinsight.com>
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