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Libguide For TYP Students

Did you know that we offer an online guide just for students in the Transition Year Program (TYP)? The TYP is a one-year program designed for First Nations and African Canadian adults who do not yet meet standard Dalhousie entrance requirements. The TYP core curriculum includes non-credit courses in Black and Native Studies, Study Skills, English, Mathematics and a credit course at Dalhousie. An introductory Computer course is also offered.

The TYP Libguide includes information on using the library, doing research, and getting writing assistance. It also provides links to key databases and reference works and to books, theses, ebooks, videos and DVDs in Black and First Nations Studies. Of particular interest are the “Primary Sources” links to digitized documents such as letters, diaries, interviews and early historical accounts.

Interested? Explore the TYP Libguide now!

Sociology/Social Work Database Trial

Trial Ends November 30, 2009

EBSCO host is providing Dalhousie with a trial of their Sociology/Social Work database package until November 30. You may access several different databases through the link provided below including:

  • Abstracts in Social Gerontology
  • Child Development & Adolescent Studies
  • Family & Society Studies Worldwide
  • Family Studies Abstracts
  • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
  • LGBT Life with Full Text
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
  • Race Relations Abstracts
  • Social Work Abstracts
  • Urban Studies Abstracts
  • Violence & Abuse Abstracts

EBSCO Sociology/Social Work Database Package

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Gale Databases on Trial

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Ends May 16, 2008)
Updated daily. Provides full text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites. 1980 – present. Password for off-campus access: udalhousie

Economist Historical Archive (Ends June 10, 2008)
Over 160 years of The Economist online are accessible through The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003. A joint project between Gale Publishing and The Economist, this complete digitization of the global weekly newspaper offers a unique and non-partisan perspective on world events. Trial access is from campus locations only.

Alternative Press Index (Trial)

Trial access to Alternative Press Index is available on the Dal Libraries’ trial resources site. Access is by authorization number and password which are provided on the trial resources page. The trial will end April 19, 2008.

Alternative Press Index indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines, covering cultural, economic, political, and social change from 1991 to the present. Subjects covered include anarchism, indigenous peoples, democracy, labor, ecology, national liberation, feminism, theory and practice of socialism, gay and lesbian issues.

Blackwell Reference Online (Trial)

Until March 1, 2008, the Dalhousie Libraries are hosting a trial of Blackwell Reference Online, the new online reference collection from Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Nearly 300 reference volumes are currently available in BRO, making it the largest academic reference collection of its kind available online.

Subject coverage includes Business & Economics, History, Language & Linguistics, Literature & Cultural Studies, Philosophy & Religion, Sociology & Psychology, and Classics. The interface incorporates sophisticated functionalities such as: search options and innovative classification – by subject, person, period, key topic and place; ‘quick search’ on every page allows searching of individual titles or the whole database; numerous illustrations enhance and illuminate the content.

Access during the trial period is available on campus only.