Trial: Sage Video

SAGE Video is a series of online collections developed in partnership with leading academics, societies and practitioners, including many of SAGE’s own authors and academic partners, to deliver cutting-edge pedagogical collections mapped to disciplinary curricular needs within the social sciences.

Each discipline collection is now presented alongside our book and reference collections on SAGE Knowledge. SAGE Video supports use across higher education, from pedagogical needs for undergraduate teaching and learning, through to higher level academic research.

Trial URL: http://sk.sagepub.com/video & http://methods.sagepub.com/video

Trial ends: March 21, 2017

Trial: Disability in the Modern World

One person in seven experiences disability, yet the story of this community and its contributions is largely absent from the scholarly record.  Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social Movement is a landmark online collection that fills the gap, with a comprehensive and international set of resources to enrich study in a wide range of disciplines from media studies to philosophy.

Trial URL: http://search.alexanderstreet.com/disa

Trial ends: March 17, 2017

New Resource: American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990

American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990 This important collection of papers spans the majority of the twentieth century, from 1912 to 1990. Law and humanities libraries serving scholars and students in twentieth-century American social history and politics will find this archive of special interest because of its focus on civil rights, civil liberties, race, gender, and issues relating to the U.S. Supreme Court.

URL: http://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wash_main?db=ACLU

New Resource: Alexander Street Video Collections

We added three new video collections from Alexander Street.

Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume IV
Counseling and Therapy in Video provides faculty and students with a first-hand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice. These collection provide a thorough grounding in dozens of therapeutic methods and diagnoses, insight into the human condition, and training in skills such as reflection and empathy while working with specific populations such as veterans and teens.

URL: http://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url=http://search.alexanderstreet.com/ctiv

Women and Social Movements, International
Women and Social Movements, International is a landmark collection of primary materials. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.

URL: http://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url=http://search.alexanderstreet.com/wasi

Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires since 1820-
Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires since 1820 explores prominent themes in world history since 1820: conquest, colonization, settlement, resistance, and post-coloniality, as told through women’s voices.

URL: http://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url=http://search.alexanderstreet.com/wasg

Trial: Oxford University Press Scholarship Online

University Press Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 20,000+ academic monographs in 31 subject areas covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and law from nine leading university presses. UPSO offers an unparalleled research tool, making disparately published scholarship easily accessible, highly discoverable, and fully cross-searchable via a single online platform. Research that previously would have required a user to jump between a variety of books and disconnected websites can now be concentrated through the UPSO search engine.

Trial URL: http://www.universitypressscholarship.com

Trial ends: November 23, 2016