Library Resources
Academic Search Premier
Earlier in the academic year the Academy for Educational
Development (AED) in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher
Education (MOEHE) conducted a USAID-funded project to assess the needs of higher
education institutions for electronic journal databases. Part of the project
was a trial period whereby Bethlehem University Library provided access to four
online databases. Feedback was provided by some faculty and staff at the
conclusion of the trial period. Nasser Saleh who conducted the project prepared
a final report which is available in the library.
At the recent meeting of the Committee of Academic
Libraries the collective decision was taken to subscribe to EBSCO
Academic Search Premier Database (ASP) on a consortium basis. MOEHE and AED have
initiated the subscription process to open accounts for the universities in the
West Bank and Gaza. The license will be effective from March 1, 2005 until
February 28, 2006. In the meantime EBSCO has agreed to provide access to ASP
database during February at no extra charge.
Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest scholarly,
multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic
institutions. This resource indexes 8,175 publications and contains full text
for more than 4,700 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are
available for well over 100 journals, and searchable cited references are
provided for more than 1,000 titles. This scholarly collection provides full
text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study – including arts
and literature, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, education, engineering,
ethnic studies, humanities, language and linguistics, medical sciences, physics,
psychology, religion and theology, and social sciences.
This service is a tremendous resource that would not be
possible without the funding of an external agency. I urge all faculty to take
full advantage of incorporating its use in the courses. Students now have
access to unlimited resources not provided before. Take time to explore the
potential use of this valuable resource.
08.02.05
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