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These electronic resources, offered by private library vendors, are currently being evaluated by the UNM University Libraries. Some of these resources may be limited to computers with a UNM network connection (computers in the main campus library locations and ITS Pods or computers using a UNM dialup connection).

If the resource is licensed and/or purchased at the end of the trial period, it will then be accessible from the list of Research Databases & Indexes accessible from the quicklinks menu on the UNM University Libraries homepage or by following the "Find Articles" link in the main navigation bar.

Please send your comments about the following databases to Linda Lewis at llewis@unm.edu unless otherwise noted. Black Drama Albuquerque Campus only through July 31. A password is needed to access this trial. Please call the Fine Arts & Design Library reference at 277-2355 for this information.
This edition of Black Drama contains approximately 1200 plays by 201 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

Cambridge Histories Online Albuquerque Campus Only through August 5, 2008. The Cambridge Histories have become an established and essential component of the academic research library, and now, for the first time, over 250 of these well-known, used and trusted volumes are available online, adding immense value to the texts and enhancing any aspect of historical research.

Encyclopedia of American Studies Albuquerque Campus only through August 12, 2008 EAS has a wide array of articles on topics such as history, literature, art, photography, film, architecture, urban studies, ethnicity, race, gender, economics, politics, wars, consumer culture, and global America. EAS is fully searchable and offers interdisciplinary coverage of the American experience. Works by hundreds of internationally renowned scholars will be updated quarterly throughout the year to make this an indispensable tool for users.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory Albuquerque Campus only through August 10, 2008. Now expanded and updated, The Johns Hopkins Online Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse. Revised extensively to reflect a decade of rapidly changing scholarship, the Online Guide features 48 new entries and subentries. Compiled by 275 specialists from around the world, the Online Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.

ebrary/The Library Center through April, 2009. Preregistration required - see link below. ebrary would like to offer librarians as well as students and faculty in library science and related programs complimentary access to our Library Center for one year.

Subsidized by ebrary, the Library Center includes more than 85 full-text e-books covering topics such as digital library development, general collection development, and the history of libraries and librarianship, as well as illustrated guides from the U.S. Library of Congress. Contributing publishers include Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Idea Group, Inc., Greenwood Publishing Group, Library of Congress, and MIT Press.

To receive complimentary access, students, faculty, and librarians may register at http://www.responsetrack.net/lnk/surveymonkey849667/?146V206I9D6.