Chicago Manual of Style Online

We currently have a trial subscription to the Chicago Manual of Style Online.  For help with citing sources, students can visit the quick guide and see clear examples of how to use Chicago-style citations. The Chicago Manual of Style Online also contains a searchable Q&A section for all questions regarding the style. As is true for all of our online subscriptions, to access the Chicago Manual of Style Online from off campus, use your MyLibrary account. The trial subscription lasts through March 2011.

Database Trial: ShipIndex.org

Kimbel Library has a trial subscription to the ShipIndex.org online database through the end of April. ShipIndex.org "tells you which books, magazines, and online resources mention the vessels you're researching. With 143,937 entries in the free database and 1,279,773 entries available with premium access, you're bound to find useful information here." You can check out the database here: http://0-shipindex.org.library.coastal.edu/ and then please fill out the trial database evaluation form to let us know what you think.

Films on Demand Database Trial through January 22, 2010

If you get a chance, please check out the Films on Demand database. Kimbel Library has a trial through January 22nd, 2010. The library is considering subscribing to this database and we need your help! Visit the library's trial databases page (http://www.coastal.edu/library/trialdb.html?sortby=Trial) to get the password you'll need and to find links to our feedback form.

New Database Trials: Pop Culture Universe and Daily Life in America

Kimbel Library is currently trialing the Pop Culture Universe and Daily Life in America databases. To check out these resources, go to the library's trials page here: http://www.coastal.edu/library/trialdb.html?sortby=Trial. We would love to know what you think of these resources. Would they help you with your coursework at CCU? If you are a faculty member, would you use them in your classroom? After you check out the databases, please fill out the feedback form and let us know what you think! These trials will be available through December 30,2009. Thanks!

More Free Database Trials -- Limited Time, Try Them Soon!

Besides the Springer E-books, Kimbel Library currently has several other database trials ongoing. The library may or may not subscribe to these resources in the future, and your input into whether or not these resources would be helpful to you is welcome. Here are links to the current trials (you will have to be using a computer on campus for the links to work, and the trials will only be available for a very limited time, so be sure to test them out soon!):

Proquest Central:

http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTYzNjMmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=85442

Entrepreneuership:

http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTUwM2UmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=85442

CSA Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts

http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=ccu&access=ccu481&db=aquclust-set-c

SBRnet

http://www.sbrnet.com/

Please leave us a comment to this post and let us know if you would like Kimbel Library to consider subscribing to any of these databases (especially include why they would help you with your classes, etc.). Thanks so much for your help!