Featured Databases
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A multi-disciplinary, full text database designed
specifically for academic institutions, this resource contains full text for 3,467 scholarly
publications, of which 2,591 are peer-reviewed. To broaden coverage,
indexing and abstracts are available for an additional 958 titles. Academic Search Premier includes PDF images for the great majority of journals; many of these PDF's are native (searchable) or scanned-in-color. The diverse content
covers nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc.
This product is similar to ProQuest in size and general scope.
However, you will find surprisingly little overlap between the
two. In many cases, you will profit greatly by using both
databases. The searching is quick and easy. And the
quality of the resources is excellent.
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 ATLAS
Full Text Plus offers a collection of major religion and theology
journals selected by foremost religion scholars in the United States.
This database of indexing, abstracts and full-text journals covers
information as far back as 1949 and continues through the present.
Invaluable for serious
research, ATLAS
contains over 1 million citations from 1475 journal titles (600 of
which are currently indexed) and 15,000 multi-author works in 36
languages. What's new is the
linkage to the full text of more than
50,000 cited articles, making it a powerful, scholarly, but
also convenient research tool.
A nationally renowned advisory panel of 15
scholars from all fields of religious studies selected an initial 55
journals to be digitized, and the file is projected to expand to 70
key titles by the end of 2002. The American Theological Library
Association (ATLA), which produces this database, will provide
cover-to-cover access to the contents of the entire journal.
Areas of coverage
include:
Biblical Studies
Archaeology
Theology
Philosophy
Ethics
Comparative Religions
Pastoral Ministry
Missions
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| Produced by the Modern Language
Association, the MLA International Bibliography is the leading
scholarly database in the discipline. Beginning in 2003, our subscription is
provided by EBSCO, and uses the same search interface as Academic Search
Premier. You'll find a million citations for items from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide in the areas of folklore,
languages, linguistics, and literature. There are several
thousand linked online journal articles in the Academic Search Premier
database, and you can use the Serials
at PBA search box to easily locate many more articles. For
writers seeking a publisher, you can also access the MLA Directory of
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Easier
Access to Backfiles of
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For the text of earlier articles, back to January 1991, CD-ROMs are mounted on a
Technology Services server. If you are using the PalmNet
on-campus network, your computer
can connect remotely to
the proper drives, run a search program, find articles, and view or print results in just a few simple steps.
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Specialized Data for Human Resources Professionals
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The HR Comply™ Professional Series Package is a quick reference system for ensuring compliance with changing federal and state employment laws.
It's the essential human resource guide that includes payroll, wage-hour and state employment
guides, with the equivalent of over 300,000 pages of material:
information needed to survive in today's business environment. Plus, it's fast, easy-to-use and a
convenient reference tool!
Expert Editors and Support
HR Comply™ is edited by Jackson Lewis, one of the largest and most respected workplace law firms in the world, and the Society for
Human Resource Management. Free, expert customer support is available at (800) 643-5999 or support@hrcomply.com.
Everything You Need To Know!
This guide cuts through the legalese and provides easy-to-understand answers
and guidance to information you need to know. It provides fast, easy, practical answers to complex issues such as:
Employee Benefits,
Wage Payment
Unemployment Compensation
Discrimination,
Mandatory Health Care
Substance Abuse,
Hiring and Firing
Job Reference Liability,
Health and Safety
Retirement and Pensions,
Leave Time
Harassment, OSHA,
ERISA
Accessing HR Comply™
PBA users may access HR Comply™ via the link
on the library web page, but you will also need a password, which is
available by contacting a PBA
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Want to Work in the Library?
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For the Fall, the library needs quality, committed student employees to assist
with a variety of tasks. If you qualify for federal work study, we probably can use you,
especially if you have free hours in the morning. We
are also looking for an Evening
& Weekend Coordinator. For more information about working in
the library, contact
Debora Stewart at (561) 803-2224.
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Other Library News
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 The PBA Library is a member of a regional
cooperative called SEFLIN. January 25, 2002 was the official
"grand opening" for a powerful 'virtual
catalog' tool from SEFLIN. Called MyLibraryService.org,
this website allows you in one search to check up to 23 libraries and an
additional 25 information databases for material on your topic.
In addition to over 12 million holdings in South Florida library collections, you can check
reference, government, news, media, and even Spanish language
resources, all with a single query. It is easy to use and a great time-saver. Give it a try!
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| The PBA library offers a growing collection of
electronic books (eBooks). At first we had 15,000. Then it was
16,857, then 17,500, then 21,200.
Now the total is over 31,000 titles. These are the same books that are
sold in bookstores by major publishers, but now delivered on the web
by netLibrary, Inc. of Boulder, CO.
You don't need a special reader. netLibrary eBooks can be
viewed using a standard web browser. And they are available anywhere,
anytime, as long as you have an internet connection. So the old
excuse "I can't work on my paper because the library is
closed," is gone.
To make your research more efficient, you can search for the occurrence
of a key word or words in any book, or in the entire collection.
So you won't waste time skimming through multiple volumes to find the
content you need. All the text in the netLibrary eBooks is
linked to a powerful online edition of The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. So you can
look up a word by simply clicking. Note-taking is easy, too, because
you can cut-and-paste quotes into your document, or send pages to your
printer if you want to scribble in their margins.
The collection includes thousands of books covering most academic
disciplines, but also includes the entire series of Cliff's Notes, the
Complete Idiot Guides series, and a large selection of career books
and travel guides.
You must be on campus or on a dialup connection to PalmNET in order
to initially create your personal netLibrary account. But once that is
done, you can access these eBooks from any location on the net,
whether it's Aspen or Aunt Suzie's house.
For more information, or to use eBooks, follow the netLibrary
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| Library Software Offers New
Features
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Palm Beach Atlantic
University uses one of
the most powerful, sophisticated library software systems
available. The Voyager package from Endeavor
Information Systems was installed in late 1999. This past
summer, we upgraded to a new version, running on a brand new
server. The most immediate benefits are a new, easier to use
search screen, and faster response times. But we have also implemented
two new features:
"Patron" button-- if you click this button, near the
top and bottom of most screens, you will see a dialog box like this:
Type in your PBA ID number (which also serves as your library barcode)
and your last name. Then click the "Login" button.
This will enable you to:
1. View your library name/address/email data. If you wish
to update it, contact us by phone or email.
2. View the materials that are currently checked out to you,
and the due dates.
3. If there is not a hold on an item, and if you have no
fines, etc. you can self-renew. You save time and maybe even
money.
4. If you have requested items be placed on hold for you,
you can see the status of the holds.
"Request" button-- if you find an item in our
collection that is checked-out by someone else, and you wish to use
it, this feature may be helpful for you. Here's how it works:
1. The item on the screen must be checked out (status: Not
available).
2. Click on the "Request" button, and login as shown
in the "Patron" instructions above.
3. Select "Hold" as the type of request, then click
OK.
4. Usually you will accept "any copy," but with
a set or multi-volume work, you can identify the specific item you
need from the drop-down list on the screen.
5. In the "Barcode" area, you must type your PBA ID
number, which also serves as your library barcode.
6. If necessary, add a note in the "Comment" box.
7. Normally "Circulation Desk" is the pick up
location.
8. The default "not needed after" period is 30
days. You may change this to a shorter or longer time.
9. Click the "Submit Request" button. Almost
immediately you should see a confirmation that your request has been
processed, and a "back to record" button which will return
you to the catalog.
New Search Screen-- offers a clean interface with three
powerful choices:
Simple search by keyword, author, title, call number,
subject, or journal name.
Advanced search puts sophisticated boolean logic in a
fill-in-the-box format.
Course Reserve gives access by instructor, department,
or class to reserved materials.
To try the catalog, click
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