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Database Cancellation: Keesing’s World News Archive

February 25, 2020March 3, 2020 ccarpanuncategorized

CSU has decided to cancel Keesing‘s World News Archive. We are cancelling it because Keesing’s is a news summary service, rather than a newspaper, the coverage is not up to date, and there is no explanatory info on the site that explains what it is, how it’s compiled, methodology, authorship, etc. This makes […]

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CSU Cancellation List #1

February 13, 2020March 5, 2020 Elizabethdiscontinued

As a follow up to our email message of February 11th, here is another link to the cancellation list  and  background notes

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Cancellation Notes on A-Z List

February 13, 2020February 24, 2020 Elizabethcancellations, databases

We’ve begun adding cancellation notes, such as the one below, to titles on the A-Z Databases list: If you receive questions concerning any of these databases, you can direct them to contact csu@ualberta.ca

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Database Name Change

February 13, 2020February 18, 2020 Elizabethdatabases, name change

19th Century Masterfile is now known as Eight Centuries. We’ll maintain a separate link from the old title on the A-Z list for awhile.

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New books added to JSTOR: January 2020

February 7, 2020May 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghornenew

Hi everyone, attached, for your info, please find a list of the approximately 500 new books added to JSTOR in January 2020.  As you know, JSTOR provides us newly-published ebooks from many university presses from around the world. Nearly every week, JSTOR adds new books to their platform, with the catalogue records […]

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