Second Life Issues (DHC)

Instructor:

• Milmon Harrison (mfharrison@ucdavis.edu)

Databases

Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN

http://uclibs.org/PID/126936

The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

Coverage: 1887-present

Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/126936 (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN

Related:

• See also MasterFILE Premier database for popular magazines (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=f5h)
  

Business Source Complete [via Ebsco] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126938) VPN

http://uclibs.org/PID/126938

"Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 25,000 most-cited authors in the database." Business Source Complete is an upgrade from Business Source Premier

Coverage: coverage varies by title with some going as far back as 1886.

Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/126938 (http://uclibs.org/PID/126938) VPN

Related:

• Ebsco includes a special Business Searching Interface. (http://web.ebscohost.com/bsi/search?vid=1&hid=103&sid=eaa1c2091-ea4e-4b0b-bfa9-3a90112c30f9%40sessionmgr103)
  
• See also supplementary database Regional Business News. (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=bwh)
  

Education Full-Text [H.W. Wilson] (http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?un=CADL001&pw=UNCA205405&prod=EDUFT) VPN

http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?un=CADL001&pw=UNCA205405&prod=EDUFT

Education Full Text is a database that indexes and abstracts articles from English-language, Education related, periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Many periodicals in this database grant access to the actual articles. This "full-text" coverage begins in January 1996.

Coverage: June 1983-present

Access: http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?un=CADL001&pw=UNCA205405&prod=EDUFT (http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?un=CADL001&pw=UNCA205405&prod=EDUFT) VPN

Sociological Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1) VPN

http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1

Sociological Abstracts Database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.

Coverage: 1963-present

Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1) VPN

Related:

• Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/socioabs-set-c.php)
  
• Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
  

Blogs/wikis

New World News Blog (http://nwn.blogs.com)

http://nwn.blogs.com

Access: http://nwn.blogs.com (http://nwn.blogs.com)

NMC Campus Observer. Blog. NMC Virtual Worlds Program (http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/blog/category)

http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/blog/category

Access: http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/blog/category (http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/blog/category)

Reuters Second Life News Center (http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/category/second-life/blog/)

http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/category/second-life/blog/

Access: http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/category/second-life/blog/ (http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/category/second-life/blog/)

Second Life and Education (SLED Blog) (http://www.sl-educationblog.org/)

http://www.sl-educationblog.org/

Access: http://www.sl-educationblog.org/ (http://www.sl-educationblog.org/)

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life

Access: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life)

Related:

• New world News Blog (http://nwn.blogs.com)
  

Biographies

Annotated Bibliography of SL Educational Online Resources (http://web.ics.purdue.edu/%7Empepper/slbib)

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/%7Empepper/slbib

Access: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/%7Empepper/slbib (http://web.ics.purdue.edu/%7Empepper/slbib)

Library Contacts

Sandra Vella

savella@ucdavis.edu   (530) 752‑1138

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