What's New

New Books, Videos, CDs, etc.    View monthly lists of the titles added to the CSU Library's collection.

July 2010

LexisNexis Academic Database Added

LexisNexis: Academic provides access to full-text legal, news, business, and medical publications. Includes law review articles and more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. Provides access to the Shepard's Citations service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789, European Union law from the CELEX database, and international case law from a number of other countries. Includes national and regional newspapers, wire services, transcripts of television and radio broadcasts, international news, and non-English language sources. Provides detailed company information and financial performance measures to identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. Includes Company Dossier, Hoover’s Company Reports, Disclosure reports, Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions, and SEC filings.

New York Times Available on ProQuest Digital Microfilm

ProQuest Digital Microfilm: New York Times provides cover-to-cover full image access to the New York Times from 2008 to three months ago for an online experience that resembles paging through the newspaper in print or viewing it on microfilm. Users may crop, zoom, or rotate page images and then print, email, or save in PDF format. In addition, the library provides access to selected full text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present in several other databases, keeps the last 8 weeks of the newspaper in paper format, and has 1851 to 2009 on microfilm. To locate the correct resource for the date you need, see this list.

October 2009

Online Access to the Chronicle of Higher Education Added

The CSU Library now provides online access to the Chronicle of Higher Education. This online subscription newspaper, published every weekday, is an important source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Links to this newspaper are listed on the Library's Databases by Title, Find Journals by Journal Title, and other webpages.

September 2009

CSU Library Adds a New Citation Styles Webpage

The CSU Library's new Citation Styles webpage provides guidance on using the three citation styles commonly required for students at Charleston Southern University: MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian.

IPA Source Database Provides Translations of Opera Arias and Art Songs

IPA Source is an online collection of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias, art songs, and Latin sacred texts. Searchable by composer, poet, or title, these phonetic transcripts and translations can be downloaded in pdf files using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Links to this database are listed on the Library's Databases by Title and other webpages.

LearningExpress Library Offers Practice Tests, Skill Courses, and More

LearningExpress Library is a collection of test-preparation tools, skill-building materials, and other career and life skills resources. Includes practice tests for the Praxis exams for teachers, nursing entrance, licensure, and certification exams, GED preparation, job and career goals, undergraduate and graduate school admission, and U.S. citizenship. Includes courses on workplace skills such as resume building, interviewing, job search and assessment, business writing, and core computer skills such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Includes tools for improving proficiency levels in reading, writing, and math for elementary school learners through adults. Features include timed tests and instant scoring and feedback. To use this resource, you must create your free private individual user account for taking tests, and saving works-in-progress and completed tasks. Links to this database are listed on the Library's Databases by Title and other webpages. LearningExpress Library is funded by DISCUS

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center a Valuable Resource for Job Seekers

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center provides information on more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, organized by the 16 career clusters created by the U.S. Department of Education. Includes sample resumes and cover letters, information on scholarships, internships, and fellowships, and advice on job applications, the interview process, professional behavior, career skills, and more. Links to this database are listed on the Library's Databases by Title and other webpages. Ferguson's is funded by DISCUS