New Database: Nursing Education in Video

The Meriam Library has acquired access  to Alexander Street Press' Nursing Education in Video database. This database is a collection of 260 training videos intended for nurses and other health care workers.  All of the videos on the collection were created under the guidance of Medcom-Trainex, which is the world's largest producer of nursing education videos.

New Database: U.S. Congressional Serial Set

The Meriam Library has acquired online access to what is considered to be the single most important series of American government publications – the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, and the American State Papers. This is an online collection of every publication from the 15th through the 103rd Congress, covering the dates from 1789 to 1994.

New Database: Literature Criticism Online

The Meriam Library has current  subscriptions to three Literature Criticism reference titles: Contemporary Literary Criticism, 20th Century Literary Criticism, and 19th Century Literature Criticism. The format for these titles has changed from print to online, and the titles are now available in the Literature Criticism Online database. Coverage for these three titles is complete, from the first volume to the most recent published volume.

Lexis Nexis Academic has a new look

The Meriam Library's Lexis Nexis Academic database has a new user interface, and it has not just a new look, but some new functionality as well, with changes to some search forms, and the navigation menu. The homepage now features Easy Search, which is designed to provide quick access to the most commonly used content. The Power Search, All News, U.S. Cases, and U.S. Law Reviews search forms have also been given new functionality.