CQ Researcher: Health Care Reform

A recent report from CQ Researcher addresses the national debate over reform of health care and health insurance. The introduction and key questions asked appear below:
“Is universal coverage too expensive?
For the first time in 15 years, health-care reform has moved to the top of Washington’s agenda. A new Democratic president and Democratic majorities in [...]

Judge Sonia Sotomayor in U.S. Newspapers

To follow coverage of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as it appears in U.S. newspapers and U.S. newswires, search Lexis-Nexis Academic database by clicking on the above hyperlink.

Litwack Collection Expands Mahoney Library Holdings

Nathan and Aida Litwack recently donated to Mahoney Library a substantial portion of their personal library, thereby enriching the college’s collections in many areas. Approximately seven thousand volumes arrived at Mahoney Library at the end of the spring term, and the library staff has been working diligently to process the collection and make it available [...]

Wilson Web Database Trials

The following databases from H.W. Wilson are available as free trials through the end of May. If you get a chance to evaluate one or more of these databases, please let us know what you think by submitting a reply below this post.
Art Full Text
Database Information: http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artindex.htm
Reviews: http://www.hwwilson.com/reviews/artFT_review.htm
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Art Museum Image Gallery
Database Information: http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artmuseum.htm
Reviews: [...]

CQ Researcher: Women in Politics

Does gender bias hurt female candidates? This week’s CQ Researcher offers an in-depth report on this very question.
“The number of women holding political office in the United States has grown substantially over the past two decades. But even with a record number of 86 women in Congress today, men still outnumber women by more than [...]

New E-Journals Collections from Sage and ACS

Mahoney Library has 2 new collections of full text journals online.
The first is quite large – around 450 scholarly and trade journals – and offers content across all disciplines. Sage Premier Journals is a great collection, with full text from 1996 through the present. Sage covers the following areas:
Humanities: Area Studies, Language Studies, Music, Religious Studies
Life Sciences: Biochemistry, Endocrinology, [...]