February Database Trials!

The BSC library has several database trials available during the month of February:  EBSCOHost Academic eBooks, Ambrose Video, Black Studies in Video, and the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Online. See below for more information!

• EBSCOhost Academic eBook Subscription Collection: 
  Access to 94,000 academic e-books is available through the normal eBooks via EbscoHost link on the databases page during this month

[image of Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama,
one of the many titles available through EBSCOhost's eBooks collection]

• Ambrose Video 2.0 (currently available from on-campus networked computers only):
  The BBC Shakespeare plays; Human Geography and Physical Geography series; A History of Civil Rights in America; and A History of Christianity are among the closed captioned, streaming videos available through this Ambrose trial.

[engraving depicting the blockade of Louisbourg, N.S. during the French & Indian War, c. 1775
image from Britannica.com]

• Black Studies in Video (Alexander Street Press):
  Award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.

[MLK in a Birmingham jail
image from history.com]

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (Proquest):
  The newly privatized version of the long-running Statistical Abstract.  Login and password (available to BSC community only from the library's Database Trials page) is required to access this resource.

Please test out these new databases this month and let us know what you think!