Electronic resources

The May 2010 update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography adds biographies of 90 men and women active between the thirteenth and late twentieth centuries. The update also includes 10 "reference group" essays, an expanding selection of well-known networks in the British past.

Grove Music Online has been updated for Spring 2010. The update includes 250 new articles from the forthcoming second edition of the Grove Dictionary of American Music.

Nash Library is currently trialing Credo Reference which offers more than 475 highly-regarded titles from over 70

The Oxford English dictionary has added new words and revised entries between refund and  reputeless. Other new words from across the alphabet have been added, too.

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography's January 2010 update is now available. This update contains entries on 211 men and women who died in 2006, including Muriel Spark, Syd Barrett, and John Profumo.

The latest update to Grove Art Online focuses on the contemporary art of Australia.

This month Grove is pleased to introduce 100 new articles from the forthcoming second edition of the Grove Dictionary of American Music, edited by Charles Hiroshi Garrett.

We have a 30 day trial to EBSCO's Computers & Applied Sciences Complete database.

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. It contains collected knowledge on traditional engineering challenges & research, and is a resource for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 730 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory & systems, new technologies, and social & professional context. Resources with full text coverage include many ACM and IEEE publications. Research is aided by the inclusion of searchable cited references for key journals.

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Nash Library now subscribes to Cambridge Collections Online (CCO) which includes access to Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics and Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture.

Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics collection offers over 1500 comprehensive and accessible essays on major authors, periods and genres, written by experts and designed for student readers. For the author Companions, each writer is placed in literary and historical context; their major works are analyzed, either in separate chapters or grouped according to theme, and their influence on later writers assessed. The genre and topical Companions cover periods of English literature such as Old English or the Victorian Novel, and literary genres such as Modernism or Greek Tragedy, providing vital contextual information about political, social, religious and artistic relationships. The Companions to Classical Civilisation examine key periods and aspects of the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome.

The Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture offers specially-commissioned collections of essays which are intended to serve as reference works addressing topics and figures ranging from Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism. This online collection contains over 1000 essays taken from the Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture (more than 100 volumes).

Nash Library now has a subscription to the New Scientist Online Archive through EBSCOhost. This subscription provides full-text of the "New Scientist" back to 1997, includes high quality PDF files, and is not affected by an embargo. As usual, you will be able to access this title from both the library's online catalog and the New Scientist Online Archive link. If you are unfamiliar with this periodical, below is a blurb from their website. If you're forever asking questions of the world around you, you'll love New Scientist. Every issue of New Scientist brings you:

• News - the latest news, across every field of science, from around the world
• Features -in-depth analysis and investigations of key scientific issues from our expert team of writers
• Technology - the latest trends, emerging technologies and devices that could change the way we live and work
• Commentary - thought-provoking information and opinions from world-renowned figures.
• Interviews - fascinating insights into the minds and lives of leading & up-and-coming figures in science and technology
• The Last Word - discover if you know the answers to other readers' random and often bizarre science questions - or send one in yourself
• Jobs - the very latest science and technology vacancies