EREPORT @ York

April 26, 2010

TRIAL: The U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994

Filed under: Uncategorized — ereport @ 3:36 pm

York University Libraries has arranged for a trial to The U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817 – 1994

You can access the trial two ways:

-An indirect URL through the NewsBank Infoweb list of services available

http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Or

-A direct URL to the “browse/simple search” screen

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=SERIAL

Presenting every publication from the 15th Congress through the 103rd Congress, including items missing from other editions, the Readex U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994 contains over 415,000 individual documents in more than 14,000 volumes. Designed for legislative and historical research, the Readex digital edition features browse capabilities and comprehensive metadata, offering research opportunities for students and scholars in cultural, economic, ethnic, government, military, political and science history and other fields. Readex uses the original volumes to create new digital images of every publication, including approximately 56,000 maps. Nearly 14,000 maps and more than 8,000 illustrations appear in high-resolution color.

The trial will run through May 28.

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