Trial Databases

Aluka trial

"Aluka is an international, collaborative initiative building an online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa... The Aluka website includes a wide variety of high-quality scholarly materials contributed by Aluka’s partners, ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides. By aggregating these materials online, the Aluka collections link materials that are widely dispersed and difficult to access, opening up new opportunities for research, teaching, and broader public discussion. One of Aluka’s primary objectives is to provide African scholars and students with access to scholarly materials originally from Africa, but now out of their reach." (from publisher's website)

http://www.aluka.org/ (Trial lasts until June 30, 2008)

If you have questions or comments about this trial, please e-mail ruth.connell@valpo.edu.

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CountryWatch

"CountryWatch is one of the most widely used databases in the academic community for providing economic, historical, cultural, environmental, and geographic information, data, and news for each of the recognized countries of the world." (from CountryWatch)

http://www.countrywatch.com
username: indispring
password: indispring
(Trial lasts until May 29, 2008)

If you have questions or comments about this trial, please e-mail ruth.connell@valpo.edu.