Recent Online Acquisitions

The following is a selected list of recent electronic acquisitions by Boston College Libraries:

Nature Journal Backfile 1950 -1986
Nature has long been recognized as the location of first publication/announcement of much ground-breaking scientific work in all of the scientific disciplines and psychology. The Library now has full online access to Nature from 1950 up to the present

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
A fully searchable collection of articles by scientists and historians in the fields of biochemistry and physiology, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, molecular biology, neuroscience, microbiology and virology, plant science, structural biology, science and society.

Something About the Author
This online reference totaling more than 217 volumes, 12,000 entries, and nearly 17,000 images provides information about the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults.

International Journal of Mathematics (IJM) digital archive backfiles: 1990-2000
The library now has all issues of this important journal in online format

Encyclopedia of Gerontology (2nd Edition)
This important online encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work on aging and related topics.

Children's Literature Review
This online illustrated series covers more than 600 writers and illustrators for children and young adults. 

Eighteenth Century Journals, Unit III
The purchase of Unit III completes the set. This valuable online collection provides integrated access to the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Eighteenth Century Journals I), the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center University of Texas (Eighteenth Century Journals II), and the British Newspaper Library at Colindale, London and Cambridge University Library (Eighteenth Century Journals III).

International Directory of Company Histories
Provides detailed histories of many of the largest and most influential companies worldwide