Libraries Offer Trial Databases

The Rensselaer Libraries have two new trial databases available: CogNet and POIESIS.

CogNet

Through March 20, the Rensselaer Libraries welcome all users to try the CogNet Library, project of the Congnitive Science program at MIT which consists of a growing collection of searchable electronic texts for cognitive and brain sciences. Located at the URL http://cognet.mit.edu, the CogNet Library contains electronic access to works from MIT Press, including:

• MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences

• MIT Press Cognitive Science Collection: netLibrary offers a growing collection of browsable, searchable full text cognitive and brain science titles from The MIT Press. The collection currently features over 250 volumes

• The digital version of Gazzaniga's fundamental cognitive neurosciences reference work

• The New Cognitive Neurosciences, second edition

• 10 MIT Press journals in the field of cognitive science, as well as content and links to resources from other publishers, professional associations, institutions, and individuals who are willing to share public access to on-line work.

POIESIS

The Libraries are also offering a trial of POIESIS, a database of Philosophy Online Serials, through March 15. Located at the URL http://poiesis.nlx.com, POIESIS is a reference and publishing service that offers searchable on-line access to a single database containing the full text of current, recent, and back issues of a growing number of philosophy journals.

POIESIS, which includes dozens of philosophy journals published by philosophical societies, departments, university presses, and commercial publishers, provides a unique service, allowing users to search the entire full text database for any word or combination of words, and to view up to a paragraph of text around each "hit." Search results are presented on a results map, allowing users to see the article title, the journal name and issue, and all of the "hits" with a limited display of text. Abstracts, if available, are also viewable.

If you have any comments about these new trial databases, please send them to the Reference team by sending e-mail to lib-support@rpi.edu, or directly to Mary Anne Waltz, librarian for the department of Philosophy, Psychology, and Congnitive Science (PPCS) within Rensselaer's School of Humanities and Social Sciences, by directing electronic mail to waltzm@rpi.edu.

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