Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Community of Scholars Research Support Suite (Trial ends July 31/08)

The COS Research Support Suite includes three databases which are available on the CSA Illumina search platform, for which access is automatic, and another on the COS platform, which requires a login. The Research Support Suite is comprised of a collation of resources related to the research process, namely:

COS Funding Opportunities with Alerts: A compiled database of available opportunities for grants, fellowships, prizes and other type of funding. It is an extensive database with opportunities for recipients anywhere in the world, working in any discipline.

COS Scholar Universe: Provides authoritative information about more than 1.5 million scholars and organizations around the world, together with verified affiliation and publication information. The database includes information on international faculty at 4-year universities and their departments. Scholar Universe is a unique tool for identifying researchers by specific area of study, providing keyword access to the community behind the content.

PapersInvited: Provides a perspective on non-periodic publication opportunities. The database consists of detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world. Thus, the database serves as an alerting service for researchers, scholars and students that are seeking opportunities to present and publish their research.

COS Expertise: Works in conjunction with Scholar Universe to enable researchers to enhance the profiles by adding first-person information such as language skills, photos, honors/awards, associations, patents held, and grants received. Login using the following:

Userid: coppul
Password: coppul01

Once you've logged in, you'll be taken to your COS Workbench. Click the Search COS Funding Opportunities tab at the top of the page to search the database. You can also bookmark fundingopps.cos.com to go directly to the Funding Opportunities database. If you choose this option, you will be required to enter the username and password before getting your first set of results.

Additional information is available from CSA.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Canadian Historical Review (on trial until June 25/08)

Published by University of Toronto Press since 1920 as a continuation of the Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada, the Canadian Historical Review (CHR) offers an analysis of the ideas, people, and events that have molded Canadian society and institutions into their present state. Canada's past is examined from a vast and multicultural perspective to provide a thorough assessment of all influences. Trial access is to all current and archival issues of CHR, as well as issues published under the earlier title dating back to 1897.