The libraries would appreciate any feedback you may have on these resources. Depending on the feedback obtained and the cost involved, some of these databases may be added to the LAU Libraries Electronic Resources collection. Send your input to the Electronic Resources Librarian via e-mail at houeida.charara@lau.edu.lb.
Note: Use of many of these resources is governed by license agreements which restrict use to the LAU community. Any username/password provided to users to access resources are strictly confidential and are not for distribution or sharing or public posting. It is the sole responsibility of each user to ensure that they use these products for individual, noncommercial purposes. Acceptable use forbids downloading contents of entire issues of a given journal title.
The trial includes the following products from EIU:
Select the appropopriate database from the product list available on the left side of the screen (choose from list), then enter the following username and password
Username: LAU123
Password: LAU123
Trial ends June 15, 2008.
IOPscience is a new online service for journal content published by IOP. It includes the full text for over 60 journals published by the Institute of Physics from 1874 to the present. IOPscience includes scientific, technical, and medical content.
To help you getting started with this database, you may Download a user guide and/or take an Online Tour: http://iopscience.iop.org/page/onlinetour.html
Trial ends December 31, 2008.
Kotobarabia is an Arabic e-Library Database with a wide range of Arabic content ranging from contemporary novels to national heritage scientific treatises.
It obtains the e-Rights to all its published content, and then converts the content into searchable eBook format. With 4,000 plus titles, it offers Arabic content written by Arab authors of all genres in a bi-lingual e-Library application. The company’s vision is “Building a Library of Alexandria that can not be burned down.”
Trial ends June 31, 2008
Username: lau@library.pressdisplay.com
Password: welcome
Library PressDisplay provides instant access to 650 newspapers from 76 countries in 38 languages. With PressDisplay.com you can read all your favorite publications on one site and you can have access to newspapers from home and around the world on the day they are published, often before they hit the news stands.
Trial ends June 31, 2008.
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