Electronic Resources

We strive to keep Albertsons Library users and stakeholders informed and up to date on collection activity within the library. The following information includes updates on new acquisitions and cancellations to library resources. 

We are currently evaluating resources for FY 2025. If there are resources you would like to suggest, please complete the purchase request form using the link below to submit the resource for consideration. The form can be used to submit purchase requests or quotes for books, e-books, physical media, streaming media, serials, or databases that the library does not own.

Purchase Request Form

Academic Writer

Available from 3/14/2025 to 5/13/2025

Academic Writer is an institution-wide APA style writing platform that is aligned with the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). This tool supports users in conducting research, structuring papers, and formatting their writing. Features include:

• The Learning Center offers a library of hundreds of learning objects (including quick guides, tutorials, knowledge checks, and samples) for scaffolded support that can be used for independent learning or in course curriculum.
  • Demo: Academic Writer's Learning Center
• The Reference Center provides expertly created templates for proper APA Style formatting of citations, regularly updated forms for emerging reference types, and options to store and tag a collection of references.
  • Demo: Academic Writer's Reference Center
• The Writing Center provides a structured and collaborative writing environment that features templated support for scholarly writing for disciplines in the behavioral and social sciences. Contextual APA Style guidance is provided.
  • Academic Writer's Writing Center

Access Academic Writer

https://libproxy.boisestate.edu/login?url=https://academicwriter.apa.org/

Follow the link above to access Boise State University's trial access of Academic Writer. To create and save references and papers, users must create an Academic Writer Account. The Learning Center lessons and samples may be accessed without creating an account. Follow the Academic Writer User Checklist to get started!

The Academic Writer trial is available from 3/14/2025 to 5/13/2025. Please send any feedback on this resource to Kristi Schirrmacher at kristischirrmach@boisestate.edu.

MLA Handbook Plus

Available 02/05/2025 - 03/31/2025

We are excited to bring you a trial of MLA Handbook Plus, the only authorized subscription-based digital resource featuring unlimited simultaneous access to the 9th edition MLA Handbook. MLA Handbook Plus site offers tools that teach key principles of MLA style, including: 

• MLA Handbook 9th Edition
• MLA Guide to Digital Literacy
• MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature
• MLA Video Courses
• MLA Quick Guides
• 100+ new citation examples
• Sample student papers
• and more!

Please send any feedback on MLA Handbook Plus to Kristi Schirrmacher at kristischirrmach@boisestate.edu. 

DSM Library Package

The DSM Library Package from the American Psychiatric Association provides full-text, unlimited access to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and related materials. Titles within the DSM Library serve as essential and authoritative reference resources for mental health professionals seeking evidence-based information on diagnosing and understanding mental disorders. Titles in the DSM 5 Library include:

• DSM-5-TR (ISBN: 9780890425787)
• DSM-5 (ISBN: 9780890425541)
• DSM-5-TR Clinical Cases (ISBN: 9781615375295)
• DSM-5-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis (ISBN: 9781615373604)
• DSM-5 Handbook on the Cultural Formulation Interview (ISBN: 9781585624928)
• Spanish Edition of the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria (ISBN: 9780890425510)

APA PsycTests

An authoritative source of structured information about tests of interest to a variety of fields. Produced by the American Psychological Association, it provides access to thousands of actual test instruments, most of which are available for immediate download and use in teaching and research. Includes a wide variety of test types and instruments including aptitude tests, personality scales, and cognitive functioning measures.

APA PsycTests

Art Song Transpositions

Art Song Transpositions offers professionally crafted scores of public domain art songs, arias, and musical theatre titles in any key, edited by professional musicians. Includes PDF access to scores that have already been transposed by AST and the ability to request new transpositions.

Art Song Transpositions

Voting and Elections Collection

Due to low use, the Voting and Elections Collection will be canceled and unavailable as of May 1, 2025. Search the A-Z Database page to find more Government and Political Science related resources. 

ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)

Due to low use, ARTbibliograhies Modern (ABM) will be canceled and unavailable as of October 31, 2024. Browse the A-Z Database page to find more art-related resources.  

ComAbstracts

Due to low use, ComAbstracts will be canceled and unavailable as of January 31, 2025. Browse the A-Z Database page to find more communication and media resources.  

New Collections

Cancelled Collections