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This page provides updates and news about Boise State Library electronic resources such as planned service interruptions, platform updates, collection news, and more.

Collection News

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.

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New Collections or Databases

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

Cancellations

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.  

FY2024 Collection Updates

New Collections

Date Collection Description
06/2024 The New York Times Online Get started browsing The New York Times today for international, national, business, and New York regional news as well as science, medicine, arts, sports, and lifestyle news. The New York Times is available to students, faculty, and staff with access provided by Albertsons Library. Activate your complimentary access by creating an account with your Boise State email address.
06/2024 Academic Video Online (AVON) Academic Video Online provides access to more than 80,000 video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, and thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners.
05/2024 ASM Alloy Center Online Search the ASM Alloy Center across ASM property data, performance charts, and processing guidelines for metals and alloys. The ASM Alloy Center includes five content areas: alloy finder, coatings data, corrosion performance data, data sheets and diagrams, and materials property data. 
05/2024 ASM Technical Books Discover practical guides and reference resources from experts in the field on a wide variety of subjects within materials science and engineering.
03/2024 Access World News 2024 Research Edition Access World News by NewsBank was upgraded from the 2022 Research Edition to the 2024 Research Edition in April 2024. This upgrade brings with it almost 900 additional news sources, as well as almost 130 new full-color PDF image editions, including the Idaho Statesman and Idaho Press
03/2024 Asian Life in America: Series 3: 2018-today Asian Life in America by NewsBank features the experience and impact of Asian Americans as reported by the news media. This is a comprehensive digital collection of primary resources and documents from and about Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage, including Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, South Asians, Vietnamese, and many others. Content is sourced from more than 18,962 American and global news sources.

Cancelled Collections

Date Collection Reason
06/30/2024 Black Studies Center & Black Abolitionists Papers (ProQuest) Cancelled due to low use