Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the subscription to Proquest Primary Source databases.
Access address: https://library.bilkent.edu.tr/proquest-primary-source/
Proquest Primary Source databases provide access to contents from historical newspapers, magazines, books, manuscripts, U.S. and UK government documents, and more.
Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the subscription to SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) E-Books.
SIAM E-Books is a leading source of knowledge for the world’s applied mathematics and computational science communities. SIAM’s titles include books in the disciplines of economics and finance, math, physics, engineering, data mining, computing and more.
https://library.bilkent.edu.tr/siam-society-for-industrial-and-applied-mathematics-e-books/
Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the subscription to Wharton Research Data Services database.
WRDS is a comprehensive Internet-based data management system that allows researchers to easily retrieve information from a wide variety of financial, economic, and marketing data sources. The WRDS component databases are listed below:
COMPUSTAT: The database of U.S. and Canadian fundamental and market information on active and inactive publicly held companies. It provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items.
CRSP: The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) maintains the most comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets. Additional CRSP files provide stock indices, beta- and cap-based portfolios, treasury bond and risk-free rates, mutual funds, and real estate data.
CUSIP: CUSIP Service Bureau, which is operated by Standard & Poor’s for the American Bankers Association, exists for the primary purpose of uniquely identifying issuers and issues of financial instruments within a standard framework, and disseminating this data to the financial marketplace via various media.
Note: To use WRDS, please register for a WRDS account with your institutional e-mail address.
The following instructions will guide you in obtaining your WRDS account.
Step 1: Go to http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu
Step 2: Select the Register tab
Step 3: Complete the Account Request form selecting ‘Bilkent University’
Step 4: Once you submit an Account Request, an email will be sent to your WRDS Representatives.
After receiving approval, an account will be created and you will receive an e-mail message with a special URL and instructions for setting the account password and logging into WRDS. You will also be notified if the request has been denied.
For further information please go to the link:
https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/pages/support/getting-started/
Lexis Library is a legal research platform which includes United Kingdom’s cases and laws, law journals and e-books. Also, database contains more than 700.000 precedents, and special sources such as Halsbury’s Laws of England, ICLR Law Reports, Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, All England Law Reports, Atkin’s Court Forms.
Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the subscription to Alexander Street Academic Video Online database.
Access address: https://video.alexanderstreet.com/channel/academic-video-online
Alexander Street Academic Video Online database provides access to more than 60.000 videos spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business and economics, counseling, health, history, news, music, theatre.
Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the subscription to The University of Chicago Press Journals database.
Access address: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/
The University of Chicago Press Journals database provides access to online journals in various fields such as art and art history, education, economics, humanities, law and politics, medieval and renaissance studies, science.
Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the trial of Emerald Case Studies collection, available until 30 June 2020.
The collection includes international comprehensive case studies written by experts with lecture notes for instructors, based on more than 1700 facts in business, management sciences and related subjects.
Access address: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/case-studies
Note: Please, let us know your opinion about the electronic database we have set up for the trial via the form below.
https://library.bilkent.edu.tr/database-trial-evaluation-form/
Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the trial of Cambridge Companions Online and Cambridge Histories Online, available until 25 December 2019.
Cambridge Companions Online is the series of guides which offer the accessible introductions to the writers, artists, philosophers, topics, and periods in the subjects of literature, philosophy, religion, culture and music.
Cambridge Histories Online is a base reference collection containing 350 books and more than 10 subject areas in social sciences and history.
Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the trial of Mango Language Learning Tool, available until 31 December 2019.
Mango Language Learning Tool is an online language-learning tool that can help you learn 72 different languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian.
Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the trial of Proquest Databases, available until 21 December 2019.
African American Heritage
African American Heritage is a groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research. It provides users with a dedicated resource that not only brings together records critical to African American family research; but also connects them to a community of research experts, whose mentoring and assistance can frequently be the difference between research success and futility.
Ancestry Library Edition
ProQuest has partnered with Ancestry.com to create Ancestry Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada, Europe, Australia and other areas of the world.
Heritage Quest Online
HeritageQuest Online provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.
Historic Map Works
Historic Map Works is digital map collections available, with over 1.5 million high-resolution, full-colour historic maps.
Newspapers.com World Collection
Newspapers.com World Collection provides online access to 4,000+ historical newspapers. Dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s, Newspapers.com World Collection contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspapers Collection
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspapers Collection offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: International Collection
This historical newspaper collection provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal.
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