Please note, the October Trials have concluded.

This October, the St. Thomas Libraries are excited to offer trials of two powerful databases: Micromedex and Pragda. These resources will be available for the entire month, giving students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to explore cutting-edge information in healthcare and global cinema. 

Micromedex 

For healthcare professionals and students, Micromedex provides: 

• Comprehensive Drug Information: Detailed drug monographs, interactions, and dosage calculators. 

• Toxicology Insights: Fast, reliable toxicology resources for emergency care. 

• Disease Management: Up-to-date clinical guidelines for treating a variety of conditions. 

Pragda 

Film lovers and global studies enthusiasts will love Pragda, which offers: 

• International Cinema: A curated collection of contemporary films from Spain and Latin America. 

• Cultural Insights: Films that explore diverse cultures, social issues, and human experiences. 

• Educational Value: An excellent resource for those studying world languages, film, and global studies. 

Both trials are open from October 1st to October 31st, and we encourage everyone to explore these platforms. We value your feedback and want to hear from you! Please share comments or questions with librarians Karen Brunner (Micromedex) or Amanda Breu (Pragda). 

Happy researching and viewing! 

Please note, the February Trials have concluded.

During the month of February, the University of St. Thomas Libraries is trialing five research databases. This is an opportunity for the UST community to use these subscriptions at no cost and help determine whether or not the libraries should invest in these resources in the future. We encourage you to provide any feedback about these resources — positive or negative — to the sponsoring librarian listed with each resource by February 24th.  

ASME Digital Collection

Access the ASME Digital Collection 

The ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Digital Collection provides unparalleled depth, breadth, and quality of peer-reviewed content. The platform is an essential resource for professionals seeking engineering solutions to global challenges. It includes:  

• ASME’s Journals from 1933-present 
• ASME’s Conference Proceedings from 2000-present and selected proceedings back to 1955  
• ASME eBooks from 1993-present with selected titles back to 1944 

Please contact Jim Kelly with any questions or feedback. 

Compendex on Engineering Village

Access Compendex on Engineering Village 

Elsevier’s Compendex on the Engineering Village platform comprises journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, standards, books, and, recently, preprints. The content is sourced from thousands of publishers from around the world, including major engineering societies like IEEE, ASME, SAE, ACM, and many others. The amount of engineering-focused scholarly and technical literature in Compendex is vast and global in scope, featuring everything from the latest cutting-edge findings to historical research and innovations. 

Please contact Jim Kelly with any questions or feedback. 

Inspec on Engineering Village

Access Inspec on Engineering Village 

Inspec hosted on Elsevier’s Engineering Village platform contains over 22 million records from across global publishers to deliver quality content to a wide range of research communities.  

Inspec uses precise, subject-specific indexing to enhance the discoverability of scientific research across physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, mechanical and production engineering, information technology, and more. 

Please contact Jim Kelly with any questions or feedback. 

ProQuest One Business 

Access ProQuest One Business 

ProQuest One Business is designed to support the unique teaching and learning needs of business faculty and students. Developed in collaboration with faculty, students, and business librarians, ProQuest One Business delivers a mix of practical and theoretical content in an interface that helps students build the research skills they’ll need for success in their courses and careers. A business-focused interface intuitively guides users to content including journal articles, books, and company, industry, and country reports. 

Please contact Andrea Koeppe with any questions or feedback. 

Trends & Policy: U.S. Immigration 

Access Trends & Policy: U.S. Immigration (Use the menu in the upper left corner to limit to U.S. Immigration) 

Trends and Policy: U.S. Immigration from ProQuest connects policies implemented by the U.S. government with statistics showing the results of those policies and provides context with analytical reports and news articles.  It is designed to be a tool – all the content in one database.  It gathers U.S. immigration laws and other materials from the legislative branch, reports and statistics from the executive and judicial branches, and contextual newspaper articles. It includes relevant documents from 1790 to today. 

Please contact Andrea Koeppe with any questions or feedback.