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- NASW Register (National Register of Clinical Social Workers)
Lists clinical social workers who have met national standards for education and experience established by the NASW Competence Certification Commission on recommendation of the Committee on Clinical Social Work.
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Provides a listing of clinical social workers who have met national standards for education and experience established by the NASW Competence Certification Commission on recommendation of the Committee on Clinical Social Work.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- Nation Digital Archive
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- National Academies Press
National Academies Press provides more than 3,000 books online free. Items published by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.
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It also publishes over 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
Comprehensive database of full-text evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
current.
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- Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Over 1,000 reports on herbal and non-herbal natural medicines. Includes scientific and common names of the product, its uses, effectiveness, mechanisms of actions, safety, adverse reactions, and manufacturers.
current.
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- Natural Standard (Integrative Medicine)
Evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. Contains three sub-databases: Herbs & Supplements, Condition Center, and Alternative Modalities. Each therapy includes scientific data and expert opinions.
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Validated rating scales are used to evaluate the quality of available evidence. Information is incorporated into comprehensive monographs which are designed to facilitate clinical decision making. All monographs undergo blinded editorial and peer review prior to inclusion.
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- Nature Publishing Group
Access scholarly articles in Nature, Nature research journals (including Nature Immunology, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Genetics, Nature Biotechnology), Nature Reviews, and Nature Clinical Practice journals.
late 1990s-current.
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- Naxos Music Library
Streamed recordings of primarily classical music. Also includes world/folk music, Chinese orchestral, folk, and traditional music.
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- About Naxos Music Library
- Naxos is a prominent producer of classical music recordings.
- The online
service (Naxos Music Library) offers the complete Naxos and
Marco Polo catalogues, plus thousands of titles from other
labels, including Chandos, BIS, Hungaroton, Hanssler,
Bridge, First Edition, CPO, Coro, and Wergo.
- Some of the historical recordings are not available
in the U.S. due to copyright restrictions.
- Restrictions
- Any efforts to "download,
copy, burn, capture, re-transmit, stream, record or reproduce
the Service [Naxos] by any means or in any form" are strictly
prohibited.
- System Requirements
- Naxos uses Windows Media Player
(Mac and PC compatible) embedded in a simple Web interface to
stream audio at near-CD quality (64K broadband). See User
Instructions.
- PC users: MS Windows 98SE, 2000, XP with MS IE
6.0 / Mozilla 1.7.1 / FireFox 1 / Netscape 7.1 using Media Player
9 or 10. Browser Settings: Privacy = Medium, ActiveX controls = Enable,
Cookies = Accept, Pop-up Blocker = Off, Sound Scheme = No Sound.
Naxos does not work with Netscape 4.x.
- Macintosh users: Mac OS X 10.2.x / OS X 10.3.x
with MS IE 5.2 / Mozilla 1.7 / Netscape 7.1 / Safari 1.0 using Media
Player 9 or Flip4Mac (download at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/flip4mac.mspx); or Mac OS 10.4.x (Intel) with Safari 2.0.4 / Firefox 1.5 with Media
Player 7.1 or Flip4Mac. Browser Settings: Open using Rosetta.
- Your Internet connection will determine the streaming rate you can
choose. A higher Internet bandwidth will permit better sound quality.
Minimum requirements are
- DSL or ISDN for 64Kbps streaming (near CD quality)
- Dial-up connection for 20Kbps streaming (FM quality
- Technical Notes
- To bookmark Naxos, use this URL: http://uconnecticut.naxosmusiclibrary.com.
If your bookmark includes /default.asp at the end of the URL, the
bookmark will not work.
- Naxos times out after 60 minutes. You will be asked to click at
the end of the period to stay logged on; otherwise the connection
times out, and you have to start over.
- Mac Users: Flip4Mac provides Windows Media video and audio playback
(.wma and .wmv) in the QuickTime Player for Mac OS X. Windows Media
Player for Mac is also available as a free download from Microsoft,
but future updates will be discontinued. Flip4Mac does not support
content that is protected with Windows Media digital rights management
(DRM).
- Searching Naxos Music Library
- Browse a list of composers or categories,
or keyword search by composer, work title, genre, country, period,
year of composition, instrument, music category, performer, or
a combination of terms.
- Some Naxos recordings are also searchable in HOMER,
the UConn Libraries' catalog. Find and display a musical
work's
description, then click on "connect to the recording." (Not
all NML recordings are listed in HOMER. Additional descriptions
will be added as they become available.)
- Playlists
- More Information About Naxos Music Library
- Naxos Music Library is updated monthly (200 new CDs annual minimum,
average 36 per month in 2006).
- Most recordings display the original CD covers and include complete
track lists. The Naxos and Marco Polo label recordings include
liner notes.
- Supporting textual materials includes glossary, pronunciation guide,
opera synopses and libretti, music fundamental terms, repertoire,
and histories.
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- NBER Working Papers
Working papers published by National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) researchers, intended for other professional economists.
11/1994-current.
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- NCJRS Abstracts Database
Covers all aspects of law enforcement and criminal justice. From the National Criminal Justice Reference System.
1972-current.
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- netLibrary
Full text of over 7,000 electronic books in a variety of subjects including job hunting. Includes current books in copyright (1987-current) and older titles (classic novels, etc).
Create an account for easy off-campus access (no VPN required for off-campus access if you have already created an account).
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- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- New Grove Music Online
Comprehensive encyclopedia of Western art music (“classical music”), with general coverage of jazz, non-Western, and folk music. Also includes the
Oxford Dictionary of Music and
Oxford Companion to Music.
Also Known As
- Grove Music Online
- Oxford Music Online
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Contains the full text of the largest and most comprehensive music encyclopedias in the English language, including the twenty-nine-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition), the four-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the three-volume New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition).
- Grove Music Online has full-text search capabilities and subject classifications for browsing.
- Articles are written by scholars with subject expertise and include bibliographies pointing to important works of scholarship on the topic.
- Topics include musical genres and forms, musical instruments; places; organizations and institutions; musicology, theory, and criticism; and people (e.g., composers, performers, scholars, librettists, patrons, publishers, instrument makers, and others who influenced or contributed to the world of music).
- Many of the composer biographies include detailed lists of works.
- Many articles include visual examples, Sibelius-enabled musical examples (score and audio clips), and links to Web sites and audio archives.
- Annual updates include new articles and corrections to older articles.
Note: Some of the print equivalents are available in the Music & Dramatic Arts Library (e.g., Music Ref. ML 100 .N48 2001 for the twenty-nine volume New Grove). Consult
HOMER, the UConn Libraries' catalog for further details.
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- New York Times Historical
Full-image archive of The New York Times. Includes the full-text of everything published in the newspaper.
1851 to 2 years ago.
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Includes articles, editorials and commentary, display and classified ads, obituaries, birth & death annoucements, cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc. Also shows the entire page display of the newspaper, so you can see where articles, advertisements, and photos appear on the page.
Articles are in pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat. You may download the reader
here.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- Newspapers through ProQuest
Full text of: the Hartford Courant, 1992 -;
Also Known As
- iConn Newsstand
- Hartford Courant
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- Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalog
The Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalog is a comprehensive catalogue and union list of all of the books published in Great Britain.
1801-1919.
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- Ninteenth century British Pamphlets
19th Century British Pamphlets are really nine different collections. These collections can be searched separately, or together as part of a search of the whole JSTOR subject category “British Studies,” which also includes six scholarly journals from the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics covered in the pamphlet collections include: Catholic emancipation; colonial affairs; economic affairs; education; foreign affairs; parliamentary reform; politics; religion; and social reform. For a list and more detailed description of the individual pamphlet collections see:
this list.
Whether you search by collection or across the subject group remember that you are searching a large body of full text. Use distinctive words or phrases to limit your results.
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- NISO Standards
Access to standards published by the National Information Standards Organization.
current.
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Standards covered include:
- Information Retrieval
- Library Management
- Preservation & Storage
- Publishing & Information Management
- NLM Gateway
Citations and abstracts to worldwide biomedical literature, including meeting reports, directory of health information organizations, and descriptions of current health research.
1966-current.
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- North American Jewish Data Bank
Central repository of social scientific studies of North American Jewry. Registration is required, but free.
varies.
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- NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Current U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.
1964-present.
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Central source for the sale of unclassified and publicly available information from research reports, journal articles, data files, computer programs and audiovisual products from Federal sources. Additionally, information is available from Canada, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Western and Eastern European countries.
Subject Coverage:
- Administration & Management
- Aeronautics & Aerodynamics
- Agriculture
- Behavior & Society
- Business
- Chemistry
- Communications
- Computer Sciences
- Education
- Energy
- Engineering
- Environmental Sciences
- Health Care
- International Trade
- Library & Information Sciences
- Materials Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Medicine
- Military Sciences
- Natural Resources & Earth Sciences
- Nuclear Science
- Physics
- Regulations
- Research Administration
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
70 full text volumes of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, including the International Military Tribunal; Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression; and the Nuremberg Military Tribunal.
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Includes 70 full text vols. comprising 18,928 bibliographic units, including 126,897 pages. The vols. include the International Military Tribunal (42 vols.), Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression (11 vols.), the Nuremberg Military Tribunal (16 vols.), and the final report to the Secretary of the Army by Telford Taylor.
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information is generally prohibited.