Search Business Source Elite using your mobile!

A new service is now available: the literature databases of the provider EBSCO can now be accessed using your mobile! Business Source Elite is one of these databases. Business Source Elite provides access to references from for over 1,000 business publications. This includes full-text access to some journal articles. The database provides information dating back to 1985. More than 10,100 company profiles from Datamonitor are also included.

Other EBSCO databases that can be searched on your mobile are: ATLA Religion database, Cinahl, Historical Abstracts, New Testament Abstracts online, Old Testament Abstracts online, Psycarticles, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, SocIndex and SportDiscus!

If you can connect to the internet on your mobile using the Wi-Fi campus network you now have access to millions of references in these databases. Information on setting up Campus internet access can be found on the website of the Digidesk: http://www.digidesk.vu.nl

The addresses for accessing the special Mobile platform for the EBSCO databases are:
http://m.ebscohost.com
http://search.ebscohost.mobi/

This service has been made possible by the Electronic Resources department of the library.

New free database: UN Comtrade

A new database has been added to the e-Resources: the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade). It contains detailed imports and exports statistics reported by statistical authorities of close to 200 countries or areas. It concerns annual trade data from 1962-present. More than 5000 different products are covered. You need to register to get access to the database. Access to the data is available only for the parts that are free of charge!

If you have any questions about UN Comtrade you can send an email to the Data Center or you can call us at 020-598 5166.