Hekman Library has a trial to Oxford Bibliographies Online, a well-designed database of annotated bibliographies on a variety of different subjects. Its allows students and other researchers who are beginning research to survey the state of scholarship on a given topic, with brief assessments of important books, articles, and other information resources. There are links to resources through WorldCat and the library's link resolver, allowing researchers to quickly and easily find materials.
The trial bibliographies we have are on Atlantic History, Classics,Criminology, Islamic Studies, Philosophy, Renaissance and Reformation History, and Social Work. Each bibliography has sections on various topics within the discipline; e.g., There's a bibliography on Erasmus within the "Renaissance and Reformation" bibliography. (Note that the "Hekman Library" link resolver is not set up correctly for the trial; this can be corrected if we purchase these; Use the WorldCat link for each work to see if Hekman Library has it .)
The following link will work from anywhere on Calvin's Campus:
http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com
We'll have this trial until mid-September, so please send me a note if you think these would be a good addition to the library's electronic holdings.
