Program(Vol.38 No.1)

New Databases for University Libraries The National Science Council (NSC) completed the acquisition of five databases on early English literature, economics and other subjects on December 6,2006. All of the new information has been accessible from university libraries throughout Taiwan since the start of the year. The council spent over NT$100 million to acquire the five databases, including the Eighteenth Century Collection Online (ECCO), Early English Books Online (EEBO), Early American in Prints (EAI), The Making of Modern World (MOMW), and Periodicals Index Online (PAO). The five databases include about 500,000 publications, including 15th to 18th century publications in England, 17th to 19th century American publications, and 18th to 20th century European and U.S. periodicals, and 15th to 19th century works on economics. These resources will be available from 177 universities across Taiwan, as well as from Academia Sinica, the NSC and the Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center.