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Traveler Portal. Sally Hawkes Arkansas State Library www.library.arkansas.gov sally@library.arkansas.gov. Opening page draft. F ederated Searching. One Access Point. One web address Use the master web address Create your own link from your web page. Access for all.
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Traveler Portal Sally Hawkes Arkansas State Library www.library.arkansas.gov sally@library.arkansas.gov
One Access Point • One web address • Use the master web address • Create your own link from your web page
Access for all • From the Traveler web site a user selects a database to access • If the IP address that the user is coming from is registered in arsl-agent • The user is granted access to the database • If the IP address the user is coming from is not registered in arsl-agent • The user is directed to the error page (or one that is created by the local web master) and this message: We are unable to automatically authenticate you Please Login in using your zipcode and telephone number • From this page the user would click on the link “zip code and telephone number” which send the user to the following page
Zip code/Phone page • Find Your Library: • Zip Code: • Phone Number: • If you are an Arkansas resident and your library is not listed: Try this *All fields must be completed before clicking Submit This URL s maintained by A-G since it is accessing a validation database.
Content • Database List • Individual titles • Joint Search • Digital Collections • Collections from Arkansas Libraries • Training Guides • Handouts • What do you want to include?
What you do need to do . . . • Have you registered your school since April 2009? • If so, is your registration current? • Next deadlines • April 8 • May 14
Work in Progress • The page is currently being built • Hopefully ready by May 1 • Three workshops at HSTI • 2 for librarians • 1 for IT • Workshop at AASL • Talk to Co-ops about scheduling training sessions about portal and Britannica, EBSCO and Gale
Subscription 2011/2012 • Begins August 2011 • Renews current database, if funds continue to be available • Britannica BritannicaOnline(academic edition); Britannica Online Library Edition & link to Britannica for Kids (public libraries) Britannica Online School Edition (Encyclopædia Britannica; Compton's Encyclopedia and Britannica Elementary; Learning Zone PreK-2)Annals of American History Online; Spanish Reference Center includes Enciclopedia Universal en Español & EnciclopediaJuvenil; World Data Analyst Online; Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged Online • EBSCOhost Web Academic Search Elite; Business Source Elite; Consumer Health Complete; ERIC; Health Source: Consumer Edition; Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; Legal Collection; MasterFILE Premier; MAS Ultra:School Edition; Middle Search Plus; Newspaper Source;Primary Search; Professional Development Collection; Regional Business News;Student Research Center; TOPICsearch; Vocational & Career Collection; World History Collection Kid’s Search (K-6), Searchasaurus; Student Research Center (6-12) • Gale -- Discovering Collection; Gale General OneFile & 25 PowerPak databases; Gale’s Virtual Reference Library • OCLC FirstSearchArticleFirst®; Clase and Periódica--Universidad NacionalAutónoma de México (UNAM) Systems;Electronic Collections Online™ (Index only); Electronic Books (Ebooks) (index only); ERIC--U. S. Department of Education; GPO Monthly Catalog -- U. S. Government Printing Office; MEDLINE--U. S. National Library of Medicine; OCLC PapersFirst®; OCLC ProceedingsFirst® World Almanac Group; WorldCat® (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) Added in 2009 - CAMIO – [Catalog of Art Museum Images Online-ID & password separate] ArchiveGrid – [detailed archival collection - ID & password separate ]
NetLibrary = EBSCO eBooks • EBSCO IT is working fixing authentication • July 1 introduced EBSCO eBooks • Click on New Features in EBSCO to Preview • eBooks on EBSCOhost • Some noteworthy features of this new design include: • View eBook Table of Contents from search Result List • Navigate to eBook chapters or sections directly from Result List and Detail Record • Search within a book for specific terms, yielding a list of hyperlinked pages • Create notes and retain links to the eBook pages viewed when notes were added • Users can place a hold on limited simultaneous user books that are currently checked out, and view place in line • Library’s collection will display first, then Traveler