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Welcome IPAL Annual Conference 2007 Mount Mercy College. The Reviews Are In. “How Good Is It? It’s beyond a 10 – I give it a 10.5 and rising...” “The Bottom Line: This is a beautifully conceived and realized product, with extraordinary content and powerful navigability...”.
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Welcome IPAL Annual Conference 2007 Mount Mercy College
The Reviews Are In... “How Good Is It? It’s beyond a 10 –I give it a 10.5 and rising...” “The Bottom Line: This is a beautifully conceived and realized product, with extraordinarycontent and powerful navigability...” – Cheryl LaGuardia Head of Instructional Services Harvard College Library from Library Journal, October 1, 2006
Enhanced Authority for “Works” Gives users the ability to browse works by Title,Full Text of Classic, Genre, Literary Movement and Locale Note: Screen shot above is conceptual – final interface may vary
Enhanced Authority for “Authors” Gives users the ability to browse authors by Name, Country,Culture, Genre, and Literary Movement Note: Screen shot above is conceptual – final interface may vary
Interactive Timeline Note: Screen shot above is conceptual – final interface may vary
Updated Literary Reference Center Full Content Totals
Comparison of Literary Resources EBSCO LRC (Spring 2007) Category Gale LRC Author Biographies In-Depth 3,000* 14,300 Total 140,000* 145,000 Plot Summaries, Synopses, 7,000* 26,000** Work Overviews Literary Criticism Essays 70,000* 100,000*** Full-Text Journals 280* 350 Citation Tool NO YES * From Gale Literary Resource Center Fact Sheet, accessed 01/02/07 ** Includes the definitive resource: Masterplots *** Includes the definitive resource: The Bloom Series
Comparison of Literary Resources Continued… EBSCO LRC (Spring 2007) Gale LRC** Category Full-Text Book Reviews 250,000 532,000 Full-Text Poems* 25,000 50,000 Full-Text Short Stories* 4,000 13,500 Full-Text Classic Books 0 7,500 Author Interviews 4,000 4,000 Glossary of Literary Terms NO YES Timeline YES YES Interactive * Do not exist as a distinct article type in Gale LRC ** Information from Gale Literary Resource Center Fact Sheet, accessed 01/02/07
Enabling Regional Business News, EconLit, and Insurance Periodicals Index to be searched within the business interface along with Business Source Premier or Business Source Complete Business Interface EnhancementPlanned for Summer 2007
EBSCOhost(Main Interface) Enhancements Planned for Summer 2007 • Alerts • Export Formats • Multi-Folders • Open URL
EBSCOhost Alerts/RSS today Launched early last year, people are increasingly using EBSCOhostto create RSS feeds. For use in their RSS readers and web sites.
EBSCOhost Alerts/RSS today But it takes quite a few steps. 4. 1. 2. 3. 5.
Google Scholar Usage expected to increase in 2007!
Proposed: Article Not Found (new look and feel to match EBSCOhost)
Go to www.ebscohost.comand click on “Customer Success Center”for marketing tools, suggested reading, etc. Two new books are now available: Customer Success Center & Recent Books Library Success: A Celebration of Library Innovation, Adaptation and Problem Solving Library/Vendor Relationships(Haworth Press)
Humanities International Complete Active humanities journals indexedin Humanities International Complete 1,675 1,178 497 13 627 525 102 122 Active humanities journals indexed in HICnot actively indexed in Wilson Humanities Abstracts Active humanities journals indexed inboth HIC and Wilson Humanities Abstracts Active humanities journals indexed in WilsonHumanities Abstracts not actively indexed in HIC Active full text humanities journals inHumanities International Complete Active full text humanities journals in HIC not activeas full text in Wilson Humanities Abstracts Active full text humanities journals inboth HIC and Wilson Humanities Full Text Active full text humanities journals in WilsonHumanities Full Text not active as full text in HIC Figures from January 2, 2007
Paris ReviewAuthor Interviews include: • Margaret Atwood • Saul Bellow • Paul Bowles • Truman Capote • T. S. Eliot • William Faulkner • Robert Frost • Robert Graves • Joseph Heller • Lillian Hellman • Ernest Hemingway • Jack Kerouac • Stephen King • Fran Lebowitz • Norman Mailer • Bernard Malamud
Paris ReviewAuthor Interviews include: • Arthur Miller • Toni Morrison • Vladimir Nabokov • Dorothy Parker • Boris Pasternak • Philip Roth • Salman Rushdie • Neil Simon • Susan Sontag • John Steinbeck • John Updike • Kurt Vonnegut • Robert Penn Warren • Elie Wiesel • Billy Wilder • Tennessee Williams
Humanities International Complete NOT in Academic Search Premier Total Full-Text Journals 665 284 Full-Text Books & Monographs 67 67 Figures from December 1, 2006
EconLit with Full Text AVAILABLE: February 1, 2007
The American Economic Association’s authoritative index will soon have a comprehensive full text version Release date: February 1, 2007 400+ full text journals, with many that are unavailable from other full text databases Dozens of full text books, includingThe Handbook of World Trade EconLit with Full Text
EconLit with Full TextJournal Breakdown Licensed November 2006 Projected September 2007 Total # of Full Text Journals # of Full Text JournalsNOT in Business Source Complete # of Full Text Journals NOT in Business Source Premier # of Full Text Journals NOT in Business Source Elite 401 450+ 68 100+ 136 170+ 239 280+
Full Text with NO Embargo for: EconLit with Full Text • PDF backfiles provided back to the beginning of the EconLit index (1969) Business Source has a 2-year embargo on these journals Full Text is Ceased (Halted) in ABI/INFORM
Education Research Complete (ERC) • The definitive online resource for education research • 1,523 journals indexed and abstracted • All 501 journals actively indexed in Wilson’s Education Abstractsare indexed in ERC • ERC also contains 866 active journals not indexed on an ongoing basis in Wilson’s Education Abstracts • ERC has active indexing for any journal that continues to be published • Wilson’s Education Abstracts has indexing end dates for 28 journals that are still being published • ERC provides ongoing indexing for all 28 of those journals
Education Research Complete (ERC) • Education Research Complete (ERC) offers the world’s largest collection of full-text education journals • 750 total full-text journals, including 653 active titles(vs. only 248 active full-text education journals in Wilson) • ERC has more active full-text education journals thanWilson has total active journals (including all A&I-only titles) • ERC contains substantial full-text content not available in full textvia Academic Search Premier • 225 full-text journals • 100+ full-text books & monographs • Full-text conference papers from: • American Political Science Association: Teaching & Learning Conference • CHADD Conference (Children & Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder) • Psychology of Mathematics Education – North American Chapter Meeting
Academic Search Complete will provide full text for more than 5,500 journals Release date: April 2007
Academic Search Complete will providefull text to more than 1,000 journalsNOT available in full text inAcademic Search Premieror other EBSCO databases(and nearly three quarters of theunique journals will have NO embargo)
While Academic Search Premier offerssome full text for each of the following disciplines,Academic Search Complete will provide even more... • Animal Science • Anthropology • Archaeology • Area Studies • Astronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Civil Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Ethnic & Multicultural Studies • Food Science & Technology • General Science • Geography • Geology • History • Law • Materials Science • Mathematics • Mechanical Engineering • Music • Pharmaceutical Sciences • Physics • Psychology • Religion & Theology • Veterinary Science • Women’s Studies • Zoology NOTE: ASC will contain full text for many journals published inEnglish and Spanish, as well as some in French, German, Italian and Portuguese
Examples of full text journals that willbe unique to Academic Search Complete • Acta Toxicologica • Advances in Algebra • Advances in AppliedMathematical Analysis • Advances in DynamicalSystems & Applications • Advances inFuzzy Mathematics • Advances in Radio Science • Advances in Theoretical& Applied Mathematics • African Studies Quarterly • Afro-Hispanic Review • American Journal ofAgricultural & Biological Science • American Journal ofAnimal & Veterinary Sciences • American Journal ofBiochemistry & Biotechnology • American Journal of Food Technology • American Journal of Plant Physiology • Archives of Civil &Mechanical Engineering • Astrophysics &Space Sciences Transactions • Behaviour Change • Bulletin of Hispanic Studies • Bulletin of Materials Science • Communications inMathematical Analysis • Conference Papers of theAmerican Historical Association • Earth Sciences Research Journal • French Colonial History
Examples of full text journals that willbe unique to Academic Search Complete • Global Journal of Mathematics& Mathematical Sciences • Global Journal ofPure & Applied Mathematics • Harvard Asia Pacific Review • Harvard Asia Quarterly • Harvard Journal of Law & Technology • Harvard Latino Law Review • Harvard Negotiation Law Review • IEE Proceedings – Systems Biology • Insect Science • Integrative Zoology • Interdisciplinary Journalof Research on Religion • International Journal ofApplied Chemistry • International Journal ofApplied Engineering Research • International Journal ofApplied Mathematical Sciences • International Journal ofApplied Mathematics & Mechanics • International Journal of Aviation • International Journalof Chemical Kinetics • International Journal ofDynamics of Fluids • International Journal of Energy Research • International Journalof Food Engineering
Examples of full text journals that willbe unique to Academic Search Complete • International Journalof Materials Science • International Journalof Mechanics & Solids • International Journalof Petroleum Science & Technology • International Journal ofPsychology & Psychological Therapy • International Journal ofPure & Applied Mathematical Sciences • International Journal ofPure & Applied Physics • International Journalof Quantum Chemistry • International Journalof Statistics & Systems • International Journalof Theoretical & Applied Mechanics • Interpretation Journal • Journal of Astrophysics& Astronomy • Journal of Biosciences • Journal of Cell Biology • Journal of Cellular Physiology • Journal of Chemical Sciences • Journal of Civil Engineering& Management • Journal of Computational Chemistry • Journal of Early Intervention • Journal of Earth System Science • Journal of Experimental Nanoscience
Examples of full text journals that willbe unique to Academic Search Complete • Legal Studies • Mathematical Modellingof Natural Phenomena • Molecular Systems Biology • New Oxford Review • NPQ: New Perspectives Quarterly • Philosophical Review • Religious Studies Review • South Asian Studies • Stanford Law Review • Systems Science • UCLA Law Review • Women's History Review • World Journal of Agricultural Sciences • Journal of General Physiology • Journal of Genetics • Journal of Global Ethics • Journal of Mathematics & Statistics • Journal of Medical Physics • Journal of Middle East Women's Studies • Journal of Multicultural Discourses • Journal of Petroleum Geology • Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry • Journal of Popular Music Studies • Journal of Public Deliberation • Journal of the AcousticalSociety of America • Journal of Zoology
Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared (D) Total Active FT, Peer-Reviewed Journals [A-(B+C) = D] (C) Ceased Naturally or Changed Names (FT, Peer-Reviewed Journals) (B) Unnaturally Halted FT, Peer-Reviewed Journals (A) Total # of FT, Peer-Reviewed Journals Academic Search Elite (ASE) Academic Search Premier (ASP) Academic Search Complete (ASC) Expanded Academic ASAP ProQuest Research Library 1,512 25 154 1,333 3,652 38 430 3,184 4,423 39 453 3,931 1,552 279 109 1,164 1,544 231 115 1,198 Database * Figures as of January 2, 2007, except ASC (which are projections for May 2007)
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