databases: June 2009 Archives
The new EBSCO titles are now available from BadgerLink (and access through InfoSoup is working again!). Go to http://0-search.ebscohost.com.www.infosoup.org and take a look. When I'm back from vacation I will begin making individual links on InfoSoup to these resources. Have fun exploring.
> contributed by Evan
> contributed by Evan
As you may have heard, ProQuest will no longer be a part of BadgerLink after July 1st and thus we will no longer have access to Proquest Newspapers, Ethnic NewsWatch, and the Wisconsin Newsstand. I will post a notice on InfoSoup in the coming days. Also, as of July 1, Newsbank will no longer be carrying the Post-Crescent. They sold the rights to the above mentioned Proquest. We are currently negotiating with ProQuest regarding continuing our subscription. I will provide more information as it becomes available.
While we say goodbye to ProQuest, we can say hello to Optimal Resume! Via the jobs grant, we have a one year subscription to this service. Optimal Resume is planning an upgrade for July 3rd, so we will start our contract to coincide with their new interface. If you are curious, you can take a look at https://infosoup.optimalresume.com. Just click on Get Started Today and follow the instructions to set up an account. Once you have created an account you then have access to a wide range of help documents and video. I will let you know when the new interface is up and running. If you have any questions, please let me know.
> contributed by Evan
While we say goodbye to ProQuest, we can say hello to Optimal Resume! Via the jobs grant, we have a one year subscription to this service. Optimal Resume is planning an upgrade for July 3rd, so we will start our contract to coincide with their new interface. If you are curious, you can take a look at https://infosoup.optimalresume.com. Just click on Get Started Today and follow the instructions to set up an account. Once you have created an account you then have access to a wide range of help documents and video. I will let you know when the new interface is up and running. If you have any questions, please let me know.
> contributed by Evan
This has been posted on various lists, but if you missed it, the latest BadgerLink contract will include a significant upgrade to our EBSCO contract. So, while we lose ProQuest Newpapers, we will be adding some new and exciting resources from EBSCO. Of great interest to OWLS libraries will be the addition of Auto Repair Reference Center and NoveList! Other major additions include the Science, History, and Literary Reference Centers. As these become available I will work to incorporate them in InfoSoup. These will also be excellent resources to highlight on your web sites. Here is the complete list as posted by DPI:
EBSCO will be providing an expanded package of databases which nearly doubles the content currently available. Libraries in Wisconsin will now have access to thirty-two EBSCOhost databases, including many new ones that were previously unavailable on a statewide basis. EBSCO will also provide an expanded newspaper package. The package includes the following:> contributed by Evan
Academic Search Premier
Alt HealthWatch
Auto Repair Reference Center
Book Collection: Nonfiction – Elementary School Edition
Book Collection: Nonfiction – Middle School Edition
Book Collection: Nonfiction – High School Edition
Business Source Premier
Consumer Health Complete
Education Research Complete
Educational Administration Abstracts
Encyclopedia of Animals
ERIC
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
GreenFile
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
History Reference Center
Humanities International Complete
LISTA
Literary Reference Center
MAS Ultra – School Edition
MasterFILE Premier
MEDLINE
Middle Search Plus
Military & Government Collection
Newspaper Source Plus
NoveList
NoveList K-8
Primary Search
Professional Development Collection
Regional Business News
Science Reference Center
In total, the combined, unduplicated content of this package breaks down as follows:
8,140 full-text magazines & journals (of which, 5,609 are peer-reviewed journals)
1,557 full-text newspapers & newswires (of which, 1,535 are newspapers)
6,755 full-text books & monographs
The above package includes an upgrade to the Premier versions of Academic Search and Business Source; a major newspaper collection (Newspaper Source Plus); the leading reader’s advisory service (NoveList and NoveList K-8); all three versions of Book Collection: Nonfiction; two new health databases (Consumer Health Complete and Alt Health Watch); two new education products (Education Research Complete and Educational Administration Abstracts); high school level science and history resources (Science Reference Center and History Reference Center); an auto repair database (Auto Repair Reference Center), and a pair of literary/humanities collections (Literary Reference Center and Humanities International Complete).
