Carol Harker visited us on 6/2/06 to present the following...
Springer E-Books (view the Powerpoint)
- full archiving rights, an ownership program (BUT, must maintain access to at least one print Springer journal!)
- broad access to Springer content
- no processing, higher usage?
- output is 3,000 titles per year (mostly STM titles)
- uses SpringerLink
- textbooks, reference books, series (esp. computer science)
- increasing subjects covered
- IP addressing, annual subscription with archiving rights
- pricing is based on size and type of institution (tiers of research institutions from very large to very small)
- new editions are included in the next subscription cycle
- title lists are available (see Springer web site)
- unlimited printing in PDF format (fair use applies)
Interface Enhancements
- can choose different databases from drop-down menu under search box; HOWEVER, it no longer tells you which multiple databases you are searching
- Narrow results by subject - sorts first 250 hits into subject categories; adds descriptors to original search; continues to narrow down by controlled vocabulary
- Output in major citation formats is now available in the Print, Email, or Save functions
- Visual Search = need Java enabled; uses Grokker; another way of subject clustering; continues to visually narrow the focus of a search to individual articles; click outside the circle to pull back; date qualify with slide bar; available in all traditional databases
- MyEBSCOHost folder (permanent folder) - choose journal alert and login; can now include in RSS reader (see the pdf)
Literary Reference Center (see Powerpoint)
- includes all of the Magill series in full test; all Harold Bloom's major novelists series; 300 literary journals (to grow to 350); poems, short stories, classic novels; Masterplots
- arranged by "Most Studied" works and authors; links to biographies, criticism, other resources
- focus is international
- Advanced search options are complex; includes lit glossary which can then be searched; can search by national/cultural identities
- Includes a timeline - events and works included
- Goes back to the classics and includes other major writing figures such as philosophers, psychologists, etc.
- Includes interviews
- See title lists
- Citation tool included; will include classic plays, poems in the fall
Business Source Complete (see Powerpoint)
- coverage list provided
- upgrade to Business Source Premier
- AICPA content, Euromoney pubs, Bernstein Financials, book review library, ICON group, reference works, books and monographs
- Author profiles
Other resources available to consider
- Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook
- Music Index, RILM and RIPM
- International Bibliography of Theater and Dance (with full-text)
- Full-text version of LISTA
- PsycExtra? (grey literature), PsycCritiques? (book reviews), PsycBooks? (full-text of APA books)
- NISC databases
- Wilson abstract databases (no full-text)