A c t i o n f o r L i b r a r i e s — N o v e m b e r 2 0 0 4

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Edited by Brandie Baumann
ANB Online Adds New Features
Oxford University Press (OUP) has enhanced its popular American National Biography Online by adding a Research Ideas section that provides users with preselected lists of articles in 12 topics, including the Civil War, World War II, American Literature, the Depression, the New Deal and more. Teachers can use this new feature to tie ANB Online directly to their curriculum, and students are provided with a quick and easy way into the database.

In addition, a new Teacher's Guide to Using ANB Online has been added, providing teachers with six lessons on how to incorporate ANB into the classroom. The lessons highlight the various features of the site — cross-references, illustrations and additional resources. For more information, see www.anb.org/articles/themes/themes.html and www.anb.org/teachguide.html. BCR's Karen Graham (kgraham@bcr.org) can assist with subscription and pricing questions.

OCLC Discounts Wilson Select Plus on FirstSearch
Through March 15, 2005, Wilson Select Plus on the OCLC FirstSearch service will be discounted 25 percent for new community college, public, K-12 and special library subscribers. Wilson Select Plus provides indexed and abstracted records with accompanying full-text periodical articles and includes U.S. and international professional publications, journals and trade magazines. In addition, many other FirstSearch databases link to this full-text database. To see a complete list of titles, go to www.oclc.org/firstsearch/periodicals/index_db.asp. To request a quote, please fill out the Quote Request form at www.bcr.org/reference/quoteform.html. For questions, please contact Karen Graham (kgraham@bcr.org).

H.W. Wilson's Bibliographic Index Expanded
Bibliographic Index has been renamed Bibliographic Index Plus, reflecting new capabilities and features incorporated into the database. More than 350,000 bibliographies have been indexed, along with nearly 100,000 full-text bibliographies. This powerful search tool for research includes expert indexing of bibliographies published in English, Spanish, German, Dutch and the Scandinavian, Slavic and Romance languages. Drawing content from ongoing coverage of more than 2,800 periodicals and 5,000 books annually, as well as bibliographic essays, literature review, serial bibliographies and more, the database provides broad coverage of the humanities and social sciences and science and technology. For more information, contact Karen Graham (kgraham@bcr.org) at BCR.

Join the CQ Press Group Subscription
It's time to renew/enroll in BCR's annual group subscription to CQ Press' family of databases, including the CQ Researcher database.

New participants will benefit from BCR's group contract pricing. Using the BCR Web order form lets you calculate your costs without requiring you to submit an order. All new subscribers or transfers from direct CQ Press accounts must complete the Web order form. To access the order form, go to www.bcr.org/reference/cqpress/. If you haven't already renewed your subscription, contact Lisa Holmberg (lholmberg@bcr.org) at BCR. She can also help sign you up for a free trial or provide additional information.

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