Action for Libraries
In Reference...
Edited by Brandie Baumann
Database Renewal Deadlines
Literature Online (LiON) and Literature Online Reference Edition, online reference database resources for English and American literature on the Web, begin their subscription cycle April 1. Contact Lisa Holmberg (lholmber@bcr.org) at BCR for details.
Thomson Gale LitFinder is also up for renewal in April. Subscriptions do not renew automatically. Libraries must sign up on a yearly basis for service. Contact Laura Chittivej (lchittiv@bcr.org) at BCR for more information.
The deadline for renewing both products under BCR's consortial group purchase is March 31. Free trials are available.
H.W. Wilson Announces New Products for 2006
Several new reference database products will be available this year from Wilson. These include:
- Biography Index: Past and Present
Find information about people throughout history and right up to the present in a single, easy-to-use database that contains nearly 1 million article and book citations. Includes Biography Index coverage back to 1946. - Applied Science & Technology Index Retrospective: 1913-1983
Save space with the complete content from 71 printed annual volumes on WilsonWeb, with coverage of more than 500 periodicals and citations to 2 million-plus articles.
Also, WilsonWeb will include expanded databases with more full text. Fifty outstanding journals from Oxford University Press now will be delivered in full text on WilsonWeb. The diverse new additions join some 2,100 journals in full text on WilsonWeb art, science, business, education, humanities, law and social science databases.
For details, contact Karen Graham (kgraham@bcr.org) at BCR.
NetLibrary Update
NetLibrary announced in November it is the first electronic content provider to offer academic,
public, special and school library users access to more than 100,000 full-text e-book and
electronic audiobook titles. More than 20,000 new titles were added in 2005 alone.
NetLibrary's catalog includes the latest information technology titles, reference essentials,
business and economics resources, best-selling fiction titles and much more.
NetLibrary collections now can be set up to provide users with remote access if they already have a NetLibrary account or if they have enabled remote authentication. Several options are available including secure referring URL, IP address recognition through proxy server or NetLibrary user account. Once remote authentication is set up, users can search for and view e- books and preview e-audiobooks without coming into the physical library.
Contact BCR's Laura Chittivej (lchittve@bcr.org) for more information on both NetLibrary e- books and digital audiobooks.
BCR Ready Reference 2 Plus Availability Extended
NetLibrary and BCR have made special arrangements to reopen the Ready Reference 2 Plus
collection for libraries that were unable to join last fall. With 1,269 titles covering a wide range
of reference titles, libraries have another opportunity to grow their reference collections without
giving up shelving space and also give their patrons access to some of the best titles in scholarly
publishing.
BCR's Ready Reference 2 Plus one-time cost includes purchase of all titles in perpetuity, all NetLibrary service fees for access and MARC records. Remember, no annual fee is associated with this collection of NetLibrary e-books. All academic, public, special and K-12 libraries are eligible to subscribe. State libraries and consortia require individual quotations. For more information or to fill out the participation form, visit www.bcr.org/reference/Netlibrary/NL-Menu.html.
As an added value, BCR and OCLC are offering a special 9 percent discount per set on the purchase of NetLibrary Subject Sets to Ready Reference 2 Plus participants. NetLibrary Subject Sets are titles bundled by topic that generally are excluded from consortial collection purchase projects. Details can be reviewed at www.oclc.org/netlibrary/offers/default.htm.
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses Database Now Available
The newest subset of OCLC's WorldCat database, WorldCat Dissertations and Theses, is now
available to any U.S. library that subscribes to the OCLC Base Package and OCLC Collection on
FirstSearch. If you have a Base Package subscription, this new database will show up
automatically in the list of available databases. There are no additional charges for the database.
It contains records for more than 5 million items cataloged as dissertations, theses or published materials based on theses or dissertations in WorldCat, including titles provided by NetLibrary. The database allows users to quickly and efficiently retrieve records for theses and dissertations For more information, contact Rosario Garza (rgarza@bcr.org) at BCR.
Oxford Online Enhances Several Reference Collections
The most recent update to Grove Art Online includes a major new thematic essay, Spirituality and Art. Tracing the spiritual role of art throughout the world, the new material explores a variety of topics such as the pyramids, still-life painting and contemporary installation art.
Highlights include essays on religion and art, shamanism, the sublime, Jewish art, native North American art and much more. More than 80 articles have been updated to reflect new scholarship in the field of art history. The 400-plus new images that have been added to the text
of major articles include more than 2,500 key images in art history. Go to www.groveart.com/grove-owned/art/january2006.html for a list of updated articles. To view a selection of illustrated articles, visit www.groveart.com/grove-owned/art/illustrations.html.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection now includes the Western Civilization Collection and Literature Collection. Both collections are fully cross-searchable with other Oxford Reference Online titles. For a list of the titles included with each collection as well as new titles that will be added soon, visit www.oup.com/online/oro/.
Don't forget that free trials are available for all Oxford Online products. Visit ams.oup.com//user/trial2003network.pfm to set up trial access to these new subject collections or for other Oxford Online resources. For information on pricing and how to subscribe, contact BCR's Laura Chittivej (lchittiv@bcr.org).