Thomson Gale’s Newest Solutions February 26, 2007

Today’s Objectives  Update you on recent enhancements to InfoTrac OneFile  Explore the Gale Virtual Reference Library  Share the future direction of PowerSearch

InfoTrac Solutions DatabasePrimary Focus More than 11,000 magazines covering all subject areas. Strengths in trade publications, travel, hobbies, news, health and academic journals. More than 4,000 core magazines across disciplines. Periodical Databases for Public Libraries

 Largest collection of full-text magazines available  99% with no embargo  Includes greater backfile coverage of key periodicals than any other database (Time, US News & World Report, Newsweek)  Includes 86% of the titles covered in Magazines for Libraries in active, full-text  Podcasts, video and audio content from many major news agencies  Nearly 60 million articles at a user’s fingertips InfoTrac OneFile

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?  More than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor Travel Guide published in 2006 and  Full collection of NPR programs from 1990 to present, with searchable transcripts.  Full-text of the New York Times from 1995 to present day.  10 years of full-text, Discover Magazine

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?  Articles can now be translated into 8 different languages.  More than 3,000 active, full-text titles recommended by Magazines for Libraries.  More than 20 reference sets, including the Encyclopedia of World Biography and the Gale Encyclopedia of Science.  11,000 magazines in all, 70% of which are not found in EBSCO or ProQuest databases.

The PowerPack  Information Science & Library Issues  Insurance & Liability Collection  Pop Culture Collection  Psychology Collection  Religion & Philosophy Collection  Small Business Collection  Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection  US History Collection  Vocation, Careers & Education Collection  War & Terrorism Collection  World History Collection  Communication & Mass Media Collection  Computer Database  Criminal Justice Collection  Diversity Studies Collection  Educator’s Collection  Environmental Issues & Policy Collection  Fine Arts & Music Collection  Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Collection  General Reference Center GOLD  General Science Collection  GLBT Life and Issues Collection  Home Improvement Collection  Information Science & Library Issues Collection A subscription to InfoTrac OneFile also gives you access to:

 Circulate your Reference Content  Availability only through Thomson Gale  Accessibility and Customization  Seamlessly cross-search periodicals and e-books simultaneously Gale Virtual Reference Library

It’s Not Your Traditional eBook  Full flexibility with your collection  No readers, no check-outsides, no barriers  Unlimited usage  You own the content forever

Some current GVRL customers  Detroit Public Library  Boston Public Library  Las Vegas Clark County Public Library  Tampa Hillsborough Public Library  Mid-Continent Public Library System  Phoenix Public Library System  King County Library System  Miami-Dade Public Library  Prince Georges County Library System  Fairfax County Public Library  Pierce County Public Library  Newark Public Library  North Suburban Library System These libraries purchased the full GVRL collection

But you can start with one title…  Take Business Plans Handbook as an example… Traditionally, with print…  You had to purchase one copy for every branch  Patrons could not easily find the information  Patrons could not access it from home or after the library closed  Multiple users was not an option

Now… Equal Access to All Campbell East Poland Springfield Struthers Austintown Boardman Brownlee Woods Campbell Canfield Greenford Lake Milton North Jackson Sebring South

And Multiple Ways to Access DIRECT LINK INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS OPAC UNIQUE COLLECTONS ALL TITLES POWERSEARCH 24 hours a day… 7 days a week… with unlimited usage…

A Look Further Inside GVRL  More than 1600 volumes of reference to choose from  Hundreds of Award Winners  More than 33 publishers  Flexible pricing  Significant discounts for titles you already own in print  Special starter pricing

Some Key Reference Sets  12 volumes available, covering approved plans for more than 250 businesses.  26 volumes available, covering major novels studied in high school. Offers deep novel synopses and all the information students need to write their reports.

Some Examples of Key Collections Wellness Collection  Large collection of multi-volume encyclopedias covering every health topic. Number of titles are award-winning titles. Lucent Terrorism Library  Written for students, rhe four-volume Lucent Terrorism Library examines the wrenching events of September 11, 2001 as well as the history and personalities behind terrorist acts committed in the United States and elsewhere in the world.

Build Your Own You can also build your own collections…

And Now on to PowerSearch… Nearly 100,000,000 articles from the world’s leading periodicals More than 1,000 of the world’s leading reference books

In 2007, expect a research experience unlike any other…

Literature SearchBusiness SearchBiography Search Cross-search all databases at once or Search databases by subject – with functionality specific to that subject.

The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus” Search all Gale Databases Search All Other Databases Search Library Catalog Search Open Web

PowerSearch Now

PowerSearch Plus

Access All Your Resources at Once Add a search box to your web pages

Additional New Features in Early 2007  Visual Search  Search alerts in PowerSearch, with RSS export capability  Cleaned up user interface, with easier access to limiters  Better document display, with easier access to InfoMarks and tools  Improved “How-to-Cite” functionality  Tab configuration and “All Results” tab  Enhanced Subject Guide with topic groupings, as well as “limit by subject”  Search within Results

Visual Search

A New Common Menu

New Results Display Narrow by subject Choose tab order Search within results

New Document Display , Print, Cite, Translate Hyperlinked Fields

We welcome your questions…