1. 2008 Periodical Solutions for Public Libraries An overview of periodical offerings for Public Libraries

2. 2 More than 110,000,000 articles from the world’s leading periodicals More than 2000 of the world’s leading reference books from over 45 publishers Award Winning Platform Most Improved Product Award -- 2007

3. 3 General OneFile 60% Unique Content Overview 12,000 Titles 7,736 Peer Reviewed 4,486 Full Text 2,587 Active, Full-text Peer Reviewed 11,600 Titles 2,972 Magazines for Libraries 6,756 Full Text 5,493 Unique Titles Academic OneFile 60% Unique Academic JournalsGeneral Magazines More than 18,600 titles combined

4. 4 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. 1000 of the most searched magazines across all of InfoTrac. All the titles were selected based on a library patron’s searches. This database also includes audio content with the transcripts from NPR More than 1100 magazines and journals appropriate for grades 6-12. This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum More than 300 titles selected for grades 5-7. This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum Periodical Database overview

5. 5 Largest collection of full-text magazines available – almost 8000 full text titles 99% with no embargo Includes greater backfile coverage of key periodicals than any other database (Time, US News & World Report, Newsweek) Includes almost 3000 titles recommended by Bowkers Magazines for Libraries in active, full-text Podcasts, video and audio content from many major news agencies Nearly 65 million articles at a user’s fingertips General OneFile More than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor Travel Guide published in 2006 and 2007. Full collection of NPR programs from 1990 to present, with searchable transcripts. Full-text of the New York Times now from 1985 to present day. 10 years of full-text, Discover Magazine

6. 6 GRC Gold now contains almost 6000 titles Over 3500 full text titles Podcasts, video and audio content from many major news agencies Nearly 45 million articles at a user’s fingertips General Reference Center Gold

7. 7 Collection of the top 1000 full text magazines searched on across all InfoTrac products Product designed based on usage by library patrons 100% full text Includes over 600 titles covered in Magazines for Libraries in active, full-text Over 75% of “Popular Magazines” contains titles not found in other library databases.* Introducing: “Popular Magazines” *Compared in May 2007 to Ebsco’s Masterfile Premier

8. 8 InfoTrac provides hundreds of leading magazines and journals that provide coverage of the 2008 presidential election. From scholarly journals, popular magazines and the complete collection of NPR radio shows with broadcast transcripts, use your InfoTrac database to follow every aspect of the electoral process. Political coverage available in InfoTrac

9. 9 Political coverage coming in 2008 To complement our existing periodical and audio election coverage we will be adding links to video content from National Review

10. 10 Additional, Student Databases Databases for Homework Help InfoTrac Student More than 1,000 full-text titles for high school students InfoTrac Junior More than 330 full-text titles for middle school students

11. 11 Infotrac Custom Newspapers has increased from 400 newspapers to more than 900 newspapers in the last 2 years.

12. 12 New Technology NEW: Sort by Newspaper Section NEW: Search within results NEW: Create search alert

13. 13 New from InfoTrac: Collection of major cooking/nutrition magazines Thousands of searchable recipes Restaurant reviews, industry information Available as a “stand alone” database Included with your purchase of General One File

14. 14 New From InfoTrac This collection of over 250 home improvement focused titles, for hobbyists and professional carpenters alike. Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.

15. 15 New from InfoTrac Strong coverage of landscape design, botany More than 100 magazines and a series of trade gardening books Fully illustrated A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

16. 16 New from InfoTrac More than 500 travel guides (with maps) from Fodor’s and Hunter Publishing Major travel magazines Strong focus on the hospitality industry as a business and profession With current and relevant content from over 375 industry journals, and the complete Fodor travel guide collection, the Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field

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18. 18 The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus” Search all Gale Databases Search All Other Databases Search Library Catalog Search Open Web

19. 19 PowerSearch Plus: So how does it work? 1 Getting started…. Place a search box on your library page, or 2a Or access through the PowerSearch link 2b

20. 20 PowerSearch Plus: So how does it work? 3 Results…. 4

21. 21 PowerSearch Plus Search ALL other library databases Articles display from all sources Clustered results by topic Limit articles by publication date or source

22. 22 Search the Library Catalog Library catalog details are shown here

23. 23 PowerSearch Plus: A Common Question on Gale Sources “Since this is a Gale platform, I suspect Gale resources are going to be returned more frequently than other sources, correct?” Not true. The search results are equal among all databases, providing each database has the content to retrieve. Let’s take an example to illustrate this: 200 retrievals 10 data sources Data source #1 20 results Data source #2 20 results Data source #3 20 results Data source #4 20 results Data source #5 20 results Data source #6 20 results Data source #7 20 results Data source #8 20 results Data source #9 20 results Data source #10 20 results

24. 24 Outline view Phase I: PowerSearch Plus or Map view

25. 25 Outline view Phase II: PowerSearch Plus (Q1 2008) Visual Search Map view Visual Search will include all data sources, including the PowerSearch results now shown in the other tabs

26. 26 PowerSearch Plus Pricing All Gale databases can be searched at no charge. Only pay to search other vendor’s databases and your catalog. Priced much lower than your typical federated search. Fixed pricing that is simple to understand. We do not charge you per database. Pricing based on full collection (1-10, 11-25, 25-50, 50+ databases) There’s no installation fee.

27. 27 PowerSearch: New Search features Did You Mean? 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 document tools Improved “How-to-Cite” functionality Tab configuration Enhanced Subject Guide with topic groupings, as well as “limit by subject” and “limit by document type” Search within Results

28. 28 Did You Mean? “Did You Mean?” offers suggestions when a user misspells a term or phrase. Below, a search on “alcoholizm” brings forth the following suggestions.

29. 29 Also Try “Also Try” feature helps users find better information. Example below suggests “Capital Punishment” when user searches on “death penalty.”

30. 30 Better Results Colored Tabs, with number of results per tab. Easy access to limiters, including “Search Within Results” “Instant Limiters” allowing users to quickly find information. Libraries can choose their default tab. “Reference” has been changed to “Books,” as it is a term more users are familiar with.

31. 31 Better Document Display Visible document subject headings. Fielded values provide more information about the article. Document Tools tell user what they can do with the article: view PDF, print, email, cite, translate, etc.

32. 32 Improved Citations Improved citations now include accurate fields and formatting, per latest APA and MLA standards.

33. 33 Search Alerts/RSS Users can now generate a Search Alert when viewing results or a Journal Alert when viewing a publication. This service pushes new content to the user via email as it is loaded into the database(s). Users can also take advantage of Gale’s RSS service, which automatically sends content into their reader.

34. 34 More Publication Details Expanded details include a publication description, embargo and coverage information, publisher contact information, etc. Journal Alerts now available.

35. 35 Questions and Answers. Thank you.