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1 1 Scholarly Solutions for Libraries Transforming Information into Knowledge

2 2 InfoTrac Family Tree AcademicsPublics/K12 InfoTrac Student InfoTrac Junior

3 3 Academic Databases DatabasePrimary FocusGraduate School 4 Year University Community College More than 10,000 academic journals across disciplines.  More than 4,000 academic journals across disciplines.  General Periodical Databases

4 4 Premier Academic Database –Largest collection of peer-reviewed journals –Largest collection of active full-text journals with no embargo  Seamlessly integrated with Thomson ISI’s Web of Science and Journal Citation Reports  Cited References – forward and backward  Direct links to – Ingenta – JSTOR – ProjectMuse – Blackwell Synergy – Science Direct – Scopus  Digital Object Identifier (DOI) links embedded in articles  Full OpenURL compliance

5 5 Web of Knowledge Linking

6 6 Impact Factor Analysis

7 7 JSTOR Linking

8 8 What really differentiates Academic OneFile In addition to the unique peer-reviewed journals:  Major newspapers: –New York Times from 1995 to present –Financial Times from 1996 to present –Times of London from 1985 to present  Hundreds of foreign-language, peer-reviewed journals from Latin America, Asia and Europe  Premier, award-winning reference sources: –Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine –Gale Encyclopedia of Science –Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer –Encyclopedia of World Biography  Also included is the full Economist Intelligence Unit series.  And the following audio components: NPR Archive with transcripts, podcasts from major news sources

9 9 Avoid Embargoes at All Costs

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11 11 Content Acquisition Strategy  Licensing is focused on subject gaps, not competitor title lists  Titles are licensed to address needs determined by end user search queries  Library programs are monitored to identify content needs Aligned with end user needs

12 12 Content Acquisition Strategy Coverage of Major Indices DatabaseFull-text titles in Academic OneFile Academic OneFile titles not in competitor databases AGRICOLA215149 Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)360214 CINAHL414372 EconLit14389 ERIC551329 GeoRef198166 Inspec432357 MEDLINE832493 MLA International Bibliography347223 PsycINFO547348 RILM333195 SPORTDiscus13492

13 13 Content Acquisition Strategy  75% of the journals included in Academic OneFile have Thomson ISI Impact Factors –2,837 are full-text –1,905 are active, full-text with no embargo – American Journal of Human Genetics – American Naturalist – Clinical Infectious Diseases – CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal – Diabetes – Emerging Infectious Diseases – Harvard Law Review – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy – Physiological Reviews – Science – Stanford Law Review – Yale Law Journal Coverage of High-Impact periodicals

14 14 Additional Value  Information Science and Library Issues  Insurance and Liability Collection  Military and Intelligence Database  Nursing and Allied Health  Pop Culture Collection  Psychology Collection  Religion & Philosophy Collection  Small Business Collection  Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy  Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure  Vocations, Careers and Technical Education  War and Terrorism Collection  Agriculture Collection  Business Economics and Theory  Communications and Mass Media  Computer Database  Criminal Justice Collection  Diversity Studies Collection  Environmental Studies and Policy  Expanded Academic ASAP  Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues  General Reference Center Gold  General Science Collection  Health Reference Center Academic When you subscribe to Academic OneFile, you also get access to:

15 15 In 2007, expect a research experience unlike any other…

16 16 A New Common Menu

17 17 PowerSearch Now

18 18 Changes in 2007 Narrow by subject Number of results displayed on the tab Search within results

19 19 New Document Display Email, Print, Cite, Translate Hyperlinked Fields

20 20 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

21 21 The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus” Search all Gale Databases Search All Other Databases Search Library Catalog Search Open Web

22 22 PowerSearch Now

23 23 Power Search now: Additional Databases Tab Search Additional Gale databases

24 24 PowerSearch Plus Visual Search Infotrac Search ALL other library databases Articles display from all sources Clustered results by topic

25 25 Article Display

26 26 Visual Search

27 27 We welcome your questions…


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