Friday, February 25, 2011

Log in and Learn -- with a Free Gale Webinar

 

 

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Gale Webinars for the products you own. Get the most out of your Gale products by taking a FREE
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GaleAdmin Tool

GaleAdmin Tool

This is it! The completely redesigned product management tool you asked for is here! The new GaleAdmin Tool features an intuitive new interface that makes it easier than ever to configure and customize the views, preferences and options on your Gale products — including which search to default to, how to automatically turn on limiters, and how to add your library holdings.

 

 

Gale Usage Website

Gale Usage Website

We’ll introduce you to the Gale Usage website and show you how this new tool provides you with fast, flexible access to usage statistics and allows you to create and save customized reports for your Gale online resources.

 

GVRL (Gale Virtual Reference Library)

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Virtual Reference Library is an online resource of electronic encyclopedias and specialized reference sources — known as eBooks — used for multidisciplinary research. These eBooks provide access to reference materials that had previously been available only in the library. You’ll learn how to conduct basic and advanced searches, how to use the document toolbox and how this easy-to-use tool can help users get the most out of eBooks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Coming soon - Gale PowerSearch enhancements

See the new PowerSearch enhancements now – start enjoying them soon!

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Search Assist -- our autocomplete feature -- and other enhancements you asked for are coming soon to PowerSearch

You spoke. Gale listened.

Since we launched Gale PowerSearch a year ago, we’ve continually gathered feedback from valuable customers like you. After hearing from more than 3,000 users, Gale is now adding powerful new enhancements — including faster, improved search functionality.

In March 2011, enhancements will be made to Gale PowerSearch, allowing for a faster, easier way to search millions of entries and multiple online resources with just one query, including:

  • Search Assist: InfoTrac products will have a learning, intuitive autocomplete feature allowing users to find the exact subject, keyword or publication for which they’re looking from a single search box, saving time and providing search functionality similar to what they experience with other Web products
  • Related Subjects: Results lists will display, by default, all relevant, related subjects and articles to help users find the information they seek faster and more efficiently
  • Enhanced Publication and Subject Search: Additional features and limiters will be added to our publication and subject search pages along with Search Assist
  • Language Customizability: The user interface will now support three additional languages: Chinese, Japanese and Korean
  • New Titles: Gale is committed to growing our periodical products at no cost to you. New content is added to our InfoTrac products daily. Last year alone, more than 1,500 new titles were added — including more than 1.6 million articles

Gale PowerSearch will continue to support existing features such as Read-Speaker audio technology, eBook cross-search, sharing tools, language translation and more.

Explore these enhanced new features now.

If you have questions about these enhancements, contact Gale Technical Support at 1-800-877-4253, option 4, or via e-mail. You will receive an additional e-mail message once these enhancements are available.

For more information, contact your Gale representative at 1-800-877-4253

 

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Monday, February 14, 2011

ebrary Launches Topic of the Week with Egypt

Dear Librarians:

 

To make it easier for you to keep your e-book collection current and timely, ebrary is pleased to introduce Topics of the Week, which highlight premium titles on hot issues hand-picked by our on-staff librarians!

 

This week, we'd like to spotlight the recent events in Egypt.

 

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Egypt (Middle East: Region in Transition), by Laura S. Etheredge (Britannica Educational Publishing, 2011).

 

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For every new US$5,000 order—subscription, perpetual access or Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA)—through March 31, you may choose a micro-collection that will be subsidized by ebrary for two years. The average list price of these micro-collections exceeds US$5,000, and none of the titles will be available in our subscription products during the free access period.

 

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Gale: Give college students free unlimited access to your library

Encourage your students to download the free AML College Edition app

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Enhancements to OCLC Usage Statistics

 

 

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Upcoming enhancements to OCLC Usage Statistics

Dear ANNE,

We are introducing a new interface and expanded features for users of OCLC® Usage Statistics.

OCLC® Usage Statistics (www.stats.oclc.org) provides a user-friendly, easy-to-use interface for tracking your library's OCLC service usage. The interface has now been updated, making it easier than ever to navigate and evaluate statistics of interest to your library. More information about the changes can be found in this document.

As a complement to your current subscriptions, OCLC Usage Statistics contain valuable information about your library's use of OCLCs products, including:

·         FirstSearch®

·         WorldCat.org™

·         WorldCat® Resource Sharing

·         Online Cataloging

·         WebDewey®

·         COUNTER

·         Digital Collections

·         WorldCat® Link Manager

·         WorldCat® Navigator

Using these reports your library can more effectively track usage trends, borrowing and lending activity, database access, Web site traffic and more. This lets you understand how people are using your OCLC services and helps you plan for the future. Whether you are just discovering this tool, or have been using it for years to manage your OCLC activities, OCLC Usage Statistics, at www.stats.oclc.org, offers several helpful, new features to explore.

Thank you,

Meghan M. Hopkins
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Online Books on SciVerse ScienceDirect: Valued content across the sciences

 

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