A To Z Databases is a Premier Reference and Marketing Database including 30 million business profiles & 220
million residents along with databases of New Home Owners, New Movers and New Businesses. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists,
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World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, Release 2.0 covers human history in all corners of the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.
Ranging from the dawn of prehistory through the great ancient empires to the beginning of the Renaissance, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, Release 2.0 helps students explore history in every corner of the globe, including Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Overviews and activities are enhanced with thousands of authoritative primary and secondary sources, in-depth explorations, and profiles of city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient world.
With our unique access to prominent historians, users get information beyond facts and develop a deeper understanding of history, learning how to relate the events of the distant past to the ongoing development of human history. Students become more independent and successful researchers, with an interest in history and an appreciation of its importance.
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Over 15,000 primary and secondary sources in each database supporting students with differing learning styles and abilities, including government documents, photographs and other works of art, video clips, and historic maps
New and improved advanced search, filtered search, and cross-database searching
American Government, Release 2.0 connects the issues of the day with the foundations of government and compares the political and economic systems of the United States with other countries. Reliable content and fast searching help develop independent researchers.
The United States is deeply divided on national security, civil rights, immigration, and other issues. American Government, 2.0 provides quick access to reliable sources, to foster essential information literacy skills on these important topics.
Users can learn through a wealth of short biographies, videos, quotes, and primary source documents. American Government, 2.0 provides authoritative information, while also moving students toward active, informed, thoughtful citizenship.
Aligned with standards and major textbooks, curricular elements are organized by topic, including the three branches of government; rights and liberties; and local, state, national, and international systems.
Series Features
Over 15,000 primary and secondary sources in each database supporting students with differing learning styles and abilities, including government documents, photographs and other works of art, video clips, and historic maps
New and improved advanced search, filtered search, and cross-database searching
From the explorers of the Americas to today's headlines, American History, Release 2.0 investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution.
The American History, 2.0 database is designed to move students and young adult library patrons beyond memorizing names and dates toward a deeper understanding of America's fascinating, complex story—its precontact origins, westward expansion, social movements, internal conflicts, and contemporary defining moments.
Integrating American politics, science, culture, philosophy, and economics, this authorit2.0 helps users become successful students of history with citation information at their fingertips and a highly visual and engaging interface. Whether clicking through primary sources from the Revolutionary Era or preparing for an exam on World War II, students and general researchers will find everything they need in this easy-to-use database.
Series Features
Over 15,000 primary and secondary sources in each database supporting students with differing learning styles and abilities, including government documents, photographs and other works of art, video clips, and historic maps
New and improved advanced search, filtered search, and cross-database searching
Go behind the headlines and beyond the opinions to gain real understanding of today's most pressing social issues with this innovative subscription database from ABC-CLIO.
Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society helps patrons develop a true understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy—by offering authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring issues of the day. Produced in conjunction with leading scholars and educators, the database offers a graphical, straightforward interface that highlights up-to-date facts and figures, then leads researchers through understanding the complexities of both national and worldwide issues by modeling ways to think about them beyond simplistic pro/con debates.
Go behind the headlines and beyond the opinions to gain real understanding of today's most pressing social issues with this innovative subscription database from ABC-CLIO.
Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society helps patrons develop a true understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy—by offering authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring issues of the day. Produced in conjunction with leading scholars and educators, the database offers a graphical, straightforward interface that highlights up-to-date facts and figures, then leads researchers through understanding the complexities of both national and worldwide issues by modeling ways to think about them beyond simplistic pro/con debates. Back
State Geography is a gateway into the land, people, and history of all 50 states. This resource meets different students' needs, offering them multiple ways to search an exhaustive collection of reference and curriculum entries through a U.S. map, subject, reference category, state profile, or text search. Individual summaries of each state provide a practical introduction allowing students to dig deeper through enrichment lessons and activities. Back
Developed by a team of military historians and expert educators, this online resource provides access to authoritative reference content, pertinent primary sources, and a wealth of historical insight and analysis on the important themes and consequences of all major U.S.-involved wars, from the founding of the country to the present.
United States at War focuses on the conflict periods that have defined the nation from its earliest beginnings to today. Packed with over 10,000 primary and secondary sources, weekly news on current conflicts, and balanced expert analysis with pro/con perspectives that model good historical thinking, the database explores 14 major conflicts involving the United States throughout its history. Back
Develops students' global literacy, focusing on the geographic, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that influence our world. In addition to daily international news updates, students can quickly learn about country-specific holidays and celebrations and peruse balanced feature stories that offer an in-depth look at current international issues. Back
Encompasses the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the last hundred years of conflicts and international cooperation. It offers a comprehensive electronic library of historical reference materials and interactive curricular units, plus tools for enhancing lectures, creating research lists, developing student activities, and addressing the learning styles of all students. Back
Web-based staff schedule management software optimized for use in reference operations where staff requirements vary by time, service type and transaction rates. Scheduled for release in early 2009.
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Staffing management service that will allow CONTRACTOR clients to contract for live virtual reference coverage of specified time slots by professional librarians. Intended for those libraries that wish to extend live reference service beyond their own capacity to staff, RefStaffer will provide affordable, flexible options using any of the CONTRACTOR live reference tools (RefChatter, VRLplus, SMSreference, etc.), or other tools the library may prefer. Scheduled for availability in mid-2009.
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Boopsie is WorldCat/OCLC's mobile solution, ALA's partner for ALA 2009, LITA's partner for LITA 2009, CLA's partner for CLA 2009, and are now engaging a broad range of academic and public libraries.
The guys at Boopsie have reduced a complex development and maintenance effort with man-years of resource requirements into a world-class solution that launches in a matter of weeks across all major devices (not just the iPhone!). They take care of all hosting and platform expansion. Note also that they have a next generation native app solution and not simply an older browser-based mobile solution.
The following demos show some of their mobile solutions for libraries:
BookBrowse helps busy librarians stay on top of new books, while also offering patrons a fun, intuitive, and interactive guide to their next great read. A unique blend of readers' advisory resource and online book magazine, BookBrowse combines rich content with a user-friendly, fully searchable website that links directly to your OPAC. Our in-depth and engaging reviews have made BookBrowse one of the most popular internet destinations for booklovers, with thousands of individual members and millions of visitors each year.
BookBrowse now offers a customized subscription service specifically for libraries and their patrons. Key features include:
80+ previews and 30+ in-depth reviews each month.
Fully searchable archives of thousands of books, including excerpts, reviews & author biographies.
Browse and cross-reference by more than 70 subjects and themes.
For over 100 years Booklist magazine has helped more readers find more titles than any other publication. Published by the American Library Association, Booklist magazine delivers over 8,000 recommended-only reviews of books, audiobooks, reference sources, video, and DVD titles each year. Spotlight issues provide coverage on popular genres, topics and themes such as biography, young adult, multicultural literature, graphic novels, romance, sports, and much more. There is full coverage of the prestigious ALA award winners, the annual Editor’s Choice and Top of the List issue, ALA Notables and other “best” lists. There are also interviews, essays, columns…a wealth of useful information and lively discussion. Back
JobNow consists of a unique suite of resources for job seekers,
including on-demand access to trained career experts who provide live, one-to-one interview
coaching and resume assistance. Brainfuse worked closely with one of the nation’s leading
workforce centers (Jefferson County Workforce, CO) to develop a team of trained job coaches
and high-quality online resources. JobNow™ services include:
LIVE INTERVIEW COACHING: Patrons can brush up on interview techniques or get live online
interview practice from trained job coaches. Job coaches and patrons communicate via live
chat in our online classroom. In addition to live interview coaching, patrons enjoy 24/7
access to interview tips and resources.
RESUME LAB: Job seekers receive expert resume/cover letter assistance from trained
experts. Users are also able to download resume templates, or browse resources for producing
better resumes.
LIVE CAREER ASSISTANCE: Patrons enjoy 24/7 access to a carefully-selected library of
(national, regional, and local) job resources. In addition, Brainfuse job coaches
provide live, online assistance in strategically targeting jobs best suited to a patron’s
interests and qualifications.
THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER: The Adult Learning Center provides foundational,
career-enhancing skills to adult learners through test preparation (including the GED and
the U.S. Citizenship Test) and a comprehensive academic skills center featuring live, online
tutors.
LIVE ACADEMIC TUTORING for assignments and coursework.
LIVE SKILLS TUTORING to master skills through live, one-to-one lessons in math,
reading, and writing, and computer literacy.
WRITING ASSISTANCE from trained instructors who help patrons produce better business
letters, term papers, resumes, or any other piece of writing.
ADULT TEST CENTER: 24-hour access to a regularly updated test library, including the
GED, academic skills assessments, and a unique U.S. Citizenship Test course developed with
the San Diego County Public Library.
COMPUTER LITERACY AND BASIC SOFTWARE ASSISTANCE: Brainfuse tutors provide live
assistance to patrons who need help using their computer to complete a personal project or
academic assignment (such as inserting footnotes in a term paper or crafting a school
presentation with Power Point). In addition, students can connect with a skills building
tutor for individual lessons in hundreds of computer literacy topics.
Califa Digital Collections is a cooperative collection of digital materials from a number of Califa's member libraries. Past participants are past and present recipients of the Local History Digital Resources Project, an LSTA project, which assists California libraries in digitizing their local history manuscripts, photographs, and works of art. Califa allows member libraries to transition from the grant supported digitization to a self-sustaining model. Current participants include non-LHDRP participants, but Califa members who use Califa’s contentdm license to add metadata to their digital materials and have use our OCR-indexing software for text materials.
Career Cruising is a complete Career Guidance system for library patrons of all ages. Developed over the past 14 years Career Cruising
is solely dedicated to deliver an on-line, web-based system that includes world class Assessments tools, intuitive and comprehensive
Career and Education databases, innovative Employment Guide and Job Search tools along with an engaging Portfolio development system.
They now have thousands of libraries throughout North America with Career Cruising subscriptions including most recently the
State Library of Louisiana which has implemented the bilingual version of Career Cruising in every public library in the State.
Library Journal has awarded them with their ‘Best Reference Pick 2010’ and Booklist has graced them with their ‘Editor’s Choice Award
for 2010'.
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Covering topics in health, education, public policy, international affairs, the environment, the economy, technology, and much more,
the award-winning CQ Researcher delivers fast, easy-to-use access to original, in-depth weekly reports on current vital issues.
Subscribers get access to every issue of CQ Researcher from 1991 to the present-a wealth of authoritative, unbiased information
that includes pro-con coverage of important topics of public interest. Also available is the CQ Global Researcher, covering pressing
political, social, environmental, and regional issues from around the world.
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CQ Weekly reports on the world’s most powerful legislative body-Congress-completely and accurately every week. The CQ news team
-by far the largest on Capitol Hill, with more than 100 reporters, editors, and researchers- covers virtually every act of Congress,
delivering nonpartisan news and analysis not available anywhere else.
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Save shelf space and conservation costs by going digital! The CQ Press Political Reference Suite is a cross-searchable platform of
all the best-selling reference titles from CQ Press. Featuring reference content on politics, government, public policy, and world affairs,
the Political Reference Suite is a one-stop shop for library users seeking authoritative, in-depth information.
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Get fast and easy access to the most accurate contacts, information, and profiles of Washington's key decision makers. The
Political Contact Suite is an integrated platform of legacy CQ Press directories containing nearly 170,000 contacts,
profiles, and biographies for the members and staff of Congress, the federal government, the judiciary, as well as non-governmental
organizations. Cross-searchable with other valuable CQ Press resources, the user-friendly interface makes research easy and fast-especially
with daily updates, new list-building tools, and mobile access.
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Credo Reference offers a simple and easy-to-use platform with seamless searching directly from Credo into your library catalog and your other subscription databases, helping you to get greater value from your overall investment in library resources. The concept map is an excellent visualization tool for exploration and discovery and is perfect for visual learners.
General Reference Premium, voted “Best Overall” by Library Journal, offers the full-text of over 600 well-regarded titles from 80+ of the world's best reference publishers. The collection is intelligently integrated with millions of cross-references and contains image libraries, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations collections and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, science to Shakespeare, and law to literature.
General Reference Premiumalso includes Credo Topic Pages; covering nearly 10,000 topics they provide a simple and smart way for libraries to extend their services and high value online resources while managing costs. Topic pages can be integrated with Discovery systems and LibGuides and configured to help increase discoverability and usage of your e-resources and your library.
Credo Publisher and Subject Collections enable libraries to customize collections to meet the specific needs of their users. Over 50 Publisher and Subject Collections are available for purchase or subscription; these collections cover diverse subjects from education to psychology, health and wellness to criminal justice, environmental studies to literature, the humanities to management and more.
All Credo Reference subscriptions are unlimited in-library and remote user access. In our ongoing commitment to helping libraries get the most out of their subscription, Credo Reference provides MARC records for all titles, free training webinars, user guides, and many other promoting tools and capabilities.
Califa members have the opportunity to aggregate orders from Custom Guide for the maximum discount several times each year. Custom Guide provides:
Customizable Computer Training
Your training needs are unique. CustomGuide provides customizable computer training products that are engaging, effective, and affordable. Their training solutions include:
Customizable Online Learning
Create custom courses using only the topics you want.
Add your own lessons and content.
Get real-world practice with interactive software simulations.
Customizable Assessments
Create custom assessments for topics you specify.
Identify user skills and deficiencies with engaging, interactive software simulations.
Provide remedial training for missed questions.
Customizable Courseware
Create customized training manuals that include only the topics you want.
Unlimited printing rights; print on-demand with no per copy fees.
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center™ is a full text database accessible via a custom EBSCO interface designed primarily for use in public libraries. Content in the database includes a collection of core, proprietary articles covering over 140 topics, as well as licensed periodicals, books and video that focus on categories commonly referred to as hobbies and crafts and is available in high-quality PDF format. Features include the ability to search the Hobbies & Crafts interface by category, view all available topics and browse popular resources related to the area of Hobbies & Crafts. Back
Small Engine Repair Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. This comprehensive resource contains 407 reference books in full text with original photos and illustrations that guide the user through every job. The database often contains more than 25 years of an engine model, and offers assistance in providing routine maintenance, such as tune-ups and brake service, as well as extensive repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly. Also, the database allows users to select a type of product, specific brand, specific model/engine type, and specific area of that model/engine type. Additionally, model numbers will also be searchable. Back
EBSCO Publishing has partnered with Point 5 Technologies to create Auto Repair Reference Center™. The Auto Repair Reference Center database includes automotive repair information supplied by Point 5 Technologies, Inc., under license from Nichols Publishing, the former publisher of Chilton® Information and information from Delphi Integrated Service Solutions. Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. Database content includes more than 31,660 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; approximately 75,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; over 130,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; AutoIQ; Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance; unlimited remote access and much more. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center has been created by ASE certified technicians. Back
Home Improvement Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for home improvement assistance, including: maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, wood projects, outdoor improvements, decorating home & garden, etc. This comprehensive resource contains 26 major reference works in full text with more than 10,000 images (none found available online anywhere else). Additionally, the database contains full-text magazines (e.g. This Old House). Remote access is available for library patrons for use from home. Back
NoveList is an electronic readers' advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles.
NoveList allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest. In addition, three powerful search techniques allow readers to look for books by entering descriptive terms that appear in subject headings, reviews, and other fields in the title records. NoveList version 4 introduced Advanced Natural Language searching and Boolean searching, and added full-text searching of reviews to Describe a Plot. Users can browse theme-oriented book lists at every reading level through Explore Fiction, and look for outstanding titles in Best Fiction. Many title records have direct links to Web sites with information about the author or teacher resource materials. Back
NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. The NoveList Learning Center provides a complete introduction to the product and shows you how to use NoveList to meet the reading needs of your students. NoveList K-8 contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. Updated monthly, NoveList K-8 is your starting place for learning about the books that you and your students need and will want to read! Back
Meeting your patrons’ pleasure reading needs is of critical importance. But it could take a lifetime of experience and study to become familiar with all of the genres, authors and subjects your library has to offer, not to mention appeal factors such as pacing, characterization, frame and story line. Fortunately, NoveList® Plus is here to help libraries and their patrons find that next great read. With well over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles included, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more, NoveList Plus is a complete readers’ resource.
NoveList Plus is an upgrade to NoveList. Contact your EBSCO sales representative for more information. Back
NoveList K-8 Plus provides access to over 17,000 nonfiction titles designed to support the curriculum and kids’ pleasure reading. Created especially for kids (and the adults who work with them), it has a colorful, graphic-rich homepage and is very easy to use.
Librarians and school media specialists can be confident that the content is appropriate for the intended age group and reading level, since every title that goes into NoveList K-8 Plus is selected by the team of school media specialists and children’s librarians at NoveList. Busy librarians and school media specialists will also appreciate the time-saving, added-value features including Grab and Go Book Lists on a variety of fiction and nonfiction curricular-based topics, BookTalks, Curricular Connections and feature articles by industry experts. Back
If you are looking for a way to develop a relationship with your patrons, and connect and communicate with your community, NextReads™ can help you by reminding them that their library is just around the corner. Combining the technology and marketing power of a customizable outbound electronic newsletter service with the expertise and knowledge of library professionals, NextReads delivers engaging lists of books and other resources to your patrons.
With over 20 topics and genres to choose from, your patrons will find a newsletter of interest to them. Lists are delivered directly to patrons via email on a monthly or bimonthly schedule, depending on the topic. No extra work is required of library staff, but newsletters can be edited or created as desired. The Web-based NextReads application runs on our servers, so no additional hardware or software is needed.
Just-released titles included in our newsletters act as an incentive to subscribe, since newsletter subscribers will be first in the hold queue. With read-alikes and themed selections, these lists will not only help to push today's bestsellers, they will draw attention to the quality mid-list titles that are sitting on you shelves. Back
LIBROS EN VENTA en América Latina y España™, produced by NISC, has been the reference source of record and acquisition tool of choice for Spanish-language books-in-print since 1964. LEV includes in-print titles from over 24,800 Latin American and Spanish publishers and contains over 917,790 records. All Criticas reviews featured in their magazine section entitled "Adult Book Reviews" and "Children's Book Reviews" are included since Vol.1, Issue 1. The reviews are conveniently linked to the records of the book, which they review. Since 1999, book descriptions, table of contents, and book cover images have been added to LEV records whenever possible. Currently, there are more than 138,995 book cover images in LEV. LEV covers all types of books including: adult fiction, non-fiction, juvenile, scholarly subjects, textbooks, reprints, legal, medical, business, science & technology, religious, and more. LEV's publisher information includes the following when available: publisher street addresses, phone & fax numbers, e-mail addresses, Website URLs, and the names of any distributors and sales outlets. Back
GLBT Life® with Full Text contains all of the content available in GLBT Life as well as full text for some of the most important and historically significant GLBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers. The database includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized GLBT Thesaurus containing over 6,300 terms. Full text content available in GLBT Life with Full Text includes The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, TANGENTS, Washington Blade, and many more. Back
Business Source® Premier designed specifically for business libraries, contains more than 2,340 full text magazines and journals covering every area of business. The database includes full text sources ranging from general periodicals such as Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company and Red Herring to trade publications such as American Banker, Chemical Week, Electronic Business, Restaurant Business and Women's Wear Daily to top management journals such as Harvard Business Review, California Management Review and Academy of Management Executive. Additional sources include over 1,400 country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group, CountryWatch, etc; 10,000 substantial company profiles, 3,158 industry reports; and 528 market research reports. Business Source Premier contains expanded PDF backfiles for nearly 250 titles (back to 1965 or the first issue published for that journal). Back
Business Source® Elite provides full text coverage for 1,133 business periodicals ranging from general magazines to trade publications and top management journals. Business Source Elite contains expanded PDF backfiles for 150 titles (back to 1985 or the first issue published for that journal). Back
Legal Information Reference Centerprovides online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books,
contains more than 310 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.
Many of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information
for consumers and small businesses.
This database will offer the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed how-to instructions to independently address a
wide-range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate and rights & disputes.
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Small Business Reference Center provides up to date information on relevant topics from starting a company,
operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business. The database contains nearly 400 full-text periodicals and over 450
full-text reference books.
The user-friendly interface guides users through small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and
advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding. Business videos provide
critical information for business owners: interviews, ‘lessons learned’ features, lectures and ‘how to’ videos help foster success
in all aspects of managing a business. A collection of state-specific resources supports the researcher with demographic data and other
local information.
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Whether you need a bibliographic database for collection development or are looking for an easy-to-use discovery tool for patrons, Book Index with Reviews™ is the right choice. Perfect for developing booklists and subject guides, BIR includes over 4 million book titles as well as close to 700,000 music and DVD/video titles, with more being added constantly. Staff will find BIR indispensable for addressing daily challenges such as finding replacement copies and full-text reviews, and by using the My BIR alert service, they will be ahead of the game on new editions, forthcoming titles from popular authors or new releases on hot topics.
Searching BIR is simple and intuitive. Basic Book Search allows patrons to select their range of media (Books, Music, Video) and set limiters to help them zero in on precisely what they need. Advanced Book Search provides many useful options, such as limiting by page count or grade level, and even includes a link to the Freehand Boolean Search page for the "supersearchers" in your library.
Search results are presented clearly, allowing patrons to know at a glance the print status of the title, whether it is fiction or nonfiction, audience level, and page count, including a brief annotation and book jacket. With a direct link to your library's catalog, it takes just one click to find out if the title is available. Full-text reviews and links to first chapters and tables of content are among the rich content that can be found at the title record.
BIR is loaded with features for staff too. Those doing collection development will appreciate having the price listed on the results page, and Baker & Taylor customers can link directly to Title Source 3 for easy ordering. Staff will especially appreciate the ability to search and browse by Dewey range, particularly helpful for assisting readers of nonfiction and those doing research. A persistent link is displayed at each results list as well as at the title record, and multiple print and e-mail delivery options make BIR a terrific tool for remote reference activities.
It is simple to set searching and viewing preferences using My BIR, and patrons and staff will want to take advantage of options for saving searches, lists and alerts. Libraries can customize BIR by adding direct links to their EBSCOhost databases, expanding discovery possibilities across the full range of the collection. Back
Océano Digital Aula de Padres, specifically developed for parents, puts at your reach more than 20,000 articles in complete text in Spanish to provide you with immediate response to all your questions.
Being a mother, parent or guardian is a continual challenge and hard work, which some may have had little or no previous preparation. The new extensive Spanish-language online subscription database, Aula de Padres, provides comprehensive information on the caring, well-bring and education of children. Back
Océano Digital Saber is a product that gives instant access via the Internet, to a great amount of information in a very simple and efficient way. It has an advance search system develop entirely by Océano, that allows the user to navigate easily through its databases; from the widest search to the most restricted one, and it always returns relevant results. Back
Océano Digital Universitas is a product that gives instant access via the Internet, to a great amount of Spanish-language information in a very simple and efficient way. It has an advance search system develop entirely by Océano, that allows the user to navigate easily through its databases; from the widest search to the most restricted one, and it always returns relevant results. Try new options in Periodical Publications Section. Back
Océano Digital Escolar is an information center, accessible via Internet, designed specifically to support the learning process of students. Its wide database incorporates contents on all areas of knowledge. It has an advanced search system, developed completely by Océano, that allows the user to navigate easily through the information, from the widest search to the most restricted, and it always returns relevant results. Back
Océano Digital Medicina y Salud is a Spanish-language information center, accessible via Internet, with contents about medicine, nursing and health. It targets students of medicine, nursing and paramedic careers, as well as doctors and nurses. It is a support tool to the learning process of students, as well as a source of information for professionals in their daily work. Back
The Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Online is now available through Encyclopædia Britannica. Librarians, teachers, and students can trust its comprehensive database of words and robust search functionality which allow users to research language and study words in a variety of exciting ways. It's the perfect resource for anyone interested in expanding his or her understanding of the English language.
Highlights:
472,000 entries.
200,000 usage examples.
3,000 images.
14,000 etymologies describe word origins.
Available as an individual subscription or as an add-on to your Britannica Online® subscription. Back
Online access to original source documents in U.S. history. This online chronicle provides a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action. Read the original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American hisotry through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems and interviews.
Highlights include:
2,100 entries from 1493 to the present.
Speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, and more that bring history to life.
Noted contributors that include Madeleine Albright, Henry Ford, John Hancock, Malcolm X, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Photos and multimedia that engage students. Listen to the first inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy discussing Soviet missles in Cuba.
The exceptional depth of coverage, combined with the power and breadth of the Internet, makes the search for information using the award-winning Britannica Online easier and more exciting. With access to THREE encyclopedias—Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia—it's a site for all ages. Users can locate information quickly by using Boolean operators; browsing A-Z; or typing in words, phrases, and questions to receive a list of relevance-ranked articles. In addition to providing answers to a multitude of questions, Britannica Online also leads users to additional information about their topics through related articles, links to outside Web sites, and bibliographies. Back
The most detailed & comprehensive encyclopedia in the Spanish language. Enciclopedia Universal en Español contains over 47,000 articles, 8,300 photos and images, as well as over 390 maps and 500 tables, making it the most detailed and comprehensive online encyclopedia in the Spanish language. Enciclopedia Universal en Español is perfect for native Spanish speakers, bi-lingual students and students learning Spanish. Back
Access Video On Demand for Public Libraries
Give your patrons instant access to world-class documentaries, award-winning educational films, and helpful instructional videos from your library, or any location with Internet access, anytime they choose. The Complete Access Collection covers a wide range of subjects with high-quality content, including thousands of exclusive titles you won't find anywhere else. Plus, dozens of new programs are added monthly—more than 1,000 every year! Classroom Video On Demand
Facts On File and Films Media Group are proud to present their comprehensive Classroom Video On Demand subscription service, a compilation
of Films Media Group's best high school level video content spanning the following core subject areas, including science, social studies,
literature, health, family and life skills, and career and technical education
Films On Demand (FOD) is Films Media Groups’ highly successful streaming video platform for Academic Institutions. FOD includes
thousands of videos that may be viewed anytime and anywhere. Videos are organized into comprehensive curriculum-based collections
accessible via an easy-to-use, web-based video delivery service. Since its inception in 2005 FOD has garnered over 500 higher education
subscribers - making it the most widely-used source of quality educational digital video for academic institutions in North America.
Issues & Controversies helps researchers understand today's crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Its straightforward presentation of the key facts, arguments, history, and current context of today's most important and timely issues makes the database an ideal resource for research papers, debate preparation, and persuasive writing assignments. Includes full coverage of each National High School Debate topic.
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Issues & Controversies in American History offers in-depth explorations of the key issues in U.S. history—from religious freedom in the colonies to the war in Iraq—as they were seen at the time. Totally redesigned and now featuring 25 enhanced lessons, each introduced by an exciting, original three-minute video that gives visual context to the issues and controversy covered by the article. Learning objectives, discussion questions, teacher resources and pintable activity sheets, along with self-assessment quizzes make this a great classroom/homework tool! This educational resource also includes articles, primary source documents, biographies, timelines, images, charts, and much more!
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World News Digest brings seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print together with the most recent coverage and thousands of additional resources. Researchers can follow a story ahead in time and back in time, and obtain the background information they need to understand its significance.
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Today's Science bridges the gap between the science taught in the classroom and real-world discoveries. In addition to accurate, engaging, and timely articles written especially for students, this news service database includes a science fair guide, interviews with current scientists, suggestions for research topics, and much more.
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Bloom's Literary Reference Online is the definitive source for literary criticism from Harold Bloom, with essays and criticism on thousands of great writers and their works, an archive of 46,000 characters, plus articles on topics and themes, specific advice on how to write good essays on popularly assigned authors, a timeline, video segments, and a special feature on Professor Harold Bloom’s Western Literary Canon. Back
Chelsea House Biographies is a user-friendly online resource for the biography needs of middle and high school students. Featuring more than 300 full-length biographies from Chelsea House, the leading publisher of biographies for the school and library market. The award-winning content includes both contemporary and historical subjects from world leaders and famed explorers to popular celebrities and key figures from various cultural backgrounds. Additional resources for writing a report, avoiding plagiarism and citing sources make this a great addition to any library resources.
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Chelsea House Biographies provides users with a convenient one-stop location for all of the tools necessary to write and research effectively, from the mechanics of writing and grammar to style and research. Writing references are pulled from Facts On File’s extensive reference catalog, and more than 150 essays covering grammar, style, research, and more allow users to learn new concepts and find answers quickly.
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Science Online contains extensive information on the full spectrum of scientific disciplines in a variety of useful formats, including printable diagrams, illustrations, images, videos, and flash animations. The content is organized by subject area and type of resource, and is available with and without experiments and state and national education standards.
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Health Reference Center contains thousands of hyperlinked entries organized into five major categories—body systems, diseases and disorders, drug abuse and addiction, mental health and developmental disorders, and nutrition and wellness—plus important health content focusing on teens, women, men, children, and seniors.
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The new U.S. Government Online provides an in-depth look at the structure, function, and history of the U.S. government—providing students with the tools they need to understand how the government works, who the key players are, and what its role is in the everyday lives of citizens. The easy-to-navigate interface allows users to find relevant essays; primary source documents; images and videos; tables, charts, and maps; and news articles.
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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center provides detailed profiles of nearly 3,400 jobs and 94 industries; invaluable advice on career skills; more than 55,000 resource entries; sample résumés and cover letters; a school search feature with exclusive information from Peterson’s Nelnet, LLC; a career interest assessment tool; and much more!
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American History Online spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history. Thousands of biographies, subject entries, timeline entries, primary sources, images and videos, and maps cover the entire spectrum of the American experience, providing the most comprehensive range of information in a single source.
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African-American History Online explores more than 500 years of the African-American experience. The informative, extensively hyperlinked entries in this comprehensive database include primary source documents, images, videos, maps, charts, general and topic-specific timelines, and more. Unique Learning Centers pull forward hand-picked entries within each major era, serving as ideal starting points for research. Culled from many of Facts On File’s critically acclaimed print titles, this unique, comprehensive reference explores all aspects of the African-American experience. Back
American Indian History Online offers fast access to more than 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history, plus browsable indexes of Indian culture areas and more than 600 tribes. Event and topic entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, legends, primary sources, and timeline entries allow for an interactive, multifaceted look at the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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American Women’s History Online contains biographies; historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images, and videos covering more than 500 years of American women’s history. In addition to a general timeline, three unique timelines cover the history of reproductive rights and technology, women in politics, and the American women’s suffrage movement.
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Modern World History Online covers the full scope of world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of fully hyperlinked subject entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, primary sources, and timeline entries combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history.
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Ancient and Medieval History Online provides thorough coverage of nine civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, ancient and medieval Asia, and Islamic Empire—from prehistory to the 1500s. This highly acclaimed resource is excellent for in-depth research or comparative studies across civilizations.
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World Atlas combines more than 500 reproducible, full-color maps with superb statistical information on more than 200 nations, the 50 states, the 13 Canadian provinces and territories, regions, and continents. A wealth of supplemental information is linked to each state, province, and country map, including the location’s history, government, flag, vital statistics, and further resources. Current events news articles complement the valuable statistical and historical information available and make World Atlas a complete geographic reference, perfect for general reference use and for more focused study in school and public libraries. Back
Curriculum Resource Center provides an electronic library of easily reproduced handouts to supplement text and lesson plans used in middle school, high school, and junior college classrooms. This comprehensive collection features thousands of fact sheets, timelines, images, maps, full-color diagrams, experiments, math activities, and much more!
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The World Almanac® for Kids Online expands on the contents of The World Almanac® for Kids print edition, along with other award-winning reference books from The World Almanac® and Facts On File. This engaging resource contains kid-friendly content, resources for reports and research, and a dynamic home page with daily features. A natural complement to the curriculum, this entertaining online site helps kids develop online research skills with a trusted source.
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The World Almanac® offers students and researchers access to authoritative, essential statistics on hundreds of topics in a searchable online format. A natural addition to any classroom or library, this new online resource puts the reference shelf staple at users’ fingertips, with thousands of facts not available elsewhere online.
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World Geography and Culture Online enhances the study of countries, U.S. states, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills, providing both facts at a glance and in-depth coverage through country and U.S. state entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, a gazetteer, compare and rank tools, and much more.
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World Religions Online features focused and thorough coverage of religions and spiritual traditions from around the world. Ideal for religious studies and social studies classrooms, this user-friendly online resource features an easy-to-navigate interface, gateway pages that focus on the world’s major religions, timelines, fact files, media galleries, and much more.
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Biomes of the Earth Online provides students with a broad understanding of Earth’s biodiversity, the factors that influence it, and the future dangers that face the planet and our species. Correlated to educational standards, this online resource includes media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Biomes of the Earth Online provides a comprehensive examination of the history, technology, science, and environmental and social implications associated with the production of energy. Containing interviews with prominent people in the field, this online resource is correlated to educational standards and includes media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Essential Chemistry Online expands the coverage of fundamental aspects of chemistry through concrete, real-life examples, original videos, and clear, accessible narrative. This online resource is correlated to educational standards and includes media galleries and many teacher resources.
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Genes and Disease Online describes what scientists know and what they hope to learn in the near future about the mysteries of genetic disease. With appealing videos and informative text, the online resource is correlated to national and state educational standards and includes media galleries, glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Genetics and Evolution Online provides up-to-date research on key issues in the field of biology to explain how the history of scientific ideas and methods connects to today’s research. Correlated to educational standards, this eLearning Module includes image galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Global Warming Online covers all of the important climatic issues that need to be addressed in order to understand the problem of global warming—from fossil fuels and pollution to changing ecosystems. Correlated to educational standards, this online resource includes media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Green Technology Online provides an in-depth look at the Earth’s increasing environmental problems and the new and current methods for repairing and restoring the environment. Featuring lively text and images, this online resource is correlated to the educational standards and includes image galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Physics in Action Online explores the absorbing science of matter and energy, from the smallest particles that make up matter to the immense forces that move the continents. Correlated to educational standards, this eLearning Module includes original videos, media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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The Plant World Online explores the most interesting aspects of plant biology, with a focus on the interrelationships between plants and humans, through engaging text, images, and videos. Correlated to educational standards, this eLearning Module includes media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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The Human Body: How It Works Online investigates the systems and processes of the human body, from organ systems to cells, through original videos and images and engaging text. Correlated to educational standards, it includes media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Exploring Career Clusters Online offers information on more than 300 jobs, covering 16 broad occupational categories with engaging videos and narrative. Based on the Career Clusters created by the Department of Education, this outstanding online resource includes each Cluster—from education and training to finance, health science to manufacturing, and more.
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Top Careers with a Two-Year Degree Online features informative videos made specifically to support the detailed text, covering the many in-demand careers in various industries that requires on an associate’s degree, along with tips for job success, finding financial aid, and more. This online resource includes video galleries and teacher resources.
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Global Exploration Online details the wonders, anxieties, and achievements of explorers through engaging text and videos, vivid photographs and illustrations, and detailed maps. Correlated to educational standards, this online resource includes media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Great Empires of the Past Online uses engaging videos and text to narrate the stories of the most important empires in world history, exploring their rise and fall, spheres of influence, key events, daily life, and signification personalities. Correlated to educational standards, this eLearning Module includes media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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America at War Online provides a clear understanding, through videos, words, and pictures, of the violent confrontations that have shaped U.S. history. Significant details from participants, key battles, and major innovations in weaponry and tactics are vividly described. It is correlated to educational standards and includes media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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Life in America Online offers a fascinating glimpse into the social history of the nation, covering everything from the foods people ate to popular pastimes in nine different eras. Featuring captivating videos and narrative, this eLearning Module includes support materials such as media galleries, linked glossary terms, timelines, and information on the key people of each era.
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Your Government: How It Works Online introduces readers to the major branches and key players of the federal government. Enlivened by captivating videos, images, and descriptive text, this engrossing resource is ideal for student research and features media galleries, linked glossary terms, and teacher resources.
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From the high school and community college students just embarking on a career path to the business veteran who wants to make a career change, the Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC) provides users with in-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and much more. This online education resource provides everything users need to learn more about furthering their education and making informed decisions on their future from one single, handy database.
And now we’ve taken this database to the next level with the availability of TERC with Careers, which includes tools to help users match their personality to suitable occupations, build outstanding and appealing resumes, and learn valuable cover letter, interviewing, and salary negotiation tips specific to their career stage. Back
Part of Thomson Gale's science product line for students, the Science Resource Center is an in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for science-related research needs. The Science Resource Center reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms, including:
Earth Science
History of Science
Life Science
Physical Science
Science and Technology
Science as Inquiry
Space Science
And much more
Features of this exciting new resource include:
Three core, proprietary reference titles, offering in-depth topic overviews from all science disciplines
More than 30 additional proprietary reference titles, offering subject-specific topic overviews, biographies, science experiments and more
150 full-text science magazines, ranging from those intended for a general audience to scholarly academic journals
More than 8,000 multimedia records, including pictures, illustrations, audio clips and video clips
Links to 500 Web sites, all chosen for their authoritative content and relevancy to the curriculum
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th Ed. and a proprietary science glossary containing definitions of difficult terms and concepts
Multiple search options
Tabbed results lists organizing articles by content type: Reference, Magazines, Scholarly Journals, Newspapers and Newswires, Multimedia, and Web sites
Reading Level indicators to help students choose articles that meet their individual needs
Spotlight articles highlighting topics of high interest to students
Additional links for further reading
A toolbox containing search tips, a research guide and other useful tools for students
PriceIt! is a research tool for the art, antiques and collectibles market developed by GoAntiques.com. With more than 40 million records and nearly 20 million pictures covering 125 main categories and 5,200 subcategories, it is used as both a price guide and an identification guide. This tool is for those who buy and sell antiques, for those who need information on "found" collectibles, and for those who need to determine the value of items for insurance purposes. Back
To highlight the online resources available from Gale, a special Web site was created for Califa members: California Life. Combining selections from their vast periodical and reference content, California Life contains nearly 4 million full-text articles gathered from actual searches through Gale material on topics that directly relate to California living, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. Containing data from a range of publications, including academic journals (e.g., Energy Journal, Environmental Bulletin), newspapers (Fresno Bee, Los Angeles Daily Journal), and magazines, the California Life Web site highlights the depth and breadth of coverage that is the hallmark of Gale resources. Back
The power to answer all types of business queries is at your fingertips with Business & Company Resource Center. Unlike other available online business resources, this comprehensive database offers a dynamic research opportunity, providing accurate, up-to-date company and industry intelligence for thousands of firms. Business & Company Resource Center provides access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, company histories and much more. Back
Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. The ideal convergence of science and serendipity, this online resource leverages the Internet's unique capacity to create, build, communicate and sustain communities of readers.
With an up-to-date and configurable interface, and a unique Open Web component, Books & Authors offers libraries of all kinds a powerful tool that promotes the discovery of literature, and where to find it in your library. Backed by a team of hand-picked genre experts, Books and Authors connects readers with books and provides a number of key functions in your library, including:
Increase circulation of fiction and non-fiction
Build and promote book clubs and programs in your library
Help patrons make informed reading choices
Drives potential and existing patrons to your library database via the Open Web.
Who, What, When, Where — simple choices for Reader Advisory support Back
Associations Unlimited combines data from the entire Encyclopedia of Associations series and includes additional IRS information on nonprofit organizations, for a total of more than 456,000 organizations. The database also contains association materials -- brochures, logos and membership applications. Public and academic librarians, library users, business people and staff of nonprofit associations find Associations Unlimited an indispensable source for: locating national, international and local associations; monitoring association trends; identifying related associations; networking and making professional contacts; marketing to associations, their members and markets; and so much more. Its convenient modular format allows libraries to pay only for the modules they desire. In addition, researchers appreciate its multiple search capabilities, automatic data updates and many other helpful features. Back
History is more than names and dates. With American Journey: History in Your Hands™, your students will experience significant events as they happen — with the people who lived them. Documents such as letters from slaves, diaries from Civil War soldiers, speeches from Malcolm X, and James Madison's debate notes put your students right in the middle of history where they can see, feel and understand it in a way they never could before.
The American Journey series puts several thousand primary source documents at your students' fingertips — from journals, government documents, correspondence, speeches and songs to photographs, paintings, maps, audio and video clips and more. No textbook or print-based anthology comes close to matching such a wealth of primary source materials. Back
This premier database offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration — from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. Combining indexing, abstracts, full text and images, Expanded Academic ASAP delivers answers for both the novice and the experienced researcher — all in one seamless search. Available on the groundbreaking PowerSearch® platform, your library gains 24-hour, remote access to the right academic sources through your preferred interface with the right technical configuration for your needs.
The scope and depth of coverage in Expanded Academic ASAP will satisfy the broad spectrum of students, faculty and graduate researchers who depend on your library for answers every day. Balanced coverage is available through more than 4,200 indexed and more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 2,800 journals are refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included with your subscription. Back
Powerspeak features the 5 most demanded languages asked for by public libraries: Spanish, German, French, Mandarin Chinese, and ESL
for Spanish speakers.
Powerspeak was founded on 30+ years of breakthrough research and has earned the unique distinction of being the leader in accredited
online language courses.
Powerspeak works because it uses an arsenal of proven and effective teaching methods, not single-delivery techniques like listen
and repeat, or memorization that have been shown to be ineffective. Vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, pronunciation are all covered.
Powerspeak makes learning a language fun with an engaging adventure story and multi-modal interaction like audio, video, rich
graphics and music to stimulate all learning types: audible, visual and tactile. The creator of LeapFrog brought his vision to Powerspeak.
Powerspeak makes it easy to learn a new language with the extensive use of the diglot weave, a teaching method that gradually weaves
together the language you already know with the language that you want to know.
Powerspeak teaches culture and how to communicate fluently, effectively and appropriately while in another country.
Powerspeak was designed with significant input from an advisory board of public librarians looking to build a more effective
language product than has been available until now.
Chrome devices such as the Chromebook or Chromebox have replaced the traditional computer. With these fast and intuitive devices,
users have secure access to the applications, documents, and tools they need to work from wherever they are; in the office,
classroom or on the road. Each Chrome device includes three years of Google Enterprise Support and a 1-year warranty on hardware
directly from the manufacturer and with automatic updates your device is always current. Dito can help you leverage these
revolutionary tools within your institution with guaranteed deployment packages matched with industry leading change
management and training.
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The perfect option for libraries that want a full-text biographical resource, Biography Reference Bank
Select Edition provides comprehensive coverage of people in the news and history-makers, along with images and an improved,
user-friendly interface.
Covers over 236,000 individuals
More than 36,000 images
Database grows by 1,000 or more profiles a year
Content from a wide variety of high quality Wilson resources: Current Biography, World Authors series,
Junior Authors & Illustrators series, Nobel Prize Winners series
Includes entries from the acclaimed references Facts About Presidents and Speeches of the American Presidents
Features profiles licensed from other respected reference publishers
Links to full text articles and book reviews in the thousands of periodicals covered by other Wilson databases
Search by name, profession, gender, ethnicity, birth/death date, titles of works, and keyword
Daily updates provide up-to-the-minute coverage of newsmakers
Auto-complete functionality for the Profession/Activity and Place of Origin fields. Enter the first few letters of the
word you are looking for and WilsonWeb will suggest possible professions and/or places
A rich digital resource of art images, rights-cleared for educational use. The Art Museum Image Gallery is a digital resource of art images and related multimedia gathered from the collections of distinguished museums around the world.
Over 155,000 superior quality images with a full bibliographic record. Many include curatorial text, provenance data, detail or multiple views for many images, and related multimedia where available.
Essential for programs in art history, studio art, and design.
You can find works and artists you know, and make unanticipated discoveries.
Illustrate papers, lectures, assignments, and password-protected websites with high-resolution images.
Enriches research in multicultural studies, area studies, archaeology, classics, history, religion, cultural studies, literature, and related subject areas.
Distinguished international museum sources ensure a high level of visual quality and impressive selection of images.
Presents a broad range of time and place—spans artistic creation from 3000 B.C. to the present, with art from the cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, including Native American and Meso-American peoples.
Superb coverage of contemporary and modern artists.
Daily updates provide up-to-the-minute coverage of newsmakers
Coverage of both fine and decorative art: painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, textiles, costumes, jewelry, ceramics, furniture, glass, books and manuscripts, archaeological finds, and more.
Supports theater department and community theater research on set design, period costumes, and period furniture.
Provides unprecedented access to museum collections for research, education, and enjoyment.
Building on the convenience and accessibility of the popular Reference Shelf Plus
print series, Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus presents a carefully-selected articles from key publications in
social, scientific, health, political, and global issues, brought together to make a well-rounded overview. This is an
easy-to-use, accessible, "information hub" offering library users balanced examinations of current issues. The database
now covers over 100 topics, with more than 20 new topics added annually. It's a perfect complement to Reference Shelf
print subscriptions.
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Created to meet the educational and research needs of your patrons—as well as vocational students
preparing for careers in health care—Current Issues: Health focuses on a wide range of health topics with articles selected
by H.W. Wilson editors to offer a thorough and balanced overview.
From eating disorders to food safety, from alternative medicine to cloning, from euthanasia to travel and
health, here's where consumers can turn for information to enrich their understanding of issues at the
leading edge of health and medicine.
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LearningExpress Library LearningExpress Library is an innovative, Web-based learning solution that provides
patrons, from elementary students to adult learners, with instant access to the most comprehensive collection of test preparation tools,
skill-building materials, and career resources available. Over 1,000 online practice tests and interactive skill-building tutorials are
available, along with more than 200 eBook titles-all developed by expert academic and industry professionals.
With today's global economy and emphasis on 21st century skills, LearningExpress Library™ helps patrons of all ages prepare
for success in life by meeting a broad range of educational and career-oriented needs, including:
Preparing for professional certification, licensing, and aptitude tests in health care, civil service/government, law enforcement,
firefighting, EMS, military, and real estate, among others
Improving workplace skills such as resume building, interviewing techniques, job search and assessment, business writing,
and core computer skills
Achieving higher scores on college entrance exams such as the ACT and SAT, and improving performance on
Advanced Placement (AP) exams
Preparing for graduate school admissions tests such as the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT
Improving proficiency levels in reading, writing, and math for elementary, middle, and high school students as well as adult learners
With LearningExpress Library 2.0, your patrons will have access to:
Individual Learning Centers with easy one-stop access to related tests, courses, eBooks, and center-specific content
Practice tests that mimic the timing, scoring, and format of official exams
Instant feedback and diagnostic score reports to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses
Detailed answer explanations, which allow for a better understanding of the subject matter
Instant essay scoring that enables writing skills improvement and provides authentic essay practice for the ACT, SAT, and GED exams
Individual user accounts that allow patrons to save works-in-progress and access completed tasks and score history
Personalized notifications that alert users of related tests, courses, and eBooks, based on their usage patterns
Easy-to-use Web interface and advanced search functionality, which provides intuitive user experience
Best of all, students, teachers, and adult learners alike can access their learning centers anytime and anywhere with an Internet
connection.
LearningExpress Job & Career Accelerator™ A powerful and complete career selection and job search tool is now
available, to change the way individuals search for jobs. Introducing Job & Career Accelerator™ from LearningExpress-the most innovative,
comprehensive, and fully integrated online job search system available. It puts job seekers in the driver's seat and on the fast track to
career success!
Job & Career Accelerator™ places everything needed for career selection and job searching in one easy-to-use Web application,
and is unlike any career search tool that has come before. Anyone who wants to stand out from the competition, advance in his or
her career, or discover exciting new employment opportunities will find everything needed to achieve these goals, all in one resource
that adapts to individual needs.
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LearningExpress Popular Software Tutorials provide patrons with a solid proficiency in software
applications, helping them navigate and excel in today's information age. Computer aptitude is a critical component of the 21st
century skill set, and an indisputable necessity for workplace success. With instant access to today's most popular software
applications, this comprehensive suite of tutorials gives users the necessary tools for gaining a competitive edge in today's
fierce global economy and workplace environment.
LearningExpress Computer & Internet Basics
Computers and the Internet have become a vital part of everyday life, from finding information and staying in touch to
searching for jobs and shopping online. Surprisingly, many lack the essential computing skills needed to carry out the
most basic tasks. LearningExpress' Computer & Internet Basics break down computing fundamentals into easy-to-follow multimedia
tutorials, allowing patrons to learn how to use computers and get online quickly and easily.
This flagship service provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.
LexisNexis® Academic provides searchable access to a comprehensive spectrum of full-text information from over 5,600 sources, selected to meet academic research needs, including:
National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information
Shepard’s® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789
Business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news
Many flexible search options meet the needs of beginning, intermediate, and advanced users. Campus-wide access is available directly from the desktop. Librarians have access to toll-free 24/7 customer service. Back
Enjoy fast and easy access to statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations with advanced PowerTables™ functionality - the shortcut to finding statistics online.
Instead of wading through large documents, go directly to the statistics you need by conducting searches based on the data contained in the tables, assigned subject descriptors, or bibliographic information. Every table is linked to an abstract, which in turn contains a link to the full-text source document.
LexisNexis Statistical enables easy access to statistics produced by the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.
Optional modules can be added to expand the number of PowerTables and to allow searching of CIS abstracts of statistical publications.
Campus-wide access is available directly from the desktop. Librarians have access to toll-free 24/7 customer service. Back
Explore government in action with the most comprehensive online resource available for Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research.
Perform in-depth research with access to the full-text of more than 211 years worth of detailed information about Congress, including member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, financial data, and the full-text of key regulatory and statutory resources. Use it to:
Pinpoint expert testimony on the leading issues of the day
Tap authoritative sources of statistics, projections, and analyses
Discover a law’s intent by tracing its legislative history
Gauge Congressional attitudes toward current topics
Find out how members of Congress voted on legislation
Investigate the finances of members of Congress
Monitor legislation and public policy on almost any topic
Review the federal regulations that implement legislation
Learn the makeup and mission of Congressional committees
Now there is a tool you can turn to for more efficient and targeted searches on a wide range of today’s key environmental issues from a diverse collection of source types.
Avoid wasting valuable time and energy scrolling through a document list from a search engine that may contain hundreds (or even thousands) of irrelevant documents from unreliable sources.
Use a tailored product for a comprehensive search of topics from sources and documents you trust.
Search LexisNexis Environmental on a wide range of topics, including:
Freegal Music: Your New Music Library: Hundreds of thousands of songs and an easy to use and manage website.
FAQ's about Freegal: Where did you get the name FREE GAL?
It is actually Freegal, which rhymes with legal. It is a word that we made up, or at least thought we did. It means free and legal music. Then we discovered that it was in the Urban Dictionary. So someone else made it up.
How much music is on this site?
It changes daily. But it is safe to say that there are thousands of artists, tens of thousands of albums and hundreds of thousands of songs. The Freegal site has over 50 genres of music and is rich in many of them. The content is owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a global leader in the record industry. You can read more about Sony and its artists at sonymusic.com.
New music is added regularly to the site.
Who is Library Ideas?
Library Ideas is a privately held company based in Fairfax, Virginia that markets products to the educational markets.
Besides Freegal Music we have movies on USB drives and an online language learning product.
Is there a download manager?
No, there is not. That’s one of the benefits of the site. Do you really want yet another application on your computer?
We bet you don’t. This site uses your browser to download the files. Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, take your choice.
Our testers preferred browsers with the lowest security settings (hint, hint) but the choice is up to you.
Is there Digital Rights Management (DRM) on these files?
No! Hooray! Finally. These files are downloaded as MP3 files for compatibility reasons. That means that if your device plays an MP3 file and has enough memory (a song is generally only 4-6 MB), then you can play it. You can transfer it, you can burn it to a cd. You just can’t do anything illegal with it.
Will the downloads work on the iPod? The iPad?
Yes, yes. The easiest thing to do is to download the files to your desktop. Then open your iTunes and drag the song in. Presto, it is in your library. Next time you synch up, you will see that song.
With Mango as a resource in your library, you'll be providing your community with all of the educational tools essential to learn foreign languages. The increasing importance of foreign language knowledge is more evident today than ever before. And Mango has utilized advanced technologies to make this increasingly necessary process of foreign language learning incredibly fun, simple, effective and accessible.
Mango Languages provides its users with remarkable conversational results after each and every lesson. Whether it's for your community’s students, educators, business personnel, or language lovers, learning a foreign language is now easy, effective, and convenient with Mango. Back
Mango’s easy and fun-to-use language learning tools now serve even
your youngest patrons. We’ve partnered with Little Pim to create an online language learning
system for ages 0-6. It’s the fun, easy, and effective way for kids to learn a foreign language!
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Marshall Cavendish is a leading North American publisher of nonfiction series, illustrated encyclopedias, and
digital resources. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark specializes in visually appealing and authoritative nonfiction series, meeting the
needs of readers from kindergarten through high school. Marshall Cavendish Reference offers titles on a wide range of topics to support
the curriculum and to encourage lifelong learning. Based on and expanded from our award-winning printed encyclopedias and nonfiction
series, Marshall Cavendish Digital offers all of the authoritative content and visual excitement expected of Marshall Cavendish, with
the addition of online functionality that reflects the experience and needs of a new generation of students. Marshall Cavendish eBooks
are searchable digital books that include the full text and illustrations of select Marshall Cavendish Benchmark and Reference titles.
Marshall Cavendish Online and Marshall Cavendish Education are the company’s newest ventures, as the company expands into education
publishing in both digital and print formats.
Marshall Cavendish Digital Platform
57 titles in science, history, health and literature
Content is derived from award winning Marshall Cavendish print titles
Content is owned, 3 years access to platform with purchase
Remote access with unlimited simultaneous users
Article outlines, citation options, adjustable type size and easy printing
Article translations in 57 languages
Marshall Cavendish eBook Platform
Unlimited simultaneous users
Ownership of content, not licensed
572 non-fiction, reference & fiction titles
eBooks can be downloaded to compatible laptops,desktops and to tablets
MARC records provide direct access to eBooks
Content from a highly regarded publisher of reference, non-fiction & children's books
AccessScience is based upon the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th edition and its corresponding annual yearbooks, and the Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th edition, AccessScience contains 8,500 articles written by the leading figures in their fields—including 30 Nobel Prize winners, over 2000 science biographies and 14,000 high-quality illustrations, “Headline News” from Science News, and McGraw-Hill science editors’ selected websites for further research capabilities.
In addition, AccessScience is updated daily with new articles, research updates and current events. Print and electronic copies of the new McGraw-Hill AccessScience brochure are available for distribution. Back
Media Arts Center San Diego promotes access to film and video as tools
for community self-expression and social change and supports the professional development of
media artists. Within the library community, they offer Youth Programs, Professional Development,
Viewing Stations, Equipment, Lectures, Local History projects, Video Production Services, Group
Workshops among other services. The Califa discount covers their Digital Story Station/Mobile Stories
Menu, Videographer Services, and add-ons for these. The discounts are as follows: Digital Story Station/Mobile Stories Menu :
Equipment Ordering and Set Up. Regular Rate: $1050. Califa Members: $900
One time Professional Development Workshop. Regular Rate: $1500. Califa Members: $1275.
In depth On-site Technical training - 2 day. Regular Rate: $3000. Califa Members: $2500.
On Call Consulting per Month. Regular Rate: $1050. Califa Members: $900.
Comprehensive Mobile Stories Project Oversight. Regular Rate: $20,000. Califa Members: $17,250.
Comprehensive Digital Story Station Proj. Overight. Regular Rate: $20,000. Califa Members: $17,250
Morningstar'sInvestment Research Center is an interactive investment database with information on over
30,000 Stocks, Mutual Funds, and Exchange Traded Funds. It combines cutting-edge technology with Morningstar’s investment know-how
to give your patrons a one-stop investment site. Designed specifically for libraries, it provides independent analysis, industry information,
stock charts, portfolio building tools, and investment education. View the new Morningstar Investment Research Center user guide here, and
the brochure here. You can also view the
Tutorial Center here.
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Option #1 Bay Area Metro Collection - This is a subset of the California Collection and includes 64 Sources from San Francisco Bay area to San Jose along with the San Francisco Chronicle Electronic Image Edition.
Option #2 The LA Metro Collection plus - This is a subset of the California Collection and includes 96 sources from the LA and surrounding counties - this includes the Image Edtion of the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times: Full text coverage from the Los Angeles Times spanning 1985 to the present day, either with or without remote access.
California Newsstand: This collection includes titles from within the state of California, including the Los Angeles Times, The Fresno Bee, The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, The Modesto Bee, The Oakland Tribune, The Orange County Register, The Pasadena Star-News, The Riverside Press-Enterprise, The Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, The Palm Desert Public Record, The Redlands Daily Facts, The Sacramento Bee, The San Diego Union - Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, The San Bernardino Sun, The Torrance Daily Breeze, The Whittier Daily News, and more. A full title list is available in the trial.
National Newspapers 5: Full text coverage of the Christian Science-Monitor, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times.
ProQuest Newsstand: Includes all ProQuest newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, other California Newsstand titles, National Newspaper titles, and many other US and international titles. A full title list is available in the trial. Back
This database provides full-color, full-page access to more than 1,000 newspapers in 41 different languages from 84 countries around the world. It reads just like a real newspaper, so you can see every photo, every caption, every ad, classified and article. There is a translator feature to covert the articles from English to another language (or vice versa). There are 130 U.S. papers, including the USA TODAY, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Seattle Post, and many more! This database is rich in Hispanic and Asian news – perfect for diverse communities!
Here are some other points of interest:
Customizable – put your favorite newspapers as “Librarian’s Picks” on the home page
We offer dynamic icons for your website. Simply pick a paper (like the LA Times) and include our dynamic URLS and images. Then, every day the icon will change to reflect that day’s front page.
Front-page News - the front page of the interface offers categories such as Top News, Business, Sports, and the World in Pictures.
Multi-title searching - users can keyword and topic search across all titles and the entire 60-day rolling archive.
Library Administration Tool - library staff can now control the content that appears on the front page of PressDisplay through the use of the new library administration tool. Administrators can also pull several different usage reports from this tool.
Full-page and custom area printing for all titles - users can print page images, in addition to article-level printing.
Article Rank-measures the interest or popularity of an article, which is determined by the length of time readers spend on that specific article and by the overall attention the article received from all users. Article Rank is continually updated to reflect the most current reading preferences as determined by PressDisplay readers.
My Newspapers - library staff can customize the front page to display the newspapers their patrons read most.
Multilingual Interface - the interface is available in English, French, Russian, Italian, German, and Arabic.
Instant Translation - up to 12 major foreign languages available
Social Networking - blog, Digg and link to articles in Facebook or Del.icio.us
Sound Integration - now readers can listen to an audio version of an article through Windows Media Player, while simultaneously reading other newspapers or using other applications (great for the visually impaired!)
Commenting - join conversations and comment on articles within PressDisplay
Table of Contents - section-by-section list of articles
Article Text View - ASCII text view
Article Jumps and hyperlinks - quick link to the rest of the article
Live Email - users can email writers with responses and feedback
Related Articles - users can read additional articles on similar topics
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Cover to cover full text and full-image content for leading U.S. newspapers, with enhanced reproductions of every page from every issue in downloadable PDF files. Libraries may consider this a supplement or substitute for microfilm collections of these two primary newspapers.
New York Times (NYT HNP): the definitive national newspaper from its first issue. 1851-2003.
Los Angeles Times (LAT HNP): the West Coast perspective on world news from 1881-1985. Back
Combines census data (1790-1930), family records, local histories, city directories, Freedman’s Bank Records, and the Periodical Source Index (PERSI: 6000 indexed local history & genealogy articles) and other primary sources indexed for easy access. Back
Featuring over 4,055 journals, ABI/INFORM Complete™ is absolutely the most comprehensive business database on the market today. The combination of products forms a business database package that offers more than 2,965 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. ABI/INFORM Complete is used at major business schools including Harvard, Michigan, Wharton, Northwestern, and Chicago. Contains everything that ABI/Inform Global offers, with the addition of a “Trade & Industry” module… a “Dateline” module (breaking business news)… a “Archive” module (historical content for research into the past). Back
ABI/INFORM Global is one of the most comprehensive business databases on the market. It includes in-depth coverage for over 2,890 publications, with more than 1,920 available in full text. ABI/INFORM Global offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. With ABI/INFORM Global, users can find out about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape. Also includes: over 18,000 business dissertations… EIU ViewsWire (coverage of business and economic events from across the globe)… over 5,000 business cases…and the full Wall Street Journal current newspaper collection. Back
This is a one-of-a-kind database! Alt-PressWatch™ showcases unique, independent voices from some of our nation’s most respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals. The database features over 500,000 articles from more than 190 publications, offering a wide range of unfettered, critical coverage of the news. All of these varied alternative and independent presses are presented in 100% full text, allowing researchers total access to both regional and metropolitan perspectives on local, national, and international issues. Alt-PressWatch gives readers and researchers access to many distinctive, thought-provoking titles that defy mainstream media. Back
This state newspaper bundle package includes the following papers like: The Daily Breeze, The L.A. Daily News, The Fresno Bee, The Modesto Bee, The Oakland Tribune, The Orange County Register, Pasadena Star News, The Riverside Enterprise, Long Beach Press Telegram, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, The Public Record, The Sacramento Bee, Redlands Daily Facts, San Diego Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, L.A. Sentinel, The San Bernardino Sun, Whittier Daily News, and many more! Go into the trial and click on the “publications” tab to see them all. Deep back-file on many of them! Back
One of our most popular databases! CultureGrams Online is the best interactive social-studies database out there. It fits the K-12 curriculum perfectly, supporting the “after 3” crowd. It’s also fantastic for world travelers and missionaries. Each report – covering over 200 countries (as well as every U.S. State) offers detailed report which include things like: history, geography, economy, languages, traditions, customs, national anthems, life as a kid, biographies, recipes, photos, videos, slideshows, flags, greetings, gestures, dating/marriage, art, culture and much more! Colorful, interactive, and very engaging. There’s nothing else like it out there! Back
eLibrary delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and multi-media/digital-media content designed to support every range of user, including grade 6-12 students, college-prep and college-level researchers, and professional educators. This is the “ultimate” homework-help database! Researchers will find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts, plus thousands of maps (some are interactive!), pictures, web-links, and audio/video files. Titles cover a wide range of subjects including business, education, general interest, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas. Every magazine, journal, newspaper, book, and transcript is provided in 100 percent full-text—saving valuable search time and reducing the frustration of abstract-only results. Find results like NPR podcasts, Fox News video clips, photos from National Geographic, articles from the L.A. Times and the New England Journal of Medicine, reference results from the DK Eyewitness books or Frommer’s travel guides… and so much more! Back
This version offers the same content contained within the eLibrary database above, but with the addition of two large modules: History Study Center and ProQuest Learning Literature. See each entry for those databases for details about the content. Back
This version is the same content type as the regular version of eLibrary, but geared towards the elementary school students. This database tailors all the media types and search functionality of eLibrary for the young reader. Students use the colorful, graphical search interface to find the answers they need from more than 130 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, web-links, and audio/video titles, all selected as appropriate for elementary school studies. Back
This award-winning database allows researchers to explore thousands of full-text and multimedia files that help researchers better understand concepts in science, and that allow educators at all levels (from K-12 to university and beyond) to build engaging science materials, lessons, and activities for students of all ages. Users find the answers they need from more than 440 sources including magazines and journals, newspapers, TV and radio transcripts, reference books, websites, images, and streaming audio/video. eLibrary Science, in partnership with leading reference publisher Salem Press, also includes 20 of Salem's high-quality, high-interest reference titles, such as Animal Life and Plant Life from the Magill's Encyclopedia of Science program; and other award-winning titles such as the Encyclopedia of Genetics. Most are available for the first time in electronic format. Other titles include: American Scientist, Astronomy, Current Anthropology, Environment, The Lancet, Psychology Today, Popular Science, Stem Cell Week, and Technology Review. See neat images from NASA… get science fair ideas… hear a podcast about Cro-Magnon man… do math puzzles online… and much more! Back
This is a full-text database that features newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Of the more than 1,000,000 articles contained in the collection, nearly a quarter are presented in Spanish. Also includes Asian-American, Jewish, African-American, Native-American, Arab-American, Eastern-European, and multi-ethnic content. Titles include New York Amsterdam News, Asian Week, Jewish Exponent, Seminole Tribune, and many more. With titles dating from 1990, ENW presents a comprehensive, full-text collection of nearly 1.6 million articles from more than 280 publications offering both national and regional coverage. Back
This resource is an amazing history database, with the U.S. and world history contained within one product. History Study Center spans from ancient times through today's current events. It houses over 40,000 documents that showcase historical events and provide school-age students, undergraduates, historians, and professional researchers with quick and easy access to the information they want. Over 500 study units for curriculum paths for junior high, middle school and high school researchers. This database also contains: 20,000+ articles from atlases, biographical collections, encyclopedias, and research guides (with more added monthly)… Picture Library—3,000+ captioned historical photos, political cartoons, woodcuts, more… Video Library—hundreds of historical video clips, captioned for context and easy searching… Web Gateway—annotated links to thousands of reliable websites, from the major primary source collections down to individual pages… KnowledgeNotes™ History Guides—text-based topic guides about trends, events, and the science of history… Journal Library—cover-to-cover full text of 60 journals for runs that often go up to the most recent issue, and much more! See it for yourself: try a few searches like “Hitler” or “Westward Expansion.” Back
ProQuest National Newspaper Core package provides your library with online access to the most respected national and regional newspapers from across the U.S. The titles in ProQuest National Newspapers Core offer researchers thorough coverage of local, national, and international events with journalistic balance and perspective. Those papers provide a comprehensive package to retrieve important articles, and research events over time and from different perspectives. The five titles include: The New York Times (1980-present) - the paper of record in the U.S., best known for its analysis of news, issues and social changes. The Wall Street Journal (1984-present) - the single most authoritative source of global and national business reporting (ProQuest has co-exclusive rights to this title). Washington Post (1987-present) - inside-the-beltway coverage of politics and highly respected investigative journalism. Los Angeles Times (1985-present) - the perspective of the American West, lauded for its coverage of immigration, entertainment, and environmental issues (ProQuest is the exclusive provider of the Los Angeles Times). Christian Science Monitor (1988-present) - balanced, objective reporting from the most respected field journalists in the industry. Back
The small business sector in your community depends on the public library to provide resources which are essential to running and developing their businesses. City and state governments encourage the development of small businesses within cities of all sizes to help build and sustain the local economy. ProQuest Entrepreneurship supports the study and real application of entrepreneurship by offering a central access point to an unprecedented collection of innovative tools. An unmatched resource, ProQuest Entrepreneurship combines a broad array of full text resources together with the integration of multimedia and new format contents such as videos, transcripts, Excel spreadsheets and Word documents. Contains thousands of market research reports, business plan templates, business cases, legal forms, templates, sample worksheets, and much more. This database contains the full Hoovers collection, the Snapshots market research collection, company annual reports, dissertations, newspaper articles and much more. Back
ProQuest Family Health covers an enormous range of subjects of value in the public library context – from sports injuries to women’s health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry. It includes important general medical journals such as The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine as well as a strong selection of consumer and news magazines. Other titles include: Men’s Health, Exceptional Children, Diabetes, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Women’s Health Weekly, Pediatrics for Parents, Occupational Health and so much more! Cross-searchable with other PQ platform databases. Back
PQ: Learning Literature is an all-in-one database. Not only will you find an amazing amount of author biographies and literary criticisms, but you’ll also find over 180,000 full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world. The new Quick Search feature on the home page allows students to search the entire collection at once. Also, our new Search Criticism feature enables students to search more than 100 key literary magazines and journals for the latest criticism, reviews, and interviews. Titles include The New York Times Book Review, Black Issues Book Review, The Explicator, Hispanic Review, World Literature Today, and The Writer. This is a unique database in that you’ll find tons of multi-media related to literature studies! A searchable database of more than 2,500 images and video clips contextualizes the material for students and makes ProQuest Learning: Literature a great source for multimedia projects and presentations. Our unique Poets on Screen feature presents clips of world-famous writers reading poetry—their own and that of others, bridging the gap between student and author. This is also one of the rare databases where you’ll find really contemporary authors, like Stephanie Meyer of the “Twilight” vampire series... C.S. Lewis of the Chronicles of Narnia series… J.K. Rowling… Ann Brashares (author of the “Sisterhood of Traveling Pants”)… Jodi Picoult… John Grisham… and many more! Back
The perfect database for a one-stop-shop of newspapers and magazines. ProQuest News & Magazines provides access to a wide range of popular topics such as the arts, business, health, sciences, and humanities. The database includes over 2,260 titles, with more than 1,970 available in full-text. It combines high-demand magazines and journals with a newspaper package that includes The Wall Street Journal and USA Today plus the regional newspapers of the Pacific-west area. With thousands of articles available online, ProQuest News & Magazines includes some of the most popular information resources. To see the title list, go into the trial and click on the “publications” tab. You’ll find tons of newspapers, and all of the most popular magazines! Back
A one-stop shop for all research needs. This database includes more than 3,950 titles—over 2,700 in full text—from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. ProQuest Research Library consists of two components: a core list of periodicals; plus 15 supplemental subject-specific modules. ProQuest Research Library is designed to cover the top 150 core academic subject reference areas—and cover them extensively—so that it is an invaluable database for a number of different disciplines and is accessible to readers/researchers at every level. Subject modules include: Arts, Business, Children, Education, Health, Humanities, International, Law, Military, Multicultural, Psychology, Sciences, Social Science, Women’s interest. Back
SIRS Researcher is one of the best databases for current issues and controversial topics – it’s the perfect support product for student papers and K-12 curriculum. SIRS Researcher blows away the competition with the amount of current and relevant results. The first twenty results of most keyword searches are from newspaper, magazine and journal articles that are only a month or two old. The articles and graphics are superb, and our “pro/con” format gives both sides of the perspective to help students get that “A” paper. Over 100 topics, with the top ones focusing on terrorism, economy and global warming. Offers photos, videos, newswires, podcasts and up-to-date coverage on important topics like global warming or genetic engineering. You’ll even find extensive coverage of the 2008 Presidential election. Contains content from top newspapers like L.A. Times, New York Times and USA Today. Back
Ancestry Library Edition is an enhanced edition of MyFamily.com’s popular consumer genealogy database, Ancestry.com. ALE is only available as an in-library service with unlimited simultaneous users and is not available for remote use. Back
WorldCat-listed resources span thousands of years and nearly every form of human expression. Records exist for everything from stone tablets to electronic books, wax recordings to MP3s, DVDs and Web sites. Whether an item is physical or digitally preserved, popular or one-of-a-kind, the integrity of its record is maintained by the input of cataloging members, our standards and quality control. Back
OCLC Language Sets reflect changing demographic and immigration patterns in North America. The available languages represent some of the fastest-growing populations that your library may need to serve. All OCLC Language Sets include full-level OCLC MARC records for each title, including the following:
Existing Library of Congress (LC) Classification or Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) call number and Cutter
Editing for up to three elements of the call number
Nonfiction records contain up to three Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH) and Bilindex subject headings for Spanish
Choice of DDC Cutter: Cutter Sanborn, C.A. Cutter, OCLC four-digit Cutter or local Cutter
CJK records include vernacular script; Russian and Arabic vernacular script is available upon request (display is dependent on local system configuration)
SMS/text messaging service that offers library access to patrons over cell phones. The service provides various notifications such as late-fees, courtesy, holds, overdue and renewal of library items using the SIP2 protocol. The software can also provide patrons with a list of items associated with a notification. Lastly, it is very easy to extend our software to do perform other tasks or for use with other languages. Currently support English and Spanish.
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Over 130 subject dictionaries, plus the World Encyclopedia, offer unrivalled coverage of everything from art to accountancy, politics to physics, and computing to classics
The very best in quick-reference information plus authoritative in-depth articles
English dictionaries, and bilingual dictionaries of French, German, Spanish, and Italian
Over 900,000 entries across 25 subjects, including an expanding range of Oxford Companions, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
More than 6,000 illustrations, plus 500 full-colour maps
Key events in the 20th century linked to themed timelines
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. Back
Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). We offer ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools. Back
In addition to the regular programme of revisions and new articles, Grove Music Online has grown to include The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (published in print in 1992 and online in 1999) and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition (2001). Through a partnership with Sibelius notation software, over 500 of Grove's musical examples are now available in sound as well as notated examples. Back
Pronunciator is the brainchild of librarian/entrepreneur Robert Savage, and the ongoing work of an
international team of 947 people — translators, teachers, librarians, editors, voice artists, sound engineers,
graphic artists, and programmers. They primarily serve public libraries, as well as individuals who don't have access to
Pronunciator through their public library. Their mission is simply to provide the most comprehensive, feature-rich, engaging
language-learning solution available.
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Rock's Backpages is the biggest online database of music writing in the world. It is a unique resource
unavailable elsewhere online. Sourced from the pages of the music and mainstream press, it is a massive library of primary source,
full text articles (reviews, interviews, features and more) from the early 1960s right up to the present day. In addition to our
archive of text articles, we also provide over 300 exclusive mp3 audio files of original source interviews.
This archival database is of great value to university, college, school and public libraries.
Details of the database
There are over twenty thousand articles on the site. These feature over two thousand five hundred artists and range from 500-word
album (or concert) reviews to 10,000-word interviews and features.
The articles are full text and fully searchable (by artist, date, genre, keyword etc.) including a sophisticated ‘advanced search’
option.
Written by over five hundred of the best writers in music journalism, they are taken from the widest possible range of publications
in the US and UK: from Creem and Trouser Press to Rolling Stone, and from New Musical Express and Melody Maker to MOJO.
The archive covers all types of popular music from the 1950s to the present: from Abba to Zappa, the Stones to the Stone Roses and
from Elvis to Eminem. There are, for example, 160 articles on the Beach Boys and 220 on the Rolling Stones.
The library includes previously unpublished pieces about The Beatles (by Michael Lydon in 1966), The Doors (by Lester Bangs in 1975),
and seminal interviews (128k mp3) with major artists from Bob Dylan to Radiohead.
The library is currently increasing in size by approximately 50 new articles a week.
All the material in the database is presented with the full agreement and permission of the copyright holders – freelance writers
and journalists – or of their estates, and the vast majority of this material is exclusive to Rock’s Backpages.
50 GOLD Company Profiles customizable to your local area
50+ Vault Insider Videos
Internship Database
Access to the Vault Message Boards
Insider College Admissions Reports
3,000 Career Advice Articles
Sample resumes and cover letters, and interview tips
Industry and occupational research
Benefits
Insider Information: Vault surveys thousands of professionals every year to get the inside scoop on companies and industries.
Access: Reach more patrons effortlessly. Your users can access the content 24/7 from any computer with internet access, and you are allowed unlimited concurrent users.
Customization: Vault gives the Online Career Library the look and feel of your site, including the logo and navigation tools.
Trusted Content: The Online Career Library is used at over 1,000 subscribing institutions.
Quick & Painless: Vault does all the work. They build and host the Online Career Library–you just post the link on your site to give your patrons access.
Price Security: When you license the Online Career Library, Vault has built in a minimal 10% renewal fee for clients. This is price protection for their continued partners since the cost of the Online Career Library increases upwards of 30% or more each year.
Tracking: Upon your request, Vault provides statistics monitoring usage.
SpringShare is the creator of LibGuides and LibAnswers, a web 2.0 content
management and information sharing system designed specifically for Libraries. Over 1000 libraries worldwide use
LibGuides to create content, share knowledge, and connect with patrons. View the Brochure here.
To learn more about LibGuides please visit the following pages on the Springshare Website:
Text a Librarian is the all-in-one support tool for libraries:
Patrons ask questions using PCs, tablets or mobile phones. Librarians type responses via our simple, efficient, web-based dashboard for as little as $14/month.*
Single Dashboard Access to Web Chat, Text Messaging and Email
The most efficient way to communicate with your library customers, whether they are on the web or out in the world. Respond to multiple inquiries at once, stress-free.
Work More Efficiently Across Departments or Branches
Take advantage of our answer templates, auto-responders and collaborative friendly features so one librarian can work alone or in a group.
Increase the Usage of Your Digital Assets Through Simple Integration
Be accessible at the "point of need" with support tabs for your website, blogs and online databases. Simple copy and paste code makes it easy.
Blackstone Audio collection launched in March 2008. Provides unlimited simultaneous user access to 1,800 titles when it is launched and will grow at a guaranteed rate of 15-25 titles per month.
Through an expanded partnership with Blackstone Audio, the third largest producer of unabridged audiobooks in the U.S., OCLC® NetLibrary will offer libraries an extensive collection of 1,800 eAudiobook titles as a subscription. Approximately 15-25 new titles will be added to the collection monthly, at no additional cost. Subject coverage spans more than 30 categories with strengths in:
To help public libraries in Califa address the growing needs of school students, job seekers, and other l
ibrary patrons, ebrary® offers a program that combines the following:
A growing collection of nearly 21,000 full-text e-books from leading publishers such as Random House, Penguin,
The McGraw-Hill Companies, and Taylor & Francis in multiple subject areas for schools & studying, career development,
fiction, practical life skills, arts & leisure, and more.
Affordable, subscription-based pricing with simultaneous, multi-user access - no checkouts required.
DASH!™ (Data, Sharing Fast) for uploading, integrating, and sharing searchable databases of government forms,
community college programs, ephemera, special collections, and more.
Complimentary marketing services and 24/7 web-based training with a real person.
ebrary also offers e-book titles in all subject areas for academic libraries,
schools, and other organizations.
Key features and benefits of all products and services:
Available 24/7 through any web enabled device including the iPad – no downloads.
Continued collection growth at no extra cost throughout the subscription term.
Free MARC records.
COUNTER-compliant usage statistics.
Powerful tools for easy researching:
Multiple options for searching, navigating, and browsing.
ebrary InfoTools™, which turns every word into a portal to
additional information on the web. InfoTools can be customized to link patrons to the resources of your choice.
Notes and highlights that are automatically stored on a personal bookshelf.
Ability to copy/paste and print text with automatic citations and URL hyperlinks back to the source.
Personal bookshelves with moveable folders that can be emailed to others.
Much more!
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Shared collection of technology ebooks - 1400+ titles from O'Reilly and other top IT publishers.
This is a shared eBook collection comprised of participation member libraries. Califa manages the collection, invoices each February for that calendar year, and payments are due by December 31 of that calendar year. This allows for greater flexibility in payments, as libraries can pay out of either fiscal year. If a library joins the collection in the middle of the year, you will be invoiced for the entire year, and then receive another invoice the following February. However, you may pay that invoice later in the year (ie a year from your original invoice) and should you choose to discontinue participation in the collection, you will not lose service until the original anniversary date. Back
An up-to-date collection of Nolo books and other selected consumer legal materials. Over 250 titles.
This is a shared eBook collection comprised of participation member libraries. Califa manages the collection, invoices each February for that calendar year, and payments are due by December 31 of that calendar year. This allows for greater flexibility in payments, as libraries can pay out of either fiscal year. If a library joins the collection in the middle of the year, you will be invoiced for the entire year, and then receive another invoice the following February. However, you may pay that invoice later in the year (ie a year from your original invoice) and should you choose to discontinue participation in the collection, you will not lose service until the original anniversary date. Back
Shared collection of 5190+ e-book titles from netLibrary with the emphasi on business and technology titles, but general subject areas are also covered.
This is a shared eBook collection comprised of participation member libraries. Califa manages the collection, invoices each February for that calendar year, and payments are due by December 31 of that calendar year. This allows for greater flexibility in payments, as libraries can pay out of either fiscal year. If a library joins the collection in the middle of the year, you will be invoiced for the entire year, and then receive another invoice the following February. However, you may pay that invoice later in the year (ie a year from your original invoice) and should you choose to discontinue participation in the collection, you will not lose service until the original anniversary date. Back
Califa is now host to Califa Digital Collections, a cooperative collection of digital materials from a number of its member libraries. Current participants are past and present recipients of the Local History Digital Resources Project, an LSTA project, which assists California libraries in digitizing their local history manuscripts, photographs, and works of art. Califa is allowing member libraries to transition from the grant supported digitization to a self-sustaining model. For information on hosting your library’s digital collections, go to http://califa.org/cdm_info.php where you can find our service agreement (PDF) with pricing details and other information, or contact Califa at califa@califa.org. Back
LibSat provides library managers ongoing information to assist in prioritizing and improving their library's quality of service. LibSat includes online surveys designed to enable Library systems to capture customer satisfaction information. Online reports provide libraries with real-time access to their customers' views and enable library management to benchmark and compare trends in customer satisfaction. LibSat reports are adaptable. With LibSat's custom report functionality, you decide on which area(s) of your library operation you want to focus. You can benchmark and track the data that is important. You can adapt the reports to monitor specific issues that are important right now. The online surveys are available in multiple languages (seven and counting!).
LibPAS (Library Performance Assessment System) enhances library productivity and advocacy with a data gathering, reporting and management system that is characterized by flexibility. Flexibility in terms of how your library wishes to gather, access, and report data.
InformsUs allows you to Create and Customize your own forms and surveys to gather information specific to your institution. See Brochure for more information. Back
Tools and services that empower librarians and enable their patrons to get the most value out of their electronic serials, including content in aggregated databases, publisher web sites and subscription agents.
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Serials Solutions now offers the Ulrich’s Online Services to Califa members at a discount.
Ulrichsweb.com is an upgrade or complement to the print edition of the Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, long the authoritative source for information about serials. The electronic version is a user-friendly and up-to-date one-stop shop for all the library’s information needs when it comes to periodicals.
A few of the features of Ulrichsweb.com are:
Ability to link to Serials Solutions A-Z list, reviews, JCR web, Library Catalog, OCLC and other outside sources
The online edition of Ulrich’s is updated on a weekly basis
Multiple users at one time and subscriptions based on unlimited users
Enhanced information on A&I coverage
Table of Contents links
The personalization tools in Ulrichsweb.com – such as Lists – let users create and share list of titles they’ve located in Ulrich’s. This is a time-saving workflow tool. Users may also set up personalized alerts based on changes in a particular subject category.
Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System offers the library a number of tools, supported by the qualitative information in Ulrichsweb.com, for assessing your collection and accomplishing a wide variety of serials analysis projects -- from print-to-electronic migrations to identifying the last available copy – more efficiently and effectively, a task more critical than ever in today’s economy. A subscription to the Analysis System includes Ulrichsweb.com for free.
Pricing for these products is based on population served and starts as low as $917 with the Califa discounts and special offers. Back
This affordable, efficient, automated return and sorting system has an intuitive user interface and can be mounted on an
internal or external wall. Ideal for libraries with limited space, it can be used for return only or can accommodate up to 15 bins
(Model SL offers up to 3 bins and Model FX offers up to 15 bins).
SL Specs: PDF
FX Specs: PDF
Provides real-time check-in feature and easy-to-use interface to help your library increase circulation and maintain a more accurate catalog.
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The 3M RFID Detection System Model 9100 combines flexibility and style with state-of-the-art technology to help provide excellent detection and reliability.
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A component of the 3M™ One-Tag RFID System, the 8800 provides state-of-the-art protection for all marked library materials. Available in black or gray.
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The Model 8900 combines flexibility and style with state-of-the-art technology to provide excellent detection and reliable performance.
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Combines classic elegance with cutting-edge electronics to provide superior wide-aisle detection in an exceptionally attractive package.
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Now your security system can make a statement and blend seamlessly with your library’s decor. With best in class detection performance and a choice of over 30 material and color combinations, the new Detection System Select Series will help you reduce collection loss without compromising style.
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A flexible, reliable, very low frequency system, the 3500 offers an adjustable height detection zone and a wide range of installation options. Remote electronics ensure reliable operation. Virtually free of phantom alarms.
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With superior coverage that ensures dependable protection of all protected materials, the advanced design of this system helps save time and maintenance costs. Self-contained diagnostics reduce maintenance calls and ensure optimum performance. 36" and 42" corridor options accommodate wheelchairs with ease.
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With superior coverage that ensures dependable protection of all protected materials, the advanced design of this system helps save time and maintenance costs. Self-contained diagnostics reduce maintenance calls and ensure optimum performance. 36" and 42" corridor options accommodate wheelchairs with ease.
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Used in conjunction with your 3M™ SelfCheck™ System, this is the only integrated disc media security system that ensures the item checked out is the same item that is unlocked.
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These precision-balanced strips are designed for CDs and CD-ROMs. The easy, 1-step application process integrates 2 strips into a clear film overlay that prevents removal and protects the surface of the disc. Strips will not affect performance.
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This cordless handheld device reads 3M RFID Tags on books and other materials, and makes shelf reading, re-shelving, sorting, searching, weeding and exception-finding much easier and more efficient.
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Peek-A-Book is an innovative system that inspires children to explore the library’s collection and take full advantage of its resources. Eye-catching kiosks with an interactive touchscreen interface offer short previews of books in the library’s collection to entice children to read the actual book to learn how the story ends. Back
Raha Books was created with the specific mission of providing libraries and research institutes with the latest books and media directly from Iran in a library-friendly environment. Their professional library services include K-level cataloging with each item. They have bilingual librarians on board with extensive experience in the field of library and cataloging, as well as selecting materials. Each month they comb through hundreds of new titles, publication lists, books-in-print, and many reviews to bring you some of the latest or the best in various categories published in Iran. Back
The Early Literacy Station™ is an "All-In-One" Learning system with 24 English and 24 Spanish educational software titles, pre-installed.
The ELS targets children 2-8 and spans seven (7) curricular areas.
All software is top rated by Children’s Software Review.
The ELS has an imaginative interface that encourages exploration. It comes with a colorful keyboard and tiny mouse.
There are no floppy or CD drives and no installation. Just take it out of the box and plug it in!
The Early Literacy Station™ requires no technical support and includes a 3-year warranty.
Early Literacy Station™ customers can select from a number of options. These options include: 1 or 2 Additional Years of Warranty; Head Phones; and Printer Supplies. Back
Given a rare "A+" by School Library Journal (January 2010 issue), the ELS is a dynamic,
stand-alone computer station
geared to 2-10 year olds that features a full range of educational software programs (48 titles) pre-installed.
As part of the ELS, you get the ELF Child-Safe Browser, a customizable browser that only provides access to
kid-friendly sites.
We are happy to announce that Version 7.0 of Early Literacy Station is now here! Version 7.0 includes a
number of new
titles, including Giggles Toddler My Music World, Giggles Toddler ABCs and 123s, PhotoKit Junior, Math Doodles, and
Graph Club 2.0. Version 7.0 systems also come complete with a new touch-screen monitor that is great for young children!
Portable: ‘Check out’ the ELS just like a book
The ELS will soon be available to kids just like any book in the library! The Lending Library ELS
is a complete version of the product loaded onto a small USB drive. It can be checked out just like a book at
local libraries or signed out at school. So kids can continue to learn at home!
Califa members receive a 17% discount on a variety of library supplies and furniture from this respected library vendor. For full catalog of available resources go to: www.shopbrodart.com
(exclusions: Security Systems; Accessories; Scan Pro; Image Mouse; Indus 5001 Book Copier/Scanner) Mention Califa in the discount code Back
SAM (Smart Access Manager) from Comprise sets the new standard in Access Management software with the most complete solution for managing public-use technology within libraries. SAM is designed to support the library’s desire to implement a long-term technology plan that empowers patrons with self-service options, improves staff efficiency and recovers costs…all using the libraries’ Current Library Cards! Back
Premium quality and designer look highlight Gaylord's exclusive furniture lines.
Whether you are looking for affordable options or top of the line styling, we have products guaranteed to fit
your organization. Call us for more information on shelving, circulation desks, book trucks, displayers & exhibit cases,
tables, chairs, and more. Plus, take advantage of our free design services! Use code number 37720 when ordering to receive the 15% discount on Furniture. Back
AV Equipment and Supplies, Book Protection and Care, Book Supports and Shelf Accessories,
Book Trucks and Return Units, Children's Supplies, Circulation and Processing Supplies, ID Cards, Bar Codes,
and Security Labels including security strips, Holders and Protectors Multimedia Storage Office Supplies and
Decor Periodical, Pamphlet and Document Storage and Care Presentation, Equipment and Supplies, Promotional Products,
School Supplies, Signage and Message Boards. When ordering, use code number 37720 to get the discount of 20% on Library
Supplies and 15% on Archival Supplies and 3M Supplies. Back
LAT-Max, LAT-MAXine, and LAT-MAXwell are a family of self-service machines based on FlashScan technology.
Providing multiple form-factors, all with a same patron interface, multiple finishes and all at the same price, the machines allow
libraries to take advantage of the modern self-service technology regardless of their physical space constraints. Coupled with an
array of impressive features and capabilities these machines, installed all across the country, have gained a solid, industry
leading reputation for flexibility and value. allCIRC product line, already an established leader in media management,
is an extension of the FlashScan technology that allows total optical media security while simultaneously providing self-service for
their patrons.
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Libraries can benefit from a sorting solution that offers space saving options and automatically sorts all library materials.
The two bins can be specified to sort children books/adult books or books/media or ready to re-shelve/special handling.
The sorter uses RFID and automatically updates your ILS in real time. Califa offers the mk Mini Sorter in various options including
wall integrated, or access with outdoor/indoor book drops or stand alone with enclosures to be placed in the public area of the library.
Contact Califa for additional information.
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Paragon Micro/EDU is a Global Technology Reseller focused on the needs of hardware, software and professional services
to our learning communities that include Libraries, Schools and Museums. Through our partnership with Califa we are able to offer group
purchasing agreements for their member libraries with leading manufacturers such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, LG, Microsoft and many more.
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