Category Archives: Information Resources

There’s infomation on the new $100 bill (who’s on it? Ben Franklin) as well as other denominations at http://www.newmoney.gov/. In addition to a video on the $100, there is “educational material” you can order–in many different languages–on all currency. And you can follow the money on its own Facebook page!
It just seems as if this could enhance a great book display.

CountryWatch is offering Nebraska librarians trial access to the following databases through May 15, 2010:

• CountryWatch Premium Online provides cost-effective, current and comprehensive socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental and investment information, along with news, analysis, maps, data and statistics on all of the world’s 192 countries and many non-sovereign nations. CountryWatch Premium is made up of four distinct features, the Country Reviews, Country Wire, CountryWatch Data, and Map Gallery, each complementing the other to provide maximum depth and coverage.

  Trial URL: http://www.countrywatch.com

• CountryWatch Youth Edition is tailored to young students exploring the countries of the world and global events. The CountryWatch Youth Edition is a combination of background information on specific countries, current events coverage, a guide to the formation of countries within global context, curriculum-based resources, and colorful international images.

  Trial URL: http://www.countrywatch.com/youthedition

• CountryWatch Forecasts provides a vast amount of data heretofore unavailable in a single location and offers a comprehensive country-by-country view of the global economy.
  Trial URL: http://forecast.countrywatch.com/

Trial Dates: April 8, 2010 through May 15, 2010
Trial Access Instructions: Trial access instructions were distributed via an April 8, 2010 message to the TRIAL mailing list. If you didn’t receive this message or would like to have it sent to you again please email Susan Knisely
Discounted pricing and ordering instructions are available at on our web site.

CQ Press is offering Nebraska librarians trial access to the following online resources, available for individual purchase, but searchable through the common CQ Press Electronic Library interface:
Periodicals:

• CQ Global Researcher
• CQ Researcher Plus Archive
• CQ Weekly

Databases:

• CQ Press Congress Collection
• CQ Press Encyclopedia of American Government
• CQ Press Public Affairs Collection
• CQ Press Supreme Court Collection
• CQ Press Voting and Elections Collection

Online Editions:

• CQ Almanac
• Congress and the Nation
• The Contemporary Middle East
• Encyclopedia of the First Amendment
• Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion
• Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law
• Guide to Congress
• Guide to Political Campaigns in America
• Guide to the Presidency
• Guide to U.S. Elections
• Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
• Historic Documents Series
• International Military Alliances, 1648-2008
• Political Handbook of the World
• CQ’s Politics in America
• The Supreme Court Compendium
• Supreme Court Yearbook
• TimesReference from CQ Press
• Vital Statistics on American Politics
• Vital Statistics on the Presidency
• Washington Information Directory

A to Z Online Edition Series

• Congress A to Z
• Elections A to Z
• The Presidency A to Z
• The Supreme Court A to Z
• The U.S. Constitution A to Z

Trial Dates: March 10, 2010 through May 10, 2010
Trial URL: http://library.cqpress.com/trials
Trial Access Instructions: Trial access instructions were distributed via a March 10, 2010 message to the TRIAL mailing list. If you didn’t receive this message or would like to have it sent to you again please email Susan Knisely.

During the month of March, Oxford University Press is offering Nebraska librarians trial access to the following six databases:
Oxford Handbook Online

• Contains the complete text from the well-received Oxford Handbooks print collection, available for the first time electronically.
• Four subject areas: Business and Management, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion
• Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline and explains the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and sets the agenda for how those debates might evolve.
• Over 2,000 original essays by internationally renowned scholars
• Available as a one-time purchase or as a subscription
• New titles added to the collection each year, with new subjects to be added later

Oxford Scholarship Online

• Contains the full content of over 3,700 books in electronic format
• At least 500 new and recently published titles added each year
• 18 subjects to choose from:
  • Political Science, Philosophy, Religion, Economics and Finance, Linguistics, Classics, Psychology, History, business and Management, Mathematics, Biology, Music, Physics, Law, Social Work, Neuroscience, and Public Health/Epidemiology.
• Keywords and abstracts at both book and chapter level, the vast majority written by the original author
• Free MARC Records available
• Available as a one-time purchase or as a subscription

Digital Reference Shelf

• Full-text electronic versions of nearly 50 award-winning, multi-volume Oxford reference sets available on an individual basis
• Titles work either as a stand-alone resource (each has its own static URL), and they also integrate and become searchable with Oxford Reference Online content
• All titles read as a webpage without the use of PDFs
• Free MARC records available for all titles

<Available as a one-time purchase

Grove Art Online

• Includes the full text of the 34-volume print edition of The Dictionary of Art–PLUS specially-commissioned articles and updated bibliographies only available online
• 45,000 articles contributed by 6,700 scholars from 120 countries, covering both the fine arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) and the decorative arts (ceramics, textiles, jewelry, interior design, furniture, glass, metalwork, and more)
• Contains over 5,000 searchable and embedded art images, maps, and line drawings
• Extensive coverage of world art offering unparalleled depth of information covering the civilizations and cultures of Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Australia and the Pacific Islands, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, and more
• Updated three times a year with new and revised articles

Grove Music Online

• Broad coverage of musical styles: covers the entire history of music from Bach to the Blues
• Includes the full text of the acclaimed 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition)
• 50,000 articles by 6,000 contributors, sophisticated search and browse capabilities, Sibelius-enabled musical examples, and extensive links to musical sites on the Internet
• Contains 28,000 biographies
• Updated three times a year with new and revised articles

Oxford Reference Online

• Contains 1.5 million entries across 25 subjects, including an extensive range of OUP subject dictionaries, Oxford Companions, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
• Access to 15,000 images, including 6,000 in full color with fully-searhable captions and over 900 full-color country, state, and city maps, and flags
• Over 30 timelines link more than 2,000 key events throughout history in the fields of Art and Architecture; Literature; Performing Arts; Politics and Government; Science, Technology and Medicine; Society; and War
• Updated several times a year with new titles and new editions

Trial Dates: March 3, 2010 through April 1, 2010
Trial Access Instructions: Trial access instructions were distributed via a March 9, 2010 message to the TRIAL mailing list. If you did not receive this information or would like to have it sent to you again, please email Susan Knisely.

This spring semester, EBSCO Publishing is offering Nebraska academic libraries trial access to the following four databases:

• Ageline AgeLine focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging. AgeLine is the premier source for the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. AgeLine also includes information for professionals working in aging-related fields and for consumers.

  Original abstracts are generated for every citation, with index terms drawn from AgeLine’s Thesaurus of Aging Terminology. AgeLine indexes over 600 journals, books, book chapters, reports, dissertations, consumer guides, and educational videos. Designed for researchers, professionals, students, and general consumers, this database addresses aging issues from individual, national, and global perspectives.

• Education Research Complete Education Research Complete is the most authoritative online resource for education research. This massive file offers the world’s largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals. It is a bibliographic and full-text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.

  Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals. This database also includes full text for nearly 500 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.

• Literary Reference Center (LRC) Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.

  Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 31,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, more than 159,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), 450 literary journals, morethan 632,000 book reviews, more than 69,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 18,000 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 5,600 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more.

• Political Science Complete (PSC) Political Science Complete contains full text for over 400 journals, and indexing and abstracts for more than 2,000 titles, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product, such as British Politics, Ethnopolitics and the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. PSC has a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.

  The database also features more than 180 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 27,000 full-text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association. PSC includes a subject-specific thesaurus with 10,453 terms (4,041 preferred and 6,352 non-preferred terms), to provide subject searching guidance to researchers.

Trial URL: http://trial.ebscohost.com
Trial Dates: 2/10/2010-5/11/2010
Trial Access Instructions: Trial access instructions were distributed via a February 10, 2010 message to the TRIAL mailing list. If you did not receive this information or would like to have it sent to you again please email Susan Knisely.
Price quotes are available upon request. To request pricing please email Susan Knisely with your library name and your most recent FTE.

If you purchase Nebraska newspaper microfilm for your library from the Nebraska State Historical Society, note the change in their duplication policy outlined below. A complete listing of NSHS access and duplication charges can be found on their web site at http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/services/refrence/fees_duplication_access.pdf
Notice Regarding Microfilm
Duplication Services
From the Nebraska State Historical Society
As of March 1, 2010, there will be a change in microfilm duplication services. We will continue to offer silver halide microfilm as a duplicate copy at $70/reel. Because of a change in pricing from the vendor, we will no longer offer diazo duplicate microfilm. Silver halide is archival quality and is the best choice for library use. With this in mind and with the pricing increase that would be necessitated if we continued to offer diazo duplicates, we have decided to implement a silver halide only duplication policy. This change will affect all orders including standing patron orders. Thank you for your continued support and effort in preserving Nebraska history.
Andrea I. Faling
Associate Director, Library/Archives
Mary Woltemath
Curator Assistant, Library/Archives
Microfilm Department
(402)-471-4776

LearningExpress LLC, the company behind LearningExpress Library, a collection of test preparation and skill building tools subscribed to by a number of Nebraska libraries, recently began promoting a brand new service: Job & Career Accelerator. To introduce Job & Career Accelerator to the Nebraska market, LearningExpress LLC is offering Nebraska libraries free trial access to the new service through February 15, 2010.
Product Description: Job & Career Accelerator integrates everything patrons need to conduct a successful job search, all in one easy-to-use online application. Interactive wizards guide patrons through each step of the process, from exploring suitable occupations and finding available jobs to preparing targeted resumes and improving critical job search skills. In addition, the personalized Job Search Portfolio allows job seekers to plan, tailor, and track multiple job searches at the same time while providing easy access to all their saved information. The end result is the most efficient and effective job search possible. Job & Career Accelerator features:

• Easy-to-Use Online Interface: The Getting Started tutorial helps job-seekers become familiar with the job search process. The intuitive wizard-based design guides users through the search process, step-by-step.
• Personalized Career Guidance: Questionnaires and career-oriented skills and interests assessments provide personalized career recommendations based on individual responses.
• Occupational Exploration: Over 1,000 Occupational Profiles allow users to explore and compare occupations in detail including salaries, expected growth, key responsibilities, education requirements, and more
• Real-Time Job Postings: An integrated database of over 5 million up-to-date job listings, aggregated from leading job boards, classified ads, and other web sites, delivers targeted job openings based on occupational interests and desired locations
• Focus and Organization: Filtering and ranking functionality for industries, occupations, and geographic locations allows job seekers to hone in on occupations and job listings of most interest for a focused and effective job search.
• Superior Preparation: Robust resume and cover letter wizards allow job-seekers to easily create professional and targeted resumes in multiple formats, and interactive tutorials and tips help them master interviewing techniques, establish professional networks and improve business communications skills, and more.
• Tracking and Monitoring Dashboards: The Job Search Portfolio allows users to access all their saved information in one easy-to-access dashboard, and enables them to organize, plan, and track the entire application process using personal wizards and checklists.
• Prescriptive Learning: For subscribers to LearningExpress LibraryTM, Job & Career AcceleratorTM is fully integrated to provide recommended learning paths, such as adult basic skills tutorials, GED preparation, and career certification/licensing test preparation resources, based on occupational requirements and user profile data.
• Always On: This Web-based application is accessible 24/7 from any internet-enabled computer.

For more product information and an online demonstration of Job & Career Accelerator, see www.learningexpressllc.com/accelerator.
Trial Dates: January 11, 2010 through February 15, 2010
Trial URL: http://www.learningexpresslibrary.com
Trial Access Instructions: Trial access instructions were distributed via a January 11, 2010 message to the TRIAL mailing list. If you did not receive this information or would like to have it sent to you again please email Susan Knisely

The Governor’s State of the State Address (also known as the Budget Speech) will be broadcast live from the NET web site Thursday January 14th at 10 am. To view the webcast go to the NET Public Media site and click on the Main Legislative Chamber Link.
http://www.netnebraska.org/publicmedia/capitol.html