Infotrac for Public Libraries May, 2007

Today’s Objectives  Review Infotrac Databases used in Public Libraries  Discuss new content included over the last 6 months  Explore the Gale Virtual Reference Library with Power Search  Share the future direction of PowerSearch with Power Search Plus

AcademicGeneral Reference InfoTrac Student InfoTrac Junior

InfoTrac Solutions DatabasePrimary Focus More than 11,000 magazines covering all subject areas. Strengths in trade publications, travel, hobbies, news, health and academic journals. More than 4,000 core magazines across disciplines. More than 1100 magazines and journals appropriate for grades This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum More than 300 titles selected for grades 5-7. This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum Periodical Databases for General Research

 Largest collection of full-text magazines available  95% with no embargo  Includes greater backfile coverage of key periodicals than any other database (Time, US News & World Report, Newsweek)  Includes 86% of the titles covered in Magazines for Libraries in active, full-text  Podcasts, video and audio content from many major news agencies  Almost 65 million articles at your patron’s fingertips InfoTrac OneFile

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?  More than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor Travel Guide published in 2006 and  Full collection of NPR programs from 1990 to present, with searchable transcripts.  Full-text of the New York Times from 1995 to present day.  10 years of full-text, Discover Magazine

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?  Articles can now be translated into 8 different languages.  More than 3,000 active, full-text titles recommended by Magazines for Libraries.  More than 20 reference sets, including the Encyclopedia of World Biography and the Gale Encyclopedia of Science.  11,000 magazines in all, 70% of which are not found in EBSCO or ProQuest databases.

Additional, Targeted Databases  Culinary Arts Collection  Diversity Studies Collection  Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Collection  General Reference Center GOLD  General Science Collection  Home Improvement Collection  Insurance & Liability Collection  Popular Magazines  Small Business Collection  Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection  Vocation, Careers & Education Collection Your patrons may not know what “OneFile” is, so we created some additional, targeted databases:

Value of Targeted Databases  Collection of major cooking/nutrition magazines  Thousands of searchable recipes  Restaurant reviews, industry information  Currently negotiating potential content agreement with: Culinary Arts Collection

Value of Targeted Databases  Covers all aspects of home repair and interior design  More than 200 full- text magazines  Currently loading DIY trade publications Home Improvement

Value of Targeted Databases  Strong coverage of landscape design, botany  More than 100 magazines and a series of trade gardening books  Fully illustrated Gardening and Landscape

Value of Targeted Databases  More than 500 travel guides (with maps) from Fodor’s and Hunter Publishing  Major travel magazines  Strong focus on the hospitality industry as a business and profession Hospitality and Tourism

“POWER SEARCH it” with Gale Virtual Reference Library Imagine… No shelf space issues. No torn pages. Equal access and full circulation of multi-volume sets. No Readers No Check In/Check Out 24/7 Remote Access Free MARC Records Fully Cross-Searchable

 Circulate your Reference Content  Availability only through Thomson Gale  Accessibility and Customization  Seamlessly cross-search periodicals and e-books simultaneously Gale Virtual Reference Library

It’s Not Your Traditional eBook  Full flexibility with your collection  No readers, no check-outs, no barriers  Unlimited usage  You own the content forever

And Multiple Ways to Access DIRECT LINK INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS OPAC UNIQUE COLLECTONS ALL TITLES POWERSEARCH 24 hours a day… 7 days a week… with unlimited usage…

A Look Further Inside GVRL  More than 1600 volumes of reference to choose from  Hundreds of Award Winners  More than 33 publishers  Flexible pricing  Significant discounts for titles you already own in print

Build Your Own You can also build your own collections… Break out a Newspaper or magazine of your choice

And Now on to PowerSearch… Nearly 100,000,000 articles from the world’s leading periodicals More than 1,000 of the world’s leading reference books

PowerSearch: User Selection 1. Select your products 2. Submit your selections

Or, create a default to a Power Search Pre-selected databases

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In 2007, expect a research experience unlike any other…

A New Common Menu

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

New Document Display , Print, Cite, Translate Hyperlinked Fields

Additional New Features in Early 2007  Visual Search  Search alerts in PowerSearch, with RSS export capability  Cleaned up user interface, with easier access to limiters  Better document display, with easier access to InfoMarks and tools  Improved “How-to-Cite” functionality  Tab configuration and “All Results” tab  Enhanced Subject Guide with topic groupings, as well as “limit by subject”  Search within Results

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

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