Cross Curricular Resources What do we have? WHAT DO I SELL?

Today’s Objectives  Overview of Options  Why are periodicals important.  The Value of our databases  Gale Virtual Reference Library – Custom Journals  Power Search

 To provide the customer with the most appropriate level of content  Not undersell or undervalue our content  Become a consultant and provide a solution to the customer. Overview – What are we trying to achieve?

Why Are Periodicals Important?  Periodicals provide the most current fact checked editorially reviewed information  Periodicals bridge the gap between the reference book and the internet  Best of both worlds  Fact checked reliability of a reference book  Contemporary relevance of blogs and other internet sources which are inherently unreliable  They supplement the encyclopedia content  I.e. A biography on Anna Nicole Smith written in 2006 in a reference book will give accurate biographical information; however, will show her as still being alive. The periodical content brings the information up to date.

Full Text – the key to our competitive edge  Terms to know  Active Full Text: We currently provide the articles from the periodical in full text through the current date  Full Text: We currently provide full text of the article up to a specified end date. (I.e. The Backfile)  Embargo: We can only publish full text of the magazine after a date specified by the publisher.  Citation: A brief excerpt of the article pointing you to a specific source.

We have solutions for all budgets

1) Elite 500 for $500 (special price) 2) Custom Journals 100 for $420 With E-Books Or customize… Help the customer create their own mini resource center!

What’s the value?  InfoTrac Junior $595 for $30,000 of content  Periodical Content: 30K  InfoTrac Student, $2000 for $100,000 of content  Periodical Content: 100K  Discovering Collection 60K for only $1650  Reference Content only: $60K in reference (510 volumes)

What’s the value?  Student Resource Center JR. $90,000 for only $1595 (middle School only)  Reference Content $60K in reference (510 volumes)  Periodical Content: 30K  Student Resource Center Bronze $4200 for $130,000  Reference Content $60K in reference (510 volumes)  Periodical Content: 70K  Student Resource Center Silver $4995 for $155,000  Reference Content $65K in reference (510 volumes)  Periodical Content: $90K  Student Resource Center Gold $5995 for $178,000  Reference Content: $78K in reference (548 volumes)  Periodical Content: $100K

What is SRC made of? 588 journals, pamphlets, limited reference Student Junior Bronze – 688 journals Silver – 856 journals Gold – 1132 journals

More than SRC…… Academic OneFile 60% Unique 10,500 titles General OneFile 60% Unique 11,120 titles Expanded Academic 4500 titles General Reference Center Gold 4900 titles SRC Gold 1130 titles

AcademicGeneral Reference InfoTrac Student InfoTrac Junior

Potential Thomson Gale Package

Key Products to Focus On Academic One File comes with an AP “Power Pack” at no charge. AP Science (123 titles) AP Psychology (108 titles) AP US History (63 titles) AP Honors Literature (173 titles) AP Government and Social Studies (110 titles) AP Fine Arts and Music (115 titles) AP Global History (101 titles)

Educator’s Reference Complete

 Collection of nearly 1,100 periodicals, mostly full-text, academic journals, nearly all covered in ERIC database  Strong focus on educational psychology  Collection of 200 full-text reports covered in ERIC, published in Spanish and English by the US Department of Education  Podcasts and audio content centered around issues in education  Peterson’s College Prep Podcasts  US Government Podcasts on Education  Cross-searchable with Thomson Gale eBooks such as the Gale Encyclopedia of Education, College Blue Book and titles from Information Science Publishing

Unique Features  Over 300 full text titles that are included in ERIC – more than any other education resource.

Coming soon  The entire ERIC database will be included in this database  Bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other pertinent data) for more than 1.2 million items indexed since 1966, including:  Journal articles  Books  Research syntheses  115,000 reports  Conference papers  Technical reports  Policy papers, and  Other education- related materials

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Additional New Features Spring 2007  Visual Search  Search within Results  Search alerts in PowerSearch, with RSS export  Usability improvements to interface  Enhanced persistent URL capability  Improved “How-to-Cite” functionality  Tab configuration and “All Results” tab  Enhanced Subject Guide with topic groupings

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