Thomson Gales Newest Solutions

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• Thomson Gales Newest Solutions
• February 26, 2007

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Todays Objectives

• Update you on recent enhancements to InfoTrac
  OneFile
• Explore the Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Share the future direction of PowerSearch

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InfoTrac Solutions
Periodical Databases for Public Libraries
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InfoTrac OneFile

• Largest collection of full-text magazines
  available
• 99 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
• Nearly 60 million articles at a users fingertips

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Whats New with InfoTrac OneFile?

• More than 500 travel guides, including every
  Fodor Travel Guide published in 2006 and 2007.
• 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

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Whats 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.

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The PowerPack
A subscription to InfoTrac OneFile also gives you
access to

• Information Science Library Issues
• Insurance Liability Collection
• Pop Culture Collection
• Psychology Collection
• Religion Philosophy Collection
• Small Business Collection
• Tourism, Hospitality Leisure Collection
• US History Collection
• Vocation, Careers Education Collection
• War Terrorism Collection
• World History Collection

• Communication Mass Media Collection
• Computer Database
• Criminal Justice Collection
• Diversity Studies Collection
• Educators Collection
• Environmental Issues Policy Collection
• Fine Arts Music Collection
• Garden, Landscape Horticulture Collection
• General Reference Center GOLD
• General Science Collection
• GLBT Life and Issues Collection
• Home Improvement Collection
• Information Science Library Issues Collection

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Gale Virtual Reference Library

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

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Its Not Your Traditional eBook

• Full flexibility with your collection
• No readers, no check-outsides, no barriers
• Unlimited usage
• You own the content forever

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Some current GVRL customers
These libraries purchased the full GVRL collection

• Detroit Public Library
• Boston Public Library
• Las Vegas Clark County Public Library
• Tampa Hillsborough Public Library
• Mid-Continent Public Library System
• Phoenix Public Library System
• King County Library System
• Miami-Dade Public Library
• Prince Georges County Library System
• Fairfax County Public Library
• Pierce County Public Library
• Newark Public Library
• North Suburban Library System

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But you can start with one title

• Take Business Plans Handbook as an example
• Traditionally, with print
• You had to purchase one copy for every branch
• Patrons could not easily find the information
• Patrons could not access it from home or after
  the library closed
• Multiple users was not an option

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Now Equal Access to All
Austintown
Boardman
South
Brownlee Woods
Sebring
Campbell
Canfield
North Jackson
Lake Milton
Greenford
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And Multiple Ways to Access
DIRECT LINK
OPAC
UNIQUE COLLECTONS
INDEX
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ALL TITLES
POWERSEARCH
24 hours a day 7 days a week with unlimited
usage
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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
• Special starter pricing

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Some Key Reference Sets

• 12 volumes available, covering approved plans for
  more than 250 businesses.

• 26 volumes available, covering major novels
  studied in high school. Offers deep novel
  synopses and all the information students need to
  write their reports.

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Some Examples of Key Collections

• Wellness Collection
• Large collection of multi-volume encyclopedias
  covering every health topic. Number of titles
  are award-winning titles.

• Lucent Terrorism Library
• Written for students, rhe four-volume Lucent
  Terrorism Library examines the wrenching events
  of September 11, 2001 as well as the history and
  personalities behind terrorist acts committed in
  the United States and elsewhere in the world.

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Build Your Own
You can also build your own collections
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And Now on to PowerSearch
Nearly 100,000,000 articles from the worlds
leading periodicals
More than 1,000 of the worlds leading reference
books
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In 2007, expect a research experience unlike any
other
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Cross-search all databases at once or Search
databases by subject with functionality
specific to that subject.
Literature Search
Business Search
Biography Search
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The Launch of PowerSearch Plus
Search all Gale Databases
Search All Other Databases
Search Library Catalog
Search Open Web
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PowerSearch Now
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PowerSearch Plus
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Access All Your Resources at Once
Add a search box to your web pages
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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

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Visual Search
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A New Common Menu
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New Results Display
Choose tab order
Search within results
Narrow by subject
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New Document Display
Hyperlinked Fields
Email, Print, Cite, Translate
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• We welcome your questions