SUNYConnect Electronic Resources

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SUNYConnectElectronic Resources
Senate Operations Committee University Faculty
Senate Alfred April 12, 2002
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SUNYConnect E-Resources

• InfoTrac OneFile
• ScienceDirect
• netLibrary E-books
• MultiMedia Archive
• Literature Resource Center
• Associations Unlimited (national)
• HarpWeek (1857-1865)
• OCLC FirstSearch Base Package
• Ingenta

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InfoTrac OneFile
A periodical index to more than 6,000 scholarly
journals, magazines and newspapers, nearly 3,000
in full-text. It covers education, art, business,
humanities, natural and social sciences,
technology, and law from 1980 to the present.
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ScienceDirect
This resource provides SUNYConnect users with the
full-text of about 850 scholarly journals (more
than a million articles) in the sciences and
social sciences, with backfiles to 1997. It also
indexes and abstracts many more journals.
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netLibrary E-books
SUNYConnect makes available over 5,000 electronic
books on a variety of subjects, notably medicine
and health, computer science, economics and
business, literature, history, and technology.
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MultiMedia Archive
Formerly known as AP/PhotoArchive. Includes
750,000 photos and other images, such as maps and
graphs, back to the 1840s, half a million audio
files (from the 1930s on) and 700,000 AP news
stories from the last 5 years.
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MultiMedia Archive
Formerly known as AP/PhotoArchive. Includes
750,000 photos and other images, such as maps and
graphs, back to the 1840s, half a million audio
files (from the 1930s on) and 700,000 AP news
stories from the last 5 years.
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Scholarly Information Is Not Free On The
Internet SUNY Connect Database Costs FY
1999-2000
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SUNY Connect Database Selection Process

• SUNY Libraries Contract Advisory Team (SLiCAT) is
  composed of Library representatives from campus
  types
• Contact your representative with database
  purchase suggestions
• Suggestions are forwarded to the SUNY Connect
  Advisory Council
• A new core database package will be implemented
  in July 2003

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Access E-Resources Off-Campus

• All the databases well use today are available
  to you at your home computer from most SUNY
  campuses
• Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) uses an
  Internet address that SUNY Connect doesnt
  recognize
• You will have to authenticate or log-in
• Contact your campus librarians for assistance
  with your campus log-in procedure

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The Operations Committee thanks the following
people for all their assistance in preparing
todays presentation
Office of Library and Information Services
(OLIS) Carey Hatch Assistant Provost Larry
Randall SUNY Connect Project Coordinator Presen
ters Bev Crowell Public Services
Librarian Alfred University Ellen Ehrig
Associate Director for Information Services SUNY
College of Technology at Alfred Diana Hovorka
Serials and Circulation Librarian SUNY College of
Technology at Alfred Pat LaCourse Engineering
and Science Librarian Alfred University Mark A.
Smith Electronic Information Services
Librarian Alfred University Nina Warren
Associate Professor Genesee Community College and
SUNY Library Contracts Advisory Team (SLiCAT)
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Acknowledgments

• This presentation was originally given by Larry
  Randall, SUNY Connect Project Coordinator, for
  presentation to the SLN Multi-Media Instructional
  Designers Summit in February 2002
• The University Faculty Senate presentation has
  been modified from the original version
• Please contact Larry Randall for permission to
  use
• SUNY Office of Library Information Services
• lrandall_at_slscva.sysadm.suny.edu
• [phone]