Changes to UMUC Database Subscriptions for FY 08


Information and Library Services
Staff of ILS
Information and Library Services
Published: 0 2007

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As part of our collection management assessment for fiscal year 2008, Information and Library Services (ILS) has performed a careful review of UMUC's library databases in light of current budget constraints. Factors taken into account included the number of times the database was accessed in the previous fiscal year, whether similar content was also available in another database or on the Web, UMUC's curriculum and how instrumental a database was in supporting it, whether it was full text and FindIt enabled, how often it was used by ILS librarians for instructional purposes, and its cost. Input was also solicited from ILS's Faculty Library Liaison Group, an advisory committee consisting of 18 UMUC faculty members. Below is the list of specific databases selected for discontinuation on July 1, 2007, based on the above criteria. Because many of these overlapped with other databases, be assured that ILS remains prepared to support the needs of UMUC's programs through our 126 databases and other electronic resources.

Also as part of this strategic collection management process, we will be substituting Education Research Complete (EBSCOHost) for Education Abstr acts (OCLC FirstSearch), as Education Research Complete includes more full text and unique titles, and Computers and Applied Science Fulltext (EBSCOHost) for Applied Science and Technology Abstracts ( ASTA,   EBSCOHost), as Computers and Applied Science Fulltext is less expensive and includes more full text. We will also be adding online access to the CQ Press Political Handbook of the World, an important resource for our students across a variety of disciplines.

Library Databases to be Discontinued as of July 1, 2007

  • Article First
  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  • Biography and Genealogy and Master Index
  • Biography Index
  • BioMedCentral
  • Book Review Digest
  • Design and Applied Art Index
  • ERIC (keeping ERIC from EBSCOHost)
  • GeoRef
  • GPO Monthly Catalog
  • Grove Music Online
  • Index of Christian Art
  • Inspec
  • Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts
  • IRIS
  • Medline (Keeping Medline from EBSCOHost)
  • PapersFirst
  • ProceedingsFirst
  • Ready Reference Shelf
  • RILM
  • World Almanac
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