Electronic Resources News


Information and Library Services
Staff of ILS
Information and Library Services
Published: July-August 2008

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Electronic Resources News

As part of its collection management assessment for fiscal year 2009, Information and Library Services (ILS) performed a careful review of UMUC's electronic library resources in light of current budget constraints. Factors taken into account included the number of times the resource was accessed in the previous fiscal year, whether similar content was also available in another resource or on the Web, how instrumental a resource is in supporting the UMUC curriculum, whether the resource was full text and FindIt enabled, how often the resource was used by ILS librarians for instructional purposes, its cost, and whether a lower-cost equivalent substitute was found. Input was solicited from faculty throughout the university. In addition, ILS explored new resources that could be added or serve as substitutes to better support UMUC's programs. Below are the lists of additions/substitutions, as well as those databases that have been discontinued as of July 1, 2008. Be assured that, as always, ILS remains prepared to support your research needs through its 110 databases and other electronic resources. Be sure to see the subject guides for appropriate databases in your area of study.

Electronic Resources Added or Upgraded
as of July 1, 2008
Vendor Interface
Academic OneFile Gale
AnthroSource Blackwell Publishing
Business Source Complete (upgrade Business Source Premier) EBSCOHost
D&B Key Business Ratios (upgrade to 3 years) D&B
Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale
GenderWatch ProQuest
GeoREF EBSCOHost
Oxford Reference Online Premium with Western Civilization and Literature Add On Oxford University Press
Philosopher's Index EBSCOHost
Points of View Center EBSCOHost
Sociological Abstracts Plus ProQuest
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts ProQuest

 
Electronic Resources Discontinued
as of July 1, 2008
Vendor Interface
American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals *Exception: Will discontinue as of January 1, 2009 ACS
Bibliography of the History of Art CSA
Business and Industry Gale/RDS
Business and Management Gale/RDS
EconLit EBSCOHost
Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopedia Britannica
Expanded Academic Index Gale
GEOBASE OCLC FirstSearch
Health Reference Center Gale
History Resource Center (US) Gale
History Resource Center (World) Gale
Ingenta ConnectComplete Ingenta
LexisNexis Primary History: African American LexisNexis
LexisNexis Statistical LexisNexis
Library Literature and Information Science EBSCOHost
Literature Resource Center Gale
Opposing Viewpoints Center Gale
Oxford English Dictionary Oxford University Press
Public Library of Science (PLoS) PloS
Tablebase Gale/RDS

 

EBSCOHost Web 2.0 and Other Enhancements are Coming in July 2008

A new look is coming soon to the EBSCOHost electronic resources! More information is also available on the EBSCO site.

GreenFILE - Free Database From EBSCO is Available

A free environmental database is now available in the EBSCOHost interface, called GreenFILE, which offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment.

New NetLibrary Titles are Available

About 400 titles were recently added in many topic areas in the NetLibrary (e-book) collection:

  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Biotechnology
  • Business and Marketing
  • Business Ethics
  • Communications
  • Company and Industry
  • Computer Sciences
  • Criminal Justice
  • Education and Distance Education
  • Emergency Management
  • Environmental Management
  • Finance and Accounting
  • Fire Science
  • Gerontology
  • Health
  • History
  • Homeland Security
  • Humanities
  • Information Technology Systems
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Management
  • Mathematics
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Reference and Biography
  • Religion
  • Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. Government
  • Women's Studies

Overseas Students, Faculty and Staff - Get Your Library Barcode Number!

Beginning with the Fall 2008 semester, all UMUC-Asia and UMUC-Europe students, faculty, and staff will be assigned a library barcode number, which will be available for you to look up in MyUMUC. You will need this number to log into library resources. (See the Library Login Changes announcement below).

Library Login Changes

Beginning with the Fall 2008 semester, you will need to log in to library resources using either your library barcode number or your EMPLID. Resources include library databases, Quick Searches, Journal Finder, Research Port, DocumentExpress, RefWorks, and the ILS chat service. Additional resources for faculty include Ereserves and Turnitin.com. Look for more details about these changes on the library Web site throughout the summer.

Ereserves and Book Delivery Options for Overseas Faculty

Beginning with the Fall 2008 semester, you will have access to the interactive Reserved Reading Request system that will fill in your classroom information so you do not have to do this when submitting requests for reserved readings. If you have submitted requests in the past, you can select them from a list and this will then build the requests for your current classes automatically. In addition, you will be able to see what reserved readings other faculty in your department have requested and select those readings for your class in the same manner. You will also be able to log into the library catalog (catalogUSMAI) with your library barcode number to request delivery of books to your APO address. Look for more details about this on the library Web site throughout the summer.

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