FY2008 Database News
We have received many questions about what Electronic Resource Databases will be available to NMRLS members come FY2008 or July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008.
The following is a complete list in answer to said questions. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the NMRLS office, 888-326-7772.
Regional Databases:
- eLibrary (renewal tentative pending funding from the state)
Full-text content from books, magazines, and newspapers. Includes maps, photographs and transcripts from TV and radio.
- Grolier Online
Consists of two online encyclopedias: Grolier Multimedia and The New Book of Knowledge.
- ¡Informe! (Revistas en Español)™
A reference database providing indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines. It also includes full text pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care.
- OCLC WordCat
Offers more than 52 million bibliographic records, representing 400 languages, and holdings information vital for collection development, cataloging, and authority control.
NewsBank will not be renewed; however please see the new Statewide offering of Massachusetts Newsstand from Proquest CSA below.
Statewide Databases
(for more information, please the News Release from the MBLC)
Individual Database Titles
Thomson Gale (7-1-07 to 6-30-09; may be renewed for up to a total of 5 years)
InfoTrac OneFile
General Business File ASAP
General Reference Center Gold
Academic OneFile (includes The New York Times fulltext from 1995 and will be searchable as a separate file)
Expanded Academic ASAP
Educator’s Reference Complete (formerly Professional Collection)
Health Reference Center Academic
Kids InfoBits
InfoTrac Student
InfoTrac Junior
Biography Resource Center
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Subject-oriented subsets created by the vendor. Libraries may link to individual subject-oriented subsets of the above licensed resources that include the periodical content in the aggregated products plus additional reference titles. More information will be forthcoming on how to link to these subject collections.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (23 titles):
Beacham’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America, 1st Ed.
Biology, 1st Edition,
Blackbirch Kid’s Visual Reference of the United States
Blackbirch Kid’s Visual Reference of the World
Contemporary Fashion, 2nd Edition
Contemporary Novelists, 7th Edition
Contemporary Poets, 7th Edition
Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 1st Edition
Business Leader Profiles for Students
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 1st Edition
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 1st Edition
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2nd Edition
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd Edition
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 2nd Edition
Gale Encyclopedia of Small Business
Gale Encyclopedia of U. S. Economic History
International Directory of Film & Filmmakers, 4th Edition
World of Earth Science, 1st Edition
Encyclopedia of Espionage; Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia of Population Fashion; Costume; and Culture: Clothing;
Headwear; Body Decorations; and Footwear through the Ages
Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
Proquest CSA (7-1-07 to 6-30-09; may be renewed for up to a total of 5 years)
Massachusetts Newsstand includes:
Berkshire Eagle 2005 to current
Boston Globe 1980 to current
Boston Herald 1991 to current
BusinessWest (Chicopee) 1992 to current
North Adams Transcript 2005 to current
Patriot Ledger (Quincy) 1991 to current
Plymouth County Business Review 1991 to current
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005 to current
Sun, The (Lowell) 2004 to current
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) 1989 to current
Gazette (Haverhill, Mass.) 12-31-92 to 8-9-97
Standard Times (New Bedford) 1-4-92 to 8-19-97
EBSCO Industries (7-1-07 to 6-30-08; may be renewed for up to a total of 2 years)
Literary Reference Center
