ReferenceUSA Updates

ReferenceUSA has made recent updates to their Consumer databases.  The U.S. Census has finally made all their data available and it has been integrated it into ReferenceUSA.  They also had a very large increase in record quantity thanks to a significant investment in additional data resources.  The attached document will give you all the details [...]

New GVRL & eBook Titles

The following titles have been recently add to Gale’s Directory Library and Gale Virtual Reference Library. GDL: Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies, 55th ed Novels for Students, Volume 39

Rocket Languages

Please try out Rocket Languages and compare it to Tell Me More and PowerSpeak. Login URL: http://admin.rocketlanguages.com Username: stokesl@lvccld.org Password: 5k1UTSav Once you are logged in, you will be in the administrative portal. You will be able to see the usage reports here; it is very intuitive. You will see this registration URL in the bottom left [...]

Tell Me More New Interface

Since we are evaluating language databases, we have learned that Tell Me More has a new user an updated user interface and is much easier to navigate for your patrons. Below I have a link that you can login and see it. Please compare this new interface with the other language trial – PowerSpeak Access [...]

New Interface Coming Soon

Beginning this June, Business & Company Resource Center will be migrating to a new and improved interface! The new BCRC resource will be called Business Insights: Essentials.  Here is a fact sheet for you to review on this updated resource. Below is a link to a free trial of Business Insights: Global, which is the [...]

Database Replacement?

Please take a look at Chilton’s procedure and tell us which one your customers would be most happy using. Do we keep our current product or switch to Chilton’s? chilton1

ReferenceUSA Updates

The April update to the ReferenceUSA Infogroup business databases has been completed.  Here a few highlights:   We added over 11k new company websites We added almost 240k elements of ‘enhanced content.’  Enhanced Content is essentially a strip file of POI (Point of Interest) attributes such as dress code, price range, and whether or not [...]

More Gale Updates

The following have been added to Gale Library Directory GDL: Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local, 24th ed. Also, added to Gale Virtual Reference Library Contemporary Black Biography V97

Literature Criticism

The following titles have been added to Literature Criticism Online. Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol 321 Drama Criticism Vol 045 Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vol 256 Short Story Criticism Vol 165 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Vol 264 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Vol 265

Changes to ReferenceUSA

Tonight, ReferenceUSA is adding the following new features to the database. Here are some highlights: In the Business database, Executive Ethnicity is now a search option as well as an element in the result pages. Geocode details are now displayed on every record in the U.S. databases, including businesses, residences, consumers, new businesses, new movers [...]

In Celebration of National Library Week 2012

From Proquest – SIRS Knowledge Source, CultureGrams™   Historical Newspapers, The New York Times 1851-2008 and Los Angeles Times 1881-1988 ProQuest is happy to join you in celebrating National Library Week. Here’s what we’re bringing to the party April 8-14, 2012. Sweepstakes: Start here…for a chance to win. During the week, visit the ProQuest Facebook [...]

Read The Books

A new feature has been added to the Readthebooks.  Monthly tracking of individual school usage is now available. It provides the total hits for each school since we started using Read the Books.  The monthly tracking data started in March 2012. I hope this new feature helps your library gain some new insight into how [...]

Mysteries for Teen Boys

It can be hard getting teenagers to read, especially boys. It might take a murder, a disappearance, or a considerable amount of danger to keep them interested. The fast pace of a mystery could provide the right amount of tension needed to keep your reluctant reader turning the pages. To find mysteries for teenage boys [...]

New Literature Criticism Books

The following titles have been added to Literature Criticism Online: 9781414472911: Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol 320 9781414473581: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vol 254 9781414473598: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vol 255 9781414484006: Poetry Criticism Vol 127 9781414484211: Short Story Criticism Vol 163 9781414484228: Short Story Criticism Vol 164 9781414474793: Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Vol 263

New GVRL Titles

Business Plans Handbook, Vol. 23 Newsmakers 2012 Cumulation Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 96

Gale Directory Library

We now have the latest edition of Gale Directory Library for American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory, 23rd ed. Awards, Honors, & Prizes, 33rd ed. Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, 148th ed.

New Literature Criticism Titles

The following titles have been added to Literature Criticism Online: Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol 319 Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vol 253 Poetry Criticism Vol 126 Short Story Criticism Vol 162 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Vol 261 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Vol 262

New Literature Criticism

The following new ebooks have been added to Literature Criticism Online: Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol 318 Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vol 252 Poetry Criticism Vol 125 Short Story Criticism Vol 161 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Vol 260

Read the Books Updated

Read the Books has updated the AR and Reading Counts Enterprise lists for our schools. There are several improvements: You can now do a series search. Most nonfiction books have the words “NonFiction” next to the title. More updates to the Reading Counts Enterprise list in a new format will be done within the next [...]

New Literature Criticism

The following titles are now available in Literature Criticism Online. Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol 315 Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol 316 Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol 317 Drama Criticism Vol 044 Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vol 250 Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vol 251 Poetry Criticism Vol 124 Short Story Criticism Vol 159 Short Story Criticism Vol 160