Credo Reference webinar

April 1, 2008

Please join us online for a demo of MLNC’s newest reference database, Credo Reference.

Credo Reference is a vast, online reference library, providing access to the full text of hundreds of highly regarded titles. Credo’s library of over three million entries is informative, engaging and entertaining — concept maps for visual learners, dynamic tables to make statistics meaningful, interactive maps and timelines for historical context. Credo brings facts alive with images, sound files, animations, pronunciations and videos.

Single session demonstrations are available either April 24th or May 15th at 2:00pm. To sign up visit http://www.mlnc.org/workshops/.


Free trial-Alexander Street Press

April 1, 2008

Alexander Street Press is now offering MLNC members a free trial to several of their award winning databases. MLNC members receive 10% off list price of these great sources, so take this opportunity to take a look. For more information visit www.mlnc.org/electronic/asp, for pricing and ordering email asia@mlnc.org Free trial expires 5/31.For logon and passwords email asia@mlnc.org 

Classical Music Library - Classical Music Library is an ever-growing, fully searchable classical music resourcea comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to on the Internet.  http://clmu.alexanderstreet.com

American Theatre in Video:  Theatre in Video contains more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming videomore than 500 hours in all. These definitive performances, by leading actors and directors, have been painstakingly licensed from a wide range of copyright holders. They are now delivered to you over the Internet, in a revolutionary new format developed specifically for drama. http://ativ.alexanderstreet.com

World Literature:  Word Literature Online brings together all of our culturally diverse literature databases under one platform. The works celebrate the creative achievements of authors from around the globe, including the broad literary output of Africa and its Diaspora, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, and other regionsalong with the North American expressions of this rich world heritage.http://wlit.alexanderstreet.com

American Civil War Research Database:  The definitive online resource for researching the individuals, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War, with indexed, searchable information on 4.3 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 16,000 photographs. http://cwdb.alexanderstreet.com

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works - is a landmark database containing more than 2,000 transcripts of actual therapy sessionsalmost 40,000 pages of first-person accounts, together with 25,000 pages of major reference works. There are diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs along with the full text of the sessions themselves. All accounts are non-fiction, delivered in the first person and, where possible, contemporaneous. http://psyc.alexanderstreet.com

Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online-With Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online, Alexander Street Press aims to provide an electronic archive of unprecedented scope. In addition to offering keyword searching across thousands of collections freely available on the Web, the Letters and Diaries Online platform allows users to perform in-depth fielded searches across all of the letter, diary, and oral history collections published commercially by Alexander Street Press.http://lado.alexanderstreet.com


Blackstone eAudiobooks now available via subscription

March 31, 2008

Through an expanded partnership with Blackstone Audio, the third largest producer of unabridged audiobooks in the United States, NetLibrary is now offering libraries an extensive collection of over 2,000 eAudiobook titles available on a subscription basis. Approximately 15 to 25 new titles will be added to the collection each month at no additional cost.

Highlights of this collection include:

–Anytime/Anywhere online access

–Simultaneous/multiuser access model

–No checkout caps

–Front list (2006+ release dates)

–Hundreds of bestselling, award-winning titles

Pricing is available for all library types and includes OCLC-MARC records, marketing support, training support and automatic updates of 15-20 new titles per month.

For more information visit http://www.oclc.org/services/brochures/213104usf_NetLibrary_eAudiobooks.pdf For pricing or ordering options email asia@mlnc.org or call 1-800-969-6562 x814.


Last chance-reference databases survey

March 24, 2008

This is the last week to complete MLNC’s Reference Databases survey with a chance to win a free Playaway. If you have a few minutes (really, it’s very short) please complete the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=odRqZZ6InPQ63hhZHRSXRw_3d_3d. We look forward to hearing your opinions and appreciate your input.Thank you for your time and consideration.


Credo Reference now available!

March 21, 2008

MLNC is pleased announce a new partnership with Credo Reference (formerly Xrefer). MLNC members are now eligible for a 15% discount off this exciting new product.

Credo Reference is a vast, online reference library, providing access to the full text of hundreds of highly regarded titles. Credo’s library of over three million entries is informative, engaging and entertaining — concept maps for visual learners, dynamic tables to make statistics meaningful, interactive maps and timelines for historical context. Credo brings facts alive with images, sound files, animations, pronunciations and videos. Credo is constantly expanding and currently offers around 300 quality reference titles on every major subject from 60 of the best publishers. Credo’s collection contains dictionaries, bilinguals, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, science to Shakespeare and law to literature. For an overview of Credo, please visit: http://corp.credoreference.com/credo_overview.

If you are not familiar with Credo Reference, their award-winning service is the world’s largest online reference service featuring:

• Unlimited, simultaneous and remote user access at a very reasonable price. • Many new unique interactive features such as dynamic table functionality for world, state, and county statistics, an interactive world atlas, flash animations,  videos, poetry/literature readings, over 1,000 music files, and our critically-acclaimed concept map. • More than 175,000 images from all subject areas, over 200,000 audio pronunciations, and a citation formatter in APA, MLA, and Chicago formats for all articles.
• “Did You Mean” feature offering suggestions to misspelled words.
• MARC records for all titles, training webinars, user guides, and many other promoting capabilities. • New platform with seamless outbound searching into other library resources, facet technology, our new and improved concept map, and much more.
Credo Reference is pleased to offer an introductory spring promotion to MLNC members in recognition of our recent partnership with the Missouri Library Network: 2 free months of service for new subscribers! In conjunction with our spring promotion, we are now offering trial access to our online reference library for all MLNC members — who already receive a 15% discount on Credo! 

For more information visit www.mlnc.org/electronic/credo


Database demonstrations still available

March 17, 2008

It’s not too late to register for the upcoming database demonstrations being offered this spring. If you are looking to fill a gap in your collection or something new for your reference department, these are great way to take a look at some exciting resources for your library. Greenwood, Oxford, and McGraw-Hill are only a few of the publishers covered in the demonstrations. For more information visit http://www.mlnc.org/workshops/


MLNC Professional eBook Collection

March 6, 2008

MLNC’s Professional eBook Collection is still open for orders. This unique shared collection provides library staff with the tools they need to keep abreast of the latest news and trends in library science and information technology. Features of the collection include 24/7 access from anywhere in the world, ongoing access for a one time fee, and current imprints, with new titles added as funds allow. To see a current list of titles, as well as pricing and ordering information visit http://www.mlnc.org/electronic/netlibrary/professional/

Don’t miss this great opportunity for you and your staff.


Special discount on CQ

March 6, 2008

From now until June 30th, 2008 any library wishing to subscribe to CQ Press’ Researcher or Global Researcher products will receive a 15% discount off list price, an additional 5% savings for MLNC members. Those libraries wishing to renew their CQ Researcher or Global Researcher subscription this spring will also receive this discount.

Now in its 80th year, The CQ Researcher is the choice of librarians and researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world. Used by students and other researchers who need to complete an assignment, prepare for a debate, or become a quick expert on a topic, each 12,000-word report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. Published 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

Looking for background and context on headline-making world news from an authoritative, global perspective? The new CQ Global Researcher meets the increasing demand for balanced, reliable reporting on international issues and crises. Modeled after the renowned, award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher delivers definitive, in-depth coverage of newsworthy global affairs from a multitude of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues.

For more details visit www.mlnc.org/electronic/cq


Free trial-Taylor & Francis

March 3, 2008

MLNC is pleased to offer our members a free trial to Taylor & Francis Group’s suite of online products. Building on two centuries’ experience, the Taylor & Francis Group has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher.

For login information contact Asia at asia@mlnc.org 

EUROPA WORLD PLUS
http://www.europaworld.com  

EUROPA WORLD OF LEARNING ONLINE
http://www.worldoflearning.com  

WORLD WHO’S WHO ONLINE (previously International Who’s Who online) http://www.worldwhoswho.com  

ROUTLEDGE REFERENCE RESOURCES - RELIGION http://reference.routledge.com  

ROUTLEDGE REFERENCE RESOURCES - POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS http://reference.routledge.com  

Taylor & Francis Encyclopedias (in the ‘Reference Works’ section)
www.informaworld.com  

ROUTLEDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY
http://www.rep.routledge.com  

IISS ARMED CONFLICT DATABASE
http://www.iiss.org/acd

ECONOMICSnetBASE
http://www.economicsnetbase.com  

BUSINESSnetBASE
http://www.businessnetbase.com  

MILITARYnetBASE
http://www.militarynetbase.com  

SCI-TECHnetBASE
http://www.sci-technetbase.com  

CHEMnetBASE
http://www.chemnetbase.com  

The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online http://www.hbcpnetbase.com  

CHEMLIBnetBASE
http://www.chemlibnetbase.com  

POLYMERSnetBASE
http://www.polymersnetbase.com  

ERGONOMICSnetBASE
http://www.ergonomicsnetbase.com  

INDUSTRIALnetBASE
http://www.industrialnetbase.com  

MATERIALSnetBASE
http://www.materialsnetbase.com  

TRIBOLOGYnetBASE/LUBRICATIONnetBASE
http://www.tribologynetbase.com  

TEXTILEnetBASE
http://www.textilenetbase.com  

ENGnetBASE
http://www.engnetbase.com  

ENVIROnetBASE
http://www.environetbase.com  

CLEANTECHnetBASE
http://www.cleantechnetbase.com  

WATERnetBASE
http://www.waternetbase.com  

BIOSCIENCEnetBASE
http://www.biosciencenetbase.com  

FORENSICnetBASE
http://www.forensicnetbase.com  

LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE
http://www.forensicnetbase.com  

NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE
http://www.neurosciencenetbase.com  

BIOSCIENCEnetBASE
http://www.biosciencenetbase.com  

FOODnetBASE
http://www.foodnetbase.com  

NUTRITIONnetBASE
http://www.nutritionnetbase.com  

OCCUP-HEALTHandSAFETYnetBASE
http://www.occupationalhealthnetbase.com  

AGRICULTUREnetBASE
http://www.agriculturenetbase.com  

PlantSCIENCEnetBASE
http://www.plantsciencenetbase.com  

NANOnetBASE
http://www.nanonetbase.com  

PHYSICSnetBASE
http://www.physicsnetbase.com  

MATHnetBASE
http://www.mathnetbase.com  

STATSnetBASE
http://www.statsnetbase.com  

ITKnowlegeBASE
http://www.itknowledgebase.net  

InfoSECURITYnetBASE
http://infosecuritynetbase.com  

COMPUTERSCIENCEnetBASE
http://www.computer-sciencenetbase.com  

PublicADMINISTRATIONnetBASE
http://www.publicadministrationnetbase.com  

ProjectMANAGEMENTnetBASE
http://www.projectmanagementnetbase.com  

For more information, including ordering and pricing, contact Asia Gross, Electronic Resources Librarian at asia@mlnc.org or 1-800-969-6562 x814.


Free trial and webinars-Britannica Online

February 25, 2008

From now until March 31st visit Britannica Online for a free trial. MLNC members can go to www.britannica.com/memberlogin and login with: username: mlnc

password: mlnc

You can also visit http://info.eb.com/library/info/webinar_subcription.html at any time to see a list of upcoming, free webinars/demos. Session are designed specifically for K12, Public and Academic libraries and are a great way to see just how Britannica can work for you.