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Scholarly Solutions for LibrariesTransforming Information into Knowledge

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InfoTrac Family Tree

Academics Publics/K12

InfoTrac Student

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Academic Databases

Database Primary Focus Graduate School

4 Year University

Community College

More than 10,000 academic journals across disciplines.

More than 4,000 academic journals across disciplines.

General Periodical Databases

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Premier Academic Database

– Largest collection of peer-reviewed journals– Largest collection of active full-text journals with no embargo

Seamlessly integrated with Thomson ISI’s Web of Science and Journal Citation Reports

Cited References – forward and backward Direct links to

– Ingenta– JSTOR– ProjectMuse– Blackwell Synergy– Science Direct– Scopus

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) links embedded in articles Full OpenURL compliance

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Web of Knowledge Linking

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Impact Factor Analysis

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JSTOR Linking

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What really differentiates Academic OneFileIn addition to the unique peer-reviewed journals:

Major newspapers:– New York Times from 1995 to present – Financial Times from 1996 to present– Times of London from 1985 to present

Hundreds of foreign-language, peer-reviewed journals from Latin America, Asia and Europe

Premier, award-winning reference sources:  – Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine– Gale Encyclopedia of Science– Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer– Encyclopedia of World Biography

Also included is the full Economist Intelligence Unit series.

And the following audio components: NPR Archive with transcripts, podcasts from major news sources

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Avoid Embargoes at All Costs

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Content Acquisition Strategy

Licensing is focused on subject gaps, not competitor title lists

Titles are licensed to address needs determined by end user search queries

Library programs are monitored to identify content needs

Aligned with end user needs

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Content Acquisition StrategyCoverage of Major Indices

Database Full-text titles in Academic OneFile

Academic OneFile titles not in competitor databases

AGRICOLA 215 149

Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) 360 214

CINAHL 414 372

EconLit 143 89

ERIC 551 329

GeoRef 198 166

Inspec 432 357

MEDLINE 832 493

MLA International Bibliography 347 223

PsycINFO 547 348

RILM 333 195

SPORTDiscus 134 92

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Content Acquisition Strategy

75% of the journals included in Academic OneFile have Thomson ISI Impact Factors– 2,837 are full-text– 1,905 are active, full-text with no embargo

– American Journal of Human Genetics

– American Naturalist

– Clinical Infectious Diseases

– CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal

– Diabetes

– Emerging Infectious Diseases

– Harvard Law Review

– Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

– Physiological Reviews

– Science

– Stanford Law Review

– Yale Law Journal

Coverage of High-Impact periodicals

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Additional Value

Information Science and Library Issues Insurance and Liability Collection Military and Intelligence Database Nursing and Allied Health Pop Culture Collection Psychology Collection Religion & Philosophy Collection Small Business Collection Sports Medicine and Physical

Therapy Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Vocations, Careers and Technical

Education War and Terrorism Collection

Agriculture Collection Business Economics and Theory Communications and Mass Media Computer Database Criminal Justice Collection Diversity Studies Collection Environmental Studies and Policy Expanded Academic ASAP Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender

Issues General Reference Center Gold General Science Collection Health Reference Center Academic

When you subscribe to Academic OneFile, you also get access to:

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In 2007, expect a research

experience unlike any other…

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A New Common Menu

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PowerSearch Now

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Changes in 2007

Narrow by subject

Number of results displayed on the

tab

Search within results

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New Document Display

Email, Print, Cite, Translate

Hyperlinked Fields

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Additional New Features in Early 2007

Visual Search Search alerts in PowerSearch, with RSS export capability Cleaned up user interface, with easier access to limiters Better document display, with easier access to InfoMarks

and tools Improved “How-to-Cite” functionality Tab configuration and “All Results” tab Enhanced Subject Guide with topic groupings, as well as

“limit by subject” Search within Results

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The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus”

Search all Gale Databases

Search All Other Databases

Search Library Catalog

Search Open Web

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PowerSearch Now

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Power Search now:Additional Databases Tab

Search Additional Gale databases

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PowerSearch Plus Visual Search Infotrac

Search ALL other library databases

Articles display from all sources

Clustered results by topic

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Article Display

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Visual Search

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