Oxford Electronic Enlightenment - special intro pricing

The special introductory pricing for Oxford Electronic Enlightenment has been extended. The discount is 20% until September 15th. After that the discount rate will be 10%.

Oxford Electronic Enlightenment is a collection of the correspondence of 18th century thinkers and notables who shaped the modern world. It gathers previously published materials as well as unpublished documents from many academic presses and Universities. OEE web page

Contact Mary Conroy at OHIONET to place an order or for more details.

Internet Librarian 2008 - Conference Discount

OHIONET is again partnering with the Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) to offer our members greatly reduced rates to a popular Information Today event:

Internet Librarian 2008 Conference, October 20‑22 in Monterey, CA.

For details about this offer and for a printable registration form, go to the MLNC website at http://www.mlnc.org/il2008.pdf

Deadline: registration forms and payment must be received at MLNC by Friday, September 19, 2008.

*The conference agenda is available at :http://www.infotoday.com/il2008

For more information, please contact:
Beverly Hawthorne / bev@mlnc.org, Phone: 800-969-6562 / 314-918-7222 ext. 800
Missouri Library Network Corporation St. Louis, MO 63119-2714 www.mlnc.org

Academic Group Subscriptions (Summer)

OHIONET academic e-resource groups open for enrollment this month are:

• Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics (was IOP now Taylor & Francis)
  
• Catholic Periodical Index (Ebsco)
  
• Christian Periodical Index (Ebsco) new
  
• Chronicle of Higher Education and Chronicle of Philanthropy
  
• Columbia University Press titles
  
• Oxford Electronic Enlightenment (special discount before August 28) new
  
• Oxford Language Dictionaries new
  
• Morgan Stanley Synthesis (Computer Science and Engineering) new

Group subscriptions give us an opportunity to obtain favorable library pricing and terms. While most subscriptions start around July or January, we do have other subscription periods throughout the year. To participate or for pricing and other information, please contact us

Education research via HW Wilson

Education Full Text plus ERIC

Now Combined for One-Stop Education Research

Contact your us to have
ERIC added FREE to your Education Full Text or OmniFile subscription.

Fully Integrated Searching and Results with your
Education Full Text or OmniFile Database and ERIC

ERIC has:

• More than 1.1 Million Citations
• More than 100,000 full text articles
• More than 600 journals

The carefully vetted and peer-reviewed coverage of Education Full Text now expands with data from ERIC at no additional charge. ERIC and Education Full Text: the single source for education research!

• Cross-references to Wilson's education subject thesaurus. The Wilson Education subject thesaurus is integrated into the ERIC thesaurus on WilsonWeb.

• WilsonWeb's "All Smart" search applied to the vast ERIC data: relevancy ranking that accounts for the importance of the field in which your search term is found (e.g. subject, title, abstract, author or full text).

• Saved searches and search histories. "My WilsonWeb" profiles allow users to create and manage saved searches, search histories and more.

• "Content Discovery Keys" in search results. Convenient links launch related searches, allow users to narrow results by author, subject, publication year, document type, and database (for multiple-database searches), or select previous searches from the Recent Searches listing.

NOTE: Academic Libraries who contributed to OhioLINK's group purchase of Education Index may request ERIC be added to their HW Wilson portal for easy linking to Education fulltext.

EBSCO's Home Improvement Reference Center Adds Videos, New Browsing Options

Home Improvement Reference Center now includes video content, as well as a convenient A-Z browsing option. Here are some important details about these new enhancements:

Video Content:

• 100 videos are now included in the Home Improvement Reference Center.
• The videos provide step-by-step instructions on the most common home repair projects. The page range in the citation indicates the number of steps provided in the video (e.g., p1-11, 11p indicates that there are eleven steps in the video).
• Easy access to videos is provided via URLs in the citations.
• The Result List now includes a Videos tab.
• HIRC videos are hosted by Easy2. This means that certain videos will require the researcher to "accept" terms of use. Selecting the acceptance will take the researcher to a new window with the video.

A-Z Browse Option Convenience:

• Convenient A-Z browsing navigation is now part of the Home Improvement Reference Center interface, the platform which presents the HIRC database to your users.
• Searching for appropriate articles for a project is made easier via A-Z navigation.
• Synonyms have been included to provide maximum results to your users.

As always, you can visit EBSCO's Support Site (http://support.ebsco.com) to learn about new features, search among thousands of FAQs, download Flash tutorials, Help Sheets or User Guides, or communicate with Technical Support at any time, using the EBSCO Support Form (http://support.epnet.com/contact/askus.php).

New Morningstar Offer for OHIONET Libraries

Morningstar – a leading provider of independent investment research – is pleased to announce a 20% discount on Morningstar® Investment Research Center to OHIONET libraries. This offer is valid up until December 31, 2008.

Morningstar Investment Research Center is an all-inclusive investment research database designed specifically for libraries. The database boasts an easy-to-use interface with remote access capability, a comprehensive Help and Education section featuring Morningstar Investing Classroom, and the widely acclaimed Morningstar Portfolio X-Ray® Tool.

Morningstar Investment Research Center provides data and analysis on nearly 8,500 stocks, 24,000 mutual funds, and 800 Exchange Traded Funds as well as Morningstar analyst commentary on over 4,000 securities. All Morningstar Investment Research Center clients receive access to the database Client Site, which features COUNTER compliant traffic reports, investing education and library marketing resources, and free database training services.

To request a free trial, please visit the Morningstar Investment Research Center 30-day Free Trial Web Site.

To subscribe to Morningstar Investment Research Center, please contact Mary Conroy (maryc@ohionet.org) or Christine Morris (christinem@ohionet.org).

ARBAonline News August 2008

Recent Updates to ARBAonline

The August 2008 update to ARBAonline provides nearly 100 new reviews of the most recent reference sources published from both prominent publishers in the field as well as those from small press and college and university presses.

Following is a sample of some recently added reviews:

• The Eighties (Salem Press)
• Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World (Facts on File)
• Handbook of School Counseling (Routledge)
• Historical Dictionary of Medieval India (Scarecrow Press)
• Literary Research Guide, 5th edition (Modern Language Association of America)
• Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical View (ABC-CLIO)
• Oxford Atlas of Exploration (Oxford University Press)

Look for reviews of these latest resources in the coming months:

• Climate Change in Context (Gale Group)
• Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (Springer)
• Encyclopedia of Education Law (Sage)
• The 9/11 Encyclopedia (Greenwood Press)
• Processing Water, Wastewater, Residuals, and Excreta for Health and Environmental Protection: An Encyclopedic Dictionary (John Wiley)
• Student's Guide to Elections (CQ Press)
• Women in the American West (ABC-CLIO)

Teen Health and Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers Online Database Selected by Leading Urban School Districts

Chicago, Denver, Oakland, and Milwaukee Recognize Teen Health and Wellness as a Critical Tool for Students, Teachers, and Health Services Staff

NEW YORK CITY, NY – August 4, 2008 – Rosen Publishing is pleased to announce the selection of Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers by several urban school districts for integration into health, fitness, and family life curricula and as a reference and support resource for their middle and high school students. Chicago Public Schools (IL), Denver Public Schools (CO), Oakland Unified School District (CA), and Milwaukee Public Schools (WI) join a growing list of over 2,000 public and private schools and public libraries across the country that recognize Teen Health & Wellness as an important self-help and homework help tool for their communities.

“When Chicago Public Schools was introduced to the Teen Health & Wellness database from Rosen, we were impressed with the quality and variety of the information, the look of the Web site, and the ease of navigation,” states Paul Whitsitt, director of libraries and information services at Chicago Public Schools. “Our health education experts enthusiastically approved the content, and we saw that it would meet student needs for both school assignments and personal exploration.” Over 100,000 Chicago secondary students will have access to Teen Health & Wellness when the 2008-2009 school year begins.

Ann Mayo Gallagher, district librarian, reports that after weeks of input from site librarians using a trial subscription, Oakland Unified School District decided to subscribe to Teen Health & Wellness for its 37 middle schools and high schools. “It is a great product that will be used to fill a niche in the information market that teens need and want,” states Gallagher. “The price is affordable, the interface is inviting, the teacher resources are well done, and the possibilities are all there to support quality information searching. It will be great having this resource for our students.”

Since Teen Health & Wellness launched in 2007, Rosen Publishing continues to add features to the award-winning database, most recently including customizable Hotlines, RSS feed capability, and expanded reading lists. Teen Health & Wellness has received critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including being voted a 2007 Top 10 Digital Resource by School Library Journal and a "Must Have" Product for Fall 2008, being selected as one of Library Journal’s Best Reference Sources of 2007, and being named Best New Product, 2007 Readers’ Choice Awards by The Charleston Advisor. The database has also been honored with an EDDIE (Annual Education Software Review) Award, an Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Distinguished Achievement Award, a World Wide Web Health Award, and a Best Educational Software (BESSIE) Award.

Oxford launches Electronic Enlightenment

Oxford Electronic Enlightenment, a project of the University of Oxford Humanities Division, became available this month. It is a fascinating collection of letters of the 18th Century, a searchable database of the web of correspondence between the founders of the modern world, writers, scientists, thinkers and their friends,family as well business and everyday contacts. Research materials about the notables of the period are also included.

TRIAL Available. Contact MaryC@ohionet.org for the trial password and subscription pricing.

Webinar - R2 health sciences digital library

Medical and Allied Health librarians,

OHIONET is sponsoring a webinar about the Rittenhouse R2 digital library on Wednesday August 6th from 10 am- 11am.

Instructor: Wendy Bahnsen wendy.bahnsen@rittenhouse.com 800-345-6425, x114

You are welcome to join us. Please contact Mary Conroy maryc@ohionet.org to register.

Description from publisher: www.rittenhouse.com

Rittenhouse Book Distributors, Inc. is a leading health science distribution company providing access to print and electronic products from more than 500 leading scientific, technical and medical publishers. Our electronic platform, the R2 Digital Library, provides access to electronic content from multiple publishers. The R2 Digital Library offers more than 700 electronic health science resources in a topic-based, navigable, highly searchable database. The R2 Digital Library has resources available in medicine, nursing and allied health. Full text access is available for all titles. End users may customize the R2 Library, and add a personal login so that you are able to save images, searches, references, and other files.