A four (4) hour maintenance window is needed to install these enhancements. The window will take place from Saturday, June 15, at 22:00 ET to Sunday, June 16 at 2:00 ET. See below for a more complete list of times and time zones.
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Shortly after the release, we'll be sending out more information on all the new features and capabilities available to you and your researchers.
]]>EBSCO Information Services introduces Engineering Source™, the premier collection of engineering-related content. The comprehensive full-text database is designed to support the information needs of engineers at all levels, including research, planning, product development, management and supply chain.
The collection provides unmatched full-text coverage of information relevant to many engineering disciplines, including:
Aerospace
Biomedical
Civil
Electrical
Environmental
Mechanical
Software
Structural
Engineering Source indexes 3,000 publications, 2,000 of which provide full-text coverage, and includes engineering-related journals, monographs, magazines and trade publications as well as energy-focused monographs, books, conference papers and proceedings. Engineering Source enhances the use of major engineering indexes EI Compendex, GeoRef and INSPEC. Many of the full text titles in Engineering Source are also indexed in those databases, making Engineering Source the ideal full text complement for users of these core engineering indexes.
Engineering Source is the latest science and technology offering from EBSCO, joining Applied Science & Technology Source™, Computer & Applied Science Complete™ and Energy & Power Source™. Visit www.ebscohost.com/academic/engineering-source for more information on Engineering Source.
]]>Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, today announced the availability of Air & Space and Smithsonian Magazine Archive, the first resource in the line of Gale - Smithsonian Institution collections. Launched as part of a partnership agreement announced earlier this year, the new archive will include the complete back files of both magazines as well as Gale's advanced research tools, and will support cross-curricular and interdisciplinary studies in schools and in academic spaces.
"Our partnership with the Smithsonian Institution will help transform the library and research worlds by unlocking access to rare artifacts and providing a source of content never before available," said Jim Draper, general manager, Gale. "This archive aligns with that mission by bringing together outstanding content for the first time in a digital, fully-searchable environment."
Air & Space and Smithsonian Magazine Archive presents decades of in-depth coverage and unique insights into innovation, history, science, technology, space exploration, aviation, the arts and culture. It marks the first time the exemplary content of both magazines is available in one searchable digital archive. Air & Space and Smithsonian Magazine Archive will offer the complete magazine experience showcasing every single cover, article, image and advertisement from each publication, coupled with state-of-the-art graphing and term-clustering research tools.
Whether pursuing general topical information or looking to develop deeper knowledge in a given subject area, Air & Space and Smithsonian Magazine Archive offers a host of content for students, researchers and faculty worldwide:
To help celebrate the Gale-Smithsonian partnership and the launch of the first archive, Dr. Valerie Neal, a curator at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum will speak at a luncheon event at the American Library Association (ALA) annual meeting taking place in Chicago, IL, June 28-July 1. Former NASA Astronaut and current painter Alan Bean, the fourth man and first artist to walk on the moon, will also visit the Gale booth (#600) during the meeting.
]]>This summer, the next generation of Britannica School Edition -- Britannica School -- will be live for all subscribers at school.eb.com. With this new version, you will find more than just a new look. You'll discover new and effective ways to differentiate instruction and learning, advanced interactive features for students and educators, and easy access to Britannica content, anytime, anywhere, and on any device!
Streamlined Homepage
Choose your learning level with one click! With every search, an easy toggle enables every student to access the same content at their reading level while exploring in an age-appropriate environment. Students will also find easier access to images, videos, magazine articles, primary sources, and more!
New Features
Many new features are now available in Britannica School, including My Britannica and the Lesson Plan Builder. Teachers can create, save, and share interactive activities with other teachers and students. Learning games, animated lessons and study guides offer even more opportunities to connect with the content.
Responsive Design
Enjoy the same viewing experience on a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop computer, or any Internet-connected device with a Web browser. Retrieve and explore content anytime and anywhere ... classroom, library, home, or on the go!
Get ready for this valuable resource when you return to school in the Fall! Become a Britannica School expert in just one hour! Please join us for our new webinars specifically designed to introduce you to Britannica School. Find ways to support Common Core and State Standards, locate STEM resources, and find new and exciting ways to research! Simply click on the link below to sign up for a webinar.
]]>We compile this page of trials from suggestions we receive from libraries; products that are of current interest and/or need; and solicitations from vendors. Whether or not we offer these e-resources depends on feedback we receive from our libraries. So, if you have any questions or comments about these e-resources, please contact us.
We're always looking for suggestions on vendors or e-resources that you're interested in or have heard about.
Please send suggestions, comments, and questions to cpers@minitex.umn.edu.
]]>Music Online: Premium includes all the content in these Alexander Street collections:
The price of the Music Online: Premium package is discounted up to 50%, compared with the prices of the collections individually. We've added even more attractive options for community colleges, and we've removed any limits on simultatneous usage! If you've subscribed to one or more of our music collections, you can now upgrade to access them all, at a great price. And if you've already purchased perpetual rights to any of the component collections, the price of the Music Online: Premium package will be discounted further. Contact Susan Buczkowski for a trial, pricing, or more information.
]]>ProQuest is pleased to welcome Ebook Library (EBL) to the family! On May 13, 2013, the agreement announced in January was finalized, completing the acquisition of EBL and significantly expanding our e-book delivery and aggregation capabilities to libraries globally. By combining the complementary strengths of EBL and ebrary, we will create the best possible research experience, connecting e-books with the vast array of other content and services offered by ProQuest. This supports our goal of enabling researchers to seamlessly discover content across multiple formats including books, journals, dissertations, newspapers, and video.
]]> Kari Paulson, President of EBL, has joined ProQuest as the Vice President and General Manager of the combined e-book business unit and will lead the effort to integrate the best of ebrary and EBL onto one optimized platform. Kari will report to Kevin Sayar, Senior Vice President of Workflow Solutions. In addition, Kari's current team has also joined ProQuest and will play a critical, ongoing role in combining the best aspects of both companies.We will communicate with you regularly regarding the platform integration and will inform you well ahead of any critical changes that affect communication or workflow. As we work toward creating an even better e-book solution for you and your end-users, we will be soliciting feedback through focus groups, surveys, and webinars. If you would like to receive more regular updates on the progress of platform convergence, please sign up for our distribution list by clicking here.
In the meantime, please continue working with your current EBL and/or ProQuest sales representative and ordering e-books on your EBL and/or ebrary platform(s). Order fulfillment will not be disrupted.
]]>EBSCO introduces Civil War Primary Source Documents™, a comprehensive collection of primary source materials chronicling various aspects of the American Civil War. Drawn from the holdings of the New-York Historical Society, the collection captures various accounts of the Civil War as it was experienced on land and sea.
Civil War Primary Source Documents represents both Northern and Southern perspectives. The archive focuses on the War as it was fought from 1861 to 1865 and includes important contextual documents in the crucial years leading up to the War and after the fall of the Confederacy.
The collection is comprised of over 110,000 pages and includes information from over 400 individual collections. The invaluable primary resources include original manuscripts of letters, diaries, administrative records, photographs, illustrations and artifacts. Personal accounts appear in various scrapbook journals and family portraits, and strategic initiatives are evident in maps featuring details of troop movements and local landmarks.
Highlights include letters and first-person accounts from such well-known leaders as Ulysses S. Grant; the papers of David Cronin, a famous soldier and artist; soldiers' diaries chronicling daily life and experiences as prisoners of war; Union Defence Committee records and Confederate Army records.
EBSCO provides access to these materials via its Historical Digital Archives Viewer. The viewer brings content alive and allows users to explore, manipulate, collect, and export content. The unique functionality of the Historical Digital Archives Viewer enables it to reproduce the best aspects of the physical library research experience while incorporating the advances in modern digital technology.
EBSCO has continued to significantly increase the number of resources offered in its collection of digital archives. For more information on the complete collection please go to: http://www.ebscohost.com/archives
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On April 17, 2013 ProQuest is scheduling a very brief network maintenance window in order to update our systems.
A one hour (1) hour maintenance window is needed to install these updates, lasting from 10:00 UTC through 11:00 UTC . See below for a more complete list of times and time zones.
During this time databases on ProQuest and ProQuest Dialog will not be available.
]]>Britannica Image Quest is now available at a special value for you!
Because Minitex provides your institution access to Britannica Online through ELM, you are now eligible for a 40% discount on another of Britannica's most popular online resources, Image Quest. But, you need to act soon because this special offer expires on June 30th, 2013.
Image Quest offers:
We encourage you to preview Image Quest to see for yourself what a great value it is, especially at 40% off its regular price. Use the following user name and password for the next 60 days to preview Image Quest at http://quest.eb.com/
User Name: minitex
Password: trial
If you would like a quote, please contact Minitex or John Russell at Britannica.
]]>As of August 2013, some changes will be made to Harvard Business Review (HBR) article access for Business Source customers. This change will not affect institutions that have already purchased the expanded rights from Harvard Business Publishing. Further, customers buying a site license will not be impacted.
As you are likely aware, full-text licensing agreements with publishers are subject to change in all databases, and EBSCO is committed to providing our customers with as much advance notice as possible on full-text content changes as often as we possibly can. With that said, we would like to inform you that as of August 1, 2013, all databases containing HBR will experience a change for 500 of the articles. These articles will become read-only, and will be clearly marked as such.
For example, in Business Source Complete, there are currently 12,824 full-text articles from HBR, and 12,324 will continue to have the existing access functionality. If libraries wish to prevent the read-only limitation on these 500 articles, and expand usage rights to all 12,824 HBR articles to include course use, they should contact Harvard Business Publishing for expanded rights. For an upgrade fee, Harvard Business Publishing offers full course use rights for all articles. For pricing information please contact us at permissions@harvardbusiness.org.
We thank you for your understanding, and please don't hesitate to contact us at information@ebscohost.com if you have any questions.
]]>ProQuest is streamlining research by enabling ebrary® and ProQuest® content to be discovered within a single search experience. Now, researchers can surface e-books side-by-side with relevant reports, videos, journal and newspaper articles and more in one step. The advance in searching comes via linking technology that enables users to navigate seamlessly from search results to the platform that best supports the content they want to explore.
"Our research shows that e-books are important to both scholars and students, but there has been some frustration in trying to find them," said Kurt Sanford, ProQuest CEO. "We're addressing that barrier in a way that respects the nuances of different formats. E-book content is supported by the ebrary platform, which includes tools designed specifically for e-books and traditional scholarly content is supported by its own set of tools."
]]> ProQuest launched a beta of the linking technology in 2011, making ebrary's flagship subscription database Academic Complete™, discoverable alongside ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Central and ProQuest 5000. Now, all ebrary e-books are discoverable on the ProQuest platform and cross-searchable with any ProQuest database. Users connect to full-text of any of the sources through the search results screen. In the case of e-book content, they move directly to relevant passages within the books via ebrary's relevancy ranking by document and chapter.Interoperability between the platforms is automatic for libraries that have ProQuest and ebrary content through any acquisition model.
"Format is increasingly irrelevant to research and search technologies need to reflect that," said Mr. Sanford. "Flexible and interoperable models are essential for libraries to manage change in a dynamic environment."
E-book discovery is being propelled by a variety of initiatives at ProQuest. In 2012, the company completed full-text indexing of ebrary's vast collections of titles within the Summon® discovery service, enabling users to find relevant e-books as part of a broad search of their library.
]]>Access to trials is available now through April 30, 2013.
Electronic resources are grouped by theme:Humanities and Social Sciences
For pricing and questions, please email cpers@minitex.umn.edu.
]]>Offer expires June 30, 2013.
Trials of all collections can be found on the Minitex website.
Please contact Rosalie Tanner for pricing.
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