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If you have users that are still experiencing issues logging into RefWorks, please first consider restarting your computer to refresh network settings and clear active internet files. If rebooting does not resolve the login problem, please report any outstanding issues to support@refworks.com.
While we do not anticipate any further interruptions in service at this time, we do appreciate your support and understanding during this period.
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Dear Valued Customer:
In the last 24 hours, you may have noticed some performance issues with the Gale Virtual Reference Library and/or our literature databases, such as Literature Resource Center or Books and Authors. We have isolated the issue and have begun to implement a solution for improving speed and access.
We expect to have this resolved quickly, and will keep you apprised of any new developments. In the meantime, thank you for your patience and your continued support of Gale.
Our sincere apologies for any inconveniences these disruptions may have caused you and your patrons.
Best regards,
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PDF Incompatibility with Mac Preview
We have recently become aware that certain versions of Mac Preview are incompatible with the newest generation of JSTOR PDFs. For some users, this means that only the cover page is displaying. Other users have reported that the downloaded article appears to be missing the first portion of the article—it begins somewhere after the first 10 pages of the article. The article is in fact intact and complete, but some pages are not displayed properly. We are working to fix this and plan to continue to support the use of Preview with JSTOR PDFs. We apologize for the problems that this is causing for Mac users.
For now, the quickest workaround is to download the latest free copy of Adobe Reader, available on the Adobe web site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html
Once Adobe Reader is downloaded, please check to make sure that the default PDF viewer is set to Adobe Reader rather than the original PDF viewer installed on your Mac.
The default viewer for PDF documents in Mac OS X is Preview. To change the file association for PDF files:
Select any PDF file and choose File > Get Info.
Choose the application that you want to open PDF files from the Open With menu.
Click Change All, and then click Continue.
You will also want to make sure that the popup blocker is turned off for the JSTOR site. The new PDF files are set to open in a new window and popup blockers may affect this.
Please be aware that some Alexander Street databases will be
unavailable on the morning of Monday, March 10th. This downtime is
scheduled for 9:00 am EST and should not last more than 30 minutes.
During the downtime new content will be added to several collections.
[note from SG: U of M Libs may not subscribe to all titles listed below]
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
The databases affected are:
Black Short Fiction and Folklore
Black Women Writers
Caribbean Literature
The American Civil War Research Database
The Gilded Age
Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Latino Literature
Latin American Women Writers
Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and
Reference Works
South and Southeast Asian Literature
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
World Literature
Women Writing Africa
Women and Social Movements
Please contact support@alexanderstreet.com if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Notice from USC: "there is a bug in our software for the Intel based Macintosh's (which is all of the new ones). We have a fix coming out with our new version of the VHA that will be out for testing in a month. For now, we are sorry, but the Safari browser is not working until we get this new release out."
Chatters,
InfoPoint has been getting a number of questions recently from librarians or other staff around the state or country who have been unable to access our catalog.
Here's part of an answer that Lisa McGuire wrote for InfoPoint, which may give you some information to give to patrons who come through Chat:
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"The issue you have been encountering with MNCat is one that other users have also reported to us. We have recently changed our web site which may have affected access to MNCAT. Here's what our technical staff suggest as a work-around:
Off campus users coming from behind a firewall may not be able to access the public catalogs at all. This is believed to be a port issue that usually means the user has to request that their local IT staff open port 8991 (one off campus user reported that this solved the problem). We know this is not an ideal solution, and are working towards something better.
This may be the reason you are unable to access our catalog. Can you check with your ISP about the port 8991?"
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I hope this helps!
Virginia
We had a student with a Mac that had problems and fyi, Jason is still working on this. If you encounter patrons with Mac problems have them contact me and I'll alert them once they figure out a resolution. At that time, of course, we will update the local VHA Web pages to reflect any changes in procedures for Mac users.
OVID is requiring a password before we can email to a UMN email address. I forwarded the error mssage to Jim S.
University of Minnesota Libraries -- Add MNCAT Lookup to Amazon ...
... Libraries Home > How to > Tools and Widgets > Add MNCAT Lookup to Amazon
Searches. Add MNCAT Lookup to Amazon Searches. Have you ever ...
www.lib.umn.edu/site/mncatamazon.phtml - 7k
University of Minnesota Libraries -- Tools and Widgets
... browsers built in search box; Add MNCAT Lookup to Amazon Searches -- Now
fixed! Download the most recent version! Determine if a book ...
www.lib.umn.edu/site/widgets.phtml - 8k
Patron was looking for a King James version of the Bible as it appeared before the Scopes trial. The uniform title for the KJV is bible. english. authorized followed by dates of publication that you can browse.
PS Read the Blog entry about formatting your Blog with Xinha. Basically it requires use of Mozilla plus the xinha download. In other words it is Browser-related, not a blog feature. Susan, with thanks to Laurel for the fomatting tip.
Encyclopaedia Judaica is available but you can only get to it by
following the common menu on the authorization failed message page
going to Gale Virtual Reference
selecting Ency. Judaica.
So what's really been lost is the shortcut. I'm not sure if this reflects any change since my last messsage (on the white board at the desk) since I just thought of looking for the title within the
Gale Virtual Ref section.
I've reported this to Jim Stemper and Shane.
SG
The problem I reported a few days ago with our "Star Tribune on Lexis Nexis" link no longer working (after
L/N brought out a new interface) has been fixed -- the link now points to a Strib-only search page again.
The new interface still looks gawdawfully clunky, though. / Denny
Lexis/Nexis Academic and related databases are back up, with their new search interface which to me looks a lot nastier than the old one. The business databases also are apparently now "folded in" to the Academic side. Most pressing problem (which I just reported to AskUs) is that the STAR TRIBUNE via LEXIS NEXIS link on the "Indexes and Databases A to Z" page no longer points to a STRIB-specific search page. / Denny
I've created a simple search box for finding films in the library and I need to iron out any wrinkles. If you have a moment, please have a look and see what you think.
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~oberg091/film_search.html
Thanks!
Johan
Subject: some handy working sites to use when the server is down
Worldcat public side http://www.worldcat.org/
(also works to access MNCAT)
MNLink http://www.mnlink.org/
IRIS blog http://blog.lib.umn.edu/staff/iris/
Library News blog http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/news/
Reffers, do you have other suggestions? Add them in Comments!
Dyabola has Webberized the user manual to the CD. The manual is available at
http://www.dyabola.de/manuals/user/en/user_frm.htm
For the CD instructions go to the right sidebar and click on 3. Functions (CD-ROM)
I will continue to see if we can add the online access to Dyabola, since we can get in using the password that came with the CD....
SG
After third day of being unable to get into the MULS database, I called MINITEX to ask what's happening with it. Answer: it hasn't been updated for a year and the software used to construct it is no longer being supported, so the MULS database has been taken down. It may or may not be brought back in a few months; in the meanwhile, we are encouraged to use WorldCat instead for local serial holding information.
Denny
L'Annee Philologique is asking for a password rather than scripting us through. We've had a problem with our subscription; Yumiko is trying to fix but it seems to be rather a mess. In the meanwhile we don't have online access to this.
I thought we still had the cdrom version, Database of Classical Bibliography, on our Reference cdrom machine, and MNCAT says that we do, but I don't see an icon for it.
We do of course still have the print L'An. Phil. in Reference room...
Denny
If you wish to search Obituaries in the New York Times Proquest Historical online, try omitting the person's first name, because the entry may not include it. SG
*Advanced Search screen has a link to More Search options screen includes Document type: Obituaries
Title: New York Times (access via ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Coverage: 1851-2001
Description: The New York Times (1851-2001) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/nytph.cgi
keywords: obits NYT
The index picks out words only in the titles of articles, apparently, because the caption only read "Brig-General Clagett" with no first name. The index gets confused, I guess, if you throw too many names at it. -- comment from Al L.
The service packs have been applied to both Aleph and ILL, and both of them are up and running again. Please email "alephelp" immediately if you experience any problems with Aleph or ILL. Thanks, Heather
The new film index seems hard to locate and I'm not sure if there is one or if there are several, and or how they are related to one another:
FIAF international filmarchive database [electronic resource].
book 2001 TC Internet Resource Online Resource
http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/fiaf.cgi
Contains: International index to film periodicals, 1972- ; International index to television periodicals, 1979- ; List of periodicals indexed; Treasures from the film archives; International directory of film and TV documentation collections; and Bibliography of FIAF members’ publications.
more info from the ABOUT page in the Indexes menu:
Title: FIAF International Film Archive Database
Coverage: 1972 - present
Description: A rich resource for film and television-related research, this resource contains article citations from over 300 film-related periodicals, as well as records of silent film holdings around the world, and more.
When I finally found it and got to the site, the link was from WebSpirs/SilverPlatter and the title displayed on the screen was not FIAF but:
Index(Film Periodicals 1972-3/2006,TV Periodicals 1979-3/2006),List of Periodicals In...
http://web5s.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start.ws?customer=c161441&databases=XS,XT,XU,XV
and in FIND IT after I searched the database above (can't remember how I hit on that)
Electronic full text available via EBSCOHOST International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text.
url for that was:
http://weblinks2.epnet.com/resultlist.asp?tb=1&_ug=sid+F76CAC71%2DA517%2D46FD%2D9F75%2D7EE78CC104C6%40sessionmgr2+dbs+ibh+5A32&_us=sm+ES+E6C7&_uso=st%5B0+%2DJN++LFQ++OR++IS++LFQ+tg%5B0+%2D+db%5B0+%2Dibh+op%5B0+%2D+hd+False+9E34&lfr=Persistent+Link
EBSCO describes it this way:
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. Additional full text available includes more than 50 books & monographs.
More Information
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text,contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. Additional full text available includes more than 50 books & monographs such as Art and the Performance of Memory, Avant Garde Theatre, British Realist Theatre, Community Theatre, History of European Drama and Theatre, Learning Through Theatre, Opera, Performance Theory, Popular Theatres of Nineteenth Century France, Shakespeare, Theory and Performance, Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre and Performance, Theatre and the World, Twentieth-Century Actor Training, Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre, World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre and many more.
[back to top]
--sg
ATLA will be moving to a new headquarters effective April 3, 2006. Please be patient with us during the two-week period from March 24 through April 7, when we will be officially closed for business. We will make every effort to respond to inquiries in a timely manner, but there may be unavoidable delays.
You may also experience intermittent delays in accessing some of ATLA's online resources (including ATLANTIS, other ATLA hosted listservs, ASE, etc.) from April 1-7, but we are implementing measures to make the disruptions as minimal as possible.
Please accept our apologies in advance for any inconvenience.
We have fixed the connectors to the two history databases now, although we have encountered other issues.. Anyway the History/Humanities QuickSet is functioning better now, although without a few of the databases it had yesterday! But that's another issue...
jb
earlier note from jb:
1) Regarding the Research QuickStart searches in the UGVL -- at this time these are mapped to one of the 15 more general OneSearch QuickSets. You will see these QuickSets (or categories of databases) when you go the Basic Search of Libraries OneSearch. So, you're right, the mapping of RQS subjects (of which there are some 200+) to the QuickSets (15) introduces some generalizing, some less effective in certain areas than others.
2) The connectors for America: History and Life, and Historical Abstracts do currently appear to be broken. We will get that fixed.
Thanks for your comments and questions. Let me know if you have others.
jb
ASP and other EBSCO indexes have a convoluted way of letting you do direct export into RefWorks. There are good instructions, though, linked off the U of M RefWorks page, under "Importing citations into RefWorks: Guides". These give step-by-step directions for each index, whether they offer direct export or the longer save-and-import procedure.
The RefWorks icon appears in ATLA because CSA, the ATLA vendor, owns RefWorks. Several other vendors (ESBCO, OVID, FirstSearch, etc) allow direct export, but have their own procedures.
Julie
See longer note from Jim S:
Susan,
This is from the Help file in ASP. It works for me.
js
Saving a Bibliography File
To create a bibliography file from your results:
From the open article or citation, or from the folder list, click Save to Disk.
Click the Bibliographic Manager tab. The Bibliographic Manager appears.
If you are in the folder, Remove these items from folder after saving appears. Indicate whether you want to empty the folder of all items after saving.
Include when saving - select one of the following:
Citations in a format that can be uploaded to bibliographic management software - includes all fields available with a citation.
Citations in Direct Export format - includes those fields supported by ISI's Direct Export technology. (This would be useful if you are at a remote location and have bibliographic management software such as ProCite® or EndNote® on your home or office computer. You could save your citations at a school or public library and import them into your citation library at home.)
Direct Export to RefWorks - exports citations directly to RefWorks web-based bibliographic management software. (Your library must have a subscription to RefWorks to use this option. You must also set your browser to accept pop-ups.)
Citations in MARC21 format - includes citation fields in MARC21 format. (The library administrator decides if this feature will be available.)
To save the results, click Save.
If you saved your citations in a format that can be uploaded to bibliographic management software, the articles and citations are displayed in your browser window. Save from your browser window. Be sure to enter the path where the file should be saved (for example, C:ProjectResearchInfo). To save to a floppy disk, enter the path to the floppy drive (for example, A:ResearchInfo). Be sure to save as an HTML or text file. Click Save.
If you saved in Direct Export format and bibliographic management software (such as ProCite® or EndNote® ) is installed on your computer, that software should automatically open. You should be able to indicate whether to add the citations in the export.txt file to a new or existing citation library.
Notes:
For more information, you should review the bibliographic software documentation.
Some browser versions include a pop-up blocking feature. If you are using RefWorks, you should enable your browser to allow pop-ups from epnet.com servers.
Hello All,
Just a reminder that when the libraries' main web page is unavailable, as this weekend, it is very likely that the MNCAT catalogs are still available. They are on different servers and in different physical sites. To go directly to MNCAT use this URL: http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F
All public service desks should have this direct link to MNCAT in the bookmark file for the browser - saves dependence on human memory. The mncat.lib.umn.edu link currently requires that the libraries' web server be available, so bookmarks to that url would not have worked during the weekend downtime.
The library web server was down Sunday, 20 November (email was working, and we could
get to sites on the web etc., but not MNCAT, indexes, eJournals, our own links, etc.)
Here's what we brought up for partial workarounds -- save for future reference:
(1)
Google. of course
http://www.google.com/
(2)
MNLINK (google on "mnlink" -- select "advanced" (if you wish), then "Metropolitan
Region libraries" -- then "deselect all" and check U of Minnesota to select it alone
(the deselect/select choices are reset every time you run a new search, so
remember to redo them each time unless you want results for other Twin Cities
libraries as well as just U)
http://www.mnlinkgateway.org/zportal/zengine?VDXaction=ZSearchAdvanced
(3)
ALEPH 17
login (REFWILS / iris180) and go to "Circulation" mode
browse by title etc. -- if found, click on "show" -- gives call number
(Aleph i.d. on desk terminal wouldn't let us take next step to check
circulation status, but Gwen logged in on her own i.d. on other machine
and that did allos the extra step)
(4)
WORLDCAT
google worldcat and select this entry (2nd one in the list):
FirstSearch Login Screen
OCLC WorldCat. |. WorldCat Collection Analysis OCLC FirstSearch WorldCat Resource
Sharing. The IP address of your workstation is not currently recognized by ...
newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldCat;done=referer;FSIP - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
(this one will "recognize" us as subscriber when accessed--there are probably
other ways to get to it as well; this happened to be first one that worked for us)
(5)
MLA, ERIC, etc.
go to worldcat as above and select other FirstSearch databases from dropdown list
(6)
Law Library home -- might be useful for some non-U links (or might not)
http://www.law.umn.edu/library/home.html
other ideas for possible future crises? / Denny
http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/wosalert.phtml
Setting up an alert on Web of Science
These instructions will help you migrate your Current Contents alert from the Ovid interface to ISI's Web of Science.
Connect to Current Contents.
Click Saved Searches/Alerts in the top right corner. Check the box next to the desired alert name, and click the Run button.
Click the Display link to view your search results.
In the Results Manager section at the bottom of the page, save your search (Make sure to check the box next to Include Search History).
Open the search in a word processor; under Edit, choose Replace. In the Find box, type in $; in the Replace box, type *; click Replace All. This will replace the Ovid truncation symbol, $, with the ISI truncation symbol * ($ has a different meaning in Web of Science).
Connect to Web of Science.
Select the desired database(s) and span of years to search. Choose the appropriate type of search (For subject, author, or journal name, the General Search option is best. If you are working with search sets you will need to use the Advanced Search (Note the options for combining searches). Copy and paste search statements from your word processing file into the appropriate fields (Be sure to be aware of differences in author and set protocols and revise search statements as necessary). Note the options for refining searches by language and document type on the Advanced Search page.
Click the Search History button at the top. Check the desired set name and click the Save History button on the right.
Register for an ISI account if you have not already done so.
Fill out the Save Search History form as directed. Check the box next to Send Me E-mail Alerts. Then click the Save to Server button (Note that it is only saved for 6 months at a time and needs to be renewed to extend the time frame). If you want another person to make changes and then upload them to your account, they can save them to a local drive as a file, send you the file as an attachment, and you then open the saved search from your workstation in WOS and save it in your ISI account.
Here's the link to the metalib/onesearch/UGVL guide
http://www.lib.umn.edu/digilab/metalib/searchguide.doc
To get a list of all electronic resources, A-Z, in one long list rather than letter by letter, you can bring up any letter's worth of list and knock the id= bit from the end of the URL.
For instance, the "Indexes and Databases: A" (53 databases) url is
http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/alpha.phtml?id=A
knock off the id=A to make the URL
http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/alpha.phtml?
which lists all 457 indexes and databases, ABSEES ONLINE to ZOOLOGICAL RECORD. / Denny (per reply from Shane N)
TECH TIP
Today's tech tip is on how to use Windows magnifier on computers in the Library. Click below to read more.
keyword Disabilities ADA screen enlargement
Magnifier is a display utility that makes the computer screen more readable by people who have low vision by creating a separate window that displays a magnified portion of the screen.
To use magnify on the Libraries' public terminals you simply call up the Windows Utility Manager by pressing the Windows Key & the letter "U" at the same time. Note: the Windows key is most often located between the Ctrl and Alt keys on the left hand side of a standard keyboard. The Utility Manager has three options available. To use the magnifier simply highlight 'magnifier' line in the dialog box and select "start". To exit magnifier press the exit button or by pressing ALT+X while in the magnifier dialog box.
This procedure will work on staff computers as well but you can also access these functions from the Accessibility menu or by typing "utilman" or "magnify" from the run dialog box available through the start menu.
The key stroke shortcut has been disabled on login terminals located in Wilson Library for other security reasons. Those terminals requiring x500 authentication (login) already have a shortcut to "magnify.exe" on the desktop, simply double click the icon to use the utility.
-- Jaime
Tech Tip: UMCal
Have you ever had trouble telling people apart in UMCal? Read on for tips on how to add names to your own UMCal.
Try looking up
Karen Williams some time, there's more than one person with that name here
at the U! If you are not seeing people's departmental information as well as
their names in UMCal, then here's how to add that information...
* From the web client: Click on the Preference icon (fourth from the right in
that top row), then on the next page make sure the OU2 option is checked,
then click OK.
* From the desktop client: Edit your preferences by choosing the Options item
from the Tools menu, go to the General section of the preferences, choose
Formatting, then choose Names from this section, then make sure the OU2
choice is checked and click OK.
* From now on, when you see names of people invited to meeting, etc., you
should see some text after those names, like "Eric Celeste /UL Admin". All
Libraries staff should have "UL" in that text, and the departments should
roughly correspond to where folks work. Checking the OU2 box was recommended
at our Libraries UMCal training last Fall, so I would suggest that everyone
who has not made this adjustment to their UMCal configuration go ahead and
do this right away.
-- Eric
To: AcadProgHSS
Subject: TheWorld Biographical Information System Online
Colleagues: (see below) including MNCAT records for online and CD versions.
To: AcadProgHSS
Subject: The World Biographical Information System Online
Colleagues:
For several years the Reference Collection has housed a wonderful
source to biographical information. Originally called the World
Biographical Index Sour, this resource consists of a CD-ROM with
citations to biographical information in English, French, German,
Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish languages about people
who lived between the beginnings of recorded time and 1950.
It refers to microfiche sets in the Reference Collection for the full
text of the citations (although these are only for people who lived
between the beginnings of time and 1910. Those sets are:
Microfiche 32= British Biographical Archive1
" 33=Deutsches Biographisches Archiv1
" 41=American Biographical Archive1
" 53=Archivo Bibliografico de Espana, Portugal e Iberoamerica1
" 56=Scandinavian Biographic Archive1
" 113=Achives Bibliographiques Francaises1
" 126=Deutsches Biographisches Archiv2
When you activate this index (set up in the CD-ROMs terminarl in IRIS)
a frame comes up giving options for searches by surname, gender,
period, birth year year cited, occupation, country, etc.
The WBIS CD-ROM is easy to use after one gets used to odd
things about it (like having to use surname, and then seeing a
frame with a list of the people with that surname included in
the index with the proper name after a comma), and there are
microfiche readers available in the Reference Collection near
the cabinets where the microfiches are stored. Iam sure that no
matter how strong the phobia of the hypthetical undergraduate of
utopian library literature, he/she will use a microfiche source if
it has the information that he/she needs for an assignment. I
strongly recommend using World Biographical Index, because
it has information not available in other biographical sources in
our collections.
Now World Biographical Index has gone online, and it has been
acquired by Gale Thomson. Its new name is World Biographical
Information System Online, and it has expanded its coverage to
more languages, and to 20th century sources up to the present.
The online index now includes thirty one biographic "archives"
covering many languages and practically the whole world (see
http://faq.lib.umn.edu/public/showRecord.pl?kbrecordid=4541&mode=public )
Not all the citations are represented full-text in the online version,
but only eight "archives" and works published from 1474 to 1910.
However, the areas that it covers are of considerable interest:
ABAI or American Biographical Archive1, BBAI or British
Biographical Archive1, DBAI or German Biographical Archive1,
IABI or Italian Biographical Archive1, ABEPII or Spanish,
Portuguese, and Ibero-American Archive1, ABFI or French
Biographical Archive1, SBA or Scandinavian Biographical
Archive1, and BAB1 or Biographical Archive of the Benelux
Countries1. [editor;s note: cost info deleted. See Rafael or Judy for details. sg]
By retaining the original typography, the documentation and
historical character of the information is maintained and
presented to the user. English abstracts are available for many
biographical entries in non-Western languages. Searches can
be made by name, year of birth, and occupation, like in the
CD-ROM edition. You may explore WBISO by using the trial
subscription at http://trials.gale.com/pubacd
When the system asks you for user name type pubacd20
When it asks for password type unique
According to David Z, the area representative for Gale
Thomson, the plans are to inrease the number of text biographical
citations until all the citations in each area archive will be available.
Each year 7 to 9 biographical archives containing approximately 1
million additional biographies will be added. By 2009 WBISO will
make available 47 biographical archives, more than 10 million
full-text biographies on over 5 million people from the beginnings
of time to the present day, and from all countries and regions
worldwide. Libraries will be allowed to subscribe to one, many,
or all biographical archives (which I call geographic area sections).
Customers will be able to choose from a package of different
units to build up their own biographical collections.
[EDITOR's NOTE: cost information deleted. Refer to your e-mail message from Rafael or talk to him or Judy for this information -- SG]
Because the WBISO includes people in all fields and endeavors
worldwide, it should be of interest to users searching for biographic
information on artists, botanists, generals, physicians, politicians,
and writers, and to collection development librarians in all areas
and disciplines.
Sincerely,
Rafael
Title World biographical index [electronic resource] / K.G. Saur Publishing.
Published [Munich] : K.G. Saur Verlag ; [Braunschweig] : Braunschweig University Library, c1998-
Other Title World biographical index (Online)
Internet Access [English version]--
http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi_en
[German version]--http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi
Availability TC Internet Resource Online Resource
Summary Contains over one million entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South America, and Western and Central Europe. Entries contain brief biographical information, citations to all original reference works in which information on the individual appears, and the location of the source work in the companion biographical archive microfiche collection.
Note Title from home page (viewed May 7, 1999).
Note Text (Electronic index
Note Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Also available serially in CD-ROM format, and online in German version (Internationaler biographischer Index).
Subject LC Biography -- Indexes -- Databases.
Contributor K.G. Saur Verlag.
Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig.
Material Type bk
System No. 002566208
CD VERSION:
Title Internationaler biographischer Index [computer file] = World biographical index.
Edition 6. Ausg.
Published München : K.G. Saur, c1999.
Description 1 computer laser optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title World biographical index [computer file]
Availability TC Wilson Library Reference CD-ROM CT120 .I57x 1999 Non-Circulating
Note Title from disc label.
Installer can choose the language of messages, menus, and headings: German, English, Spanish, French, or Italian.
Index to the following 18 archives: African Biographical Archive; American Biographical Archive; Archives Biographiques Françaises; Archivio Biografico Italiano; Archivo Biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica; Australasian Biographical Archive inc. Suppl.; Biografisch Archief van de Benelux; British Biographical Archive; Deutsches Biographisches Archiv; Jüdisches Biographisches Archiv; Polskie Archiwum Biograficzne inc. Supl.; Scandinavian Biographical Archive.
Note System requirements: IBM compatible PC; 80386 processor or higher; minimum 4 MB of RAM; MS-DOS 5.0 or higher; MS Windows 3.1 or higher; minimum DIN/ISO 9660 CD-ROM drive; minimum 5MB free space on hard disk; mouse.
Subject LC Biography -- Indexes -- Databases.
Contributor K.G. Saur Verlag.
ISBN 3598404255
Material Type elr
System No. 002562768
Beth S. sent out the MINITEX Powerpoint content in a pdf file at:
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/train-conf/webinars/ebsco.pdf
I found these instructions on the Web today after putting up with Internet Explorer (IE)'s nasty habit of hiding the STATUS BAR (that's the bar across the bottom of the screen that should show the url of Web site listed on the screen when you pass your mouse over it.) The instructions may seem tedious but it doesn't take that long and you only have to do it ONCE!!! :-) --Susan
Source: http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=3467
If you are like me, and annoyed that Microsoft has decided to make your status bar optional (so it disappears whenever you open a new IE 6 browser window), here's what you do to enable it permanently:
Print these instructions before starting.
1) With (only one) IE open, click View, select: Status Bar
2) Right-click on IE's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbars"
3) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
4) Right click on the Start Button to open Windows Explorer, click View, select: Status Bar
5) Right-click on Explorer's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbar"
6) Click Tools | Folder Options | View tab
7) Click the "Apply to all folders" button. (Click OK if this gives you another dialogue question)
8) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
9) Reopen IE to any page, right-click on a link and select: "Open in New Window" The Status Bar should remain visible.
10)Click on the Start Button, select RUN, and type REGEDIT
11) Verify that these Registry entries exist:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"
Hi--Would you like to find out more about the Journal Citation Reports Database? Nancy H invites you to attend one of the workshops she is giving:
JCR: Journal Citation Reports Database
JCR is a complicated but often useful database that provides bibliometric information on scholarly journals. The Libraries' now have an ongoing subscription to this and it has been controversial in the past. Learning more about it may help you as you work with users - or as you consider using it yourself for collection analysis, etc. This one-hour workshop will briefly give an overview of the database and allow time for hands-on experience in the database.
All sessions will be in room s30c Wilson. Registration is required and seating limited to 20/session.
Available sessions:
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:45 AM -- 10:45 AM
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:30 PM -- 1:30 PM
Registration is at
http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/index.phtml#eventidXX89
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More info (taken from the ISI site):
The Journal Citation Reports on the Web (JCR® on the Web) provides sitewide access to quantifiable statistical data, offering a systematic, objective way to determine the relative importance of journals within their subject categories. It is a unique multidisciplinary research tool ideal for a broad range of practical applications by a variety of information professionals.
JCR® Web is available in two editions: the Science Edition covers about 5,000 leading international science journals from the ISI database. The Social Sciences Edition covers about 1,600 leading international social sciences journals from the ISI database. With the release of v2.0, JCR Web now links to a five-year Impact factor trend graph, links from the Web of Science® and links to Ulrich's Periodical Directory .
FEATURES
Key Advantages & Capabilities
-Librarians-helps users manage and maintain journal collections and budget for subscriptions
--Publishers-enables publishers to monitor their competitors, identify new publishing opportunities, and make decisions regarding current publications
--Editors-assists in assessing the effectiveness of editorial policies and objectives and tracking the standing of their journals
--Authors-enables authors to identify journals in which to publish, confirm the status of journals in which they have published, and identify journals relevant to their research
--Information Analysts-lets users track bibliometric trends, study the sociology of scholarly and technical publication, and study citation patterns within and between disciplines
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I went looking to see what Ebsco documentation was available. See this
link for a 50 page [Word document] guide for the academic databases.
http://support.epnet.com/CustSupport/UserDocumentation/ebs_2565.doc
Gwen
see db descriptions below
ALSO:
EBSCO Publishing
Trial URL: http://trial.epnet.com
User ID: minitex
Password: ebsco
Academic Search™ Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text from nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 7,373 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Academic Search™ Premier is an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources unique to this database. Academic Search™ Premier provides expanded indexing & abstract and PDF backfiles for more than 100 top scholarly academic journals, dating back as far as 1965 or the first issue published (whichever is more recent); many of the PDF's are native (searchable) or scanned-in-color.
Academic Search™ Elite
Academic Search™ Elite provides full text from nearly 1,850 publications, including nearly 1,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all 3,228 journals in the collection. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more. In addition to journal coverage, Academic Search™ Elite provides full text information from a variety of source-types such as scholarly monographs. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.
Just had someone trying to print PDF files from Business Source Premier; she kept getting single almost-blank pages instead of the several pages of text and image that displayed on screen. I had same results using staff terminal and printer. I did finally figure out solution and now remember I've been told this before--but since I
almost never use BSP it hadn't stuck with me.
You need to use the print icon within Acrobat Reader itself -- the larger print icon on the browser (top of the screen) won't work, nor will selecting the print command
from the "File" dropdown menu. Only the rather tiny print icon in Acrobat (near left end of the line of icons below the "Result List" option link works for this.
Denny Lien