Drexel subscribes to GeoRef and AltPressIndex through OCLC Firstsearch currently, but access to these databases on the OCLC Platform will no longer be available after July. We have current trials to versions of these two databases from Proquest.
GeoRef on CSA Illumina (Trial)
The GeoRef database covers the geology of North America from 1669 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters’ theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered. A subscription to the GeoRef database also includes access to the GeoRef In Process database (so both databases can be searched at once) and a link to the GeoRef Preview database on the AGI web site.
This trial runs through May 31, 2010
Alt-Press Watch (Trial) via Proquest
*Alt-Press Watch is like AltPressIndex, but includes full text for all of the indexed material
Alt-Press Watch™ showcases unique, independent voices from some of our nation’s most respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals. The database features over 670,000 articles from more than 210 publications, offering a wide range of unfettered, critical coverage of the news. All of these varied alternative and independent presses are presented in 100% full text, allowing researchers total access to regional, rural, and metropolitan perspectives on local, national, and international issues. Providing an alternative to corporate controlled media, the Alt-Press Watch database presents big stories from small sources.
This trial runs through May 31, 2010.
Enjoy!
The publisher Palgrave Macmillan is offering FREE access to their entire electronic journal catalog for the month of May. Check out their offerings here: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/jnlindex.html
Check here for a list of Palgrave titles to which we already subscribe.
We now have access to MEDLINE through ISI Web of Knowledge, in addition to our access via OVID and Pubmed. This access is a free add-on to our existing Web of Knowledge subscription. Check it out, and compare the interface and searching to Ovid and Pubmed!
MEDLINE via ISI Web of Knowledge
1950 – Present
MEDLINE is the premier database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains over 12 million records of journal articles in all areas of the life sciences, with particular emphasis on biomedicine.
E-Books Cataloged: 2,059
Full-Text Accessed: 130,013
Searches: 260,807
Sessions: 166,628
In addition to the announcement of Ebsco Publishing’s acquisition of Netlibrary, OCLC has also announced
“an important change to our FirstSearch content services. OCLC is transitioning out of our role as reseller of vendor-owned content. Therefore we will transfer or discontinue sale of the vendor-owned databases on FirstSearch when subscriptions have ended.
We will instead increase our focus for both FirstSearch and WorldCat.org on providing libraries with access to a rich set of library-owned content and increasing visibility and access to the full scope of a library’s collection. We will work with libraries, publishers and other information providers to expand WorldCat.org as a comprehensive platform for eContent.”
Drexel currently has access to several databases on the Firstsearch platform.
Those affected by this change are:
- AltPressIndex
- BasicBiosis
- Contemporary Women’s Issues
- GeoRefS
- Wilson Select Plus
We will have access to these databases on the Firstsearch platform until our subscriptions end (July 2010), at which time we will have to replace access through another provider.
Drexel also has access to several databases that will remain available on through OCLC Firstsearch. those are:
- ArticleFirst
- Clase & Periodica
- OCLC Electronic Books
- Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
- GPO Monthly Catalog
- History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
- PapersFirst
- ProceedingsFirst
- World Almanacs
For more information on the cheanges to OCLC Firstsearch, see this FAQ from OCLC: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/questions/
Netlibrary, OCLC’s longstanding electronic book content platform, has been aqcuired by Ebsco Publishing. This could bode well for an infrastructure overhaul for Netlibrary, which could hopefully end in an easier access model for Netlibrary books. we’ll see! It could certainly also mean that adding future Netlibrary content could become more expensive. See more about the acquisition and the implications in OCLC’s press release: http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2010/201015.htm
There is also a useful FAQ about Netlibrary and the Ebsco acquisition here: http://www.oclc.org/netlibrary/questions/
