Thomson Gale’s Newest SolutionsThomson Gale’s Newest Solutions

February 26, 2007February 26, 2007

Today’s ObjectivesToday’s Objectives

Update you on recent enhancements to InfoTrac OneFile

Explore the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Share the future direction of PowerSearch

InfoTrac SolutionsInfoTrac Solutions

Database Primary Focus

More than 11,000 magazines covering all subject areas. Strengths in trade publications, travel, hobbies, news, health and academic journals.

More than 4,000 core magazines across disciplines.

Periodical Databases for Public Libraries

Largest collection of full-text magazines available 99% with no embargo

Includes greater backfile coverage of key periodicals than any other database (Time, US News & World Report, Newsweek)

Includes 86% of the titles covered in Magazines for Libraries in active, full-text

Podcasts, video and audio content from many major news agencies

Nearly 60 million articles at a user’s fingertips

InfoTrac OneFileInfoTrac OneFile

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?

More than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor Travel Guide published in 2006 and 2007.

Full collection of NPR programs from 1990 to present, with searchable transcripts.

Full-text of the New York Times from 1995 to present day.

10 years of full-text, Discover Magazine

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?

Articles can now be translated into 8 different languages.

More than 3,000 active, full-text titles recommended by Magazines for Libraries.

More than 20 reference sets, including the Encyclopedia of World Biography and the Gale Encyclopedia of Science.

11,000 magazines in all, 70% of which are not found in EBSCO or ProQuest databases.

The PowerPackThe PowerPack

Information Science & Library Issues

Insurance & Liability Collection

Pop Culture Collection

Psychology Collection

Religion & Philosophy Collection

Small Business Collection

Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection

US History Collection

Vocation, Careers & Education Collection

War & Terrorism Collection

World History Collection

Communication & Mass Media Collection

Computer Database

Criminal Justice Collection

Diversity Studies Collection

Educator’s Collection

Environmental Issues & Policy Collection

Fine Arts & Music Collection

Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Collection

General Reference Center GOLD

General Science Collection

GLBT Life and Issues Collection

Home Improvement Collection

Information Science & Library Issues Collection

A subscription to InfoTrac OneFile also gives you access to:

Circulate your Reference Content

Availability only through Thomson Gale

Accessibility and Customization

Seamlessly cross-search periodicals and e-books simultaneously

Gale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library

It’s Not Your Traditional eBookIt’s Not Your Traditional eBook

Full flexibility with your collection

No readers, no check-outsides, no barriers

Unlimited usage

You own the content forever

Some current GVRL customersSome current GVRL customers

Detroit Public Library

Boston Public Library

Las Vegas Clark County Public Library

Tampa Hillsborough Public Library

Mid-Continent Public Library System

Phoenix Public Library System

King County Library System

Miami-Dade Public Library

Prince Georges County Library System

Fairfax County Public Library

Pierce County Public Library

Newark Public Library

North Suburban Library System

These libraries purchased the full GVRL collection

But you can start with one title…But you can start with one title…

Take Business Plans Handbook as an example…

Traditionally, with print…

You had to purchase one copy for every branch

Patrons could not easily find the information

Patrons could not access it from home or after the library closed

Multiple users was not an option

Now… Equal Access to AllNow… Equal Access to All

MAIN

Campbell

East

Poland

Springfield

StruthersAustintown

Boardman

Brownlee Woods

Campbell

Canfield

Greenford

Lake Milton

North Jackson

Sebring

South

And Multiple Ways to AccessAnd Multiple Ways to Access

DIRECT LINK

INDEX

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OPAC

UNIQUE COLLECTONS

ALL TITLES

POWERSEARCH

24 hours a day… 7 days a week… with unlimited usage…

A Look Further Inside GVRLA Look Further Inside GVRL

More than 1600 volumes of reference to choose from

Hundreds of Award Winners

More than 33 publishers

Flexible pricing

Significant discounts for titles you already own in print

Special starter pricing

Some Key Reference SetsSome Key Reference Sets

12 volumes available, covering approved plans for more than 250 businesses.

26 volumes available, covering major novels studied in high school. Offers deep novel synopses and all the information students need to write their reports.

Some Examples of Key CollectionsSome Examples of Key Collections

Wellness Collection

Large collection of multi-volume encyclopedias covering every health topic. Number of titles are award-winning titles.

Lucent Terrorism Library

Written for students, rhe four-volume Lucent Terrorism Library examines the wrenching events of September 11, 2001 as well as the history and personalities behind terrorist acts committed in the United States and elsewhere in the world.

Build Your OwnBuild Your Own

You can also build your own collections…

And Now on to PowerSearch…And Now on to PowerSearch…

Nearly 100,000,000 articles from the world’s leading

periodicals

More than 1,000 of the world’s leading

reference books

In 2007, In 2007, expect a research expect a research

experience unlike any experience unlike any other…other…

Literature Search Business Search Biography Search

Cross-search all databases at once

or

Search databases by subject – with functionality specific to that subject.

The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus”The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus”

Search all Gale Databases

Search All Other Databases

Search Library Catalog

Search Open Web

PowerSearch NowPowerSearch Now

PowerSearch PlusPowerSearch Plus

Access All Your Resources at OnceAccess All Your Resources at Once

Add a search box to your web pages

Additional New Features in Early 2007Additional 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

Visual SearchVisual Search

A New Common MenuA New Common Menu

New Results DisplayNew Results Display

Narrow by subject

Choose tab order

Search within results

New Document DisplayNew Document Display

Email, Print, Cite, Translate

Hyperlinked Fields

We welcome your questions…