OhioLINK is constantly striving to provide the strongest portfolio of research resources possible, within our budgetary limitations, to support Ohio higher education’s teaching, learning and research needs. In order to better achieve this goal, the OhioLINK community has agreed to cancel some database subscriptions and use those funds to upgrade current subscriptions and subscribe to new databases beginning July 1, 2006. As a result of these changes, OhioLINK and its member libraries will be able to cost-effectively provide the community with more full-text resources across a broader array of disciplines.
The following new databases will be available to all students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK member institutions: Agricola, Bibliography of Native North Americans, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, Economia y Negocios, Education Research Complete, Environment Index Complete, Evidence-Based Complementary Medicine (coming soon), Film & Television Literature Index (full text version coming late 2006), Fuente Academica, Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index, Gender Studies Database, GLBT Life, Gongwer News Service, Insurance Periodicals Index, International Political Science Abstracts, Legal Collection, Literary Reference Center, MedicLatina, SPORTDiscus, Vente et Gestion and Women’s Studies International.
OhioLINK users will be able to access more full text from their desktops, thanks to upgrades of several current database subscriptions to: Academic Search Complete (coming in 2007), Business Source Complete, CINAHL Plus, Humanities International Complete, International Bibliography of Theater and Dance (with full text), Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (with full text), MEDLINE (with full text) and SocINDEX (with full text).
We will cancel subscriptions to the following databases on July 1, 2006: Applied Science & Technology Abstracts, Biography Index, Biological & Agricultural Index, Book Review Digest, Business & Industry, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Women’s Issues, Education Abstracts, Essay & General Literature Index, Humanities Abstracts, Index to Legal Periodicals and Books, Library Literature, Ohio Capitol Connection and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Many new and existing OhioLINK resources can meet or exceed most needs formerly served by the cancelled resources. The table below provides some suggestions of new resources to try that cover the same subject areas. Contact your library for additional suggestions or assistance using these resources.
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| Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
(covers: science and technology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics and physics) |
Compendex, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, INSPEC, GeoRef, and other science databases |
| Biography Index (covers: biography) |
Academic Search Premier |
| Biological & Agricultural Index (covers: biology and agriculture) |
Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS Previews), Web of Science, and Agricola |
| Book Review Digest (covers: book reviews, English, humanities, language and literature, science and technology and social sciences) |
Academic Search Premier |
Business & Industry |
Business
Source Complete |
| Contemporary Authors (covers: biography, English, and language and literature) |
Literary Reference Center |
| Contemporary Women's Issues (will remain available and searchable, but it will not be updated after June 30, 2006. Covers: women's and gender studies, business, international studies, medicine and health, political science, psychology and sociology) |
Women’s Studies International and Gender Studies Database |
| Education Abstracts (covers: education) |
Education Research Complete |
| Essay & General Literature Index
(covers: humanities, art and architecture, economics, history, language and literature, music, political science, psychology, religion, social sciences, and women's and gender studies) |
Academic
Search Premier and Humanities
International Complete |
| Humanities Abstracts (covers: humanities, art and architecture, communications, history, language and literature, music, philosophy and religion) |
Academic Search Premier and Humanities International Complete |
| Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
(covers: law and legislation) |
Legal Collection, LexisNexis Academic, and LexisNexis Congressional |
| Library Literature (covers: library/information science) |
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (with full text) |
| Ohio Capitol Connection (covers: law and legislation) |
Gongwer News Service |
| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(will remain available and searchable, but it will not be updated after June 30, 2006. Covers: political science, law and legislation, public policy and social sciences) |
International Political Science Abstracts |