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Statewide Full Text Databases – 2008 - 2010

EBSCO

• Biography Collection Complete

• Business Source Elite

• ERIC

• Health Source: Consumer Edition

• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

• History Reference Center

• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)

• Literary Reference Center™

• Magazine Article Summaries: Online

• MasterFILE Premier

• MiddleSearch Plus

• Newspaper Source

• NoveList

• NoveList K-8

• Points of View Reference Center

• Primary Search

• Professional Development Collection

• Salud en Espanol

• Science Reference Center

• TOPICSearch

Thomson-Gale

• InfoTrac Informe

• InfoTract Custom Newspapers

ProQuest

• HeritageQuest
   

FY 08 FREE Statewide Databases Frequently Asked Questions

Sent out to regional listservs 5/15/07 by: Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, Associate State Librarian and Director, Library Development Bureau and Susan Kaplan,Consultant, Library Development Bureau
Manager, New Jersey Knowledge Initiative

Q. Which of the listed databases will be available to which groups of libraries?

A. The entire list announced last week of statewide databases funded by the State Library in FY 08 will be available to all libraries who are current members of the NJ Library Network, including public, academic, school, special libraries, and the State Library. (This is through membership in your Regional Library Cooperative).
 

Q. How soon will we be getting access to the new additions?

A. The updated list of databases will go into effect on July 1, pending completion of the licensing process and legislative approval of the State Library budget at the amount as recommended in the Governor's FY
08 Budget.
 

Q. We were wondering about Reference USA, Business Source Premier, and Academic Search Premier. Are these databases still going to be available through JerseyClicks?

A. ReferenceUSA, Business Source Premier, and Academic Search Premier on JerseyCLicks, are purchased with funding from the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative, and will be renewed if that funding continues. Thus, they were NOT part of this database selection/licensing process. As was reported earlier, funding for the NJKI is in the Governor's proposed budget. Pending enactment of the State Budget by the Legislature at the end of June, the current selection of NJKI databases will continue in FY 08. To help secure continued funding for the NJKI databases, your library needs to take part in the advocacy effort for the NJKI. The NJKI advocacy toolkit is at www.njstatelib.org/ldb/njki.
 

Q. Contemporary Authors is not on the list. Are you still going to offer that database?

A. Contemporary Authors was not selected for continuation. We are working with Thomson Gale to arrange continued access to the Contemporary Authors Digital Archive.
 

Q. We have a current subscription to HeritageQuest. Am I allowed to forward this announcement to our rep at ProQuest?

A. The State Library announcement on databases was to share the product list because folks needed to know ASAP as they are spending their monies. However, it is just a statement of intent at this point. The license review process is rigorous and entails finance and legal review.

We suggest waiting to work with the vendor rep on refunds or rebates until there is a license in place. NJ Library Network members will get more info later on training options, etc. Everything the State Library has licensed currently stays in place until June 30.
 

Q. Does this mean that HeritageQuest Online will be available to us through BCCLS?

A. Pending successful completion of the licensing process, HeritageQuest will be available via JerseyClicks in July. It should be noted that BCCLS currently provides its members with a gateway to the free statewide databases funded by the State Library. However, as with ReferenceUSA, access to HeritageQuest.com will only be offered via JerseyCLicks. If any library is not set up now on JerseyClicks, now is the time to start that process rolling. Contact Scherelene Schatz, Tel:609-777-2059 or sschatz [at] njstatelib.org
 

Q. Since Proquest magazines and newspapers are not in your list, does that mean we will not longer have it available?

A. Proquest magazines and newspapers have not previously been offered by the State Library as part of the statewide databases. It is recommended that libraries check with internal subscriptions or with your Regional Library Cooperative if you currently have access to this product.
 

Q. I notice that Magill on Literature is part of EBSCO Literary Reference Center. We currently subscribe to Magill. Does this mean we should contact them about a rebate? Or were current subscriptions included in the negotiation, as was the case with Contemporary Authors years ago?

A. The State Library announcement on databases was to share the product list because folks needed to know ASAP as they are spending their monies. However, it is just a statement of intent at this point. The license review process is rigorous and entails finance and legal review.

We suggest waiting to work with the vendor rep on refunds or rebates until there is a license in place.


Q. Can you please tell what is included in the Thomson Gale license?

A. It is our intent to continue Thomson Gale InfoTrac Custom Newspapers and Informe.


Q. Before we go ahead and subscribe on our own to Facts On File, may I ask whether there will be any further announcement as to a possible "replacement," i.e., any database(s) beyond what is on the list below?

A. The list that was announced will expend all available funding for statewide databases. There are no additional selections planned at this time.