eResource News

NCLive has added nine new eResources/databases.  Take a look at the changes:

Art & Architecture Complete:  Magazines, journals, trade publications and books covering a variety of art and architecture subjects including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design, and more. Includes image collection of over 63,000 images.

Biography Reference Center:  More than 450,000 biographies, including actors, authors, explorers, historical figures, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, scientists and many others.

Entrepreneurial Studies Source:  Covers topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business, including key periodicals, reference books, case studies, company profiles and 600+ videos with transcripts from the Harvard Faculty Series and Vator.TV.

Environment Complete:  Journals on topics including agriculture, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, urban planning, and more.

Hoover's: Business research platform allows you to search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, & geography to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds. 

Legal Information Reference Center:  Contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. Includes state-specific resources.

Points of View:  Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 280 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.

Small Business Reference Center:   Offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding. Includes business lectures and ‘how to’ videos, as well as state-specific resources.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center:  Detailed, user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines.

In addition NC LIVE has upgraded seven resources, with additional full-text content and upgraded features:

Academic Search Complete:  Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works.

Business Source Complete:  Journals, peer-reviewed publications, magazines on a wide range of topics including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text: Journals and trade publications on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

Literary Reference Center Plus: Articles and criticisms, including peer-reviewed, bios and interviews, novels, short stories, poems, and literary magazines.

MAS Complete:  For high school and junior college students. Includes magazines, original historical documents, including The Bill of Rights, The Constitution, The Federalist Papers and the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Charts, tables, and graphs.

MasterFILE Complete:  General magazines, journals, and newspapers covering many subjects. Includes peer-reviewed.
 
NoveList K-8 Plus:  Reader's advisory service for fiction and nonfiction titles, designed to support the curriculum and kids’ pleasure reading. Searchable by author, title, series name, plot, and lexile level. Includes author read-alikes and lists of award-winners.

You can find these resources on the Randall Library eResources/databases A-Z list http://library.uncw.edu/eresources/

In September 2011, the MyiLibrary Audio Books will begin transitioning to a new audio book service called Recorded Books One Click. The new service will include the same audio book titles available now, but through the new Recorded Books platform. The new platform will feature enhancements to the download process, as well as enhanced searching and browsing capabilities. All content will be iPod compatible, and there will be an iPhone app for downloading on the go with Droid and Mobile Windows 7 apps to follow.

The transition to Recorded Books One Click platform is expected to happen this fall. A specific date for the transition has not yet been announced, but we will continue to provide updates as we approach September.

**When the new Recorded Books service launches all audio book users will be required to create a new personal audio book account. Your MyiLibrary user account information will not be saved or transferred. This also means that any books you have on hold at the time of the transition will not be transferred over to the new platform.

The Informaworld interface has been replaced by Taylor & Francis Online. You can find Taylor & Francis Online on the eResources/Databases By Name A-Z under the letter "T".  Bookmarked Informaworld links will redirect to the new interface. Taylor & Francis indexes all journals from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press; more than 10,000 eBooks from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Informa Healthcare. The new platform will offer more intuitive navigation, graphical abstracts and first page previews; as well as a mobile service for iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

 From Taylor & Francis:

Why we are changing our platform from informaworld to Taylor & Francis Online?

In short – we are changing because we listened to our customers! We talked to various customer groups, including librarians, editors, authors and society partners to get feedback on what you felt about the Informaworld name. The consensus was that a name that more closely relates to Taylor & Francis Group and our imprints would be preferable to informaworld, and when alternatives were put to customer vote, the favorite was Taylor & Francis Online. Why we are changing our platform from informaworld to Taylor & Francis Online?

In short – we are changing because we listened to our customers! We talked to various customer groups, including librarians, editors, authors and society partners to get feedback on what you felt about the Informaworld name. The consensus was that a name that more closely relates to Taylor & Francis Group and our imprints would be preferable to informaworld, and when alternatives were put to customer vote, the favorite was Taylor & Francis Online. You You

With the ScienceDirect iPhone app you can access exactly the same journals and books from your iPhone as you would be able to from on-campus. The screen is smaller but the familiar content is all there. You can look up and read a paper, share the PDF, or just explore what's out there anytime you get a bright idea.

To access the full spectrum of content, you will need to register online while on-campus (using a desktop computer or the UNCW wireless network), at www.sciencedirect.com/science/newregistration

Once you have supplied this information, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You must click on the link provided in this e-mail to activate your access to ScienceDirect iPhone app. You will only need to confirm your email once.

To validate your e-mail address:

1. An email will be sent to the e-mail address you provided containing a link. You must click on the link to validate your access to SciVerse ScienceDirect iPhone app.
2. It is recommended that you validate your e-mail address from the iPhone as it will launch the app automatically.
3. Until you validate your e-mail address, you may not be able to access full content.
    

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