Thomson Gale Update Robert Iannello Territory Manager

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Thomson Gale UpdateRobert IannelloTerritory
Manager Central Eastern EuropeBratislavaOcto
ber 2004
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Agenda

• Brief Introduction to Thomson Gale
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• The Times Digital Archive 1785 to 1985
• InfoTrac OneFile
• InfoTrac Custom Journals
• World Biographical Information System

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Agenda

• Brief Introduction to Thomson Gale
• Gale Virtual Reference Library

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The Thomson Family
Thomson Corporation
Thomson Scientific and Healthcare
Thomson Financial
Thomson Legal Regulatory
Datastream
ISI
Micromedex
Thomson Learning
Dialog
Westlaw
Gale
K.G. Saur Verlag
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More than just a journal aggregator

• A world leader in e-research and educational
  publishing for libraries, schools and businesses
• Proprietary information on a wealth of subjects
• Efficient, fast and up-to-date electronic
  reference
• Easy-to-use interface for both experienced
  librarians and inexperienced library users
• More than 1500 Gigabyte live data
• Historical documents
• Articles from reference sources
• Archived journal articles (9,666 journal titles
  in total)
• Archived newspaper articles
• Third party databases (MLA with linking to full
  text)
• eBooks

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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Take eBooks to the next level of usability

• Gale delivers reference content in a database
  format.
• Its an interface and delivery system different
  from any other eBook platform youve ever used

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GVRL - Take the best of the eBook models

• No special readers or hardware required
• Purchase one eBook at a time - not a
  predetermined collection
• Develop your collection at your own pace
• Remote access
• Navigation from the TOC to the entry
• Link from the index to a page
• Browse a list of illustrations
• Access from OPAC via MARC records

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GVRL - Add an interface thats like a database!

• Searching across and within eBooks
• Results are delivered at the entry/article level
• Print or email an entire article, not just a page
• No checkout GVRL is always accessible
• Puts your reference content into circulation
• Mark lists
• List of sources
• Search history
• InfoMarks
• Usage statistics

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Content

• 100 encyclopedias, almanacs releasing in 2004
• Continuous simultaneous publication of new
  content in print / eBook formats beginning 2004
• Content from our various imprints will be
  included
• St. James Press, Macmillan, Scribner, UXL,
  Schirmer, Lucent
• Content from third party publishers
• Sage Publications Encyclopedia of Terrorism
• Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications
  Encyclopedia of Aquaculture Encyclopedia of
  Global Environmental Change Encyclopedia of
  Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology

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Subject Collections

• Combination of subject specific eBooks and
  journals created from our Custom Journals
  products
• Custom Journals allows you to build your own
  online journals database from over 7,500 titles
• You can subcribe to 100, 250, 500 or 1,000
  journals. You choose the journals and you can
  change your selection on a daily basis
• Giving you access to the best eBook reference and
  journal content from Thomson Gale
• Powersearch (launched at the end of the year)
  will enable you to search eBooks and journals
  simultaneously

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GVRL Subject Collections

• Business Collection
• European Business ASAP
• Encyclopedia of Business Finance 1st Ed 2V
• Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce 1st Ed 2V
• Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook 1st Ed 2V
• Encyclopedia of Small Business 2nd Ed 2V

• Religion Philosophy Collection
• InfoTrac Religion and Philosophy (3 users)
• Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 1st Ed, 2V
• Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed, 15V
• Encyclopedia of Science Religion, 1st Ed, 2V
• Islam the Muslim World, 1st Ed, 2V
• New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed, 15V
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices,
  1st Ed, 3V

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GVRL Subject Collections

• History
• History Resource Center Modern World
• Encyclopedia of Genocide Crimes Against
  Humanity 1st Ed 3V
• Encyclopedia of Russian History 1st Ed 4V
• Ancient Europe 8000 BC to 1000 AD Encyclopedia
  of the Barbarian World, 1st Ed, 2V Set
• Encyclopedia of Food Culture, 1st Ed, 3V
• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, 1st Ed, 6V
• Europe 1450 to 1789 Encyclopedia of the Early
  Modern World, 1st Ed, 6V
• The Renaissance An Encyclopedia for Students,
  1st Ed, 4V
• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, 1st Ed, 3V
• New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, 6V
• St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History
  Worldwide, 1st Ed
• Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence
  Security, 1st Ed, 3V

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Subject Collections

• Health Medicine Collection
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
• Drugs Controlled Substances Information for
  Students, 1st Ed
• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol Addictive
  Behavior, 2nd Ed, 4V
• Encyclopedia of Public Health, 1st Ed, 4V
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2nd Ed
• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 1st Ed, 2V
• Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 1st Ed,
  2V
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2nd Ed, 5V
• Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders, 1st
  Ed
• Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing Allied Health, 1st
  Ed, 5V
• Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery A Guide for
  Patients Caregivers, 1st Ed, 3V
• Genetics, 1st Ed, 4V
• Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z, 1st Ed, 2V
• World of Microbiology and Immunology, 1st Ed, 2V

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Subject Collections

• Science Collection
• Science Resource Center
• Animal Sciences, 1st Ed, 4V
• Chemistry Foundations and Applications, 1st Ed,
  4V
• Computer Sciences, 1st Ed, 4V
• Environmental Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed, 2V
• Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd Ed, 6V
• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed, 17V
• Mathematics, 1st Ed, 4V
• Plant Sciences, 1st Ed, 4V
• Pollution A to Z, 1st Ed, 2V
• Space Sciences, 1st Ed, 4V
• Water Science and Issues, 1st Ed, 4V

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Subject Collections

• Social Sciences Collection
• InfoTrac Social Sciences
• Child Development, 1st Ed, Macmillan Psychology
  Reference Series
• Children Childhood in History Society, 1st
  Ed, 4V
• Encyclopedia of Aging, 1st Ed, 4V
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd Ed, 5V
• Encyclopedia of Communication Information, 1st
  Ed, 3V
• Encyclopedia of Crime Justice, 2nd Ed, 4V
• Encyclopedia of Population, 1st Ed, 2V
• Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Ed, 5V
• International Encyclopedia of Marriage Family,
  2nd Ed, 4V
• Learning Memory, 1st Ed, Macmillan Psychology
  Reference Series
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death Dying, 1st Ed,
  2V
• Political Theories for Students, 1st Ed

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Introduction

• Hailed as the worlds newspaper of record since
  1785, The Times (London) is regarded as the most
  authoritative medium for political, legal,
  business
• and social news.
• Provides in-depth award-winning
• news coverage, parliamentary reporting and
  comment, editorial opinion and a unique view of
  history

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Content/Interface

• 200 years of best known and most cited newspaper
  in the world back to 1785
• Digitised existing PSM microfilm collection
• High-resolution digital format with searchable
  images
• Full PDF of every issue, every page/article
  across sections (news, editorial, business,
  advertising, births deaths, etc).
• InfoTrac search options allow precise full-text
  searching of every article

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Multi-disciplinary
Genealogical research births, deaths, marriages,
obituaries
History general, culture, politics
Recent history
International affairs
US Foreign policy
TV/Media
English Students Book reviews/opinion
Advertisments
Trace changes in language and communication
Biblical Studies
Biographies
School of Journalism
Social Science research
Victorian Studies
Law reports
Economics
Parliamentary records
What happened on a certain date
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Full Coverage

• The Times Digital Archive (TDA)
• Offers full facsimile images of every page of The
  Times (London) from its inception in 1785 through
  the end of 1985.
• Custom Newspapers
• Coverage of The Times (London) and The Sunday
  Times (London) in InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
  (ITCN) now extends back through July of 1985.
• Between the two products, Gale now offers 220
  years of content, from 1785-2004, for The Times -
  much more coverage than is available through
  ProQuest's Historical Newspaper offerings of The
  New York Times (1851-current) or The Washington
  Post (1877- current).

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InfoTrac OneFile
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InfoTrac OneFile

• OneFile is a megafile for integrated searching of
  periodicals, newspaper indexes, newsletters, and
  news wires.
• Subject coverage
• Arts
• Business and Economics
• Current affairs
• General Reference
• Legal Information
• Science and Technology
• All accessible via one easy to use search
  interface!

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InfoTrac OneFile Content

• 5,464 full-text titles
• 9,632 total titles
• 3,271 titles with images
• 2,554 refereed titles
• International in scope - English language

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InfoTrac OneFile
AE Lit
Education
Law
Health
News commentary
Sci-tech
General Interest
Business
Social Sciences
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Introduction
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InfoTrac Custom Journals
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InfoTrac Custom Journals

• A unique service from Thomson Gale!
• Build your own online journals database from a
  master list of over 7,500 titles
• You select the size of the collection that you
  want
• 100 journals
• 250 journals
• 500 journals
• 1000 journals
• You chose the journals you want to reflect your
  librarys information needs
• You can change your journal selection on a daily
  basis
• Search interface is the same as InfoTrac OneFile

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Content of InfoTrac Custom Journals

• 7521 journal titles in total
• 4,901 titles in full text
• 89 subject areas are covered including (full
  text)
• Arts 89 titles
• Banking, finance accounting 236 titles
• Business Economics 572 titles
• Computers 154 titles
• History 65 titles
• Law 146 titles
• Literature 153 titles
• Philosphy Religion 63 titles
• Sociology 42 titles

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Comparing InfoTrac Custom Journals
InfoTrac Custom Journals Academic Source Premier
7521 titles 4901 in full text 4705 unique titles 7721 titles 3993 full text 5339 unique titles

• Minimal journal overlap between two services
• Use InfoTrac Custom Journals to fill your
  subject gaps

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World Biographical Information System Online

• A comprehensive library of biographical
  information
• 10 million biographical entries drawn from 8,600
  reference works comprising of over 15,000
  volumes.
• Biographical entries date from the 16th century
  and are written in 40 languages .
• In total, WBIS Online contains biographical
  information on more than 5 million people
• All countries and regions of the world are
  covered.

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World Biographical Information System Online

• WBIS Online is based on the the World
  Biographical Archives produced in microfiche by
  K.G. Saur Verlag
• In Stage 1 the following biographical archives
  will be available online
• - German Biographical Archive
• - American Biographical Archive
• - British Biographical Archive
• - Italian Biographical Archive
• - Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American
  Biographical Archive
• - French Biographical Archive
• - Scandinavian Biographical Archive
• - Biographical Archive of the Benelux
  Countries

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World Biographical Information System Online
Stage 2 - 2005
Sources In Fulltext An additional - 1.449 reference works 2.927 volumes Countries, regions and periods People An additional 1.2 million people Biographies A further 1.6 million biographies
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World Biographical Information System Online
Stage 3 - 2006
Sources In Fulltext 1,015 reference works 1.882 volumes Additional countries, regions and periods People Over 660,000 people Biographies An additional 1 million complete bibliographic entries
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World Biographical Information System Online
2009
Sources In Fulltext Complete 8.600 reference works 15.000 volumes People Complete More than 5 million people Biographies Complete 10 million biographical articles
All countries and regions of the world
40 Languages covered
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World Biographical Information System Online
All types of people and professions are included
Actors Kings Publishers
Artists Mathematicians Researchers
Authors Musicians Sailors
Booksellers Nobility Scientists
Botanists Painters Soldiers
Bullfighters Pharmacists Teachers
Businessmen Philosopher Theologians
Chefs Physicians Veterinary Surgeons
Craftsmen Politicians Writers
Farmers Priests Zoologists
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World Biographical Information System Online

• Search Interface available in five languages
• English
• German
• French
• Italian
• Spanish

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