0 Comments What’s new at Project Muse? Plenty. In addition to SUSHI support (see the statistics page for more details), Project Muse has added 14 new titles for 2010, with many more planned for next year.
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In case you did not see the LexisNexis announcement last week, we wanted to alert you that the cut-over to the new Academic interface has been postponed to August 7. Below is a reprint of the message from LexisNexis concerning this.
From the LN Academic list [ACADEMIC-LIST@LISTS.LNACADEMIC.COM], July 15, 2010:
Dear Colleagues,
The migration date that I announced below has been pushed back to August 7. This is not being done because of any problems with our move to the new interface for LexisNexis Academic. We have to coordinate our release with other change releases that are being completed across LexisNexis, and the people responsible for scheduling moved the next release back a week.
Those of you who have already made the switch to the “hottopics” version of the product URL do not need to take any other action.
Everyone else, please review the Migration Guide to be sure you are ready for August 7.
http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Migration_Guide
As always, please feel to contact me on- or off-list if you have any questions or concerns.
Best regards,
Alistair
Alistair Morrison, MA, MLS
Director of Product Planning
LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions
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—–Original Message—–
From: Morrison, Alistair (LNG-BET)
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:14 AM
To: LN Academic list
Subject: LexisNexis Academic Migration Scheduled for July 30, 2010
Dear Colleagues,
The last step in the migration to the upgraded LexisNexis Academic user interface has been scheduled for July 30, 2010. We had originally planned on a June migration, but had to work around the LexisNexis software release schedule.
For details on the migration, please see our wiki article at http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Migration_Guide
Top things you should know:
1. If you have already switched to using the URL for the new interface, you do not have to do anything else, and you will not see any change on
July 30. The URL for the new interface is
http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic
2. On July 30, URLs that currently point to the old interface will be redirected to the new interface.
3. Deep links to articles or sources that you may have in your catalog or e-journals system will continue to work, even if they are based on the old URL.
4. LexisNexis is working with providers of popular federated search, article linker, and e-resources systems to update their links following the July 30 migration. See the wiki page, near the bottom for a list of these vendors.
http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic
5. There will be a service outage of less than 2 hours during the migration on July 30. We will try to schedule the outage for late night/early morning to minimize the inconvenience to researchers.
Please let me know on- or off-list if you have any questions or concerns.
Best regards,
Alistair
Alistair Morrison, MA, MLS
Oxford University Press is pleased to announce that the latest update to Grove Art Online is now available at www.oxfordartonline.com.
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
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Project MUSE kicks off its fifteenth year of providing libraries with the best humanities and social science content from the not-for-profit publishing community by welcoming ten new participating publishers. To date, twenty new titles are confirmed for inclusion in the Project MUSE electronic journal collections for the 2011 subscription term. MUSE also continues to grow its archival coverage for many participating journals. Project MUSE pricing for 2011 has also been finalized.
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While the employment outlook may seem bleak, it is far from hopeless. There are opportunities waiting for those with the knowledge and the will—the pound-the-pavement persistence—to track them down.
And that’s where Current Issues: Careers, the latest addition to H. W. Wilson’s award-winning Current Issues suite, comes in. Whether users are looking for a first job, a new job, a career change, job advice, or other employment information, Careers will give them the insight and direction they need.
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Cambridge Histories Online offers over 250 volumes categorized under 15 subject areas for comprehensive and authoritative historical information. Learn more about this collection of award-winning titles from Cambridge University Press at http://histories.cambridge.org/public_home.
Special Savings Through June 2010
For 4-year academic institutions with less than 2500 FTE and 2-year colleges of any size, the following special pricing for Cambridge Histories Online remains available through June 2010: $3600 one-time purchase price with $400 annual fee beginning in year two for hosting and new content.
This special one-time purchase price is 50% of the normal Nylink-discounted rate at the lowest pricing tier. The $400 ongoing annual fee is also discounted greatly from the usual $750 fee.
Discounted pricing on CHO is always available through Nylink for academic institutions of all sizes.
Contact Nylink at services@nylink.org to confirm pricing for your academic library.
OCLC plans to discontinue access to the NetLibrary database on WorldCat.org, WorldCat Local and WorldCat Local “quick start” on May 30. This database of NetLibrary metadata was released in July 2009 to facilitate discovery of NetLibrary eBooks and eAudiobooks through WorldCat.org-based services. Discontinuation of the discrete NetLibrary database is a result of the March 2010 acquisition of NetLibrary by EBSCO Publishing.
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You may have heard that H.W. Wilson recently launched the Careers database as part of its Current Issues series that also includes the full-text topical databases Environment, Health and Reference Shelf Plus (each subscribed to separately). This useful new resource is available at a discount through Nylink on top of special discounts Wilson is currently offering on new subscriptions to Careers and several other databases through August 1, 2010.
As with the other Current Issues databases, Careers helps users take a manageable approach to researching broad topics by helping them bring their interests into focus. Careers is appropriate for high-school and college-age students and generally anyone planning a long-term career path, changing jobs, or just learning about the world of work. It covers all aspects of careers and career-related issues including qualifications, duties and responsibilities, pay scales, application processes, and future prospects.
Just launched by Oxford University Press, Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is designed to help users navigate through the overwhelming mass of information to find reliable sources, directing them to exactly the right chapter, book, website, archive, or data set that they need for their research.
OBO Subject Modules
| Classics — available now | Buddhism (September 2010) |
| Criminology — available now | Hinduism (November 2010) |
| Islamic Studies — available now | Medieval Studies (November 2010) |
| Social Work — available now | Communication (January 2011) |
| Philosophy (May 2010) | International Relations (January 2011) |
| Renaissance and Reformation (May 2010) | Public Health (January 2011) |
| Atlantic History (May 2010) | Victorian Literature (January 2011) |
| Biblical Studies (September 2010) |
An online guided tour of OBO is available at http://aboutobo.com/about-obo/a-powerpoint-overview/. Live online demos are also available; view the calendar and sign up at http://aboutobo.com/calendar/.
Free 30-day trials: Contact Nylink at services@nylink.org or sign up yourself at https://ams.oup.com/user/trial.pfm.
Pricing: OBO is available to libraries of all types (academic, public, school, special) and purchasing through Nylink saves on cost. Annual subscription and one-time purchase options are offered. Cost is based on the number of subject modules purchased with volume discounts available in addition to the Nylink discount. Please contact Nylink at services@nylink.org for a quote.
The U.S. Congress last week formally re-introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 (FRPAA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, a bill that would mandate public access to publicly-funded research in the U.S.
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