From the OCLC website:
DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 17 March 2010—OCLC and H.W. Wilson will work together to transition library subscriptions for H.W. Wilson databases provided on the OCLC FirstSearch service to the WilsonWeb platform over the next 16 months. Wilson will continue to index many of its databases in WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local, a program that began in 2008.
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January and February are not the most colorful months here in the Northeast. Exercise your eyes with a trial to the Wilson Cinema and Art Museum Image Galleries. Nylink has arranged a special trial, available at http://www.hwwilson.com/nylink.htm, for several key Wilson Art resources. In addition to the highly-praised image galleries, the trial, which requires registration for first-time users, includes Art Full Text, Art Index Retro, and the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. For this trial period, Wilson has agreed to special discounts for Nylink members and affiliates who subscribe to these resources before the trial ends on 2/28.
The trial page also offers brief interactive demos of the image galleries.
Contact us at services@nylink.org to get a quote today!

H.W. Wilson’s Art Full Text database now features coverage of 63 additional journals (46 of them in full text), expanding user access to research in important art-related subjects such as history, cultural studies, and art education. Full-text biographical profiles have also been added — rich, narrative life stories of more than 6,000 important artists (and growing).

New WilsonWeb tools also make using Art Full Text easier and more productive, including electronic translation of articles from English into 11 languages, translations of foreign-language articles into English, the ReadSpeaker text-to-speech converter (read about this handy tool at http://www.hwwilson.com/news/news_1_26_09.htm), and “My WilsonWeb” space for storing searches, results, and notes.

Learn more about Art Full Text at http://www.hwwilson.com/news/news_10_1_09.htm.

Wilson is currently offering special discounts (in addition to the lower prices already available through Nylink) on new subscriptions to Art Full Text and other Wilson art-related databases:

Art Museum Image Gallery (http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/artmuseum.htm)

Cinema Image Gallery (http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/artcinema.htm)

Art Index Retrospective, complements Art Full Text by providing indexing coverage back to 1929 of nearly 600 publications that collectively provide an in-depth record of contemporary art history. Learn more at http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artretro.htm.

Art Abstracts and Art Index, alternative versions of Art Full Text without the full-text access.

Free 30-day trials are available by signing up at http://www.hwwilson.com/wwebforms/Wwebtrials/newtrialform/wweb1_2.cfm.

Contact Nylink for pricing at services@nylink.org.

Wilson has announced the addition of nearly 200 new profiles of authors and artists whose recent works have earned wide readership and critical acclaim. More than 2,300 profiles are now available in total.

Like the book series, Junior Authors & Illustrators on WilsonWeb helps young readers learn more about the writers and artists behind their favorite works, and find more titles by them. The database makes an excellent complement to any robust children’s and YA collection, offering biographical information for fans, help with readers’ advisory and acquisitions, career advice for aspiring writers and artists, and diverse coverage by ethnicity, style, and subject matter.

Each profile lays out family background, education, career path, and approaches to art and life. Many feature autobiographical statements written specifically for Junior Authors & Illustrators. Suggested reading lists and web sites offer a starting point for further research. More than 90% of the profiles also feature photographs.

New profiles are added annually. The recent additions include recipients of nearly 50 leading literary awards and honors, from the Aesop Prize to the Americas Award, Caldecott Honorees and Newbery Medalists, School Library Journal Best Books honorees, Parent’s Choice picks and much more. They also reflect the diversity of today’s children’s literature, with profiles of many African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American authors and artists. Also featured are retrospective profiles of some of the most renowned figures in YA and children’s literature, including Roald Dahl, Astrid Lindgren, and Dr. Seuss.

Free trials of Junior Authors and Illustrators are available at any time! Contact services@nylink.org for details.