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Texas Library Connection
On September 1, 2000, more than 4,000 school libraries, all members
of the Texas Library Connection, will be connected to online resources
that include full-text periodical and Spanish-language databases; verified
reference articles related to virtually every curriculum area; rare primary
documents; and data developed exclusively for Texas, such as the Texas
Almanac. Additionally, there are resources designed for the professional-development
needs of teachers and administrators.
According to the announcement, the diversity of the data selected by
the Texas Library Connection positions Texas to use the school library
as its educational information hub, serving students’ homework needs as
well as the professional-development needs of staff.
Gale’s Product Catalog
Gale Group’s new online catalog is a resource for both customers and
employees, and it links to Gale’s business system and intranet, providing
real-time updates on print, electronic, CD-ROM, and microfiche products
for Gale’s customers around the world.
“Customers told us that what they wanted most from a Web site was product information,” said Gale Group CEO Allen Paschal. “This catalog gives them a complete information package in one spot.”
In addition to accessing comprehensive product descriptions, awards products have won, review excerpts, sample pages, and screen captures, customers can follow direct links from the description to downloadable product fact sheets and title lists (which include a complete listing of periodical sources contained in online databases) stored as PDF files. If it all works out, the customer can place an order online via a Shopping Cart.
Important new electronic products include a link to their own Web sites, designed to provide both guided tours of the products and in-depth information. History Resource Center, a major new online product that follows the pattern set by Biography Resource Center and Literature Resource Center, is the first product to have its own Web site. Customers can link to it from the catalog.
Gale Group employees can link to the catalog from the company’s intranet, allowing all employees (regardless of their office location) to quickly look up product information and selling features, learn about competitive products, and download PowerPoint presentations that are being created for overseas distributors.
“It’s an important communication tool that links all of Gale Group’s offices throughout the world,” said Paschal. “We’ve set a new standard with this catalog. It’s a boon for anyone who needs information about the Gale Group.”
To visit the Gale Group product catalog go to http://www.galegroup.com
and click on Product Catalog.
Gale, ABC-CLIO
Gale’s History Resource Center, an online reference tool, was expected
to debut late last month, and it integrates high-quality references of
all types from a variety of publishers. According to the announcement,
History Resource Center will make the research process for any historical
topic, or history-maker, quick and straightforward. Through the partnership
with ABC-CLIO, subscribers to History Resource Center: U.S., the first
module of the center, will have the option to search ABC-CLIO’s America:
History and Life and Historical Abstracts databases through the History
Resource Center’s interface.
America: History and Life is a comprehensive bibliography of journal articles, book/media reviews, and dissertations on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Historical Abstracts covers the world, excluding North America, from 1450 to the present. It provides abstracts and citations to books, dissertations, and articles found in approximately 1,700 journals published worldwide in history, the social sciences, and related humanities.
“We’re really excited about this partnership because the ABC-CLIO products add an important component to History Resource Center,” said John Barnes, senior vice president and general manager of Gale’s public and academic library markets group. “Our goal for this product is for it to be the most comprehensive, highest-quality history library on the Web. The ABC-CLIO databases are an absolutely perfect fit.”
Ron Boehm, chairman and president of ABC-CLIO, said: “We have always
made our publications available to the widest audience possible. Including
our premier history databases in the History Resource Center will make
a more complete product for historical research. The Resource Center is
another opportunity for users to access our broad and comprehensive coverage
in the format that they want. We are happy to partner with the Gale Group
on this important new history resource.”
Subscribers to History Resource Center: U.S. can opt to include America:
History and Life and Historical Abstracts at an annual subscription rate
that’s determined on a site-by-site basis. Subscribers who are current
users of the ABC-CLIO databases will pay a one-time fee to activate the
link between the products.
To see History Resource Center, visit its Web site at http://www.gale.com/HistoryRC/index.htm. For more information about ABC-CLIO and its products, visit http://www.abc-clio.com.
Source: Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI, 248/699-4253; http://www.gale.com.
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