MeL Connects You to the Best Resources – And Gives You the World!
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MeL Connects You to the Best Resources – And Gives You the World!
MAME, 2007Sheryl Mase, Library of MichiganSuzanne Robinson, Michigan Library Consortium
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Michigan eLibrary
mel.org
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Contract & Funding Info
Sheryl Mase, Library of Michigan
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MeL Coordination at LM
All things MeL!Public relations & marketingOversight of MLC support contractsIII and database contractsUser interface modificationsNew development
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Michigan eLibrary
Evaluated Best Web SitesStatewide Library CatalogResearch DatabasesMeL Michigana
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MeL is funded via LSTA $$$
The Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) is administered by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)The Library of Michigan uses LSTA funds for MeL and MeLCat as well as other statewide projects and subgrants
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More MeL by the Numbers
In 2006, MeL databases cost $3.9 millionIn 2006, if every school, public library, college and university had purchased these databases separately it would have cost over $193 million
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Training and Support
Contract with Michigan Library ConsortiumSupport:
Kelly Bayee, Suzanne Robinson, Heather Thomas:
Training:[email protected]
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Database Updates and Info
Suzanne Robinson, Michigan Library Consortium
Talking very fast!
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Gale enhancements mid-AugustSearch Alerts with RSS export: Set up instant search alerts and journal alerts, with the added ability to create RSS feeds of InfoTrac content.
Did You Mean?/Also Try: When a search fails to bring desired results, users are given alternate spellings and preferred search terms to find appropriate results.
Search Within Results: Dynamically refine search results to pinpoint specific information by adding or excluding more terms to queries.
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More enhancementsEnhanced Limiting: After a search is completed, the left sidebar will provide users with the option of selecting subject terms, subdivisions, article types and publications to allow further limiting of results.
Enhanced Navigation: Based on feedback, changes have been made to improve the interface navigation, including the creation of document tools (print, email, cite, download, translate) that appear in a visible TOOL BOX on each document.
Enhanced Tabs: The number of results now will appear on each tab, and color variation will be added to the tabs to signify more content behind the other tabs.
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More…Enhanced Bookmarks: Direct access to individual documents, searches and collections of documents will be made available through PowerSearch BOOKMARKS, which are clearly visible, easy to use, and always persistent.
Improved "How-to-Cite" Functionality: MLA and APA formats for citations will be provided, with accurate elements, correct spacing and formatting.
Publication Details: More information about each publication will be provided, including embargo periods, publisher address and contact information, and publication descriptions
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New Gale Common Menu
By the end of October
This is what you see if you do a “change databases” choice…
…or if you point to the Gale menu on your own page
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Cross Searchable Databases…
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Not cross-searchable Databases…
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Gale Cengage New Databases
Business and Company ASAPBusiness and Company Resource CenterChiltonLibrary.comEducator’s Reference CompleteInforme!Onefiles and Powerpacks
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Don’t forgetto
Refresh!
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Gale OneFiles
General OneFileFormerly known as InfoTrac OneFileGeneral interest news sources
Academic OneFileHighly academic journal sourcesGrowing weekly
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Overlapping of content
Academic OneFile10,500 titles60% Unique
General OneFile11,472 titles60% Unique
Expanded Academic4803 titles
GRC Gold4981 titles
Academic Journals General Magazines
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Powerpacks
Small, subject-focusedCross-searchable on Gale PowerSearchBy November, will be “databases”MeL Support staff can provide direct URL’s for those who want themmel.org – deciding how to incorporate
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OCLCCAMIO -- different interface, new accountsHand Press Book
FS interface
History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM)
FS interface
SCIPIO Art and Rare Book Sales CatalogFS interface
GONE:Classe Periodica, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst
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Ebsco – new MeL vendor!
CINAHL Basic
NoveList
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CINAHL Basic
Return of same database we had before but now from EBSCO
Limited full text70 nursing journals
Thousands of citations
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NoveList
New
For readers of ALL ages
For library staff and educators
WONDERFUL!
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New from ProQuest
HeritageQuest Online
SIRS Renaissance
Gone:Ancestry Library Edition
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Familiar gems
SIRS DiscovererGeneral Reference Center GoldGale Virtual Reference CenterHealth and Wellness Resource CenterInfoBitsWilsonSelectPlus
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General Reference Center Gold
Great general coverage
Good for just about any student, faculty
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Gale Virtual Reference Collection
10 titles
Easy to search
Good stuff!
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WilsonSelectPlus
Wide coverage – science, humanities, education, and business
Full Text
PDF or HTML
Good for better readers, faculty
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MeL Featured Resources
Electronic Journals List
Michigan Educators’ ResourcesDon’t miss it!
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MeLCat
2 day/week delivery only costs $760
7 MILLION BOOKS AVAILABLE THROUGH YOUR LIBRARY!!!
How can you not want to get in on the action?
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Questions?
http://lists.mlcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/Meldatabases-list