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Save 40% on Gannett newspapers
Through a new ProQuest group purchase offer, MCLS members can save an average of 40% off list price on two new Gannett newspapers packages.
Indiana newspaper package:
Indianapolis Star, 1991–present
Lafayette Journal and Courier, 2002–present
Richmond Paladium-Item, 2002–present
Muncie Star Press, 2000–present
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Michigan newspaper package:
Battle Creek Enquirer, 2002–present
Detroit Free Press, 1999–present
Lansing State Journal, 2002–present
Livingston County Daily Press and Argus, 2007–present
Port Huron Times Herald, 2002–present
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Trials available upon request. Subscriptions run November–October. Minimum of five subscribers required for discounted rate. DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 15, 2010. For trial access, custom quotes, or to order, contact us at services@mcls.org.
Databases
ProQuest now includes the following product lines:
CSA
MCLS' group subscriptions to ProQuest databases on the CSA Illumina platform run annually January 1 to December 31, or July 1 to June 30. New subscribers may join at any time and will be prorated for remaining contract months. Free on-site training is available upon request for subscribers. See a list of ProQuest CSA Illumina products here. For pricing and subscription information, please contact MCLS. eLibrary
MCLS' group subscriptions to ProQuest eLibrary online databases run annually September 1 to August 31 for K12 schools, and July 1 to June 30 for Public and Academic libraries. New subscribers may join at any time and will be prorated for remaining contract months. For pricing and subscription information, please contact MCLS. The databases available for group purchase include:
- eLibrary
eLibrary is a great resource for delivering full-text and multimedia reference essentials. The easy-to-use interface makes research simple. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central, and audio/video files.
- eLibrary Curriculum Edition
eLibrary Curriculum Edition--an easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource--delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. Powered by ProQuest’s MediaSeek knowledge base of educational standards, eLibrary CE connects educators and students to the best online resources to supplement instruction and research. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, educator-approved websites from Homework Central, plus audio/video content. Additional new content sources and features help to create a powerful curriculum support tool for English Language Arts (ProQuest Learning Literature), Social Studies (History Study Center), and more.
- eLibrary Elementary
eLibrary Elementary—the ultimate elementary full-text reference resource—tailors all the media types and search functionality of eLibrary for the young reader and researcher. It's an easy-to-use general reference database designed specifically to engage and guide younger students.
- eLibrary Science
offers laser-focused science content and tools along with unique video and dozens of manipulatives found in no other online science reference product. eLibrary Science, in partnership with premier reference publisher Salem Press, also includes more than 20 of Salem's high-quality, high-interest reference titles, such as Animal Life and Plant Life from the Magill's Encyclopedia of Science program; science-related titles from the Great Events in History series, and other award-winning titles such as the Encyclopedia of Genetics. Most of these works are available for the first time in electronic format via eLibrary. eLibrary Science supports the informaiton needs of both AP and mainstream science courses.
For complete database descriptions, please visit eLibrary on the web. ProQuest
- ABI/INFORM
For over 35 years ABI/INFORM has set thestandard for business research. Combining the foremost business journals and the leading sources of online business news with exclusive, international and scholarly content, ABI/INFORM delivers a variety of content results to meet the needs of researchers at all levels.
- Ancestry Library Edition (for Indiana libraries)
Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource to your library. It’s an unprecedented online collection of over 4 billion individuals from North America, Europe, Australia, and more. Answers await everyone—whether professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian—inside the more than 4,000 available databases. Here, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.
- CultureGrams
The CultureGrams Online Database offers anytime access to all World, Kids, and States Editions, Photo Gallery, Recipe Collection, and Famous People. It offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on more than 202 cultures of the world. CultureGrams go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The growing diversity of the U.S. population and the new emphasis on globalism and multiculturalism make CultureGrams and indispensable resource for teachers and students to understand their country and their world.
- Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed property and land-use records covering more than 12,000 U.S.towns and cities. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire maps for over 100 years, repeatedly mapping towns and cities as they changed.
The maps provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries, house numbers, and more.
- Diversity Databases
Ethnic NewsWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, GenderWatch, and Alt-PressWatch provide full-text coverage of hard-to-find publications of the alternative, ethnic, and minority communities. And now we're updating the current interface, making it more intuitive and adding enhanced search capabilities.
- HeritageQuest Online (for Indiana libraries)
HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. 18th Century or 20th Century. European or Native American. Farm or Factory. East Coast or West Coast. Where does your American past begin? Discover the amazing history of you with HeritageQuest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.
- History Study Center
offers valuable historical reference material that covers 14 centuries of history—from ancient to modern, old world to new world. Explore the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the growth of Islam, the ideas of Enlightenment and Revolution, the effects of colonialism, the explosion of American pop culture, and much more. It's a unique reference tool that delivers a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary source material that meets the needs of both AP and mainstream courses in Social Studies.
- ProQuest AP Science
delivers a comprehensive collection of more than 500 magazines and journals designed to support advanced placement and college-prep level science studies. Disciplines covered include earth, life, physical, medical, and applied sciences.
- ProQuest Career & Technical Education
delivers more than 400 full-text magazine, journal, and trade titles addressing all aspects of career studies.
- ProQuest Curriculum Package
ProQuest CSA has coordinated a unique collection set exclusively for colleges and universities that will complement your state provided subscriptions. These collections were chosen based on the popularity of the programs that they serve.
This unique collection offers 2,510 titles that are note included in the Gale Reference Center Gold provided by the State of Michigan. The collections below allow your students and faculty to gain access to specialized titles that focus on their chosen program and will enhance their research experience. This unique collection is available to four year colleges or universities and two year community colleges.
Included in the PQ Curriculum Package are the following collections:
- ProQuest Biology Journals
- ProQuest Computing
- ProQuest Education Journals
- ProQuest Health Management
- ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
- ProQuest Psychology Journals
- ProQuest Science Journals
- ProQuest Social Science Journals
- ProQuest Religion
- ProQuest Military Collection
- ProQuest Discovery
ProQuest Discovery is a resource that meets both the general needs and requirements of users seeking detailed information on popular topics including the arts, business, education, literature, politics, and psychology, as well as hundreds of popular and children's titles. The database includes over 3,340 titles, with more than 2,300 in full text.
- ProQuest Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is one of the most talked about subjects and areas of study today however, information to support study, practice and teaching is widely scattered. In addition, user needs go beyond traditional research and education tools and must include practical tools and information useful in starting and growing successful businesses.
Regardless if you are a scholar researching entrepreneurial studies or if you are a practicing entrepreneur looking to start or grow your own business, the most-coveted resources are often in multiple locations, incomplete or unavailable. It can be challenging to navigate uncharted waters but invaluable to learn from the experiences of those before you.
ProQuest Entrepreneurship provides solutions to these problems by offering a central access point to a variety of discovery and advisory tools specific to the needs of entrepreneurship.
- ProQuest Family Health
ProQuest Family Health covers an enormous range of subjects of value in the public library context – from sports injuries to women’s health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry. It includes important general medical journals such as The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine as well as a strong selection of consumer and news magazines. Other titles include:
- Men’s Health
- Exceptional Children
- Diabetes
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Women’s Health Weekly
- Pediatrics for Parents
- Occupational Health
ProQuest Family Health is presented on the widely used ProQuest platform and can be cross-searched with other ProQuest databases.
Additional information: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/pq_familyhealth.shtml
- ProQuest Health Management
ProQuest Health Management is designed to meet the needs of researchers studying the field of health administration. This high-demand healthcare management content provides the most reliable and relevant information on a wide range of topics, including:
- Hospitals
- Insurance
- Law
- Statistics
- Business Management
- Personell Management
- Ethics
- Health Economics
- Public Health Administration
Combining full-text coverage for more than 550 key journals with over 4,500 Doctoral Dissertations and Theses, ProQuest Health Management provides users with the highest quality content, much of which is not available elsewhere.
Find out more at http://www.il.proquest.com/products_pq/literature/proquest/P4046HealthMgmnt.pdf
- ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
ProQuest Health and Medical Complete combines the clinical research titles available in ProQuest Medical Library with hundreds of additional consumer and health administration titles. ProQuest Health and Medical Complete provides in-depth coverage from over 1,300 publications with more than 965 available in full text and of these, over 900 include MEDLINE indexing.
In addition, the database includes all charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to medical research.
The journals cover all major clinical and healthcare disciplines, including medical sciences, immunology, pharmacy and pharmacology, nursing, physical fitness and hygiene, surgery, and others. Titles include:
- The New England Journal of Medicine
- The Lancet
- Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
- The American Journal of Psychiatry
- Diabetes
- Canadian Medical Association. Journal; CMAJ
- Rheumatology
- American Journal of Public Health
Additional information can be found at http://www.il.proquest.com/products_pq/literature/proquest/pq_health_med_comp.pdf
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers (traditional and graphical versions)
offer schools a unique, affordable collection of primary source historical documents. The full text content of The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, (and others currently in production) that date back to their original editions is an essential for AP courses in American History and Government. Students and teachers of all U.S. History courses will enjoy using the Topic and Timeline Search feature in the Graphical Edition because it provides editor-selected topics and articles focused on the most significant people and events in the U.S. since 1851.
- ProQuest Hospital Collection
In hospitals, access to the latest health care information is always essential, whether it's for medical professionals, hospital administrators, or even for patients and their families. ProQuest Hospital Collection addresses these diverse needs by offering a central access point to a variety of essential content.
ProQuest Hospital Collection serves a wide range of users with a broad collection of health care journals, evidence-based resources, and full-text dissertations.
ProQuest Hospital Collection is comprised of five top health databases from ProQuest:
Get additional information at http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/hospital_collect.shtml
- ProQuest Learning: Literature
delivers more than 180,000 searchable works of literature from medieval times to the present. Students can find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources organized into more than 3,000 Author Pages. ProQuest Learning: Literature also features 40+ searchable full-text literary journals and magazines for the latest in literary criticism.
- ProQuest Medical Library
ProQuest Medical Library is subset of the larger ProQuest Health & Medical Complete with over 800 medical titles.
Learn more at http://www.il.proquest.com/products_pq/literature/proquest/pq_medical_library.pdf
- ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
This database provides access to journals such as: Journal of Allied Health, Neurophysiology, Journal of Rehabilitation, AORN Journal, Phlebology, American Journal of Critical Care, Journal of the Canadian Association of Radiologists, and Trauma. Click here to review the title list.
Included in ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source is coverage of over 70 wide-ranging topics including:
- Cytology
- Nursing
- Nutrition
- Oncology
- Pediatric Care
- Pharmacology
- Public Health
- Radiology
New Content in Nursing & Allied Health Source:
- Culture Vision
Today's healthcare providers see a growing number of patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Understanding their particular needs is critical. CultureVision offers the first comprehensive database enabling healthcare professionals and facilities to provide culturally competent patient care. This collection includes extensive reports based on exhaustive reviews of the scholarly literature and government reports, and are written by Culture Vision's researchers. This collection currently includes reports for 30 ethnicities and 11 religions and is updated monthly.
- Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence-Based Nursing content:
- Systematic Reviews
summaries of all research on selected clinical topics. The reviews search for relevant information using an explicit, rigorous, and comprehensive approach.
- JBI Database of Evidence Summaries
short extracts of research literature on selected clinical topics that are based on structured searches of the literature and selected evidence-based health care databases. They focus on the characteristics of the evidence, the clinical bottom line, and best practice recommendations.
- JBI Database of Best Practice Information Sheets (BPIS)
summaries derived from the findings of systematic reviews of evidence. The purpose of the sheets is to condense a large volume of material to assist busying clinicians to access the best available evidence.
- Medcom videos
Downloadable flash video clips that help bridge the gap between theory and practice in nursing. Several videos are available now and run an average of 2-5 minutes each. New videos are being added regularly; the full collection will include 300 clips.
For more information visit ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source online.
- ProQuest Platinum
offers a comprehensive publication collection that meets a wide range of research demands. From general reference to advanced subject matter, Platinum has more than 2,000 titles that cover it all.
- ProQuest Professional Education
offers a comprehensive reference collection for K-12 professional development and continuing education. Educators will find more than 300 full-text magazine and journal titles addressing all aspects of K-12 education.
- ProQuest Professional Education Complete
offers a comprehensive research collection of more than 650 magazines and journals for K-12 professional development and continuing education--an essential resource to help teachers stay current in their profession.
- Safari Tech Books Online
Learn more at MCLS' Safari Tech Books page.
- World Conflicts Today
explores protracted, unresolved world conflicts, occurring in Afghanistan, the Basque country (Spain and France), Chechnya, Colombia, Darfur (Sudan), Iraq, Jammu and Kashmir, the Korean Peninsula, Northern Ireland, and the Palenstinian Territories. Clear, concise, and thorough materials synthesize volumes of news articles, primary sources, books, and opinion pieces generated by each conflict over the years--giving students access to digestible quantities of in-depth information for analysis, further research, or debate. Researched and produced by CultureGrams editors and reviewed by regional content experts, World Conflicts Today provides unbiased, high-quality coverage.
SIRS
MCLS Member libraries may subscribe to the ProQuest SIRS databases at any time.
- SIRS Decades
features more than 5,000 hand-selected primary and secondary source articles highlighting key events, movements, people, and places in 20th-century America. Coverage includes documents, letters and memos, editorial cartoons, streaming video, websites, photographs, maps, advertisements, and published articles--some available from the UMI microfilm vault for the first time in digital format. The SIRS editorial staff carefully selects material based on its relevancy to the topic, range of viewpoints, authoritativeness, readability, and extent of coverage to ensure that users receive "best of" content.
- SIRS Government Reporter
delivers thousands of full-text documents, summaries and graphics concerning a wide variety of topics: health, science, economics, environment, politics, foreign affairs, business and industry. Articles and graphics are carefully selected according to strict criteria with regard to content and age appropriateness. Additional content provides current and historic government documents; landmark and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions; information about U.S. Justices, U.S. Presidents, elected leaders, federal departments and agencies. National Archives Documents and Country Profiles are also included.
- SIRS Interactive Citizenship
is an online program that combines cutting-edge content with state-of-the-art technology, creating an educational resource that emphasizes reading, writing and critical thinking skills. Utilizing interactive electronic books that users can easily employ as either a stand-alone or as a supplement to textbooks it dynamically links to websites carefully selected and monitored by SIRS' staff, articles and documents on SIRS databases. This innovative product, aligned to national and state standards, provides continuously updated content, an Educator's Guide, a User's Guide, email capabilities and more. The interactive books are available in both printer-friendly (PDF) and Internet-friendly (HTML) formats, enabling students to assimilate their research within each interactive book. This personal archive becomes a diary of the user's educational experience. Users will learn about every facet of government and the philosophies and concepts underlying world affairs.
- SIRS Knowledge Source
is a comprehensive database portal which is comprised of several distinct reference databases including SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS WebSelect, and all three Interactive Citizenship titles. It provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, and government. Libraries will also appreciate the significant cost savings from buying these titles as a combination versus separately. Contact MCLS for pricing details.
- SIRS Issues Researcher
is a highly respected general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. Articles and graphics are carefully selected from 1,600 domestic and international publications according to strict criteria with regard to content and age appropriateness. Database features include World Almanac excerpts, Maps of the World, a Focus on Terrorism section, and our new Pro/Con feature that includes a compilation of the most-researched Leading Issues.
- SIRS WebSelect
is an online database of carefully selected, reliable and credible Internet resources on vital issues and topics. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations. SIRS continuously monitors each site to ensure quality and accessibility. Topics are derived from SIRS' award-winning reference databases and assigned based on site content and mission.
For further database information, visit ProQuest SIRS Publishing on the web.
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