MeL Connects You to the Best Resources – And Gives You the World!

MeL Connects You to the Best Resources – And Gives You the World!

MAME, 2007Sheryl Mase, Library of MichiganSuzanne Robinson, Michigan Library Consortium

Michigan eLibrary

mel.org

Contract & Funding Info

Sheryl Mase, Library of Michigan

MeL Coordination at LM

All things MeL!Public relations & marketingOversight of MLC support contractsIII and database contractsUser interface modificationsNew development

Michigan eLibrary

Evaluated Best Web SitesStatewide Library CatalogResearch DatabasesMeL Michigana

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

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

Training and Support

Contract with Michigan Library ConsortiumSupport:

Kelly Bayee, Suzanne Robinson, Heather Thomas:

meldatabaseshelp@mlcnet.org

Training:robinson@mlcnet.org

Database Updates and Info

Suzanne Robinson, Michigan Library Consortium

Talking very fast!

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.

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.

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

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

Cross Searchable Databases…

Not cross-searchable Databases…

Gale Cengage New Databases

Business and Company ASAPBusiness and Company Resource CenterChiltonLibrary.comEducator’s Reference CompleteInforme!Onefiles and Powerpacks

Don’t forgetto

Refresh!

Gale OneFiles

General OneFileFormerly known as InfoTrac OneFileGeneral interest news sources

Academic OneFileHighly academic journal sourcesGrowing weekly

Overlapping of content

Academic OneFile10,500 titles60% Unique

General OneFile11,472 titles60% Unique

Expanded Academic4803 titles

GRC Gold4981 titles

Academic Journals General Magazines

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

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

Ebsco – new MeL vendor!

CINAHL Basic

NoveList

CINAHL Basic

Return of same database we had before but now from EBSCO

Limited full text70 nursing journals

Thousands of citations

NoveList

New

For readers of ALL ages

For library staff and educators

WONDERFUL!

New from ProQuest

HeritageQuest Online

SIRS Renaissance

Gone:Ancestry Library Edition

Familiar gems

SIRS DiscovererGeneral Reference Center GoldGale Virtual Reference CenterHealth and Wellness Resource CenterInfoBitsWilsonSelectPlus

General Reference Center Gold

Great general coverage

Good for just about any student, faculty

Gale Virtual Reference Collection

10 titles

Easy to search

Good stuff!

WilsonSelectPlus

Wide coverage – science, humanities, education, and business

Full Text

PDF or HTML

Good for better readers, faculty

MeL Featured Resources

Electronic Journals List

Michigan Educators’ ResourcesDon’t miss it!

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?

Questions?

meldatbaseshelp@mlcnet.org

robinson@mlcnet.org

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