ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ELM: A World of Information & Academic E - Resources

Bill DeJohn

MINITEX Library Information Network

December 18, 2003

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Today’s session• Overview of online electronic resources

available to students

• Academic E – Resources

• ELM Electronic Library for Minnesota

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

MINITEX Library Information Network

• Funded by State Legislature

• A Program of MN HESO located at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

• Provides loans, photocopies, licensed databases, overnight delivery, electronic delivery to students & faculty & more….

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

MINITEX Electronic Document Delivery (MEDD)

• Scanned pages from journals

• Convenience

• Quick – some delivery in hours not days

• Meets expectations of users to receive information over Internet/Web

• Service to distance learners

• Articles accessible 24x7 for limited time

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

MEDD – collaboration at work

• Working with MnSCU/PALS, those libraries using PALS automation may opt to have the library e-mail message sent to the PALS server in Mankato where the request is automatically updated to complete status.

• Often, MINITEX staff can’t update request status fast enough

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Academic E-Resources• Table in folder: Investment in Electronic

Resources 3/3/03

• Academic E – Resources Available to many MnSCU campuses.

• MINITEX arranged for deep discounts or is subsidizing these eResources for students and faculty

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Academic E-Resources• RedLightGreen is a new resource that is

currently being tested by the U of MN and others.. You have access to it. Aimed at undergraduates but available to general public– Thru the U of MN Libraries or direct access.

See URL on RedLightGreen page in folder

• http://redlightgreen.com

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Academic E-Resources Developed by the U of MN

Libraries • Research QuickStart – St. Cloud State Univ• QuickStudy: Library Research Guide• “Find It” using linking software to guide

student/faculty to information without having to conduct another search. U of MN campuses now using; St. Cloud State University will implement 1st qtr 2004.

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

What is ELM?• “Electronic Library for Minnesota”

• Online virtual library, comprised of – 22 databases from three vendors

• Full-text periodicals & newspapers

• Reference resources

• Bibliographical / index only

– 11,600 eBooks from netLibrary

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Benefits of ELM• Provides reliable

information on a wide range of topics

• Databases for various student levels

• 24 / 7 availability of full-text resources

• Statewide licenses = cost-effective purchase

• Multiple access points– public library or remotely

via public library website

– school media center or website

– MnLINK

• Libraries & their users throughout Minnesota have access to the same core resources

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

How much information is in ELM?• 24,000 full-text essays & 10,000 images from

reference sources

• 9,000 magazines & journals (over 5,000 full-text)

• 11,600 electronic books on a variety of subjects

• 350 newspapers from around the world (250 full-text)

• Worldwide library catalog with over 50 million records

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

First Search: WorldCat• OCLC Union Catalog: all materials catalogued by

member libraries in 45 countries and in 400 languages• All formats: books, videos, sound recordings, scores,

visual materials, computer programs, maps, manuscripts, archives, Web sites, eBooks, etc.

• Over 50 million unique bibliographic records as of July 2003

• The world’s largest bibliographic database, but…• Reminder: Not all libraries are OCLC members, so it

does not reflect holdings of ALL libraries

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

FirstSearch: OCLC Collection databases

• ArticleFirst: Bibliographic (citation) and table-of-contents coverage for over 12,000 serials.

• Union Lists of Periodicals:Local serials holdings linked to WorldCat records.

• Electronic Collections Online (ECO):

Electronic journals service with access to over 4,700 academic and professional journals from 69 publishers.

ECO access via ELM is to citations (indexing) only.

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

netLibrary• Web-based system for accessing and

retrieving the full-text of selected eBooks.

• Catalog of over 49,000 netLibrary e-book titles, including 3,700+ public domain titles.

• netLibrary develops, hosts, maintains, and preserves eBook collections.

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

MINITEX netLibrary eBook Collection

3,405 public domain titles

+ 8,175 copyrighted titles

= 11,580 cumulative titles

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

MINITEX Collection: subjects• Business, Economics and

Management• Social Sciences: General• Computers• Medicine• Literature• Religion• Education• Psychology• History• Law

• Chemistry

• Sports and Recreation

• Philosophy

• Arts

• Home Economics

• Travel and Geography

• Biology and Life Sciences

• Political Sciences

• General Works and Reference

• Library Science

• Language and Linguistics

• Earth Sciences

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Patron access to netLibrary• Linked records in your library’s online

catalog

• Link from your school’s website

• www.mnlink.org

• WorldCat

• Direct to netLibrary at www.netlibrary.com

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

netLibrary Interface

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Browsing the netLibrary shelf

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ProQuest Newsstand Complete• Over 350 newspapers including local, regional, state,

national, and international news sources– 250 papers are full-text (est.$430,000

MnSCU)

• Access to wide-range of articles, including:– Arts, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Editorials, Editorial

Cartoons, Obituaries, and Letters to the Editor from well-known people

• Broad range coverage of news stories allows for national and international perspectives

• Funded through federal funds from MN Dept of Ed.

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Some Full-text major papers• The Atlanta Journal-

Constitution• Barron’s• The Boston Globe• Chicago Tribune• The Christian Science

Monitor• The Guardian

• Los Angeles Times• The New York Times• USA TODAY• The Wall Street

Journal• The Washington Post• StarTribune• Times of London

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

What’s excluded? • Brief (paid) obituaries: long obit

“profiles” are included

• Short filler stories

• Classified sections

• Freelance Articles (Tasini Ruling): older records before ruling are in abstract form

• Inserts: Parade, US Access

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ProQuest Interface

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ProQuest Newsstand: search results

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Gale

• 17 databases • Reference &

periodical content

• All databases have full text and images

• Periodical content updated daily

• Databases for researchers at all levels, including K-12

• Spanish-language content

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Contemporary Authors• Biographical and bibliographical information on

over 120,000 U.S. and international authors including

• Novelists

• Poets

• Playrights

• Scriptwriters

• Journalists

• Nonfiction writers

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Other Gale Resources• Periodicals

– General Reference Center Gold

– Expanded Academic ASAP

– Computer Database – General Business File– Health Reference

Center Academic– InfoTrac OneFile

• Periodicals & Reference– Business & Company

Resource Center

– Health & Wellness Resource Center

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Gale Resource Centers= periodicals + reference

• Business & Company Resource Center– Business journals & news

– Company profiles, histories, and chronologies

– Financial information

– Investment reports

– Industry information

– 20-minute delayed stock quotes

– Rankings information

• Health & Wellness Resource Center– Consumer health

information– Medical journals– 300 health-related

pamphlets– 17 health reference texts– Health news articles from

around the world– Drug information– Health-related web sites

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Spanish Language Resources• Consulta

– Spanish language “resource center”

– Covers all subjects– Over 100 reference sources– Over 60 journals– 1,600 primary source

documents– Images and chronologies– English interface coming

this fall– Aimed at public and school

libraries

• !Informe!– Contains only periodicals

(100+)

– InfoTrac interface & standard InfoTrac search paths

– Indexing uses Gale Spanish vocabulary

– More academic content than Consulta

– Spanish and English interfaces available

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Consulta

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Curriculum Support Materials & Product Education

http://www.gale.com/customer_service/index.htm

• K-12 teacher in-service packets

• FAQs• Navigation guides

• Search tips • Sample searches• Title lists• Guided tours

www.elm4you.org

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Access via MnLINK

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ELM via MnLINK

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

MnLINK access• ELM databases except:

– Discovering Collection– Junior Reference

Collection– Consulta– Kids InfoBits– Health & Wellness

Resource Center– Business & Company

Resource Center– Contemporary Authors– Informe*

• Full text available

• Graphics, illustrations, and full-image page views not available

• Search features not as sophisticated as vendors’ native interfaces

• Cross-resource search (multiple databases)

ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, the MINITEX Library Information Network, and Library Development & Services, the MN State Library Agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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