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MeL Databases: New Gems and Trusted StandardsMLA, 2007Sheryl Mase, Library of MichiganSuzanne Robinson, Michigan Library Consortium
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The Michigan eLibrary
“MeL
mel.org
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MeL Coordination at LM
All things MeL! Public relations & marketing Oversight of MLC support contracts III and database contracts User interface modifications New development
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http://michigan.gov/mel
Visit the MeL information website for marketing tools, sample presentations, contact information and more…
You can download various PowerPoint presentations designed for the public, legislators, and other interested parties.
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Michigan eLibrary
Evaluated Best Web Sites Includes Michigan Educators’ Resources
(MER) Statewide Library Catalog
Resource sharing system with statewide delivery
Research Databases Available for free to Michigan residents 24/7
MeL Michigana Statewide digitization and local history
projects
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MeL by the Numbers
Michiganians ordered 19,791,087 articles during fiscal year 2004-2005. If charged an average commercial fee of $15.00 per article, the cost to residents would have exceeded $2.96 billion.
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More MeL by the Numbers
In 2006, MeL databases cost $3.9 million
In 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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Add 7 million items to your library! Over 24 million items are available in
MeLCat; 7.69 million are unique titles So far in ’07 weekly requests average
7,136 In 2006 MeLCat delivered 184,786
items, as of mid-October ’07, MeL has delivered 281,756 items (89.2% fill rate)
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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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Training and Support
Contract with Michigan Library Consortium
Support: Kelly Bayee, Suzanne Robinson,
Heather Thomas: Training
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Database Updates and Info
Suzanne Robinson, Michigan Library Consortium Talking very fast!
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Gale enhancements mid-August
Search 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 enhancements
Enhanced 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 (soon)
This is what you see if you do a “change databases” click…
…or if you point to the Gale menu on your own page
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Gale Cengage Learning-New Databases
Business and Company ASAP Business and Company Resource
Center ChiltonLibrary.com Educator’s Reference Complete Informe! Onefiles and Powerpacks
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Largest business databaseIn MeL
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Replaces K12Professional
Collection – moreinclusive
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Spanish LanguagesSources
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Don’t forgetto
Refresh!
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Need AcrobatReader
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Gale OneFiles
General OneFile Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile General interest news sources
Academic OneFile Highly academic journal sources Growing 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-focused Cross-searchable on Gale
PowerSearch By mid-November, will be “databases” MeL Support staff can provide direct
URL’s for those who want them mel.org – deciding how to incorporate
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OCLC
CAMIO -- different interface, new accounts Hand Press Book
FS interface History of Science, Technology and Medicine
(HSTM) FS interface
SCIPIO Art and Rare Book Sales Catalog FS 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 text 70 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
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Search eachsection
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Familiar gems
SIRS Discoverer General Reference Center Gold Gale Virtual Reference Center Health and Wellness Resource Center InfoBits WilsonSelectPlus
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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
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Good for better readers, faculty
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MeL Featured Resources
Electronic Journals List
Michigan Educators’ Resources Don’t miss it!
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