Our Databases Blogs

The following ACLD databases have blogs:

Gale's ReSources Blog
http://blog.gale.com/

Database Dreamland

Our Library District will be having representatives going to the upcoming Public Library Association Conference in Oregon and the Florida Library Association Conference in Orlando.  This is a great opportunity to explore new databases with vendors.  Please let us know if there are any areas you would like our representatives to explore, ideally by next Tuesday, 3/23/10.

Thank you!

MONTHLY ACLD DATABASE SUPERLATIVES (February)

High Use (most popular)

1 Overdrive

2 NetLibrary

3 Heritage Quest Online

4 Safari Tech & Business Books Online

5 Literature Resource Center

Low Use (least popular)

1 ?Informe! ???

2 Heritage Collection

3 Teen Health & Wellness

4 Oxford English Dictionary

5 Gainesville Sun Microfilm Index 00-07

Oxford Reference Online Database - What do you think???

 

Oxford Reference Online is asking us for our feedback as they look to redesign and change their functionality.  Please send me any comments you may have by this Wednesday, March 3rd, so that I can send them our collective feedback.  Thanks!

Job & Career Accelerator by Learning Express (trial)

With the current state of the economy, I thought it might be worthwhile to look into this addition to Learning Express. I had a quick overview from the database rep this morning and it looked very promising.

I realize there is some overlap with our new Brainfuse product JobNow from Youth Services (including resume help, Micorosoft help, and some tests, but competition is always good!

Please feel free to comment!

Powerspeak Languages by Gale

Here is another language database we are considering, http://www.gale.cengage.com/powerspeak/.

Please let us know what you think. We'll be making a decision about which language database to use some time in the end of February.

NOTE: If you'd like to have a trial run as an ACLD employee, please e-mail me at work to get access information.

Database Suggestions

Please suggest any databases you think ACLD should consider. Please note that although we are currently not purchasing new databases, we may consider replacing some in the future.