WilsonWeb New Interface & Database Enhancements

Interface enhancements

ReadSpeaker (Text-to-Speech)
• Audio is now expanded to include biographies.
• Choose between Male and Female voices.

"My WilsonWeb" Enhancements
Expands tools for manipulating research information, and reducing the time needed to retrieve previously save articles and searches.
• Create folders for saving articles.
• New interface customization features.
• New place for miscellaneous notes.

Article Language Translations
Articles available in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese can now be translated into English. WilsonWeb also translates English-language articles into Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Arabic and Dutch.
Interface Language Translations
Buttons, links and navigational aids are now available in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

Section 508/Visual Interface Enhancements
• New "Skip Links" feature for use with electronic readers.
• The Interface Language, Sort By and Records per page rollover controls have been replaced with a launch button for ease of use with electronic readers.
• Ability to increase font size directly on WilsonWeb.
• New legible font helps to accommodate all interface languages to best advantage.

Database enhancements

Current Issues Databases
New social networking links (Comments) on topics and subtopic pages.

Cinema Image Gallery
• New image slide show for films.
• Advanced Search limiters include "Film Records" and"Images Records."
• Updated look to record page images and text layout.
For more information, visit www.mlnc.org/electronic/Wilson

New Gale Databases

The following Gale databases will be available via MOREnet.

Business & Company Resource Center
Small Business Resource Center
Academic OneFile
General OneFile
InfoTrac Collections
Health & Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health
Health Reference Center Academic
Student Edition (InfoTrac)
Junior Edition (InfoTrac)
Kids InfoBits
Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac)
Informe (Spanish periodical database)

Termination of EBSCO databases

The following EBSCO databases will no longer be available as of of access July 1, 2009, due to the change in the MOREnet database contract to Gale.

Academic Search Elite
Alt-Health Watch
EBSCO Animals
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
MAS Ultra - School Edition
MasterFILE Premier
Military & Government Collection
Newspaper Source
Primary Search
Regional Business News

Changes to OCLC and MLNC

As OCLC and MLNC continue to work in partnership on behalf of OCLC member libraries, we would like to inform you about some important changes with regard to how your library will access support for OCLC products and services.

Beginning July 1, 2009, OCLC members will contact OCLC Customer Support for all questions related to support for OCLC products and services.

OCLC’s teams of support professionals are available 14 hours a day, Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. Central Time to assist you with your needs. These dedicated individuals will provide answers and information to help your library maximize the value of your membership and use of OCLC products and services.

In addition to product support specialists, the OCLC Customer Support organization is also comprised of a specialized team of librarians focused on providing consultative and workflow support tied to the use and satisfaction of OCLC products and services.

MLNC will provide billing and ordering assistance to your library for OCLC products and services as well as keep you up-to-date on OCLC news, service enhancements, new products, research, membership reports, and other important benefits of your OCLC membership. MLNC will also continue to provide non-OCLC-related services and support that your library receives from us today such as custom cataloging, discounts on electronic resources, and high-quality continuing education.

Contact OCLC Customer Support at 1-800-848-5800 or support@oclc.org.

Daily Life Online Update

Committed to excellence, ABC-CLIO is continually adding new titles to update and enrich our robust, award-winning online databases. Take this opportunity to learn about what we’ve added this spring!

Daily Life Through History—New Titles Added:
• Daily Life through World History in Primary Documents (3 vols.)
• Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl (2 vols.)
• Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians (revised ed.)
• Daily Life in Chaucer's England (revised ed.)
• Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks (revised ed.)
• Daily Life in Victorian England (revised ed.)

Want to Make Daily Life Online Part of Your Classroom?
Click here to access the Teacher Resources page. The site has been designed to provide valuable tools for teaching a range of Social Studies subjects and to help teachers make the most of Daily Life Online products.

Contact Us
To learn more about this and other features in the databases, please contact ABC-CLIO’s Lisa Stacy by email lstacy@abc-clio.com or phone: 866-846-4756.

Sincerely,

The team at ABC-CLIO
130 Cremona Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
1.800.368.6868

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Update

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Now Updated

This spring update brings you renewed and enhanced Oxford coverage of Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. You will be thrilled to hear that your subscription to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online has been recently upgraded with new and revised words, definitions, idioms, phrasal verbs, and more, in addition to several enhancements to the Tools and Resources section.

HUNDREDS OF WORDS ADDED TO CHINESE, RUSSIAN, AND SPANISH
While these words are accessible via www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com, here are a few highlights:

CHINESE
Ageist
carbon footprint
phishing
wi-fi

RUSSIAN
anti-terrorist
reality show
biogenesis

SPANISH
Interfaith
webinar
bloguero

ADDITIONAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES MAKE LIFE ABROAD A BREEZE
Oxford is also delighted to announce the inclusion of additional Tools and Resources. Visit your Tools and Resources page for updated information on "false friends" in Spanish, more sample emails and letters for Spanish, new Internet screenshots for French and Spanish showing how to buy train tickets online and open an online bank account. Look for this section to continue to grow in forthcoming updates!

SPREAD THE WORD
Oxford is happy to provide promotional materials to assist you in promoting your subscription in-house. Simply contact us to request Oxford Language Dictionaries Online flyers, posters, or bookmarks.

WORD OF THE DAY
Click here to sign-up and begin receiving the Word of the Day in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Russian!

Best Wishes and Happy Browsing!
Elizabeth Kieffe
Marketing Associate
Oxford University Press
www.oup.com