Safari Books Online 6.0

Safari Books Online 6.0, just released on Tuesday, 27 October 2009, provides a major advance to the service.

Enhanced Usability / Optimized Search
The search functionality has been optimized to ensure that users can find what they need quickly and efficiently – if it’s in Safari, you’ll find it right away. Safari 6.0 also makes it easy to read the content you search while also continuing to see the list of search results.

Value-Based Ratings / Customer Ratings
Safari 6.0 provides both an Amazon rating (where available) and a Safari Books online rating on all titles within the digital library. Now users can get the technology rating of peers as well as a broader rating to makes sure that they are getting the best materials available from a source you trust.

A Wealth of Knowledge Tailored to Your Needs / Categorization
Safari has added the ability for users to categorize the material in its digital library according to their own preferences. Whether they want “marketing, technology, and business” or “Linux, Java, and OpenSource,” users can now create and fill their own categories. Allowing users to find and store what they need faster than before makes Safari 6.0 easier to use than ever before.

Improved Readability of the Content You Want
With Safari 6.0, users have the ability to make inline notes in the actual text they are reading. They can now dog-ear or bookmark specific pages. They can make notes while reading on a given page. AND they can share these notes and bookmarks with others – making Safari Books Online a more powerful learning and teaching tool.

If you have technical issues with the Safari 6.0 release, please contact ProQuest.ITHelp@proquest.com.

Credo Instructional Videos

Credo has recently created some great new instructional videos to give students and librarians a brief tutorial on how to use some of the features of our reference database. The first two videos are about using the Concept Map, which is our data visualization took, and about using the Find a Book feature. Both of these Video Tips are short, around 2 minutes long, so they are perfect for someone who just needs a quick Credo tip. Check them out, and let us know what you think!

Concept Map Video

Find a Book Video

Serials Solutions Downtime

All Serials Solutions services including our A-Z list, Article Linker (find a copy), and the Serials Solutions Client Center may be unavailable on Saturday, October 24, from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm due to system maintenance.

Credo's Newest Gadgets

Images and Pronunciations allow you to search only for images or learn how to pronounce a word.

To access Gadgets, click on the link in the top navigation bar.















Use our pronunciation gadget to search the audio files on Credo. your search results will only include entries with sound files.













If you have any questions or feedback -- on gadgets or anything else, please do let us know (support@credoreference.com).

Facts on File - Enhanced Search Features

• New "Back to Search Results" Links: These links allow one-click access back to search results after viewing an article or a series of linked articles within a database.









• Improved Optional Date-range Searching: Users can now set date limits for their searches with just a "From" year filled in; empty pull-downs will be filled in automatically.








• Expanded Hit Highlighting: Search query terms are now highlighted on entries retrieved from the News Services Cross-Search.

• Additional Sorting Options for Results: Many search results pages now have additional sorting options. For example, on the World News Digest Analysis and Background tab, users can now sort the entire results list by type, by clicking the word "Type" that appears in the upper-right-hand corner of the search results.

Syndetic Solutions - Service Notice - Resolved

Email from Bowker Technical Support - 10/14/2009 10:20 AM
"The issues reported yesterday have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused."

Email from Bowker Technical Support - 10/13/2009 4:10 PM
"Some customers may be experiencing content display problems with Syndetics elements. We are aware of the issue and expect to have this resolved shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused."

We receive our book jacket images for the catalog as well as summaries, reviews, etc. from Syndetics.

AARP Ageline Cancellation

Press Release September 2009: AgeLine has been acquired by EBSCO Publishing. The free web version is no longer available on AARP.org.

http://www.aarp.org/research/surveys/stats/demo/agingtrends/articles/ageline_database.html