Annual Reviews Redesign

Annual Reviews has redesigned their platform, check out their tutorials for researchers and librarians.

ScienceDirect SciVerse Release

Launched on August 28, 2010, the SciVerse platform provides the following enhancements to the ScienceDirect subscription:

• dedicated image search
• contextual information enrichment
• Reference Works related articles
• article type identified (original research vs review articles)

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IBISWorld Trial

Owens Library has a University wide trial for IBISWorld, until September 30th. If you like, submit an evaluation online.


"IBISWorld is the largest publisher of Industry Intelligence in the United States, covering every segment in the economy. We are a "one-stop shop" provider of comprehensive business intelligence on all 700+ U.S. industries, covering 4,000 individual product segments along with Risk Rating Reports providing a single, comparable risk score for every industry. You will also have access to our Global, China, Australia & UK Industry Reports along with research on 300 economic, demographic and consumer variables.

Trial Access Includes:

• Industry Market Research Reports- Over 700 Industries in the US Economy covered
• Industry Market Research Reports- Over 200 Industries in the Chinese Economy covered
• Industry Market Research Reports- Over 450 Industries in the Australian Economy covered
• Industry Market Research Reports- Over 60 Industries in the Global Economy covered
• iExpert- 1 Page Version of our Industry Market Research Reports
• Executive Summary- 6-8 Page Summary of our Industry Market Research Reports
• Industry Risk Ratings Reports- Over 700 US Industries Covered
• Corporate Reports- Over 8000 Public US Company Reports
• Business Environment Reports- Over 300 External Environment Reports"

JSTOR Platform Update

JSTOR is adding features and changing a few platform features.

• Browse by discipline from the home page
• Include only content I can access advanced search option
• Run/manage saved searches
• Save search
• Access icons
• Volume and Issue display navigation and icons
• Search issue or title or all titles
• PDF size listed
• Cited by listed
• Export/email multiple citations

Read Watch
Attend Webinar: Aug 27 or Sept 9

NOTE: In response to user and librarian concerns regarding the searching of all content on the JSTOR platform, JSTOR announced work is being done to change the search default to search only content that is licensed by an institution.

Geobase Canceled

Geobase is has been canceled; upon inquiry of cancellation, searches were suspended by OCLC.


Selectors have determined that content available in Geobase can be found in other databases that students prefer, please refer to Onefile, Academic Search Premier and Science Direct.

EBSCOhost Updates

"The following information summarizes the most significant changes on EBSCOhost:

•The limiter and the date slider column will move from the right to the left of the Result List, a more intuitive position that consolidates the ways users can refine and work with their results in one area. For a look at the updated Result List, you can copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://support.epnet.com/uploads/CustSupport/Images/communication_images/resultlist1.gif.

•Detailed record pages will be more streamlined, and links to full text, your link resolvers, ILL, etc. will be more prominently displayed on the left.

•Users will be able to select multiple clusters and source types when managing results.

•There will be an enhanced PDF Viewer, Content Viewer, HTML Full Text, etc.

•A "breadbox" will show users which limiters, expanders and source types have already been selected, and enable easy removal of these refinements.

•The Hierarchical Subject Authority File in certain databases will be adjusted to align with the style already in use in our academic databases

•Simpler overall interface elements will increase the intuitiveness of the user experience.



For more information on these and other features, visit http://support.ebsco.com."

Next Generation SAGE Journals Online - Migration Complete

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"SAGE has now completed the migration to the next generation of the SAGE Journals Online platform, supported by HighWire Press’s “2.0” technology (H20). This includes the new and improved portal and journal-level features and design.

Access control for institutions and individuals has not been affected by the migration. Administrative features and access to usage reports has also remained the same.

Experience the next generation of SJO today, including the new discipline search and browse capabilities across more than 50 disciplines.  You may also view additional information, including feature descriptions and screenshots, an updated User Guide, and an informational video.

For a quick and easy manual, view the SJO user guide."