FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text

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The Southeastern New York Library Resources Council is pleased to offer all libraries in the region the option to subscribe to FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text at a greatly reduced cost. The Electronic Resources Advisory Committee (ERAC) selected this database to subsidize with RBDB funds.

Every attempt was made to keep the cost share for each library at a reasonable amount. The RBDB subsidy pays for part of the cost for FirstSearch, and the library pays for the remainder.

FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text: Databases include:

• H.W. Wilson Select Plus with Full Text
  • 1994 to present
  • Over 1600 Full-Text Titles
  • Citations in other FirstSearch databases have links to the full text content in H.W. Wilson Select Plus
• WorldCat® (the Online Union Catalog): A database of millions of bibliographic records cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
• OCLC ArticleFirst®: Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of over 12,000 journals.
• OCLC Electronic Books: OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide.
• OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online™ (ECO): Includes bibliographic info for all 4800 journals in this collection.
• OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals™: Includes specific information in each record about periodicals and the libraries that have them in their collections.
• OCLC PapersFirst®: An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
• OCLC ProceedingsFirst®: An index of worldwide conference proceedings.
• ERIC: References to non-journal material issued in Resources in Education and to journal articles issued in Current Index to Journals in Education.
• GPO Monthly Catalog: Bibliographic citations that cover all types of U.S. government documents.
• Clase and Periodica: Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.
• MEDLINE: Covers all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
• World Almanacs: Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.
  

For more information, visit OCLC's website at http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/

Academic, public, special, hospital, and K-12 libraries are eligible to take advantage of the subsidized subscription to the FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text.

Library Type	Academic	Hospital	Public	School	Special
The cost to your library	$550	$400	$400	$400	$400

 

 

Under this agreement, the 12-month subscription year is July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.

Libraries can sign-up at any time..

Please complete the 2006-2007 Subscription Commitment Form for Electronic Resources Subsidized by Regional Automation Funds and return it to Southeastern as soon as possible. Please indicate with a "Yes" that you want to subscribe to FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text.

Form for:
Academic LibrariesPDF
Hospital LibrariesPDF
Public Libraries PDF
School LibrariesPDF
Special Libraries (non-profit) PDF
Special Libraries (for-profit) PDF

You can also obtain a form by calling Southeastern (845-883-9065) or emailing a request to Tessa Killian (Contact Tessa).

A library can begin using the FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text no later than the first of the succeeding month after application submission.

SENYLRC will send you an invoice within 30 days after we receive your order. SENYLRC will include a consortium database surcharge for administrative licensing. The surcharge will total 2% of the individual order amount from SENYLRC with a minimum of $40.00 per invoice.

OCLC just announced that IP Address Recognition can now be controlled by librarians in the FirstSearch Administrative Module: http://firstsearch.oclc.org/admin/.

Libraries may now control the IP addresses from which they provide access to FirstSearch using a new feature in their FirstSearch administrative modules. Through the administrative module, library staff may initiate IP address recognition access to FirstSearch, add or delete IP addresses and add or delete FirstSearch authorizations which are accessed from specific IP addresses. IP address changes entered through the administrative module are available as soon as the changes are saved.

Documentation about implementing IP address recognition access to FirstSearch is available now in the administrative module online help. The OCLC FirstSearch Administrative Module Reference Guide (http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/documentation/adminref/) and IP Address Recognition Access to FirstSearch: Getting Started (http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/getting_started/ipweb/) will be revised within the week to include helpful advice about gathering the information that libraries need to enter in the administrative module.

Access to the FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text by the region's libraries is not unlimited but rather through a shared port, or simultaneous user, arrangement with two other 3R Councils. Traffic on these ports is monitored. There are 15 ports available.

The databases are relatively easy to use and search; however, if Southeastern determines that training is an issue, Southeastern staff will work with OCLC to provide training opportunities in the region. Also, check the Southeastern CE Page to see if FirstSearch training is available.

Learning and Teaching Materials for OCLC FirstSearch: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/databases/practicedatabases.htm

Use the authorization number and password for the FirstSearch Base Package with Wilson Full Text to access your usage reports from this webpage: OCLC FirstSearch usage statistics: http://www.stats.oclc.org/

For technical issues dealing with FirstSearch, please contact Nylink at 1-800-342-3353
Email: nylink@nylink.suny.edu

Any timely or urgent issues are best handled by telephone by OCLC directly at: 1-800-848-5800.

Your primary contact for all technical questions is OCLC (see above). If you haveany questions regarding SENYLRC's program administration, please contact Southeasternstaff at 845-883-9065. For information about program sign up, please contact Tessa Killian (Contact Tessa); for invoicing, Pam Wolven (Contact Pam).