EBSCO Databases through MOREnet

From: Joan Clarke (JCLARKE%SCCCC.STCHAS.EDU@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU)
Date: Tue Oct 22 1996 - 13:20:42 CDT


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Folks,

MOREnet is pleased to announce the following changes and improvements regarding our EBSCO Publishing offering:

1. MOREnet is also pleased to announce that EBSCO's Primary Search (paid from the DESE and REAL Project budgets), is now available to the entire MOREnet community. Primary Search was designed for elementary schools and children's reading rooms, in order to gather information on a wide range of general topics. The capabilities of Primary Search are:

    searchable full text for 33 children's magazines
    two World Almanac Books - The World Almanac of the U.S.A. and The
        World Almanac for Kids
    abstracts and indexing for over 116 titles
    EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals - a database with over 2,200
        entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and
        dinosaurs
    Funk & Wagnall's new Encyclopedia - a student, home and general
        reference
    encyclopedia containing 25,000 articles

2. EBSCO Publsihing Databases can now be accessed via the world wide web. If you are a school district participant in the DESE TNP or a library district participant in the REAL Project, the URL is http://ebsco.connect.more.net. All other MOREnet customers (MOREnet consortium, state agencies, community networks) should use URL: http://ebsco.more.net.

3. EBSCOadmin has been implemented for those MOREnet members who wish to use it. The instructions are located at http://www.more.net then select Database Services, followed by EBSCO Documents. EBSCOadmin offers a number of capabilities: tailoring your local defaults, adding local holdings, and collect local usage statistics. If you did not get you location name, administrator name, and password at the DESE-MOREnet Conference, it will be sent to you later this week.

4. EBSCO's Serials Directory (similar to Ulrich's) is available as a test for a few months. MOREnet is not planning to purchase this database; however, you may wish to purchase this database directly from your EBSCO sales represntative.

If you have problems accessing EBSCO databases or do not understand something, please contact the MOREner Reference Desk at refdesk@more.net or call 800-509-6673 if the problem is time critical.

Regards,

John A. (Tony) Wening email: tony@more.net Project Manager, Libraries and Community Networks MOREnet, University of Missouri 1805 East Walnut Street, Columbia MO 65201 phone: (573) 884-7200 fax: (573) 884-6673

Teaching consists of causing people to get into situations from which there is no escape, except by thinking. -- H. Stephen Glenn

********************************************************************** Joan Clarke Voice: 314-922-8000 x4512 Dean of Instructional Resources Fax: 314-922-8433 St. Charles County Community College Email:jclarke@scccc.stchas.edu 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive St. Peters, MO 63376
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