[WEB4LIB] New free database from Gale

[Sloan, Bernie]

Barbara Quint wrote a brief article about this last month in Information
Today:

http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb000605-1.htm

Bernie Sloan

-----Original Message-----
From: Drew, Bill [mailto:drewwe at snymorva.morrisville.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:32 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] New free database from Gale


Carole Leita featured this in her weekly newsletter.  I have quoted the
following with her permission.  She also wanted me to know that the database
is not fully developed and indexed yet.  I think it is important because
such services will have a clear impact on what services libraries purchase
for their patrons.  We need to discuss such issues.  Remember Britannica?
The free version had more content and services than the paid version.  That
is why SUNY dropped its state wide subscriptions to it.

From: Carole Leita [mailto:cleita at webjunction.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 3:16 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [LIIWEEK] July 12, 2000

Best of...
FindArticles.com - 
http://www.findarticles.com/
This database of "hundreds of thousands of articles from more 
than 300 magazines and journals, dating back to
1998" can be searched by all magazines, magazines within
categories, or specific magazine. A very few of the
publications, including Scientific American, only have
abstracts. Following in the footsteps of Britannica.com's
putting its encyclopedia and full text of some 70 magazines
online, this service is the first traditional periodical
aggregator to release its material on the Web with ad
revenues as the sole funding mechanism. LookSmart will
categorize the Gale Group content and target specific
advertisements to complement the article content. - cl 
Subjects: Periodicals | Full-text 

___________________ 
Wilfred (Bill) Drew 
Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference 
SUNY Morrisville College Library 
drewwe at morrisville.edu 
Home: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/ 
Not Just Cows: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/njc/ 
Library: http://www.morrisville.edu/library/ 
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