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DEFINING HISTORY SINCE 1955

Patrik EkströmVilnius, May 9th 2007

Over 50 Years in Publishing

Two Award-winning Serials Databases --

Historical Abstracts

America: History and Life

500+ Electronic and Print Reference books

We’re going to talk about

Positioning…..Historical Abstracts

America: History and Life

What is…..History Reference Online

Historical Abstracts and

America: History and Life• The world’s largest bibliographic

historical online database

• Abstracts from over 1,700 journals

• Combined the databases have over 1.2 million entries

• Full-text links to over 490,000 articles. Partners include EBSCO, Project MUSE, JSTOR, Ingenta and more

• OpenURL Compliant

Facts and Figures

Historical Abstracts• Provides access to over 730,000

articles and entries

• Over 20,000 new articles added

each year. Approximately 2,000

per month

• Covers World History excluding

North America & Canada

• From period 1450 to the present

day

• Links to over 178,000 full text

articles

America: History and Life• Provides access to over 538,000

articles and entries

• 16,000 new articles added each

year. Approximately 1,400 per

month

• Covers History and Social Culture

of North America and Canada

• From pre-history to the present

day

• Links to over 313,000 full text

articles

more than just abstracts……WHY?

• Definition of an abstract = a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc

The content in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life is more than this because:-

– Carefully select the abstracts to use and enhance from the 1700 journals

– The abstracts are then enhanced by Professors and History specialists around the World - they add information, indexing

terms = VALUE to the researcher

– Translate article titles and abstracts into English- broadening the content available to Professors and scholars

• Provides a search engine for an institution’s history periodical collection

• Quality indexing and abstracting improves the research experience

• Full-text links enhance the value of existing subscriptions to other services - EBSCO, Project MUSE, JSTOR for example

• Excellent historical resource for a variety of disciplines - from Women’s Studies to Art, Music, and Business

• Monthly updates ensure currency

More than Abstracts….

• Quality indexing and abstracting improves the research experience

• Full-text links enhance the value of existing subscriptions to other services - EBSCO, Project MUSE, JSTOR for example

• Hot links within the database link articles together to enrich the search

experience

• Determine a chronology that is helpful to the Professors and Scholars

• Include Book citation entries – indexed and Chronology is added

• Cite Masters Theses and Doctural Dissertations – indexed and a

Chronology is added. 

• Monthly updates ensure currency

The purpose of an abstract in an age of full-text providers is to:

• Make it possible for a researcher to review journal articles for usable content and historiography

• Determine which articles he/she needs to read and in what priority. 

• The abstract tells the researcher basic, pertinent information about an article. 

• It gives the researcher the information he/she needs to decide which article to read first. 

• With HA's broad searching capabilities, the researcher can search by keyword, index term, author, time period, etc., and work from the results to ensure that the pertinent historical journal articles have been considered

Positioning WHA and WAHLmore than just abstracts…...

• 3 times the number of History resources than major History providers

• WHA/WAHL = 1,280,000 Other Full text providers = 420,000

• 3 times the number of History Journals than any full text provider

WHA/WAHL = 1,729 Other full text providers = 573

• Without WHA or WAHL 76 searches would need to be performed to ensure full coverage of one topic

• Only one Single search is required with WHA and WAHL to cover all World History

• Excellent historical resource for a variety of disciplines - from Women’s Studies to Art, Music, and Business

Let’s take a look...

Access is available via IP authentication, password, and/ or referring URL..

Search interface is customizable by the user or the institution

Basic Search

Advanced Search

Customizable Search Results Display Options

Display results in groups of 25, 50, 75, or 100 entries.

Sort by author, date, journal, language, or type of entry.

Display in ascending or descending order.

Automatically tag all search results.

Full-text Link Options

Activate links to full-text services and journals from our partners

EBSCO - 124,000+

Project MUSE -13,000+

JSTOR - 173,000+

The History Co-op - 9,800+

Ingenta - 25,000+

Taylor & Francis - 5,000+

Oxford Univ. Press - 1,500+

SwetsWise - 50,000+

ProQuest - 72,000+

Full-Text Linking partners include...

Getting the results...

Search results are displayed in a brief, “easy view” format

Links are displayed

Record can be expanded to show the full abstract

The full search result record

Detailed Abstract

Hyper-text links to related subjects

Email and export options

Export Options: RefWorks, EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager

Personal Profile feature

Receive automatic email notification of new database entries with Personal Profile

Create up to 10 profiles

Change and edit them at any time

Ensures researchers are kept up to date in their field of interest

ABC-CLIO eBooks... A Good Thing is Getting

Even Better

From the leader in history reference comes a new way to build and use an

award-winning history collection:

History Reference Online

Introducing…

• A broad, cross-searchable collection of award-winning

history encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and guides

• Initial launch comprises 339 titles

• 50+ new titles to be added each year

• Available as an annual subscription service

• Available as One Time Purchase of individual titles

History Reference Online

Broad coverage providesa wealth of material for researchers

Covers…• American and world history• World and U.S. issues• Social and cultural history• Political and military history• Geography• Folklore and mythology• History of religion• History of science, technology, and environment

Highlights

Currency: 85% of titles making up the initial collection have been published since 2000

Size: With 339 titles in its initial launch, the collection is large—and includes many multivolume encyclopedias

Growth: Growing rapidly at a pace of over 50 titles a year, there will be 45% growth in the number of titles added to the collection in the next two years

Reference: Made up of highly-used reference titles, providing thousands of primary and secondary sources

The right tool for you

• Save time in collection development -- award-winning books are automatically added each year

• Meet multiple patron needs through unlimited, simultaneous use for on-site or remote users

• Provide a user-friendly resource that integrates seamlessly into your library with a built-in Help feature and User Guide that aid users in navigating the tool

The right tool for your patrons

• Research can be done more efficiently since multiple books can be searched and left open on the desktop at one time

• Take home just what you need - print and/or email individual entries easily

• Save time with citations that are automatically provided for all entries

• Search results are easily navigated with highlighted search word 'hits' within entries

The right tool for your faculty

• Create e-reading lists and reference packs easily with no additional cost to support course curriculum

• Instant access to current scholarly research - at home or at the office

• Access to thousands of primary and secondary sources for use in lectures

Helpful Tools Available At the Click of a Button

• Access to the complete Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• Automatic citations are provided in four formats: Chicago, MLA, APA, and Harvard

Support materials provide research and navigational

guidance

• Fully integrated Help feature, FAQs, and User Guide

• QuickStart sheet facilitates user training

The search screen

The search results screen

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Free trials available

• Trial request form

Thank You very much!

Patrik Ekström