November 13~14, 2002 The Revolutionary Searching & Technology for Electronic Databases Vincent Cheah Gale Solutions Consultant Thomson Learning Asia

November 13~14, 2002

The Revolutionary Searching & Technology for Electronic Databases

Vincent CheahGale Solutions Consultant

Thomson Learning Asia

The Revolutionary Searching & Technology for Electronic Databases2

Fully owned by The Thomson Co.

Merger September 1998– Gale Research Inc.

– Information Access Co.

– Primary Source Media

– Graham & Whiteside

– 1999: Macmillan Library Reference, USA

– 2000: K.G. Saur

– 2001: Greenhaven

GALE


• Print products - authoritative reference books, encyclopedia, dictionary

• Microfilm, rare archives information

• Electronic database, full-text periodical database, reference database, with CD-ROM option

• E-book (Nov 2002)

What Does Gale Offers


Bringing together three types of information sources in one database

• Full Text Periodical Articles

• Gale Quality Reference Resources

• Primary Source Documents

What Are Gale Resource Centers?


Resource Centers

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Biography Resource Center


Simple & Powerful Search Interface


Content overview...

• The Biography Resource Center combines more than 80 of the most frequently consulted Gale biographical databases with more than 250 full-text periodicals.

• Over 300,000 narrative biographies for approximately

220,000 individuals, including poets, politicians,

philosophers, prospectors, physicians – just about every

kind of person you can imagine.

• Full-text periodical coverage of journals in biography

provides currency (over 250 journals)


...Content overview

• BioRC + Marquis = access to information on over

1,000,000 individuals ...

• 33,000 thumbnail biographies from Debrett’s People of Today covering the most notable individuals in contemporary Great Britain

• 33% + database is international

• International content updates and new international

biographies added regularly, some within 24 hours

• 13,000 new images and nearly 7,000 Web links,

including inline images within full-text periodical articles


Reference Content from nearly 80 of the Gale Group’s most frequently consulted biographical sources including:

Encyclopedia of World Biography Historic World Leaders Contemporary Musicians Notable Twentieth Century Scientists

over 250 Periodicals sources include: Mexican Studies — Estudios Mexicanos Middle Eastern Studies East European Politics and Societies Philosophy East and West Research in African Literature, and many more!

References & Periodicals… Integrated

NEWS UPDATE!!!

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary

33000+ entries.

Added on Nov 2002


Users are able to expand their research via 7,000 + links to websites around the world

Includes over 13,000 images

Reference and Periodical information easily accessible

Reference & Periodicals…Integrated!


Resource Center - Interfaces

Associations Unlimited


What is Association Unlimited?

• Entire Encyclopedia of Associations Series – National– International – Regional, State, and Local

• IRS Information On Non-profit Organizations

• Also brochures, logos, and membership for 2,600 most frequently contacted national organizations

Give a total of 460 000 organizations


Extensive Coverage

• U.S. National Associations – 22,000+ organizations

• International Associations – 20,000+ organizations

• US Regional, State & Local Associations - 102 000+ organizations

• U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations, agencies and service programs – 300,000+ organizations


What Can You Get?

• Locate national, international, and local associations

• Monitor association trends

• Locate related associations

• Network and make professional contacts

• Market to associations, their members and markets


Special Features

• Easy to search interface

• Keeper List – enable users to keep

interested search results

– for sorting, printing and mailing labels

• Saving and Printing Addresses for Mailing Labels


InfoTrac ® - Databases Available

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E x p a n d e d A c a d e m ic A S A P , E A IM

C o m p u te r D a ta b a se , C D B

G e n e r a l R e fe r e n c e C e n te r , G R G M

H e a lth R e fe r e n c e C e n te r A c a d e m ic , H R C A

In fo T r a c C u sto m P e r io d ic a l , S P 0 0

In fo T r a c C u sto m N e w sp a p e r s , S P 0 1

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N e w sle tte r s A S A P , N L A *

... o th e r s

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O R <Specia l C ontents*>

B io g r a p h y R e so u r c e C e n te r , B io R C

L ite r a tu r e R e so u r c e C e n te r , L itR C

S tu d e n t R e so u r c e C e n te r , S tu R C

H isto r y R e so u r c e C e n te r : U S , H isR C

H isto r y R e so u r c e C e n te r : M o d e r n W o r ld , H is to ry

H e a lth & W e lln e ss R e so u r c e C e n te r , H W R C

B u sin e ss & C o m p a n y R e so u r c e C e n te r , B C R C

O p p o sin g V ie w p o in ts R e so u r c e C e n te r , O V R C

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IN F O T R A C


The Menu


•Customizable Search Interface# Set features to be available

# Set Date format, search method

# Phrase your own sentences

# Default setting for FT, Refereed Publication etc…

•On-line Dictionary - click and get a definition

•InfoLinks

# To link for an article to other related articles. No more “back” button

•InfoMarks# To retrieve wanted articles after years by crating links. Create course pack etc…

•Name Authority Linking# A Hyperlink samples pertinent entry in other Gale databases in the library’s collection

InfoTrac ® - Technology ...


•Library HoldingIn InfoTrac search results, a holding icon appears next to citation and directs user to location of print version in a library. Refers users to library holdings on the article level

•MARC Records Allow the user to search via Web OPAC and link to InfoTrac

•SFXLink from one database to another via SFX server to search for full text. “Open URL” standard

•IngentaSearches Ingenta journals that customer subscribes to on the article level and integrates results in InfoTrac search results.

•Cross Search among DatabasesCross-database search of Gale Products using one interface.

… InfoTrac ® - Technology


Reading listsReading lists Course packsCourse packs Study guidesStudy guides Special interest Special interest sitessites

BibliographiesBibliographies Training sitesTraining sites Electronic journals Electronic journals directoriesdirectories More ...More ...

InfoTrac ® - InfoMarks Technology

An Innovative tool, just

You create :

Copy & Paste & Click


Just A FLOPPY DISK ….

Everyone can build their

using their OWN LANGUAGE

their OWN WORDS

their OWN CREATIVITY

Only 10 Seconds to create collections and use it FOREVER…. ??!

InfoTrac ® - InfoMarks Technology


Thank YouThank You

Product Demonstration / Q&A

Vincent CheahGale Solutions Consultant / Sales Engineer, AsiaGale Solutions Consultant / Sales Engineer, Asia

Thomson Learning Asia (Gale Division)Thomson Learning Asia (Gale Division)

[email protected]@gale.com