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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beverley Shirley Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [syscon-tx] TexShare Databases TexShare member libraries: Many of you were at the Texas Library Association Conference where we were pleased to announce the results of the TexShare database selection process. An impressive array of content will be available this year. You will find the list appended to this message. But WAIT! Before you skip down to the list of databases, there are a few important pieces of information you need to know: 1) It takes a while to complete contracts. Awards are not made until contracts are completed. We have only awarded one contract to date, to EBSCO Industries, Inc. Below are listed the databases approved in open meeting by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission at its April 26, 2006 meeting. But until contracts are signed, the purchasing process is not complete. 2) For the first time ever, we welcome K-12 public school library partners to the TexShare program. The EBSCO database package is available for public school libraries to purchase through our partnership with ESC-20. For more information on the program for public school libraries, see www.texshare.edu/k12 or www.esc20.net/texshare. 3) For TexShare member libraries that want to update their Web pages to include the new content, we are developing an updated list of links to all theTexShare databases. This will be available to you prior to the subscription start date of July 1, 2006. Stay tuned! 4) We will continue to make a wide variety of databases available for libraries to purchase at discounted rates through the TexSelect program. For a list of databases currently available, go to http://www.texshare.edu/programs/academicdb/selectdbinfo.html 5) Contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for additional information. Databases included in the TexShare core package: Part of award (executed contract) to Ebsco: Academic Search Premier (with free Upgrade to Academic Search Complete as soon as it becomes available) AGRICOLA Alt Health Watch Bibliography of Native North Americans Business Source Complete Computer Source Consumer Health Complete Economia y Negocios Encyclopedia of Animals ERIC Fuente Academica Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia Health Source: Consumer Edition Health Source: Nursing/Academic Information Science & Technology Abstracts Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts Legal Collection MAS Ultra: School Edition MasterFILE Premier MedicLatina MEDLINE Middle Search Plus Military & Government Collection Natural & Alternative Treatments Newspaper Source Primary Search Professional Development Collection Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Regional Business News Religion & Philosophy Science & Technology Collection Texas Reference Center Serials Directory TOPICsearch Vocational & Career Collection World History Collection Approved by Commission at its open meeting on April 26, 2006; awards will not be made until contracts have been executed: Gale: Health and Wellness Resource Center with Health Reference Center Academic and Alternative Health module InfoTrac Custom Newspapers Literature Reference Center Twayne's Authors Series Scribner Writers ProQuest: 20th Century English Poetry 20th Century American Poetry Heritage Quest Sanborn Maps ELibrary Curriculum Contracts not part of bid process, under negotiation: OCLC's World Cat Beverley Shirley, Division Director Library Resource Sharing Texas State Library and Archives Commission (512) 463-5433 FAX (512) 936-2306 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ syscon-tx mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/syscon-tx
