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CTLS Members, Ren Dimond at NewsBank has created a trial account for us to explore some of their databases, including: * Texas Newspapers Database >From the Battle of San Jacinto to the Kennedy assassination and beyond, these Texas newspapers--dozens published between 1836 and 1977--cover the history of the Lone Star State over nearly 150 years. * GenealogyBank Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies. Plus, the complete American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set, Social Security Death Index and more than 23 million obituaries. The URL to access the databases is http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?user=ncdctls The username and password are the same: ncdctls <http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?user=ncdctls> This trial database account will expire 08/12/07. Please let me know if you are interested in adding these databases to your electronic resources collection. If there's enough interest, then we can put together a consortium for a deeper discount. Thanks! Kam Kam McEvoy Electronic Resources Specialist Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st St., Suite 100 Austin, TX 78756 512-583-0704 x19 800-262-4431 x19 fax: 512-583-0709
