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10/18/2011 Fiction Connection and Patron Books in Print Discontinued
Due to budget considerations and low usage FLLS has decided not to renew subscriptions to Fiction Connection and Patron Books in Print. FLLS still has a subscription to NoveList, a very useful Readers' Advisory database. Short webinar tutorials about NoveList's features are available at http://support.ebsco.com/novelist/tutorials.php
02/11/2011 NoveList: All About Series
Use NoveList to help your patrons get Series in reading
order and find new series similar to their favorite ones. NoveList has
information on 19,000+ Series for young, teen, and adult readers.
NoveList: All About Series 
shows you how to 1) search for Series by series title, book title,
author, appeal factor, etc; 2) discover recommendations for Series read-alikes;
3) print and email Series information; and 4) set up Series Alerts so
you can find out when the next book in a series is coming out.
11/01/2010 Three New Do-It-Yourself Databases Now Available
Auto Repair Reference Center provides information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. The step-by-step procedures are written specifically for the Do-It-Yourselfer, but comprehensive enough for professional technicians. The database includes repair procedures, service bulletins and recalls, wiring diagrams, and a calculator to estimate repair costs at a service station.
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center provides comprehensive full-text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts, and recreational activities today with how-to instructions and ideas for hobby enthusiasts. The database included 1,000 magazines and books, access to more than 720 videos, more than 160 hobby profiles, and over 3,000 recipes from various collections.
Home Improvement Reference Center provides assistance with popular repair projects for your home and garden including maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, wood projects, outdoor improvements, and decorating. The database contains 24 full-text reference books, more than 10,000 images, and videos.
07/27/2010 Mango Languages Now Available!!!
Are you ready to learn a new language? Your library card is a passport to the world. Mango Languages offers online self-paced courses teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Mango's Basic Courses in 22 foreign languages (Arabic, Chinese, Dan, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, and Urdu) and 14 ESL courses (for those currently speaking Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese) use real-life situations to teach vocabulary and basic conversational skills. Mango's Complete Courses in 9 foreign languages (Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) and 3 ESL courses (for speakers of German, Portuguese and Spanish) has grammar instruction throughout each lesson. Explore this database at your library and your personal computer.
07/20/2010 Reference USA Discontinued
We have discontinued our subscription to Reference USA because of its high cost, low usage, and feedback from library staff.
06/18/10 NYS Announces NOVELny Databases for 2010-11
New NOVELny Databases to be added July 2010:
Academic OneFile (Gale) geared toward older students, faculty, and researchers, contains over 12,000 journals and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed and full text. Academic OneFile has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Academic OneFile also includes some major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, and Encyclopedia of World Biography.
General OneFile (Gale) for researchers at all levels, is a general periodical database containing over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books and multimedia sources, over half of which are full text. The backfile extends nearly 30 years. Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues, technology, health care, politics and more. In addition General OneFile features 500+ travel guides as well as full-text sports, travel, fashion, gardening, children’s and general interest popular magazines.
Health Reference Center Academic (Gale) a previous NOVELny database, includes over 2800 journals and magazines, many of which are full text. It contains nursing and allied health journals, other medical journals, newsletters and consumer health magazines.
NOVELny Databases to be discontinued July 2010:
Health and Wellness Resource Center
ProQuest Platinum
12/17/09 MasterFile Premier to be Discontinued on December 31, 2009
Our subscription to MasterFile Premier will be ending at the end of 2009 due to budgetary considerations. I apologize for the late notice but we were hoping for a reduction in the price.
Although I realize that there are a number of people who do use this database, most of the research needs met by MasterFile Premier should be met by ProQuest Platinum which we now receive through the NOVELny program. You can download a brochure (in Publisher or PDF format) which describes the features of ProQuest Platinum from the Reference Services webpage http://www.flls.org/reference/. Please contact me if you would like multiple copies of the brochure for distribution to your patrons or if you would like assistance using ProQuest Platinum.
12/17/09 Free Trial Subscription to Career Library (EBSCO) ends 12/31/09
06/08/09 Career Library (EBSCO) is now available.
EBSCO is now offering this comprehensive information resource for career and college research free of charge to their subscribers. Users can explore interests and aptitude to match possible occupations and educational paths and institutions. Among the features of Career Library are the:
Exploration Center has information about careers and jobs, assessment tools, and college information;
Planning Center includes college and career planning resources, a resume builder including Planning Checklists, articles, and links to websites related to planning for college or a career; and
Resource Center provides access to articles and links on careers and schools, career videos, career resources for the individual states and “Cool Jobs” (newly-created, popular or out-of-the-ordinary careers)
Activity Center allows you to take short quizzes with sample questions from standardized tests such as the GED, SAT and ACT.
03/15/09 NOVELny Database Program Update
On April 1, the databases ProQuest Platinum and Grolier Online will be added to the NOVELny databases. The databases Gale Virtual Reference Center, General Science Collection, Health Reference Center, InfoTrac Junior Edition, Science Reference Center, and TOPICsearch will be discontinued by NYS on April 1 and the databases Nursing and Allied Health collection will be discontinued on May 31. Although NOVELny will also be discontinuing MasterFIle Select on April 1, the FLLS subscription to MasterFile Premier will continue at least through the end of 2009.
01/10/09 Tell Me More Expired
FLLS has discontinued the language learning database, Tell Me More, because of low patron use and impending NYS funding cuts. We have been evaluating other language learning databases as possible replacements if and when the funding picture improves.
5/15/2008 FictionConnection & Patron Books in Print
We are now offering Bowker's FictionConnection and Patron Books in
Print. You can find in the alphabetical list of databases and the
Literature & Books subsection accessed from the
Electronics Database (or Magazines and Databases) link.
Fiction Connection finds titles similar to books you already enjoy or
searches for books by topic, genre, setting, character, location, and
timeframe. You can create a personalized list of titles based on the
characteristics you enjoy.
Patron Books in Print has more than 5 million fiction and nonfiction
titles for adults and children in book, audio, and video formats. Find
what you want with a quick search or get ideas by browsing by subject,
author, or award. Results include editorial reviews, cover images,
publisher and bestseller information, awards won, and media mentions.
Visit the Fiction Room or the Children’s Room to find favorite series,
recurring characters, award winners, and listings of bestsellers by year
3/25/2008 TumbleBooks
We are now offering the TumbleBooks database. You can find it in the alphabetical list of databases and the Literature & Books subsection accessed from the Electronics Database (or Magazines and Databases) link. More information about TumbleBooks will be coming soon from Annette B.
TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which are created from existing picture books. TumbleBooks also includes a collection of full length, unabridged classics in audio format and a small collection of books in French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese. Also available are puzzles, games and quizzes. Create a list of Favorites for easy access or preload a number of TumbleBooks in an online player in order to be played one after another. The entire site can also be viewed in Spanish and French.
Available from home. Funded by Finger Lakes Library System. Requires a Flash plug-in to view and hear animation which can be downloaded for free from the TumbleBooks Help page.
3-5-2008 Tell Me More (Auralog)
TELL ME MORE® Online is a comprehensive language learning program. Learn to read, write, comprehend, and speak English, Dutch, French, German, & Spanish through multimedia interactive lessons in your library, at work, or home any time of day. Requirements include: Microsoft Windows® 95/98 and up, Internet Explorer 5.0 or later version, and headphones, speakers, and microphone for the speech recognition component.
Available from home. Funded by Finger Lakes Library System. You must download Auralog components, including Adobe Flash Player, available through the Auralog Computer Test link.
11-8-2007 Rosetta Stone to be Discontinued 1/31/2008
The Rosetta Stone immersion language learning program will not be available after January 31, 2008. This decision was made by Rosetta Stone, not the Finger Lakes Library System. Rosetta Stone Ltd. will no longer offer public libraries remote access for patrons. We regret the loss of this very popular learning tool and the inconvenience this will cause our patrons. FLLS is currently investigating online learning alternatives and hopes to be able to offer another online language learning tool early next year.