The LIRN® Library Core Collection contains millions of articles, television and radio transcripts, photographs, video and audio clips, encyclopedias, books and reference titles, including:
RCLweb includes recommended titles and library resources for specific academic programs on multiple degree levels. Members may purchase Bowker's Book Analysis System™, with a LIRN® discount, to compare their collection with the recommended titles in RCLweb.
Three additional modules are available to add to a member’s library at an additional cost. These include:
LIRN® technical services include an authentication gateway, statistical analysis of library resource usage, and technical support. The technical team also supports LIRNSearch®, a proprietary federated search engine. Students may use LIRNSearch® to query all LIRN databases at once, or by subject matter with a single search. Members may purchase LIRNSearch+® that adds third party resources to a custom search engine for an additional charge.
LIRN® provides training free for its members. A series of seminars and webinars are held throughout the year, and attendees receive documentation of participation from the LIRN office.
For information concerning membership and subscription information, please contact the LIRN office.
Gale Power Search allows students to search over 13,000,000 documents in the Gale/InfoTrac databases with a single search. It also features automatic translation of articles in more than a dozen languages.
Academic OneFile is a 2009 and 2008 CODiE Award Finalist for Best Online General Reference Service. Perfect for research libraries, graduate schools, universities and community colleges, Academic OneFile is a sophisticated, current and easy-to-use resource for extensive research. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full text, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly from over 14,000 titles.
Researchers looking for practical farming tips or the latest scientific studies from agricultural research centers will find Agriculture Collection is the right place to “dig”. With a strong emphasis on full-text coverage of titles in the Agricola Index, Agriculture Collection comprises over 400 agricultural periodicals powered by InfoTrac as well as relevant, in-depth reference titles from Delmar, a part of Cengage Learning.
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Predicast's PROMT and Newsletter databases are fully integrated in this database. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
Business Economics and Theory Collection includes over seven million articles, including coverage of Kiplinger Handbooks such as Retire Worry Free, Switching Careers, Making Money in Real Estate, Financing College and more. Researchers will also value the inclusion of exclusive video feeds from forbes.com highlighting current business news and interviews with CEO’s and entrepreneurs.
Business and Company ASAP provides access to all the business and management journals, trade journals, newspapers and directories needed for in-depth research on companies, products, markets, industries, economics and management disciplines. It also provides full-text U.S. and international private and public company directory listings, and full-text PR Newswire releases on those corporations.
Communications and Mass Media Collection brings together information found in more than 250 journals. Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field meet the needs of researchers, including:
Computer Database is a one-stop reference resource for up-to-date information on the world of high technology. With Computer Database, researchers can instantly access hundreds of today’s most well-read and influential periodicals in a single search. Featuring coverage from 1980 to the present, Computer Database is the perfect source for research on trends and innovations in the ever-changing world of technology.
Criminal Justice Collection reforms the research process for researchers who are:
The new Culinary Arts Collection is comprised of more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines from the award-winning InfoTrac product line as well as almost 20 reference titles from Delmar, part of Cengage Learning. The Culinary Arts Collection provides researchers with more than just recipes. It gives them quick access to restaurant reviews, industry information and practical instruction, including:
Indexing and full text for:
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection brings together full-text information found in more than 700 journals and reference content from Delmar, part of Cengage Learning. Now you can provide environmentalists, policy makers, corporate researchers, educators, students, geologists, engineers and more with a comprehensive, easy-to-access, online resource that answers all their environmentally-related inquires.
Perfect for a broad spectrum of students, faculty and other researchers, Expanded Academic ASAP contains more than 4,300 titles; more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines, including more than 3,000 peer-reviewed journals. Balanced coverage on a variety of subjects is available through:
Fine Arts and Music Collection is a powerful online movement leading scholars, students, artists, teachers, historians, filmmakers, art buffs and music lovers to a successful research finale. Powered by InfoTrac, this database quickly places information from over 5 million articles at the finger tips of serious students of the arts. More than 150 of the journals in the Fine Arts and Music Collection are covered in the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) indexes and are available in full-text.
Gardening hobbyists, master gardeners and biotechnologists alike will find practical applications as well as the scientific theories of horticulture studies in one convenient collection with the Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection. These resources will inspire and educate those seeking more information on gardening, landscaping or horticulture. The information included in this collection varies from inspirational to instructional, such as:
Covering practical business issues in every business-related area, General Business File ASAP integrates a wide variety of sources: local-area business titles such as Crain’s Detroit Business; national magazines such as Forbes and Inc.; trade journals like Tax Executive, full-text investment reports on thousands of private and public companies; full-text listings from Ward’s Business Directory; Graham and Whiteside™’s Major Companies of the World, full-text PR Newswire releases; and indexing of several major national newspapers.
General OneFile includes more than 7,000 full-text titles; more than 3,600 journals; more than 25 years of backfile; and five newspaper indexes — totaling more than 11,500 titles in all (70% of which are unique to the database). In addition, General OneFile also features more than 500 travel guides; a full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, including searchable transcripts; links to over 5,000 video files including shows like the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, NRO TV and Meet the Press; more than 3,000 full-text titles recommended by Bowker’s "Magazines for Libraries"; and much more.
Health & Wellness Resource Center offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, periodicals, reference works, multimedia and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
Created specifically for students, knowledgeable consumer health researchers and health care professionals, Health Reference Center Academic integrates millions of articles from a wide range of full-text nursing and allied health journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters and select consumer health information sources with full-text reference works and hundreds of health-related multimedia. Health Reference Center Academic is the perfect resource for up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. With more than 2,000 full-text sources and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries, Health Reference Center Academic ensures that researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health care questions.
The Home Improvement Collection is a special collection of more than 250 home improvement-focused titles from InfoTrac. Many subject areas are covered and include:
¡INFORME! is specifically designed to meet the research needs of Spanish-speaking users. With full-text articles from the most popular Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals, it provides quality Hispanic reference material — not simply Spanish translations of English-language materials. ¡Informe! also features a powerful, easy-to-use interface configured for Spanish-speaking users, allowing researchers to analyze topics and conduct research in Spanish. Aimed at the needs of both serious, academic researchers as well as casual browsers, ¡Informe! provides single-search access to the full text of more than 420 Spanish-language and bilingual products including:
The ideal resource for students, law school faculty and legal researchers, LegalTrac features a comprehensive collection of major legal publications. This invaluable database provides indexing for more than 1,500 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text. The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), not only endorses LegalTrac, its special advisory committee selects, reviews and enhances the content for this resource yearly — meaning researchers can benefit from timely, accurate results with every search.
Literature Resources from Gale contains more than 650,000 full-text articles, critical essays and reviews and biographies of more than 130,000 authors from antiquity to today and thousands of continuously updated Web links, periodicals, images, audio and more.
This collection also includes Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography, with more than 2 million citations to journal articles, books and dissertations covering more than 80 years of publishing, with an additional 66,000 new citations added each year. Gale’s offering of the MLA International Bibliography includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals.
Newsletters ASAP provides access to information from specialized business, industry and technology newsletters issued by various news services and industry watchers.
With nearly 4.2 million articles, Nursing and Allied Health Collection comes to the rescue of nursing students, physician’s assistant students, and researchers in allied health fields who are looking for answers related to the specialized care, treatment and management of all sorts of patients. Details concerning nearly every kind of nursing application can be found, including:
Opposing Viewpoints in Context provides balance and perspective to every controversy. Targeted arguments from recognized subject-matter experts complement authoritative reference and top media sources. From immigration to stem cells to texting-while-driving, Opposing Viewpoints in Context delivers 13,000+ pro/con views, 1,000+ court case overviews, and thousands more topic overviews, biographies and profiles. This highly relevant content contributes to the understanding and evaluation of hot debate topics.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking is an ingenious new way to help students develop the critical-thinking skills they need, while supporting their personal development and mastery of curricula. The new Critical Thinking module offers activities, assessments and tools that encourage students to interact with, argue about and analyze issues and concepts, encouraging the next step of learning, beyond rote memorization. Additionally, students can use Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking in a self-directed fashion, as a resource for group projects and in a classroom environment. Students will master core curriculum content and develop skills while engaging in the self-discovery of their opinions across a broad spectrum of issues.
Based on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press® print series, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center offers thousands of statistics, newspaper and magazine articles, images, primary source documents, Web site links, podcasts, and articles written by experts on a wide variety of current-event topics. Students love the easy access to some of the best sources of information available on today’s most controversial topics. Librarians appreciate how Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking represents a new vision for reference: a movement away from static resources toward a personalized learning experience. Educators value the rich, authoritative resources that supplement and amplify classroom teaching. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking is 21st century reference for 21st century learners.
eLibrary provides access to full-text articles and transcripts from more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, radio/TV program transcripts, along with access to more than 250,000 photographs and maps, and over 20,000 unique educational audio/video resources. It also contains the complete works of Shakespeare, other classic full-text literature resources and a Reference Desk with dictionaries, a thesaurus, encyclopedias and more.
ProQuest Psychology Journals™ provides abstracts and indexing for more than 710 titles, with over 570 titles available in full text. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.
Additionally, ProQuest Psychology Journals includes 4,000 full text dissertations representing a range of psychology disciplines including behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial, personality, physiological, psychobiology, psychometrics and social psychology. Dissertation content is available for the years spanning 2000 through 2006.
ProQuest Psychology Journals encompasses a wide range of topics from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. In addition to clinical and social psychology, it also provides coverage of related disciplines including genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more. A number of the titles are heavily cited and have a strong set of ISI impact factors. Titles include:
Credo Reference is a general reference solution for learners and librarians. Offering 551 highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers, Credo Reference covers every major subject, including:
Bowker's Books In Print® database offers valuable information on more than 7.5 million U.S. book, audio book, and video titles, as well as 12 million international titles, making it the industry’s largest bibliographic database. Available in web and print formats, this indispensable resource for booksellers, publishers, and librarians also offers: reviews; tables of contents; full-text previews; cover images; author biographies; awards information; annotations; and much more.
Resources for College Libraries features over 75,000 titles in 117 subject areas. RCL covers the entire two-year and four-year college curriculum and highlights the titles that are essential for undergraduate study. More than 400 subject editors, bibliographers, and referees have individually selected each title. RCL’s carefully considered selections are works identified as most necessary for teaching undergraduates, including both print and electronic resources essential for academic study. The redesigned online database offers both professional researchers and beginning students an easy-to-use interface and discovery features for exploring content. Members will be able to create their own lists appropriate to their programs. RCL alerts offers notification e-mails when a new title of interest is added to the database.
The Bowker's Book Analysis System™ is available to members. Contact the LIRN® office if you are interested in the product. Pricing will depend on the level of member interest.
Delivering over 5,745 journals, nearly 80% of which are in full-text, ABI/INFORM Complete™ is the most comprehensive business database on the market today. Offering much more than journal content, this diverse solution provides the right mix of content types to meet the needs of any business researcher.
ABI/INFORM Complete™ covers key disciplines such as:
Publishers providing exclusive content include Emerald Group Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Financial Times and Dow Jones & Company. Other key offerings from reputable providers include Business Monitor International, Economist Intelligence Unit, Social Science Research Network, Oxford Analytica, and Oxford Economic Forecasting. ProQuest acquisitions of other publishers have added 125 titles from Kluwer Academic Publishing, 40 titles from the John Wiley & Sons Boldideas collection and 11 academic titles from Palgrave MacMillan.
ABI/INFORM Global™ is one of the most comprehensive business databases on the market. It includes in-depth coverage for over 3,535 publications, with more than 2,495 available in full text. ABI/INFORM Global offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. With ABI/INFORM Global, users can find out about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.
Furthering the scope of content, ProQuest has signed agreements with major publishers including:
ABI/INFORM Global has expanded to include non-periodical content like:
With hundreds of additional full-text titles, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry™ is the perfect companion to the business and management content in ABI/INFORM. It’s the source professionals rely on for major trade and industry news. It includes in-depth coverage of companies, products, executives, trends, and other topics for more than 2,290 publications, with over 2,110 in full-text. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, users can study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals, and many others.
ABI/INFORM Dateline™ delivers over 255 journals, with more than 200 available in full text. It includes hard-to-find local and regional business publications with news about local companies, analysis, information on local markets, and more. ABI/INFORM Dateline allows users to research employment opportunities, compile data on benefits and compensation, learn about corporate strategies, and other topics from a local and regional perspective. ABI/INFORM Dateline includes major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and area business publications.
From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library™ provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,730 titles — over 3,315 in full text — from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. This combination of general reference volume and scope makes it one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. Subject areas covered include:
ProQuest Health and Medical Complete™ combines the clinical research titles available in ProQuest Medical Library™ with hundreds of additional consumer and health administration titles. ProQuest Health and Medical Complete provides in-depth coverage from over 1,900 publications with over 1,575 available in full text and of these, over 910 include MEDLINE® indexing.
In addition, the database includes all charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to medical research.
The journals cover all major clinical and healthcare disciplines, including medical sciences, immunology, pharmacy and pharmacology, nursing, physical fitness and hygiene, surgery, and others. Titles include:
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source™ provide users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 1,050 titles, with over 875 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,300 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields, 450 training videos and 2,300 evidence based resources.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source covers over 70 wide-ranging topics including:
Users now have access to chapters from online reference books in nursing. Providers include: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., McGraw Hill, Springer Publishing Company, and HCPro, Inc. and include titles such as DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, Manual of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests, Minor Surgical Procedures for Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals, an Evidence-Based Competency series, as well as a Critical Thinking Series.
Researchers gain exclusive access to highly valuable evidence-based nursing information from The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). These resources include Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets. The JBI's evidence-based approach opens a new world of education resources, with critical appraisal and meta-analysis that is highly respected and unquestioned in the field.
Users also receive access to Rapid Assessment Protocol internet database (RAPid) and System for the Unified Management, Assessment and Review of Information (SUMARI). The RAPid training tool enables users to systematically evaluate research articles and write structured research findings to publish on the JBI interface. It teaches students to critically appraise evidence using established data collection tools and offers the possibility of publishing appraisals in the form of refereed reports. SUMARI is a developing software package designed to assist health and other researchers and practitioners to conduct systematic reviews with evidence of feasibility, appropriateness, meaningfulness and effectiveness and to conduct economic evaluations of activities and interventions.
Training videos are valuable for nursing programs looking to enhance student learning, and ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source truly delivers with powerful videos from Medcom, Inc. These videos cover important topics such as health care safety, emergency planning, checking vital signs and many more. Videos are available in flash format, and are broken down into chaptered clips for easy study. Videos are well indexed for reliable search results and can be viewed in document view or downloaded to your desktop for reference.
Cultural awareness is crucial to providing quality health care, and the newly added content from CultureVision provides an outstanding set of cultural reports that lead to a better understanding of patient care. Covering over 30 ethnicities and 11 religions, CultureVision reports deliver invaluable resources for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with respect to their beliefs and practices.
CultureVision reports cover the following:Finding the right career, enrolling in an appropriate institution of learning or training, searching for a job, advancing in your career through continuing education — these are high stakes tasks in today’s world. Vocations and Careers Collection makes it easier for researchers by providing content that is updated daily from nearly 400 journals — from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
ProQuest® Career and Technical Education includes over 750 titles, with more than 650 available in full text. Both students and instructors can access the database to research virtually any technical topic.
Student Resources in Context provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including:
ChiltonLibrary supplies a solution that is easy to use no matter the skill level. Repair, maintenance and specification tables provide critical data on thousands of domestic and imported models of cars and light trucks from 1940 onward.
The LIRN® gateway is a portal to the LIRN® Collection. It allows for authenticated connections to LIRN® resources for your students, faculty and staff.
The LIRN® gateway presents your users with a list of available online resources, along with a brief description of the resource. LIRNSearch® — a propietary federated search engine — is fully integrated into the gateway, allowing your users to easily search across all LIRN® resources, regardless of the vendor supplying the resource.
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LIRNSearch+® gives academic libraries the capabiility to offer federated search for all their electronic library resources including OPAC records and thesis collections. Now you can add your non-LIRN® provided databases to LIRNSearch+® at low introductory pricing and search all of your databases simultaneously.
LIRNSearch+® was developed with LIRN®'s partner, Muse Global, a world leader in search software. LIRNSearch+® allows LIRN® to deliver unified searching of your LIRN® and non-LIRN® content within a rapid and reliable system.
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