Databites

One of the exciting changes to the updated Gale Databases is the ability for your patrons to login and set up individual user accounts. Your patrons can save search strategies or search results over the course of a semester (or longer!) and set up alerts or RSS feeds. They can also create folders into which search results can be sorted by topic and accesssed from any location. These are wonderful tools, especially for students who are working on semester-long projects!

Check it out!
Questions? Call or email me at 413-665-9898 Ext 125 or skeech@wmrls.org
Shirley Keech

New Infotrac Password as of July 10!

For libraries that use cookie authentication to access the Gale databases, the password will be changing on July 10 and you will need to re-set the password at each workstation in your library.

If all the computers in your library have a static IP address, you are unaffected by this and do not need to do anything!

You will soon receive a letter that includes the confidential password that you will use to re-authenticate your workstations. Under the terms of the state’s licensing agreement with Gale, this password is for use only by library staff responsible for database access and is not to be shared with other staff or with patrons.

If you have questions, feel free to contact Shirley Keech at skeech@wmrls.org or 413-665-9898, Ext 125.

EZ Library Programs for All Ages

From the Mid-Hudson Library System EZ Library Programs Website:

"The EZ Library Program Directory was created by the Mid-Hudson Library System to help librarians find easy, inexpensive program ideas covering a wide range of topics, activities, costs and ages--from infants to adults.

To look for a program idea, choose Search for a Program and search by one or more of the categories or search by keyword. If you wish to share programs that have been successful in your library, please use the Submit a Program section."

"Capture This!"

Yesterday’s “Capture This!” roundtable discussion brought together nearly a dozen people who are exploring screen capture options for remote training of library patrons or staff. Interested?

View "Capture This!" roundtable resources

A great example of the use of screen capture can be seen by viewing the brief video on conducting a search for medical information using the Gale databases. This video was created by Karen Demers,Adult Services Librarian, Wilbraham. Thanks, Karen!
Check it out!

New PowerSearch Widget! Give it a Try!

Read More About It! Visit our WMRLS Online Databases webpage.

In Gale’s Academic Onefile there are now audio versions of

• Annals of Internal Medicine
• British Medical Journal
• JAMA
• New England Journal of Medicine
• The Lancet

To access any of these, select “Publication Search’ and search by journal title. Select Audio version and then select the publication date you’re interested in hearing!