Boyd County Public Library » trial http://thebookplace.org Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:08:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Trial – National Geographic Archives http://thebookplace.org/staff/trial-national-geographic-archives/ http://thebookplace.org/staff/trial-national-geographic-archives/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:09:00 +0000 Jamie http://thebookplace.org/?p=13995 Continue reading →]]> While the days of bookshelves filled with yellow spines are gone – National Geographic is still going strong and the photography and articles are as stunning as ever.
Gale has been able to form a partnership with National Geographic to create a new, very visual database called National Geographic Archive.
In the few months they’ve had it live – it’s actually gone into their top 10 usage databases.
So here’s a trial!  Please check it out and post your comments below -

TRIAL

www.galetrials.com/default.aspx?TrialID=50002;ContactID=68700

(to 3/24/2013)

 

COSTS

$3,500 one-time fee

There is an additional $35 per year hosting fee.

Subscriptions to Current Editions and People, Animals and the World, $595 each/year

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 While we see less and less use of the print volumes lovingly collected by our public libraries, the ability to offer an online resource with content of this stature – this is a phenomenal “household brand name” with 8 million subscribers worldwide, and a huge reach through TV and radio.  This is an opportunity to introduce this beloved magazine to our younger “online generation”.

Through the years, National Geographic has become synonymous with research and learning in the following subject areas:

  • Peoples and Cultures
  • Environment
  • Science and Technology
  • Underwater Exploration
  • Photography and Photo Journalism
  • Animals
  • Polar and Mt. Everest expeditions
  • Anthropology and Archaeology
  • And much more…

With 100+ years, 186,000 pages in 1224 issues and 435 map supplements, and 210,000 photos, housed in a beautiful interface, this is a stunning collection.  The photos are fantastic, and the ability to support all types of end-users in their quests is endless.  Note also we are bringing some enhancements to the interface with enhanced image search, term -clusters and a graphing tool.

]]> http://thebookplace.org/staff/trial-national-geographic-archives/feed/ 1 Valueline Online Trial http://thebookplace.org/website-training/valueline-online-trial/ http://thebookplace.org/website-training/valueline-online-trial/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:40:16 +0000 Jamie http://thebookplace.org/?p=13565 Continue reading →]]> Valueline and Morningstar are the main providers of stock news and updates to investors and brokers – recently Morningstar canceled their print edition and moved to a totally online format only.

With the move of Morningstar to only online access, Valueline is once again pushing their virtual product as well.
We have been given a free trial – I would appreciate it if you would take some time and give it a whirl (especially if you know anything about stocks/stockmarket):

 

Go to our website at www.valuelinepro.com

 

At the client login tab type in boydco and at the password tab type in valueline

 

When you scroll over the research hub, you will be able to login to all of our products

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