JSTOR has New Interface

JSTOR has launched a new interface with added features.
JSTOR contains the same journal content. New search tools and features are available. Please see JSTOR's information page:
JSTOR New Features

For updated instructions on printing from JSTOR, please see:
Printing in JSTOR

If you have questions, please contact the Reference Department at reference@kzoo.edu or 269 337 7152.

Bye Bye Barcode! Use Your K College Username and Password with MeLCat and Ariadne!

Current Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff no longer need to use their name and 14-digit barcode number to use features of Ariadne, log in to research databases from off campus, or to request materials from MeLCat. Users now will be prompted for their K College username and password!

This affects:

• logging in to research databases from off campus
• requesting books and other materials from MeLCat
  
• requesting items from storage (in Ariadne)
  
• logging into Your Ariadne Account to see your patron record
  (view fines, checked out items, etc.)

In MeLCat, the system will ask you for your:

• Campus ID# (this is your K College USERNAME)
• Password (this is your K College PASSWORD)
  

If you have any questions, contact Reference at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.

MLA, PsycInfo, and RILM now on CSA Illumina

On July 1, 2007 three of our databases (MLA International Bibliography, PsycInfo, and RILM) moved to the CSA Illumina platform from FirstSearch. This means these databases will look and search a little differently, but the content remains the same.

Why is this happening?

The Kalamazoo College Library subscribes to these three databases through the Michigan Library Consortium (MLC), which negotiates licensing and price. This year the price of the FirstSearch platform to these databases was significantly higher than for CSA Illumina, so MLC will be licensing them through CSA. In an effort to maintain our current FirstSearch platform, Kalamazoo College Librarians investigated the cost of keeping these databases with FirstSearch, but the 69% increase in subscription price over last year's price made the CSA platform the only affordable option.

Tutorial for CSA Illumina

CSA offers an online tutorial on using their advanced search here:

http://www.csa.com/tutorials/advsearch.html

CSA Illumina Database Guides:

MLA
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/mla-set-c.php
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/supplements/MLAguide.pdf

PsycInfo
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/psycinfo-set-c.php

RILM
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/rilm-set-c.php

If you have any questions about CSA Illumina, please contact Reference at 337-7152 or reference@kzoo.edu.

Major Database Changes: MLA, PsycInfo, and RILM

What will change?

Starting July 1, 2007 three of our databases (MLA International Bibliography, PsycInfo, and RILM) will move to the CSA Illumina platform from FirstSearch. This means these databases will look and search a little differently, but the content remains the same.

Why is this happening?

The Kalamazoo College Library subscribes to these three databases through the Michigan Library Consortium (MLC), which negotiates licensing and price. This year the price of the FirstSearch platform to these databases was significantly higher than for CSA Illumina, so MLC will be licensing them through CSA. In an effort to maintain our current FirstSearch platform, Kalamazoo College Librarians investigated the cost of keeping these databases with FirstSearch, but the 69% increase in subscription price over last year's price made the CSA platform the only affordable option.

How will CSA Illumina be different?

The Kalamazoo College already subscribes to three databases on the CSA Illumina platform: Philosopher's Index, PAIS, and BioOne Abstracts and Indexes (linked from the Kalamazoo College Library website at http://www.kzoo.edu/is/library/databases.html). You can try out these databases to see how MLA, PsycInfo, and RILM will work when they move to CSA Illumina. Both database platform has pros and cons.

CSA offers an online tutorial on how to use their advanced search here:

http://www.csa.com/tutorials/advsearch.html

If you have any questions about this change or how to use CSA Illumina, please contact Reference at 337-7152 or reference@kzoo.edu.

FirstSearch makes available MLA Bibliography retrospective content

The MLA International Bibliography retrospective content from 1926-1962 is now available on FirstSearch. The content comes from thirty-eight print volumes. All 160,000 records have been reviewed. Journal abbreviations and acronyms for almost 3,500 titles have been expanded, full journal names standardized, and ISSNs attached. Almost 11,000 subject names and terms have also been standardized according to current practices.

Search the MLA International Bibliography here!

Discontinuation of Britannica Original Sources

The Library is discontinuing its subscription to the Britannica Original Sources database on March 31, 2006. This database (http://www.sources.eb.com/) includes over 350,000 primary documents and 5,000 full-length books. If you have questions or comments, please contact the Reference Department (reference@kzoo.edu, 337-7152).

Discontinuation of Westlaw Database

After December 31, 2005, West Publishing Corporation will no longer offer the legal database Westlaw Campus; therefore, the Kalamazoo College Library will not be able to continue its subscription. Fortunately, we already subscribe to much of the information in Westlaw Campus through the LexisNexis database. A comparison of the two databases can be found here: http://www.lib.iastate.edu/commons/hri460/notes/comparison.pdf. If you have questions about the discontinuation of Westlaw Campus, please contact the Reference Department at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.

New Look for the PAIS Database

The Library is pleased to announce that our PAIS (Public Affairs International) database has a new look! We have changed vendors and hope that this new interface will be more useful for you. New features include the ability to sort results by publication type (including peer-reviewed journals) and an "alerts" system that searches PAIS for new content every week and sends the information to you via email.

You can access the PAIS database on or off campus in two ways:

• Through this direct link
  
• Or through the Library website's list of online databases and indexes

If you have questions, please contact the Reference Librarians at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.