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A single, economical resource to suit a wide range of patron needs.

If your library needs to provide a wide range of research resources, Omnifile Full Text, Mega Edition is the ideal resource for you. Offering your patrons a wealth of essential material for learning, detailed research, or casual reading in a single, easily searched database, Omnifile Full Text Mega also makes the most of your existing periodical holdings.

Omnifile Full Text, Mega Edition features all the content of these full-text databases as well the full runs of every full-text journal they index:

It also contains the full text from ONLY the journals in selected databases to which Wilson has full text rights, namely

  • Applied Science & Technology Full Text

  • Art Full Text

  • Biological & Agricultural Index Plus

  • Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text

  • Library Literature & Information Science Full Text

All this content makes Omnifile Full Text Mega the most cost-effective solution for libraries seeking to cover periodical research for all core undergraduate subjects in a single resource. The scope of this database also makes it an essential research tool for patrons with inquiries that cross disciplines—ethnic studies, women’s studies, history, and more—and for those who are unsure which specialty to search for their topic of interest.

The database features

  • The full text of articles from more than 2,200 publications (many of them peer-reviewed) from a wide range of disciplines, as far back as 1994.
  • Abstracts and indexing from almost 3,600 publications; visit our Journal Directory for a searchable list of the journals covered.
  • New! More than 500 podcasts and video podcasts on a range of art, humanities, and science subjects.
  • New! Full bibliographic citations to more than 13,000 dissertations or theses in the field of art.
  • The added depth of graphical content—users can choose between fast-loading ASCII files or full PDFs for text and pictures—offering users all the contents of the original publication without having to visit the periodical shelves.
  • The complete run of Wilson Library Bulletin, in full text and with PDF page images
  • Retrospective coverage as far back as 1982 for more complete subject coverage
  • Built-in links to websites cited by articles—users can quickly locate relevant information on external websites without distractions.
  • Uniform subject headings, ensuring that a single search fully encompasses the wide-ranging coverage of Omnifile Full Text Mega.

As well as an unrivaled wealth of content, Omnifile Full Text Mega brings your patrons the full functionality of WilsonWeb, which ensures that they can pinpoint the information they need quickly and with minimal distraction, and then read, listen to, download, and save that information so they can easily find it next time.

WilsonWeb features include

  • Database-specific search options, allowing users to search by subject terms, keywords, journal titles, author names, personal names, dates, proximity and Boolean operators, or any combination of elements.
  • Subject-specific thesaurus ensuring that all variations of a search term are covered
  • Translations of full-text articles
  • Readspeaker text-to-speech converter, which allows patrons to stream audio in the library or download it for later listening
  • WilsonLink SFX Technology to link citations with full text from any of your library’s OpenURL compatible databases, at no additional cost
  • Uniform name authority control for easy and reliable searching
  • A library holdings indicator linked to your OPAC, letting patrons know if they’ll find cited issues on your shelves
  • Daily Updates

Search Omnifile Full Text Mega for comprehensive and reliable answers to questions like

  • Where can I get a broad range of commentary on elections that have been held since 2008 and what they might predict for the 2010 midterms?

  • Our entire school, from the kindergarten class to the Magnet program, is doing projects for Black History Month. Where’s the best place to get source material for all grades?

  • I want to get an industry perspective as well as a general overview of the recent late-night talk show controversy. Can you direct me to a good starting point?

  • I’m writing my thesis on United States v. Microsoft and need to find everything our library has on this case, as well other material about software companies. How should I start?

  • Where can I find the text of a specific interview with writer Barbara Ehrenreich from New York magazine from 2009? And does the library have other material about Ehrenreich that I can access?

 

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Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Select Edition
For those libraries that prefer a 100% full-text resource, Select Edition offers the same subject and periodical coverage as the Mega Edition, and the same daily updates, but without the abstracting and indexing of articles that are unavailable in a full-text version.

 

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Praise for Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Select Edition

"Highly recommended for all libraries."
— Reference Reviews

"Should serve undergraduate liberal arts programs-and particularly humanities and social sciences students very well."
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