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Biography Database Enhancements

ReadSpeaker “text to speech” converter for full-text articles! Listen to articles as streaming audio, or download as MP3s for playback later.
Article translations. Electronic conversion into Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Arabic and Dutch.
New more graphical interface.

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Links to Full Text Books on H.W. Wilson Retrospective Databases

Select Wilson retrospective databases now feature links to the full text of public-domain books in the HathiTrust digital library. Wilson’s precise analytical indexing helps you find not just the books, but also individual stories and essays in composite works.

Records in Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982, Wilson’s acclaimed index of book reviews back to the 19th century, now feature some 3,700 links to full-text books on HathiTrust.
Essay & General Literature Retrospective: 1900-1984, an index of tens of thousands of essays from collections and anthologies back to the 19th century, features more than 3,320 links to books on HathiTrust.
Short Story Index Retrospective: 1915-1983, an index of more than 150,000 works of short fiction published from the 1830s to the 1980s, now features more than 1,330 links to books on HathiTrust. The number of links will grow as HathiTrust adds new public-domain content. HathiTrust is a repository of digitized books maintained by a coalition of academic libraries.

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New Full Text Journals for WilsonWeb Databases

Since 2009, Wilson has added nearly 140 new full text journals to its Art Full Text, Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, Wilson Business Full Text, Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text, Readers’ Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text and OmniFile databases. Journals are selected to part of WilsonWeb based on their scholarly content, research value, and permanence of publication. See reverse for the list of additions since 2009.

New in Art, Humanities, Science, and OmniFile databases
Podcasts Indexed

More than 500 audio and video podcasts have been added to OmniFile, Art Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers’ Guide, Science Full Text, Select Edition, Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full Text databases, on subjects in art, the humanities, and science. Fully indexed, and described in substantive abstracts, these audiovisual files hail from such stellar sources such as the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, Museum of Science (Boston) and select authoritative websites.

Art Full Text

Did you know that Art Full Text abstracts 210 of the outstanding journals once covered by the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)? What’s more, Art Full Text provides the full text of articles cover to cover from more than 80 of those journals. A lauded research source, Art Full Text encompasses an international array of publications from the full range of art specialties—more than 600 in all. Visit www.hwwilson.com/trial to try any of the databases in the Wilson Art Suite: Art Full Text l Art Index Retrospective: 1929- 1984 l Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, and others.

Dissertation Abstracts Now on Art Full Text and OmniFile

WilsonWeb has added more than 12,840 abstracts of dissertations to its Art Full Text and OmniFile, Mega Edition databases. The entries link to fuller previews of the works online, along with options to purchase the complete documents.

Online Enhancements

The H.W. Wilson Company has released new enhancements to WilsonWeb and to several of its databases. More details...

Now Enhanced!

Art Museum Image Gallery

New—suggestions for related searches
New citation auto-formatting—MLA and APA options
New images from outstanding Library of Congress collections:

African-American Photographs Assembled for the 1900 Paris Exposition

Fine prints: Japanese, pre-1915 Lomax Collection (images documenting sound recording expeditions carried out for the LC Archive of American Folk Song)

World War I Posters (American, Australian, Austrian, British, Canadian, French, German, Italian and others supporting the war effort)

WPAPosters—produced by various branches of President Roosevelt’s Work Projects Administration to publicize exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, and health and educational programs that were part of the “New Deal.”

Van Vechten Collection—photographs by noted author and photographer Carl Van Vechten

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Now Available!
Children's Core Collection
The standard of collection development for over a century!

Providing the highest standards of guidance in collection development and maintenance, as well as curriculum support, readers’ advisory, and general reference, Children’s Core Collection has been an indispensable tool in libraries for over 100 years. The 20th Edition features broad revisions in areas of environmental protection, science, and religion, as well as fiction and picture books.

September 2010 ▪ Approximately 1,700 pages (main volume) ▪ Supplements 400 pages each ▪ ISBN 978-0-8242-1106-6 ▪ $210

Now Available!
Sears List of Subject Headings®, 20th Edition

2010 marks the publication of the 20th edition of the essential Sears List of Subject Headings, the standard thesaurus of subject terminology for small and medium-sized libraries since 1923. The 20th edition features expanded coverage for developing topics, as well as updated headings in some areas. New headings in this edition reflect the growing literature in areas such as ecology and the environment among other areas

June 2010 ▪ ISBN 978-0-8242-1005-9 ▪ $150

Now Available!
Middle & Junior High Core Collection
A Selection Guide, 10th Edition

Covers nonfiction, fiction, and collections for readers at grade levels 6 through 8, plus review sources and other professional aids.
More than 10,000 entries (4,000 more than the 9th Edition). Some 4,000 new titles will be listed in annual supplements in 2010, 2011, and 2012.

September 2009 ▪ Approximately 1,600 pages (main volume) ▪ Supplements 300 pages each ▪ ISBN 978-0-8242-1102-5 ▪ $290

New in the Reference Shelf Book Series - 2010

Russia
The nation of Russia---its history, culture, economy, domestic politics, and foreign relations---is the focus of this title. Of special import is how the country and its people have adapted to the post-Soviet era and the divisions that have emerged since the fall of the Iron Curtain.

July 2009 ▪ ISBN 978-0-8242-1099-1 ▪ $50