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Cinema Image Gallery
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“A perfect ten. ...The
content is superlative...
Enthusiastically recommended for academic and special
libraries supporting film studies programs and
researchers, as well as for medium to large public
libraries.”—Library Journal |
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Just added—1,700
new images from films released in 2008.
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Coming soon—new
search parameters: Country, Film Subject, Best Costume Design,
Silent (as a genre)
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Coming soon—Links
to motion picture and TV show clips on The Internet Archive
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Approximately 200,000
superior-quality images - substantial quarterly additions - from movie and television
history
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Images link to
biographical profiles and film reviews
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Spans over a hundred
years of cinema
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Practical for
research in film, media, history, costume design, biography,
literature, and more
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All images
rights-cleared for education use
Coming soon!
Biography Database Enhancements
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ReadSpeaker “text
to speech” converter for full-text articles! Listen to
articles as streaming audio, or download as MP3s for playback
later.
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Article
translations. Electronic conversion into Spanish, French,
German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Arabic
and Dutch.
New!
Sears List of Subject Headings
on WilsonWeb
A respected resource
among librarians for more than 80 years, Sears List of Subject
Headings brings small and mid-sized libraries a foundation of
essential, up-to-date headings, together with patterns and examples
for creating new headings efficiently and according to standard. The
new Sears on WilsonWeb database delivers all material from
the 19th Edition in print (2007), an abundance of new headings on
important subjects 2007 through today, plus new headings in regular
updates.
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WilsonWeb Enhancements
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ReadSpeaker “text to speech” converter for full-text
articles! Listen to articles as streaming audio,
or download as MP3s for playback later.
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New
“My WilsonWeb” profiles. Users can maintain
their own sub-account within WilsonWeb, creating and
managing saved searches, search histories, email
alerts, and RSS feeds.
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Article translations. Electronic conversion into
Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,
Korean, Japanese, Russian, Arabic and now Dutch!
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RSS
feed for new search results. Configure RSS
updates via links on the Search Results or Search
History pages.
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New
“Content Discovery Keys” on Search Results page.
Convenient links launch related searches, allow
users to narrow results by author, subject,
publication year, document type, and database (for
multiple-database searches), or select previous
searches from the Recent Searches listing.
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Language options for WilsonWeb
navigation buttons. New dropdown menu converts
the main buttons from English (the default setting)
into Spanish, French, German, Italian, or
Portuguese.
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Now
Enhanced!
Art Museum
Image Gallery
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New—suggestions for
related searches
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New citation
auto-formatting—MLA and APA options
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Coming soon!—New images from
outstanding Library of Congress collections:
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African-American
Photographs Assembled for the 1900 Paris Exposition
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Fine prints: Japanese, pre-1915 Lomax
Collection (images documenting sound recording expeditions
carried out for the LC Archive of American Folk Song)
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World War I Posters (American, Australian,
Austrian, British, Canadian, French, German, Italian and
others supporting the war effort)
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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.”
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Van Vechten Collection—photographs by noted
author and photographer Carl Van Vechten
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What's New in Print
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New!
Tenth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators
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Entertaining, insightful profiles of the
authors and illustrators behind popular books for young readers
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Some 200 entries in total
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Lists of works by each author (or illustrator)
provides practical reference for readers advisory
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Many first-person entries: authors and
illustrators speaking directly and naturally to young readers
2008 ● 600 pages
● ISBN 978-0-8242-1066-3 ● $120
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New Edition!
Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction,
A Selection Guide, 13th Edition
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Practical guide to building and maintaining a
well-rounded collection of reference and nonfiction works for
adults.
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More than 8,000 entries in the main volume, and
more than 2,400 new listings in annual paperbound supplements in
2009, 2010, and 2011
2008 ● 1,445 pages
(main volume) ● Supplements 170 pages
each
ISBN 978-0-8242-1094-6
● $410
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New!
Play Index: 2003-2007
Reviewers praise previous editions: “In terms of
providing an accurate and reliable method for identifying and
locating plays that fit into the thematic interests and production
restrictions of its users, Play Index is a box office
smash.”—Library Journal. “Invaluable... Every high school, college,
and community theater should have this... on their
shelves.”—American Reference Books Annual.
Find the perfect production for any purpose, with
entries on more than 3,000 plays published individually or in
collections between 2003 and 2007.
February 2009 ● Approx.
400 pages ● ISSN 0554-3037
● $285
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New!
Facts About the Presidents, 10th Edition
Reviewers praise previous editions:
“Catnip for history buffs.”—Forbes
“An essential ready reference source for any
library.”—Choice
“With uniformly designed chapters devoted to each
president, this is the work
to turn to with a presidential query.”—Booklist
Covers the lives, backgrounds, and terms in office
of every American president,
including the inauguration and early
White House tenure of Barack Obama.
Approx. 816 pages ●
ISBN 978-0-8242-1087-8 ● $150
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Sears List of
Subject Headings, 19th Edition
2007 ● 872 pages ●
ISBN 978-0-8242-1076-2 ● $145
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Over 400 new headings, covering headline topics
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More than 8,000 entries in all
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A foundation of essential, up-to-date headings for
small and mid-sized libraries, plus patterns and examples to guide
users in creating further headings according to standard
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Sears:
Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia
2008 ● 800 pages ●
ISBN 978-0-8242-1058-8 ● $145
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Spanish adaptation of Sears List of Subject
Headings
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Features over 9,000 subject headings and
hundreds of general references with instructions for adding new
headings as needed
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Many headings of special interest to Spanish
speakers
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Entire “Principles of the Sears List” section
adapted to Spanish-language material
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