Special Offers

from Gale:

On the heels of the inauguration of the first African American President of the United States, this year's Black History Month will be a momentous celebration. To help you plan for the month's activities and beyond, we've updated Gale's Black History Month Web site with free resources and special pricing:

• From January 5-21, get free access to Biography Resource Center: African Americans plus 41 eBooks that are perfect for Black History Month
• Receive a 15% discount on any title from the African American subcollection of eBooks in Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Download free Black History Month lesson plans and other resources and access a free quiz

Posted by Anne Hatinen at 2:03 PM | Permalink

Oxford University Press is offering special pricing on music and art databases until January 31, 2009 for 4-year and 2-year colleges and universities:

Subscribe to Grove Art Online, Grove Music Online, or Encyclopedia of Popular Music Online, and save 20% on your first year subscription (at any user level). Subscribe to two or more and save 30%. Current subscriptions will count toward the bundle discount; so, for example, if you already have a subscription to Grove Music, you can subscribe to Encyclopedia of Popular Music at a 30% savings.

Email cpers for pricing of if you have questions.

Posted by Rita Baladad at 7:00 PM | Permalink

from Serials Solutions:

Save BIG & Lock In Savings!

Request a quote for a new service today and lock in savings through March 31, 2009. Simply email donald.litner@serialssolutions.com and request a price quote, prior to December 31, to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

Posted by Rita Baladad at 9:55 AM | Permalink

H. W. Wilson currently has a special offer on all of their retrospective databases.

Applied Science & Technology Retrospective: 1913-1983           

Humanities Index Retrospective: 1907-1984

Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective: 1913-1983

Humanities & Social SciencesIndex Retrospective: 1907-1984      

Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981          

Biography Index Retrospective: 1946-1983

Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective: 1905-1983

Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982

Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982

Business Periodicals Index Retrospective:1913-1982

Short Story Index Retrospective: 1915-1983

Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983

Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1983

Essay & General Literature Index Retrospective: 1900-1984            

Contact CPERS for pricing. All orders must be submitted by March 27, 2009.

Posted by Anne Hatinen at 2:06 PM | Permalink

Oxford University Press is offering a 20% discount off list price on Oxford Language Dictionaries Online and Oxford English Dictionary Online. If you order both, the discount is 25%. The offer is valid only for new customers, for the first year of the subscription, and ends July 31st.

If you would like pricing or would like to place and order, contact Oxford directly: Heather Taylor heather.taylor@oup.com; remember to mention that you're with MINITEX Library Information Network.

Posted by Rita Baladad at 10:21 AM | Permalink

The deadline for participating in the MINITEX NetLIbrary West Region Shared Collections (Academic, Community College, Ready Reference) is coming up soon-- Monday, June 23.

If you would like to purchase one or more of these collections, please place your order before June 23.
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NetLibrary Shared eBook collections are available for ordering: Academic, Community College, and Reference. See the MINITEX NetLibrary webpage for the initial title lists. Email CPERS if you have questions or would like an order form.

The collections are available at a reduced cost through a special regional offer until June 23, 2008. Participation is a one-time cost for ongoing access to this content.

• Ready Reference
  Answers the most frequently asked questions in libraries of all types. Core reference titles include encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases and handbooks. Featured publishers: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Greenwood Publishing Group, McGraw-Hill Professional and Oxford University Press.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  FTE Count	Under 2K	2K to 4K	4K to 8K	8K to 16K	Over 16K
  	$3,500	$3,500	$3,500	$3,500	$3,500

  
  *Price is reduced to $2500 for libraries that sign-up for either the Community College or Academic collections below. For all collections, Public Library FTE = 5% of population served
• Community College
  Includes titles for general education community college and vocational programs. Topics include nursing/health, design/drafting, culinary arts, education, criminal justice, industrial arts and more. Featured publishers: University Press, A & C Black Publishers Limited, F.A. Davis Company, Greenwood Publishing Group, McGraw-Hill Professional, Oxford University Press and Taylor & Francis.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  FTE Count	Under 2K	2K to 4K	4K to 8K	8K to 16K	Over 16K
  	$2,000	$3,000	$4,000	$6,000	$8,000




• Academic
  Includes subject-specific reference titles in key areas of interest to four-year institutions. Titles are relevant for both general education and upper division academic coursework in all subject areas. Featured publishers: Cambridge University Press, World Bank, National Academies Press, McGraw-Hill Professional and Oxford University Press.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  FTE Count	Under 2K	2K to 4K	4K to 8K	8K to 16K	Over 16K
  	$3,000	$4,500	$6,000	$9,000	$12,000

Posted by Rita Baladad at 11:04 AM | Permalink

OCLC NetLibrary is offering savings of up to 25% on their 2008 eBook Subject Sets. Orders of up to $11,999 are discounted at 10% and orders of $12,000 or more are discounted at 25%.

See the NetLibrary site for more information about content and pricing.

All orders must be placed by June 25, 2008. Call OCLC Library Services at 1-800-898-6252 or contact MINITEX for more information.

Posted by Rita Baladad at 11:59 AM | Permalink

H W Wilson is offering a special 10% discount on all of their retrospective databases. The promotion is for all library types and is applicable to both yearly subscriptions and archive/perpetual access purchases.

Visit the H W Wilson site for trial access: www.hwwilson.com/retros.htm.

Contact MINITEX for pricing. All orders must be submitted by March 25th.

Posted by Rita Baladad at 12:20 PM | Permalink

from Rosen Publishing:

In the past year, Rosen's Teen Health & Wellness database has won these coveted awards:

• Annual Education Software Review Award


• Best Educational Software Award


• Distinguished Achievement Award, Assoc. of Educational Publishers


• Best New Product, Readers' Choice Awards, The Charleston Advisor

Click here to reactivate your trial to see what all the buzz is about!

PLUS if you subscribe within the next 60 days, receive 1 whole month FREE!

Get started now by clicking here, calling us at 877-381-6649, emailing us, or visiting us online at www.teenhealthandwellness.com.

Posted by Rita Baladad at 11:10 AM | Permalink

Limited time discounts on OCLC Language Sets available from MINITEX and OCLC with an EXCLUSIVE Hmong and Somali offer!

These exceptional discounts are available on all OCLC Language Sets, our new subject sets, and the special Hmong and Somali sets. This discount is only available until February 29, 2008, so act now.

Receive everything in one package, ready to shelve!

• OCLC selects and acquires current popular materials in your choice of 17 languages for adults or children


• Most orders include carefully selected classics, best-sellers and highly anticipated new releases that appeal to public library users


• The sets include fiction, non-fiction, or a mixture of both


• The sets include no duplicate titles because your holdings are checked against WorldCat


• Full MARC cataloging with LC subject headings and Dewey or LC call numbers is included. All records include Bilindex subject headings for Spanish titles


• Optional physical processing is available so your items arrive ready to circulate


• Holdings are set in WorldCat


• Materials are shipped to you at no cost


• Full-color promotional materials are shipped along with your purchase at no charge so you can promote your new collection

• The discount is an aggregate of MINITEX libraries purchases, up to 20%. All orders received from MINITEX libraries by February 29, 2008 will receive a discount. As more libraries order, the larger the discount for all MINITEX members


• Up to $99,999, save 7%


• $100,000 - $199,999, save 10%


• $200,000 - $299,999, save 15%


• $300,000 +, save 20%


• New customer orders and standing orders will receive a 15% minimum discount, with the potential to reach a maximum discount of 20% per library, through the combined group purchase program (A standing order is defined as a set that is ordered and shipped every 6 months)

Read more about available OCLC Language Sets
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/bats/LanguageSetsDesc.pdf

View the price list for OCLC Language Sets
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/bats/LanguageSetsPricing.pdf

Posted by Rita Baladad at 3:49 PM | Permalink

Through July 30, 2007, HW Wilson is offering several pricing promotions for databases and certain library types:

• Library Literature Full Text upgrade


• Essay and General Literature Index


• Biography Reference Bank/Biography Index Past and Present Pack


• Art Gallery and Art Gallery FT Package


• Public Libraries: Reader's Guide Current and Retro (new subscriptions); Professional Package: Library Literature and Standard Catalogs; and Book Review Digest Print to Web


• Academics: Book Review Digest Print to Web; Small Colleges <2000 FTE (new subscriptions), all databases 20% off list for a site license

Posted by Rita Baladad at 10:51 AM | Permalink

LWW Journal Legacy Archive contains backfiles of more than 200 journals that chronicle important breakthroughs in research and techniques in major clinical and medical specialties, including nursing, infectious disease, surgery, and cardiology. Coverage of each journal spans Volume 1, Issue 1 through the final issue of 1999

LWW Journal Legacy Archive is available only for one-time purchase, with an annual access fee. Special pricing is available until July 31. See the OVID website or contact MINITEX for more information.

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Posted by Rita Baladad at 12:54 PM | Permalink

As a promotion to introduce 12 RLG databases migrating from the Eureka platform to the FirstSearch platform, OCLC is offering up to 12 months of any new database in FirstSearch for the price of 6 months.

The offer is limited to first-time subscribers and you must subscribe by Monday, June 25, 2007 to receive this special pricing. (Package pricing for subscriptions to multiple databases is also available.) You can have access immediately through the RLG Eureka interface or wait for access on OCLC FirstSearch, planned for September 2007.

Many of the databases will be exclusive to FirstSearch, with coverage of:

• Anthropology and archaeology


• 19th century art periodicals


• Auction catalogs


• Early modern printing in Europe


• Latino reference


• Science, medicine and technology

Additional databases cover architecture, urban planning and preservation, art history, humanities and social sciences, and Russian social science.

Learn more about the databases and search features at the OCLC website. Contact Rita Baladad for pricing.

Posted by Rita Baladad at 4:21 PM | Permalink

Subscribe to H.W. Wilson’s Literature Package (Play Index, Short Story Index, and Essay & General Literature Index) and receive a 20% discount off the list price of the package. Please contact MINITEX for pricing.

Check the vendor site for more product information

Check the MINITEX site for information about requesting a trial and placing your order

Posted by at 1:46 PM | Permalink

We’ve added several more group subscription offers for the Fall 2006 group subscription period. The new offers include:

• CSA Sociological Abstracts, CSA Social Services Abstracts, and CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts with ProQuest Full Text
  
• Computer and Applied Sciences Complete
  
• Environment Complete
  
• Humanities International Complete
  
• International Bibliography of Theater and Dance with Full Text
  
• Literary Reference Center

Like most of the fall group offers these subscriptions will have a start date of January 1, 2007.

If you’d like to receive pricing for one or more of these products, please send an email with your library name, contact details, and most recent FTE (academic), population served (public), or enrollment (K12) by October 13, 2006.

Find information about these new group offers on the MINITEX Web site

Posted by at 12:44 PM | Permalink

Check out H.W. Wilson’s special price programs in effect from September 2006 through March 30, 2007:

For All Libraries

Library Literature Full Text Upgrade Program

• Library Lit Index customers can upgrade to Full Text at the same SU level at no extra charge
  
• If you’ve cancelled your Library Lit Index subscription you can subscribe to Library Lit Full Text at the Index price
  
• Library Lit Full Text subscribers can upgrade their SU one level at no charge
  
• Renewal pricing: Discount reduced by 3% in subsequent years until the list price is reached

Essay and General Literature Index

• Essay and General Literature Index print customers are eligible for special pricing; contact Chris Kline for more information

Biography Reference Bank / Biography Index Past & Present Pack

• Existing Biography Reference Bank customers can add Biography Index Past & Present at a reduced rate; contact Chris Kline for pricing
  
• New Biography Reference Bank customers also receive a reduced rate on Biography Index Past & Present

Art Gallery and Art Full Text Package

• Purchase both products and get a 25% discount off both products
  
• If you already have a subscription to one of the products, take 25% off the other product
  
• Renewal pricing: Discount reduced by 3% in subsequent years until the list price is reached

Public Libraries

• Special pricing on Readers' Guide packages; contact Chris Kline for more information
• Professional Package: Subscribe to Library Lit Full Text and the Standard Catalogs 5 Pack at a special package rate
• Move your Book Review Digest print subscription to Book Review Digest Plus on the Web and receive a 65% discount; applies to first-time Book Review Digest Plus subscriptions only. Renewal pricing: Discount reduced by 5% in subsequent years until the list price is reached

Small Colleges (2- or 4-year colleges with less than 2,000 FTE)

• All databases, excluding the retrospective databases, offered at 20% off list price; applies to new subscriptions only
• Renewal pricing: Discount reduced by 3% in subsequent years until the list price is reached
• Get 10% off retrospective databases; cannot be combined with other promotions

Check the vendor site for more product information

Check the MINITEX site for ordering information and to request a trial

Posted by at 8:08 AM | Permalink

It’s renewal time for the MINITEX fall group subscriptions. Participate with other MINITEX libraries and save even more on your electronic resource subscriptions. This fall’s group subscription offerings include:

• AccessMedicine
  
• Art Full Text
  
• Biological Abstracts
  
• Environmental Impact Statements-Full Text NEW!
  
• MathSciNet
  
• MLA International Bibliography (CSA)
  
• Philosopher's Index (CSA)
  
• Project MUSE
  
• ProQuest Psychology Journals
  
• PsycARTICLES
  
• PsycBOOKS
  
• PsycCRITIQUES
  
• PsycEXTRA
  
• PsycINFO
  
• SPORTDiscus

Find more information about these group subscription offers

Posted by at 1:12 PM | Permalink

Watch this site for more information coming soon about the following group subscription offers available this fall:

• AccessMedicine
  
• Art Full Text
  
• Biological Abstracts
  
• MathSciNet
  
• Philosopher's Index (CSA)
  
• Project MUSE
  
• ProQuest Psychology Journals
  
• PsycBOOKS
  
• PsycCRITIQUES
  
• PsycEXTRA
  
• PsycINFO / PsycARTICLES
  
• SPORTDiscus

Check the MINITEX Web site for details on pricing, trials, and deadlines.

More group offers will be announced soon.

Posted by at 8:28 AM | Permalink