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ABI Inform Complete Added to Library's Business Databases

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Two new components have been added to ABI Inform, one of the Library's business databases. ABI/INFORM DatelineSearch a unique resource focusing on hard-to-find local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Provides access to business information not typically found in national news sources. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications. ABI/INFORM Trade & IndustrySearch more than 1200 business periodicals with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more. Both are locate

Library News (September 28, 2009)

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A selection of Audiobooks are now available for checkout at the UWSP Library! The books are part of the Leisure Reading Collection and are available at the Main Desk on the 1st Floor of the Library. Audio Titles in Leisure Reading include: Playing for Pizza by John Grishman Last Lecture by Randy Pausch In Defense of Food: an eater's manifesto by Michael Pollan House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Marley & Me by John Grogan Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Watch for additional titles soon!

Humanities International Complete

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Another New Badgerlink Database! Humanities International Complete Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. The database includes all data from Humanities International Index™ (more than 2,200 journals and 2.71 million records) plus unique full-text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 1030 journals. Humanities International Complete is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. Major subject areas include literature, philosophy, the arts, history, culture and multi-disciplinary humanities research areas. The database also includes original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. Use the Find Article Database link on the Library's home page

Badgerlink Upgrades

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Library Expands Database Offerings Badgerlink is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. It supplies Wisconsin universities, schools, libraries and all residents with access to many article and newspaper databases. Three major resources that are part of our library's holdings from EbscoHost were upgraded over the summer. Academic Search Premier , an upgrade of Academic Search Elite, covers a broad range of academic disciplines and offers full-text access to an additional 2,500 journal titles. Business Source Premier , an upgrade of Business Source Elite offers full text of over 2,000 business journals, as well as market research reports, industry reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses. Newspaper Source Plus includes full text for over 1,500 papers including the New York Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and the Chicago Tribune . On a not so positive note, the subscription to Proquest National and Wisconsin newspapers was cancelled by Badgerlink. A majority of the news