Monday, September 24, 2007

What's New with ReferenceUSA?



Recently ReferenceUSA has taken on a “new look” and “new features”!
New Features are:
Gender Selections, Annual Reports, Family Tree, Competitors, Data Feedback, Count Matrix, Square Footage, Home Based search, Business Profiles, Location Image, UCC Filings, Yellow page heading search

Find Businesses before they open!!
………..Just released the ability of locating local businesses that have opened within the last week!
Also…….
-Are you trying to locate Industry data, RMA reports, market trends, and so on…….
-Direct access to Corporate Affiliation/brand information
-Financial and stock information
-16,000 different news publications.


Training sessions will be from 10 a.m. - 12 Noon at the following locations:


Tuesday, October 16 - Willingboro Public Library


Wednesday, October 17 - East Brunswick Public Library


To register go to: http://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=1607587&IDRPH=1659115

Friday, September 7, 2007

JerseyClicks 3.0 Coming on September 14












Search Results Screen
The arrangement of your JerseyCat search results screen will change.
After entering your search term, you can continue to click on a result link to view the article in a new window.

  • The Search Results box found at the top of your screen will now be a panel located on the left-hand side of your screen.

  • You can choose to hide the information panel on the left-hand side of your screen by clicking on the little red arrow at the top of the column.

  • You can click on a number to view results from a specific database in a new window, just as you can in the current system.

  • You can click on a link to search a RSS feed that is relevant to your search.

  • You can trace your search history.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

New Statewide Databases Available in JerseyClicks!









These full-text databases are included in JerseyClicks are:

  • EBSCO Academic Search Premier
  • EBSCO Biography Collection Complete
  • EBSCO Business Source Elite
  • EBSCO Business Source Premier
  • EBSCO ERIC
  • EBSCO Health Source: Consumer Edition
  • EBSCO Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  • EBSCO History Reference Center
  • EBSCO Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
  • EBSCO Literary Reference Center
  • EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries: Online
  • EBSCO MasterFILE Premier
  • EBSCO MiddleSearch Plus
  • EBSCO Newspaper Source
  • EBSCO NoveList
  • EBSCO NoveList K-8
  • EBSCO Points of View Reference Center
  • EBSCO PrimarySearch
  • EBSCO Professional Development Collection
  • EBSCO Regional Business News
  • EBSCO Salud en Espanol
  • EBSCO Science Reference Center
  • EBSCO TOPICSearch
  • InfoTrac Informe
  • InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
  • ProQuest HeritageQuest
  • ReferenceUSA

For information about accessing these databases within the state of New Jersey contact Scherelene Schatz, sschatz@njstatelib.org.




HeritageQuest Training Sessions

Kim Bastian from ProQuest will be in New Jersey to demonstrate HeritageQuest in training sessions. These sessions will be held in each region during the week of September 17, 2007. There will be a 10 a.m. - 12 Noon session and a 1:30 - 3:30 session at each location. Sessions will be held at the following locations:



  • September 18 - Mount Laurel Public Library, Mt. Laurel

  • September 19 - Morris County Library, Whippany

  • September 20 - Ridgewood Public Library, Ridgewood

  • September 21 - East Brunswick Public Library, East Brunswick

To register go to: HeritageQuest Training Registration Site