Introduction to Searching Books in Print with Reviews & Fiction Connection via NebraskAccess

Introduction to Searching Books in Print with Reviews & Fiction Connection via NebraskAccess Susan Knisely Online Services Librarian Nebraska Library Commission May 4, 2007

What is NebraskAccess?
A portal to state-funded online databases provided to Nebraska residents through their public, school, and academic libraries in cooperation with the Nebraska Library Commission (NLC).
www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebraskaccess

BIP/Fiction Connection Timeline
November 1998
Start statewide subscription to Books in Print with Reviews via Gale Group.
July 2000
Switch to BooksInPrint.com subscription, available directly from Bowker.
February 2004
Bowker introduces user-friendly PatronBooksInPrint.com interface. We get complimentary access and link to it from NebraskAccess.

Timeline (cont.)
February 2004 (cont.)
BooksInPrint.com becomes BooksInPrint.com Professional . Access available through the Librarian’s Toolbox.
April 2006
Bowker introduces Fiction Connection , a reader’s advisory tool. We get complimentary access and link to if from NebraskAccess.

About PatronBooksInPrint.com
Over 6.1 million records describing in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, audio, and video titles.
Over 30,000 full text previews, 700,000 full-text reviews, and 140,000 tables of content.
User-friendly interface caters to both the inexperienced and advanced searcher.
Over 200,000 publishers represented.

Why Use PatronBooksInPrint.com?
To identify books, audios, and videos on topics of interest (for purchase or ILL)
To verify bibliographic citations
To determine availability (e.g., is item still in print?)
To access reviews in response to a book challenge

About Fiction Connection
Free with any BooksInPrint.com subscription.
Focus is adult fiction and biography titles; also some children's and YA titles for grades 3 and up.
Coverage back to 1997. (Records for some older titles have been added if they are part of a series, are by popular authors, or are classics.)
Includes cover art, reviews, excerpts, edition and award information, etc. for many titles.
Updated monthly as titles are reviewed.

Why Use Fiction Connection?
Use Fiction Connection to find book suggestions based on books you've read, authors you like, or topics of interest.
Identify books in a series and determine the order in which they should be read.

Let’s see how it works…
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Sources of additional information
Training Materials from the Database Roadshow:
Go to http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebraskaccess/toolbox/ and select “Training”
Tutorials
http:// www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebraskaccess/toolbox/tutorials.html
Bowker Library Support:
Go to http://bowkersupport.com/library/

Questions?
Susan Knisely
402-471-3849
800-307-2665
[email_address]

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