Cengage Learning and Slovakia: Increase the Quality and Breadth of your Digital Library

Cengage Learning and Slovakia: Increase the Quality and Breadth of your Digital Library

Chris Houghton – Enterprise Sales Manager, Library Reference

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Agenda

- The Infotrac Suite - Gale Virtual Reference Library- Archives Unbound- Chatham House Online Archive

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The Infotrac Suite

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• Over 25,000 peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, video and audio sources

• The lowest embargo rate of any major aggregator

• Unique indexing to enable students to find relevant material quicker

• Can be customised to fit your need

• Innovative Research Tools

• Over 25,000 peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, video and audio sources

• The lowest embargo rate of any major aggregator

• Unique indexing to enable students to find relevant material quicker

• Can be customised to fit your need

• Innovative Research Tools

Innovative Research Tools

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Allows faculty to represent highly complicated topics in simple to understand graphical format

Gives researchers more power than ever before to uncover patterns in data

Use as a starting point to find a way through vast quantities of data

Customising to your need

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Agriculture CollectionBusiness Economics and TheoryCommunications and Mass Media CollectionComputer DatabaseCriminal Justice CollectionCulinary Arts CollectionDiversity Studies CollectionEducator's Reference CompleteEnvironmental Studies and PolicyFine Arts and Music CollectionGardening, Landscape and HorticultureGender Studies CollectionGeneral Science CollectionHome Improvement CollectionHospitality, Tourism and Leisure

Information Science and Library IssuesInsurance and Liability CollectionMilitary and Intelligence DatabaseNursing and Allied Health CollectionPhysical Therapy and Sports MedicinePop Culture CollectionPopular MagazinesProfessional CollectionPsychology CollectionReligion and Philosophy CollectionSmall Business CollectionU.S. History CollectionVocations and Careers CollectionWar and Terrorism CollectionWorld History Collection

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Gale Virtual Reference Library

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• Gale’s market leading eBook platform: Library Journal 2012 product of the year

• Unique content from Gale and 80+ publishing partners

• New agreement with Springer and Elsevier to include their 2013/14 frontlist STEM monographs

• Translate interface into 30+ languages, including Slovakian

• Cross-search with Infotrac

• Gale’s market leading eBook platform: Library Journal 2012 product of the year

• Unique content from Gale and 80+ publishing partners

• New agreement with Springer and Elsevier to include their 2013/14 frontlist STEM monographs

• Translate interface into 30+ languages, including Slovakian

• Cross-search with Infotrac

Rich, Engaging Content

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• View all content as a pdf

• View on all types of eReaders including Kindle and iPad

• Readspeaker functionality makes content available for all students

• View all content as a pdf

• View on all types of eReaders including Kindle and iPad

• Readspeaker functionality makes content available for all students

Over 70 eBook Collections, including:

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BusinessEducationAerospace EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringCivil and Environmental EngineeringElectrical EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMaterials Science and EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAdvanced MedicineDiseases & ConditionsGeneticsHealth & MedicineHuman PhysiologyImaging & RadiologyNeurosciencesOncology Cancer & Research

Pharmaceutical Sciences & TechnologyPolitical ScienceLawAstrophysicsChemistryEarth ScienceEnergyEnvironmentFish & Wildlife Biology and ManagementFood SciencesLife SciencesMathematicsPhysicsProtein ScienceCommunicationsComputer ScienceRobotics, Systems and DesignCyber Security

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Archives Unbound

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• Smaller, specialised sets of primary source material

• 198 Collections to date, with more added every month

• Cross-search helps users find material in unexpected collections

• Free Index of all non-purchased archives to further aid researchers

• A great way to introduce students to the concept of primary source research in a manageable way

• Smaller, specialised sets of primary source material

• 198 Collections to date, with more added every month

• Cross-search helps users find material in unexpected collections

• Free Index of all non-purchased archives to further aid researchers

• A great way to introduce students to the concept of primary source research in a manageable way

Archives Unbound

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Relevant Collections include:

• Czechoslovakia from Liberation to Communist State, 1945-63

• Conditions and Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-45

• East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy 1950-63

• German Folklore and Popular Culture

• Nazism in Poland: the Diary of Governor-General Hans Frank

• Occupation and Independence: the Austrian Second Republic 1945-63

• Poland, Communist Dominance and Social Unrest

• Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-50

• Socialism and National Unity in Yugoslavia

• Witchcraft in Europe and America

Relevant Collections include:

• Czechoslovakia from Liberation to Communist State, 1945-63

• Conditions and Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-45

• East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy 1950-63

• German Folklore and Popular Culture

• Nazism in Poland: the Diary of Governor-General Hans Frank

• Occupation and Independence: the Austrian Second Republic 1945-63

• Poland, Communist Dominance and Social Unrest

• Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-50

• Socialism and National Unity in Yugoslavia

• Witchcraft in Europe and America

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Chatham House Online Archive

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• Founded in 1920

• Premier think tank on International Affairs

• Analysis and Research

• Publishing

• Events/Meetings (about 100 per year; often recorded)

• Chatham House Rule

• Goal is to make the world a better place through informed debate

• Founded in 1920

• Premier think tank on International Affairs

• Analysis and Research

• Publishing

• Events/Meetings (about 100 per year; often recorded)

• Chatham House Rule

• Goal is to make the world a better place through informed debate

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Global & Multidisciplinary Content Supports• Economics and law• International Affairs• Environmental Studies• 20th Century History

High Level Analysis from top international think tank

Well known past Chatham House Speakers Preservation efforts Content under Chatham House Rule Audio content accessible with searchable

transcripts First time publications, meeting transcripts,

etc. are being brought together in a searchable environment


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