ERA recently expanded its Product Panel and with a number of new products available to Australian libraries from 1 July we have dedicated this issue to providing information on 'what's new' with ERA products.

Check the ERA website for more information on products, how to subscribe and free product trials.

World Book Public Library Edition released

Just released and available now for trial!

World Book Public Library Edition is designed specifically to meet the diverse needs of public library patrons - from students of all ages to jobseekers to curious adults - World Book's Public Library Edition offers unique content and features for every age and interest. This new edition consists of 3 modules: World Book Online Reference Center, World Book Online Info Finder and World Book Online for Kids

For more information on these products
Download Public Library Edition Brochure or email: mbrown@worldbook.com.au

Harvard Citation Builder - June 2009 also saw the launch of the much anticipated additional function Harvard Citation Builder to World Book Advanced, World Book Discover and the new Public Libraries edition.

New titles added to Informit products

Three of RMIT Publishing’s Informit databases are now available through ERA – Informit Humanities & Social Sciences Collection, Informit Business Collection and Australian Public Affairs – Full Text.

New titles are added to these collections regularly with over 80 titles being added since the beginning of 2009. Titles added this year include Agora, Asia Today International, Australian Ageing Agenda, Inside Film, Migration Action and Wildlife Australia. RMIT Publishing is also delighted to announce that Meanjin, one of Australia’s most acclaimed literary magazines, will be added to the Informit Humanities & Social Sciences Collection in 2010. This means that, for the first time ever, the Meanjin archive from 1945 onwards will be digitized and available to search online in full text.  

Informit subscribers and their library users benefit from instant access to core Australasian content of international relevance.  On average, 75% of full text content provided through Informit full text databases is unique to Informit.

New dictionary edition and newly designed website for Macquarie

Macquarie is proud to announce the publication of the new Macquarie Dictionary Fifth Edition in November. Macquarie Dictionary Online will also be releasing a newly designed website with extra features for users and a new mobile website, specially designed for quick and easy access to the words you want while on the go.

The innovative MacquarieNet interactive maps - Explore Australia and Interactive Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia (IMAIA) - have a new more user-friendly look.  Explore Australia: Find information about a region in Australia using the six searchable themes: society, environment, indigenous, history, news and images. IMAIA: Overlay different map layers to compare distributions over time. Click to search further in the full text of the Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia . Or search MacquarieNet directly to find our other Indigenous resources e.g. Encyclopedia of Australia’s Aboriginal Peoples and History of Australia plus ready-made Learning Trails and more.

Play games! MacquarieNet and Macquarie Dictionary Online have just added educational games from Letterbox. Follow the link from our home page to test your spelling and grammar skills.
 

All-new Proquest Platform in early 2010

Through ERA your users can gain access to some of ProQuest’s key databases such as ABI/INFORM Complete, Asian Business & Reference, ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newstand, Academic Research Library , eLibrary Australasia, Health & Medical Complete and ProQuest Science Journals.

Coming in early 2010, the all-new ProQuest Platform which will provide simplified access to information, with a single, easy-to-learn interface. Users will now have simplified access to the broad range of authoritative resources, content, and services that only ProQuest offers (watch this space for future updates!).

For more information about these products you can contact ProQuest's Kim Jans, Regional Consortia Manager kim.jans@anz.proquest.com.

Improved and upgraded World Atlas Online

Warner Books, in association with Facts on File are pleased to announce the imminent release of the improved and upgraded World Atlas Online, now called World Geography & Culture Online. 

The new World Geography & Culture Online takes a global approach to facilitate the study of countries, places, peoples, geographic concepts and skills. This comprehensive resource makes it easy to study all aspects of a country, providing facts at a glance along with in-depth coverage through individual country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, a gazetteer, and more.

Libraries can subscribe to this product through ERA as part of the General Reference National Collection Package: Bloom's Literary Reference and The World Geography & Culture Online (previously The World Atlas).