Monday, September 20, 2010

Some databases are no longer with us.

If the database list looks shorter recently, that's because it is. Some resources have been removed, and more may be later. Why is this happening? Because of budget cuts to LOUIS, the statewide consortium through which we get many of our databases. More detailed information about the decision can be found at the this link. As LOUIS has told us, these resources have been and may later be removed.

Cancelled as of August 30, 2010

OED

WorldBook

International Political Science Abstracts (from EBSCO)

SPORTDiscus (from EBSCO)

Cancelled as of September 30, 2010

WebFeat/360 Search

Cancelled as of December 31, 2010

CQ Global


And the list could get longer later. How does LOUIS affect your research? This video can explain it in less than 2 minutes:





Visit acrlla.org/savelouis to learn more and get contact info for legislators.

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