BRUCE Databases
Viclink and the Gulliver committee
present a range of database options
for any library in Australia and New
Zealand
BRUCE - Bibliographic Resources under a consortia environment.
The Gulliver Committee is proud to present BRUCE. BRUCE offers
libraries a choice of databases beyond the core group provided through
Gulliver or any other consortia arrangement. Libraries can pick and choose
databases that complement their collection.
Any library in Australia and New Zealand can join Bruce. There is a small
joining fee of $250.00 for non Gulliver members.
Each database has been evaluated using our established criteria and pricing
has been obtained. Pricing is based on the number of libraries who choose a
database. The price of course is less if more libraries choose it.
Attached is a synopsis of each database on offer and pricing.
Libraries who are interested in joining BRUCE can nominate which
databases they want and the vendor will individually invoice each library.
Access is via IP, password or referring web page, all databases enable
remote access and statistics will be available. Subscriptions will not
commence until 1st July 2002. All prices are GST exclusive.
Please contact any member of the Gulliver committee to register your
interest. More information can be obtained from
www.libraries.vic.gov.au/gulliver.
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Gale Databases
Health and Wellness Resource Centre
Specialized reference tool offering a vast collection of authoritative information, designed
to answer health-related questions in a public library setting.
Contains:
Hundreds of journals and pamphlets;
Fulltext reference sources, including:
Gale Encyclopaedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopaedia of Childhood and
Adolescence, Clinical Reference Systems, Medical and Health
Information Directory, PDR Family Guide to Nutrition and Health,
Topical overview on diseases and conditions
InfoTrac OneFile
Contains nearly 3,000 full-text titles; five newspaper indexes - a total of more than
6,000 titles in all, with 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present.
Includes:
Newswires - 89 wire services covering agriculture, general news,
broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics,
sports and current events from all over the world
Newspapers - Full indexing of The New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor
Periodicals - General interest magazines; refereed academic journals;
business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty titles in law,
health care and computers
What Do I Read Next?
This unique readers’ advisory tool gives you 93,000 titles, more than 51,000 plot
summaries, 552 awards titles, recommended reading lists and biographical information.
Genres include inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, Western
and historical novels, general fiction, classic fiction and nonfiction.
Biography Resource Centre
Biography Resource Centre combines more than 50 of the most frequently consulted
Gale Group biographical databases with more than 250 full-text periodicals.
Literature Resource Centre
Provides comprehensive access to information on authors from every age and literary
discipline, as well as information on their works, and critical material related to their
works. Includes biographical information on more than 120,460 novelists, poets,
essayists, journalists and other writers, with additional in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the
most-studied authors. (Content from Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary
Biography.) Features literary criticism from the Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
database, more than 344,000 full-text articles from 70+ literary journals, 4,000+ plot
synopses offering contextual information on an author's works, more than 5,000 authorrelated Web sites selected for their authority and quality, and the full text of MerriamWebster's Encyclopedia of Literature.
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Grolier Online databases
The New Book of Knowledge Online takes the print version the next step in its ongoing
development. As a fully featured Internet service, the online encyclopedia brings the features of
the print set into the electronic environment, complete with Wonder Questions, facts and figures,
projects and experiments, literary selections, and Internet links to carefully evaluated related
sites. As an added bonus to electronic users, NBK Online features a current events site—NBK
News—that is updated weekly and includes four news stories written especially for the site.
Product Features
Number of Words
7,000,000
Number of Articles 9,000
Contributors
1,900
Article-to-Article Links
8,300
Wonder Questions and other feature boxes
759
Internet Links
Nearly 8,000 from approximately 2,000 articles
Tables
150
Fact boxes
575
Maps
629
Flags
254
Illustrations
Approximately 4,000 color photographs and artwork
NBK News
4 weekly current events stories, each with photo and lesson plan; special
features include Word Challenge, Wild Wonders, History Mystery, and
Earth Watch.
The encyclopedia Americana
Long a standard in school, academic, and public library collections, the Encyclopedia Americana
is now available on the World Wide Web, blending the depth and accuracy of the print edition with
the currency expected of an online reference work. Its 45,000 articles and more than 25 million
words have been contributed by over 6,500 specialists in their respective disciplines and cover all
academic fields and curriculum topics. Updated quarterly, the Americana Online can now be used
either as a stand-alone source of current information on almost any topic or as a guide to the
resources of the World Wide Web.
Product Features
Number of Words
25,000,000
Number of Articles
45,000
Contributors
6,500
Bibliographies
6,100
Article-to-Article Links
150,000
Internet Links
Over 155,000 from approximately 30,000 articles
Tables
Over 1,000
Fact boxes
680
Maps
984
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Grolier Online databases
Flags
270
Images
Over 3,000 black-and-white line art and color images, including EA Journal photos.
Americana Journal
Searchable database of newsworthy current events compiled weekly by Americana staff and
illustrated with Associated Press photographs.
About the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is based on the text of the Academic American
Encyclopedia. First published in 1980, the latter quickly established itself as a highly respected
reference work, combining unequaled currency with an authoritativeness equal to that of more
venerable encyclopedias. The Academic American was the first encyclopedia to make its text
available online, and it was the first to be released on a CD-ROM, which evolved into the Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia. Now, the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is available directly on the
World Wide Web, containing thousands of new and expanded articles, extensive hyperlinking,
bibliographies and links to other sources of information on the Web. The Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia Online is updated monthly.
Product Features
Number of Words
11,250,000
Number of Articles
39,000
Contributors
3,000
Bibliographies
16,800
Article-to-Article Links
100,000+
Internet Links
Over 110,000 from approximately 22,600 articles
Tables
300
Fact boxes
300
Atlas
870 maps with 16,000+ links
Flags
300
Pictures & Line Art
7,100
Multimedia
Animations, videos, cutaways, panoramas, dynamic maps, sounds
About the The New Book of Popular Science
The New Book of Popular Science Online goes well beyond a simple Internet adaptation of the
print set. The 400 articles that form the site's hub, or SciClopedia, are divided into a dozen
categories and are supplemented by such online-only features as Fun Facts and Careers articles.
Electronic users will also benefit from NewsBytes, three top-of-the-news science stories, updated
weekly and featuring special lesson plans to help teachers integrate the stories into the
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Grolier Online databases
curriculum. The New Book of Popular Science Online also offers a weekly stargazer feature
called SkyWatch, an interactive question-and-answer column called Ask Pop Sci, and a full lineup of science games, puzzles, and brain teasers in SciZone. The entire site is interconnected with
a vast system of internal links, and thousands of prescreened World Wide Web links are provided
via the Grolier Internet Index.
Product Features
Number of Words
1.5 million
Number of Articles
400
Contributors
200
Article-to-Article Links
8,000
Internet Links
2,800+
Tables
90
Feature Boxes
100
Photographs
600
Scientific Illustrations
660
NewsBytes
Three weekly science current events stories, with photos and lesson plans.
SkyWatch
Weekly stargazer feature with printable skymaps for students to use at home.
About Lands and Peoples
Lands and Peoples Online represents much more than a simple Internet version of the print set.
The 330 articles that form the site's central core, or Encyclopedia, have been re-categorized into
10 subdivisions. Each article is directly linked to its own Facts and Figures box, map, and flag.
Electronic users will also benefit from the Global News Desk, three top-of-the-news currentevents stories, updated weekly and featuring special lesson plans to help teachers integrate the
topics into the curriculum. Lands and Peoples Online also offers an astounding 870-map
Electronic Atlas, an interactive dual-screen comparison feature called Culture Cross, and a full
line-up of games, puzzles, and brain teasers in Passport to Fun. The entire site is interconnected
with a vast system of internal links, and thousands of prescreened World Wide Web links are
provided via the Grolier Internet Index.
Product Features
Number of Words
1.1 million
Articles
330
Contributors
225
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Grolier Online databases
Article-to-Article Links
3,000+
Internet Links
6,000+
Tables
30
Facts and Figures Boxes
330
Feature Boxes
120
Photographs
500
Maps
870
Flags
300
Global News Desk
Three weekly current-events stories, with photos and lesson plans
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The Grove Dictionary of Art Online provides Web access to the entire text of The
Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with constant additions of new material and updates to
the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible
with an online reference source.
The benefits of The Grove Dictionary of Art Online are considerable:
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all 45,050 articles can be found in seconds with a sophisticated keyword search. Register
for a free trial and try our suggested searches to see what we mean
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access cross references in the text with a click of the mouse
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over 22,000 links to important art images in galleries and museums around the world
updates, new articles and new image links will be added as
an on-going feature of this dynamic product.
Special Features:
45,000+ signed articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory through the
present.
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26 million words covering both the fine arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) and
the decorative arts (ceramics, textiles, jewellery, interior design, furniture, glass,
metalwork, and more).
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500,000+ bibliographical citations which can be searched independently or with the
text.
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30,000+ links to colour images from high-quality museum and other art sites. Links are
monitored regularly, and many offer information that expands material presented in The
Dictionary.
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100,000+ images from The Bridgeman Art Library.
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130,000 searchable images: search by artist’s name, title of work, dates, location, or
keyword.
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Search 21,000+ biographies (of artists, architects, patrons, collectors, dealers, theorists,
writers, and scholars) by birth/death dates, places, nationality and occupation (in addition
to name searches).
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Links to 1,000+ useful web sites covering people, places, art forms, styles and
movements, institutions, museums, and other organisations, exhibitions, and more.
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Multicultural scope: articles are written by 6,800+ contributors from 120 countries—
every country recognised by the UN has an entry.
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Highlighted cross-references within articles lead to related information.
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Related Articles list at the end of every entry, helping to expand or refine your search.
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Four Search Modes:
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Boolean—and/or/not searches
Concept—the search engine matches your term with related terms
Free-text—search any word in the Dictionary
Pattern searching—use this handy feature when you’re not sure how to
spell a term.
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Quarterly updates incorporating new articles and the latest research.
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Award-winning Index; search The Dictionary’s 720,000 entries.
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User support: download a Quick Reference Users Guide, Help screens, a 24-hour email answer system, and toll-free (in the U.S.) telephone customer service.
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Extensive coverage of World Art;—unparalleled depth of information covering the
civilisations and cultures of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, India,
the Islamic World, Japan, Korea, Europe, North America, South America, Pacific and
Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient
Rome, and the Ancient Near East.
The Dictionary is your guide to the artistic traditions of the world’s leading cultures,
countries, cities, towns, and regions, covering important archaeological sites, monuments,
and buildings.
Music
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is universally acknowledged as the
unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music. This great work is widely used throughout
the academic and professional community, and revered by music lovers worldwide.
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition is the definitive resource for any
serious lover and listener of jazz. This 3-volume hardcover work was published in
November 2001. In early 2002, Jazz joins the Grove Music Library online at
grovemusic.com.
In June 2001 the world’s premier opera dictionary was moved to www.grovemusic.com,
the site of Grove’s integrated music resource on the web. www.grovemusic.com now
includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second
edition and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Grovemusic.com will be regularly updated to ensure it remains the most up to date music reference work on the internet.
Grove has published extracts from The New Grove II on four of the most prolific and
influential composers of all time
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Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre
Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre (ANZRC) is the most comprehensive full text reference database designed specifically for
Australian and New Zealand libraries. ANZRC features more Australian and New Zealand publishing content in full text than any other
electronic resource available today.
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More than 400 full text sources
Australian, New Zealand and International newspapers in full text
Cumulative coverage (no resources are cycled off the database)
Australian reference works in full text including The Encyclopedia of Australia and History of Australian Sport
50,000 full text biographies
Company directory featuring 50,000 Australian and 10,000 New Zealand companies
Image Collection of 11,000 images and over 1,000 maps
Superior search interface – ability to limit search by publication type
Unlimited user access (with remote access for library patrons)
Competitive, fixed pricing
Comprehensive technical support
ANZRC includes full text coverage for The Australian, The Herald Sun, The New Zealand Herald, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier
Mail and other capital city dailies.
Magazine titles include; Asian Business Review, Australian Geographer, Australian Literary Studies, Australian Journal of Social
Issues, Family Matters, Hecate, History Today, Meanjin, Nature Australia, Sports Illustrated, NZ Business, Harper’s Bazaar,
Macleans, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, Psychology Today, Rolling Stone and Scientific American and
many more, with further significant additions planned for the ANZRC in 2002.
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