LIBRARY & INFORMATION RESOURCES NETWORK
MARCH 2014
LIRN® Services & Virtual Library Collection Summary
LIRN membership provides students, faculty and staff with high-quality information resources for academic
research and curriculum content.
LIRN TECHNICAL SERVICES & ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS
LIRN® technical services and administrative tools include:
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Authenticated access
Site customization options
Usage reporting
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Technical custom support
LIRNsearch®
LIRNtitles®
LIRNsearch® is a proprietary federated search engine that allows members to search across all or selected
LIRN resources. Members can use LIRNtitles® to locate and link to publication titles in LIRN databases.
Contact the LIRN Tech Team at info@lirn.net for more information.
LIRN TRAINING
Access LIRN training materials and webinar schedules and registration at www.lirn.net/training
Faculty members who attend the scheduled webinars receive certificates of attendance from the LIRN office to
document professional development. If you would like to schedule an introduction to LIRN for your school or
have questions about using LIRN databases, contact our LIRN librarian at librarian@lirn.net or (727)785-9958,
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LIRN MEMBERSHIP CONTACT
www.lirn.net
office@lirn.net
(727)785-9958, option 1 or (727)536-0214
Library Information & Resources Network, Inc.
7855 126th Avenue North, Largo, FL 33773
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LIRN VIRTUAL LIBRARY COLLECTION SUMMARY
MARCH 2014
OVERVIEW OF THE LIRN VIRTUAL LIBRARY: CORE COLLECTION
The Core Collection contains thousands digital reference books, millions of articles from journals, magazines,
newspapers, and books, in addition to television and radio transcripts, pamphlets, photographs, video and audio clips.
Gale EBooks
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Databases
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Academic OneFile
Agriculture Collection
Business Economics and Theory Collection
Business Index ASAP
Business Insights: Global
Communications and Mass Media Collection
Computer Database
Criminal Justice Collection
Culinary Arts Collection
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
Expanded Academic ASAP
Fine Arts and Music Collection
Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture
General Business File ASAP
General OneFile
Health & Wellness Resource Center (&
Alternative Health Module)
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Health Reference Center Academic
Home Improvement Collection
Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection
¡INFORME!
InfoTrac Newsstand
InfoTrac PROMT
LegalTrac
Literature Resources
Nursing & Allied Health Collection
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Critical Thinking
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Popular Magazines
Psychology Collection
Science in Context
Student Resources in Context
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eLibrary
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RCLweb (Resources for College Libraries)*
ProQuest Databases
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ProQuest Psychology Journals
Bowker Databases
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Books in Print
*RCLweb includes recommended titles and library resources for specific academic programs on multiple degree levels.
Members may purchase Bowker’s Book Analysis System, with a LIRN discount, to compare their collection with the
recommended titles in RCLweb.
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LIRN VIRTUAL LIBRARY COLLECTION SUMMARY
MARCH 2014
OVERVIEW OF ADDITIONAL LIRN LIBRARY MODULES
These modules are available to LIRN members at an additional cost.
LIRN MEDICAL MODULE
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ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
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ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
LIRN CAREER & TECHNICAL MODULE
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Gale Vocations & Careers Collections
Student Resources in Context
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ProQuest Career & Technical Education
Student Resource Center is part of Core, but can be included if the Career Module when purchased as a standalone product.
LIRN CHILTON MODULE
Gale Chilton Library
LIRN BUSINESS MODULE
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ProQuest ABI/INFORM Complete
ProQuest ABI/INFORM Global
ProQuest ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
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ProQuest ABI/IINFORM Dateline
ProQuest Research Library
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BusinessPro
IT Pro
Books 24X7 en Español
Leadership Development Channel en
Español
LIRN BOOKS 24X7 MODULE
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Leadership Development Channel
50 Lessons
Well-Being Essentials
IT and Desktop Videos
Find regularly updated database title lists for LIRN resources at:
Gale:
ProQuest:
eLibrary:
Books 24X7:
http://solutions.cengage.com/Gale/Database-Title-Lists/
https://proquest.com/en-US/products/titlelists/default.shtml
https://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/titlelists/tl-k12.shtml
http://www.skillsoft.com/products/default.asp?filter=Books24x7*
*Contact librarian@lirn.net for complete Books 24X7 title lists.
For current LIRN membership and subscription costs, see our LIRN Products & Pricing document.
For detailed LIRN contact information see our LIRN Quick Reference document.
For database descriptions, see our LIRN Database Descriptions document.
Revised 02/24/2014 © 2014 Library and Information Resources Network, Inc. LIRN® and LIRNsearch® are registered
trademarks of the Library and Information Resources Network, Inc.
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