NOVELNY Databases for 2009/2010
New York State Librarian, Bernard A. Margolis announced the electronic products that will constitute the NOVELNY (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library) statewide collection for April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010.
Beginning April 1, 2009 the following products only will be offered through NOVELNY:
- EBSCO Primary Search (with the Searchasaurus/Kid’s Search interfaces) Primary Search includes Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Animals and the American Heritage® Children’s Dictionary*, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin
- Gale Business and Company Resource Center, including Business ASAP
- Gale Newspapers (InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, National Newspaper Index, and New York Custom Newspapers),
- Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center, with Alternative Health
- Grolier Encyclopedia Americana
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- New Book of Knowledge (Grolier)
- ProQuest Platinum (contact the SLS office for a list of the titles included in ProQuest Platinum)
- Twayne’s Authors Series
Not included after April 1, 2009:
- All GVRL titles
- Informé
- InfoTrac Junior
- MasterFile Select
- TopicSearch
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection
- General Science Collection
- Science Reference Center
For information on how the databases were selected go to http://novelnewyork.org/09dbfaq.php
Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY is a pilot project for the Statewide Internet Library connecting New Yorkers to 21st century
information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Curriculum Resources, Technology | 
School Library System | February 11, 2009
By Ellen McLane, February 12, 2009 @ 7:48 am
We are really going to miss Master File Select and the Ebooks provided by Gale.
It seems they kept multiple encyclopedias.
What is Proquest Platinum? This is new?
By Rebecca, February 12, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
The e-books that are subsidized by SENYLRC will still be available. ProQuest Platinum has been around. It was on our list of databases last year: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/pq_platinum.shtml
By Amy Foster, February 25, 2009 @ 2:02 pm
I agree, Ellen - MasterFile is our most popular database!
By Aileen Basuljevic, March 18, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
What are the list of titles for ProQuest Platinum? Also, is there anyway to get MasterFILE back??
By Rebecca, March 23, 2009 @ 11:48 am
Check the NOVELNY 2009/10 Databases FAQ page. Scroll down to question #6. http://novelnewyork.org/09dbfaq.php
See question #3 to learn how the databases were selected.
By Victoria LoBrutto, May 27, 2009 @ 9:26 am
My students really miss MasterFile Select. What is the cost of Proquest Platinum?
By Rebecca, May 28, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
ProQuest Platinum is part of our NOVELny database package.