News Archive

• 4/15/2005: Download an updated copy of the MAGNOLIA Brochure
• 1/15/2005:
• This report shows the cost savings MAGNOLIA provides the State of Mississippi. This report includes how much it would have cost a few of the institutions to purchase the MAGNOLIA databases individually.
• 3/15/04: These resources are free to all MAGNOLIA customers. They have been added to all MAGNOLIA site profiles as well as the MAGNOLIA K-12, Public and Community College sites.
• Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators.
• Library Reference Center is comprised of indexing and abstracts from more than 90 important library trade magazines and journals, including School Library Journal, American Libraries and THE Journal. If you're looking to learn more about some of the latest trends, technology, changes and challenges in library science, you've come to the right place.
• 1/30/05: Magnolia Newsletter for January 2005
• 1/30/04: Magnolia Newsletter for January 2004
• 12/04/03: New databases added to the EBSCOHost project by EBSCO Publishing
• 9/17/03: Lesson Plans for MAGNOLIA databases
• 8/26/03: Academic Search Elite upgraded to Academic Search Premier
• 8/26/03: NoveList
• 3/6/03: How to Delete Cookies in Internet Explorer
• 7/22/02: FirstSearch's NetFirst database to be integrated into WorldCat database beginning 7/23/02 -- see press release
• 7/3/02: The Solar System: July Spotlight of the Month on SIRS Discoverer
• 7/3/02: National High School Debate Topic: July Spotlight of the Month on SIRS Researcher
• 6/11/02: Recently released by NCES:
  • Search for Public Schools
  • Search for Public School Districts
  • Qualifications of the Public School Teacher Workforce: Prevalence of Out-of-Field Teaching 1987-88 to 1999-2000
  • Schools and Staffing Survey, 1999-2000: Overview of the Data for Public, Private, Public Charter, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • Condition of Education 2002
• 5/6/02: Dictionary of Literary Biography now available online -- nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres
• 5/6/02: Recently released by NCES: Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State, School Year 2000-01
• 4/18/02: Recently released by NCES: Beyond School-Level Internet Access: Support for Instructional Use of Technology
• 4/18/02: Recently released by NCES: Public High School Dropouts and Completers From the Common Core of Data: School Years 1991-92 through 1997-98
• 4/18/02: Recently released by NCES: Children's Reading and Mathematics Achievement in Kindergarten and First Grade
• 4/18/02: Recently released by NCES: Digest of Education Statistics, 2001
• Gale Group e-mail lists available
  
  
• How to Cite InfoTrac and GaleNet Sources
  
  
• OCLC FirstSearch combines ContentsFirst and ArticleFirst into single database
  
  
• MAGNOLIA k-12 databases handout updated: PDF or MS Word formats
  
  
• Check out the new features of Searchasaurus! (you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for free, to view the document)
  
  
• Have you or a colleague produced training materials in print or electronic formats for MAGNOLIA databases? If so, we all want to know about them! Contact Catherine Nathan, First Regional Library, P.O. Box 386, Hernando, MS 38632. Email: cnathan@first.lib.ms.us. Share your genius!
  
  
• Check out the EBSCO Web Community
  
  
• NCES publication: Projections of Education Statistics to 2011
  
  
• Discovering Collection Now Available from Gale
  
  
• All Gale Group products now contained in one collection
  
  
• School Library Media Impact Studies, via Library Research Services, show that school media librarians and libraries help kids perform better on standardized tests
  
  
• Check out KidsClick!
  
  
• YALSA grants and awards
  
  
• ALSC Professional Award and Grant Applications
  
  
• Recently released NCES publication: Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2000
  
  
• H.W. Wilson offers two e-mail listservs: HWWILSON-L and HWWILSON-ENEWS -- Sign up to keep up!
  
  
• MAGNOLIA Database Documentation Center available
  
  
• Check out the EBSCOhost Resource Guide! (you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for free, to view the guide)
  
  
• MAGNOLIA e-mail list available!
  
  
• Keep current with MAGNOLIA News!