- Biography Reference Bank by H.W. Wilson Company replaces American National Biography.

- Science Online by Facts On File replaces AccessScience.

- World Book Web Complete Suite replaces the Britannica resources with World Book Kids, World Book Online Reference Center, World Book Advanced, Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos and L'Encyclopédie Découverte.

- EBSCOhost has a new search interface for our All Database Search. And Consumer Health Complete joins the resource.

- LearningExpress Library has added computer skills tutorials and more practice tests.

- SchoolRooms now searches much of the Core Collection, along with thousands of great Web sites that have been selected to support Ohio’s Academic Content Standards. And, for those school libraries automated with INFOhio, local catalogs can be searched through SchoolRooms.

The INFOhio Web site, http://www.infohio.org, now links to these new resources within grade level pages (K-5, 6-8, and 9-12) and the Core Collection page. You can read more about changes to the Core Collection at http://www.infohio.org/FallUpdate2008/Toolkit2008new.html. All Help Resources pages include the tools INFOhio staff has found to help use and teach Core Collection resources. Our series of Getting Started Guides is updated, with new Guides for the new resources and revisions to the others. Multimedia Tools links to plug-ins needed to get best use out of the 2008-2009 resources, and Webmaster Technical Information is revised for the new Core Collection resources. The INFOhio Toolkit for 2008-2009, including our Slide Library and Supply List of promotional materials is online at http://www.infohio.org/Toolkit.html.

While most Ohio schools can access INFOhio’s Core Collection of Electronic Resources without a username or password, some schools and home users will need to enter a username and password, at least until their computers set cookies for INFOhio. Last year’s username and password will not work after September 15, 2008. To guarantee access through June 30, 2009, see your school’s library media staff to get the current username and password. Your library media staff can give you tips on using INFOhio and help solve problems using the Core Collection.

The Core Collection is funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio to Libraries Connect Ohio, a consortium that includes INFOhio, OhioLINK and OPLIN, the academic and public library networks. As a result of this arrangement, K-12 achieves substantial savings. The resources cost approximately 45 cents per student compared to 45 dollars per student, if individual schools purchased the resources on their own. INFOhio’s Core Collection never closes; it is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week through June 30, 2009, and serves the entire K-12 community – public, nonpublic, community schools and home schooled students.