INFOhio announces 2008-2009 lineup
INFOhio's Core Collection of Electronic Resources will see more changes for the 2008-2009 school year than a new username and password. Several of the Collection's products will be new, replacing current resources. The changes will be effective July 1, 2008.

In one of the most significant changes to the Core Collection, World Book Web Complete Suite will replace the set of products currently provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica Corp.  (Annals of American History, Britannica Online School Edition, Enciclopedia Juvenil, Enciclopedia Universal en Español and World Data Analyst). Highlights of World Book Web Complete Suite include World Book Kids, World Book Online Reference Center, World Book Research Tools Edition and World Book Advanced. Spanish and French encyclopedias are part of the Suite, Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos and L’Encyclopedie Decouverte. Read more...

Other new products include Science Online from Facts On File (replacing AccessScience) and Biography Reference Bank from H.W. Wilson Co. (replacing American National Biography). Read more about the new products and the selection process Libraries Connect Ohio used to select them.

INFOhio Core Collection Plus offers discounts
INFOhio's Core Collection Plus Price List 2008 offers special pricing for Ohio K-12 school for 11 products for the 2008-2009 school year: AccessScience, American National Biography, six Encyclopaedia Britannica products, Gale Student Resource Center Gold, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center and TurnItIn. The password-protected PDF [2 pages] also includes ordering information, links to publishers' product descriptions and PowerPoint presentations that explain some of the special offers. The 2008-2009 password was recently posted to e-mail accounts on INFOhio's distribution list of school library media staff. To receive a password, contact your Instructional Technology Center or e-mail central@infohio.org.

INFOhio adds features to SchoolRooms^®
If you haven't checked out SchoolRooms recently, here's another reason to spend some time with this new discovery portal: INFOhio has added results from many of our Core Collection of Electronic Resources to search results. Not only can you and your students search among more than 22,000 Web sites selected by Ohio educators to support Academic Content Standards, results lists can link to magazine and newspaper articles, encyclopedia articles and more. INFOhio continues to evaluate SchoolRooms, so let us know what you think about our recent enhancements. Use the Help Evaluate section on the main lobby page.