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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Current Issues Reference Shelf Plus helps high school students with research
for papers. Editors carefully select 30+
full-text articles to give the students a sound overview of the topic and some subtopics. Wilson preloads the search criteria when the
students link to additional full-text articles in OmniFile and Google. Complete description
Wilson Biography Databases
The Wilson
Biography databases offer Wilson content, quality and ease of use . In addition to basic Name and Keyword searches, drop boxes
make it simple to search by Profession, Birth Date, Gender, Place of Origin (every
country, continent and U.S. state). The
content is updated daily. Articles can be printed or e-mailed; images can be printed.
JUNIOR
AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS, appropriate for grades 4-6, allows the user to search all
nine volumes in a single database. Each of the
2,100 in-depth profiles is between 700-1,500 words in length. Photographs accompany 90% of
the profiles. Links to full-text articles, book reviews excerpts and abstracts from Wilson
periodical databases expand and update the profiles. Complete description
CURRENT
BIOGRAPHY contains all of the 25,000+ articles written by in-house staff since 1940.
These substantive articles average 2,500 words in length, with the first few paragraphs
providing an overview of the subject’s life. Articles are sent to the subject of the
biography for additional fact checking. The
database often includes multiple articles on the same individual, providing more depth. About 450 new articles are added yearly. Complete description
CURRENT
BIOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATED adds to the above content 19,500 images that can be printed and
used for educational purposes. Individuals can have as many as 10 images. Complete description
WILSON
BIOGRAPHIES PLUS ILLUSTRATED contains over
147,000 profiles (including all of Current Biography, World Authors, Junior Authors
& Illustrators). In addition to the content from 30+ Wilson print titles, 65,000
bios are licensed from Grove, Houghton Mifflin, Harvard University Press, Greenwood, Oryx
and more. Coverage spans all time periods from antiquity to the present day and is
international in its scope. Over 36,000 images are
provided. The ”Plus” material includes
full-text magazine articles that provide added content to the bio articles. Wilson
organizes the magazine articles into menu lists and writes abstracts to direct users to
the added information they are seeking. Literary criticism and book reviews are included. Complete description and source list
BIOGRAPHY
REFERENCE BANK profiles
500,000+ people from antiquity through today. It combines the content of Biographies
Plus Illustrated with the thorough periodicals
coverage of Biography Index, with links to 380,000+ full-text articles from the
complete range of Wilson periodical databases. Honored by Library Journal and by Reference
Books Bulletin. Complete
description and source list
Wilson Standard Catalogs
The Wilson Standard Catalogs are created by advisory committees composed
of librarians who are specialists in literature for children and young adults. The
catalogs are useful for selection of core titles and for guidance in weeding. Searchable
by Keyword, Subject, Title, Author and other access points. Cataloging information and Book
Review Digest Plus records (excerpts from 3-12 reviews) are provided when
available. Updated several times each month, as the selection committee finishes its
review of the title. Prior editions included
as archived files.
General Reference Databases
EDUCATION FULL TEXT
provides comprehensive coverage of 700 periodicals, of which almost 350 have full-text
coverage. All aspects of education are covered: K-12, Adult, Athletics, Computers in
Education, Teacher Evaluation and more. The on-line subject thesaurus and professional
indexing help retrieve the right information quickly. Complete
description
READERS GUIDE FULL
TEXT SELECT – a 100% full-text database covering 215 journals, from 1996 forward.
Graphical content is provided with PDF page images. Professionally written abstracts of
50-150 words help the users access just the articles they need. Updated five times each
week.
READERS GUIDE FULL
TEXT MEGA – the complete content of
Readers Guide from 1983 forward, this database includes all of the indexing and abstracts
for nearly 400 titles and the full-text content for 215. Complete description
SCIENCE FULL TEXT
SELECT– a 100% full-text database that includes 333 journals, providing a broad
range of important science articles with consistent and up-to-date subject headings.
Combines content from all Wilson science databases. Complete description
Web accessibility (ADA, Section 508 compliance): WilsonWeb is compliant with
Section 508 of the ADA requirements. WilsonWeb is
understood to be in conformance with the following list of 508 standards as outlined for
Web-based intranet and Internet information and applications in § 1194.22:
(a)
A text equivalent
for every non-text element shall be provided.
(b)
Equivalent
alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation.
(c)
Web pages shall be
designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color.
(d)
Documents shall be
organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet.
(e)
Redundant text
links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map.
(f)
Client-side image
maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot
be defined with an available geometric shape.
(g)
Row and column
headers shall be identified for data tables.
(h)
Markup shall be
used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more
logical levels of row or column headers.
(i)
Frames shall be
titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation.
(j)
Pages shall be
designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and
lower than 55 Hz.
(k)
Provisions of this
part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the
text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.
(l)
When pages utilize
scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information
provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by
assistive technology.
(m)
When a Web page
requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to
interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies
with §1194.21(a) through (l).
(n)
When electronic
forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive
technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for
completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.
(o)
A method shall be
provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links.
(p)
When a timed
response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate
more time is required.
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