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by George Soros
PublicAffairs, 2008

George Soros, the legendary financier, philanthropist and bestselling author, has written a new book on the current financial crisis that will be available as the NetLibrary eBook of the Month selection for May. Print editions of this thought-provoking new work will not be released until May 19.

In The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means, Soros explores the origins of the current financial crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. “This is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s,” writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other financial centers around the world.

Designed to increase awareness of online resources and highlight the value of your eBook collection, the May eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of The Perseus Books Group. Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your NetLibrary collection by sharing this insightful analysis of the great credit crisis.

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets will be available with free, unlimited access May 1-31, 2008.

Promote the Book of the Month with resources available at the Book of the Month toolkit.

Read the Gale Product Update Bulletin for April 2008

This issue has stories on the following topics:

• Gale Announces Four New Titles
• Students Get Their Noses Into Gale’s Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Gale Announces MovieRetriever.com
• Gale Celebrates National Library Week with Books & Authors Songwriting Competition

Livewire - April 2008 Issue From American Chemical Society Publications

The April 2008 issue includes:

• Winner Selected for ACS New Professional Award at SLA
• NanoVision Image Contest
• CAS Science Spotlight Most Requested Articles in Chemistry and Related Science
• Meet the people who stand behind your subscription

Read the May 2008 issue of Teachable Moments

Topics in this issue include:

Summer Olympics, Israel & More
Israel
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month,
Business Ethics,
Fighting Obesity,
Nuclear Weapons

Ovid Newsletter: April 2008 Issue

Carly Gillis Inside Sales Rep….

Congratulations Carly Gillis who has moved into different territory at Ovid. Carly will be working as a TeleSales Representative in Northeast. I thank Carly for a great job assisting us all; I know she will be very successful in her new position. Some of you will be assigned to a new sales representative, Melanie Troupe. Those of you, whose accounts will now be handled by Melanie, will be contacted directly by the end of April. I look forward to introducing Melanie to you soon! Everyone else will contact me (Stella Villanueva) directly with any and all request(s) you may have - pricing and renewals.

Stella On the Road:

Last month Ovid visited CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Alexandria, LA. Ovid Training Manager, Glenn McAlpine and I conducted two hands on training sessions of Ovid SP for the Nursing Staff as well Directors of Education and Nursing.

Calendar:

Below is my schedule for the month of April. I look forward to seeing you in the following cities. Please contact me should you request an appointment in the following dates:

April 14, 15 Baton Rouge, LA LOUIS Consortia

April 15 -17 New Orleans, LA Tulane, Ochsner, LSU, Xavier

April 21 Fort Worth, TX Cook Children’s

April 22 Lubbock, TX Texas Tech University

Amy Allan, Sales Engineer will be working with me in Louisiana and Jim Knight, Product Specialist (QUOSA) will work with me in TX.

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by Attorneys Richard Stim & Ralph Warner
From Nolo & USA TODAY

When planning for retirement, it’s easy to become preoccupied with stock portfolios, 401(k) balances and doomsday predictions about baby boomer’s lack of savings. But happiness in retirement isn’t about how much cash you can manage to sock away before the age of 65. Everyone wants a comfortable retirement—but most also plan to have some fun, maintain an active social life, and enjoy a healthy old age.

In Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement, author Rich Stim shows readers how to become rich in the ways that matter most. He encourages future retirees to balance financial concerns with an enriching lifestyle by cultivating interests outside work, leading a healthier lifestyle, revitalizing family relationships, and more. Retire Happy helps readers prepare for retirement—not just financially, but in every aspect of their lives.

Designed to increase awareness of online resources and highlight the value of your eBook collection, the April eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of Nolo. Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your NetLibrary collection by sharing this engaging guide to retirement planning.

Retire Happy will be available with free, unlimited access April 1-30, 2008. Promote the Book of the Month with resources available at the Book of the Month toolkit.

EBSCOhost 2.0 Support Center, http://support.ebsco.com/ebscohost2, is now live.

This special section of the EBSCO Support Site provides extensive resources for customers as they prepare for EBSCOhost 2.0 this summer, including:

• FAQs
• Help Sheets
• User Guide
• Screen shots
• Training Outline
• Sample email announcement text
• Customizable, introductory flyer and posters
• PPT tutorial
• Schedule of online 2.0 courses – SIGN UP NOW for a guided tour of the EBSCOhost 2.0 features and functionality
• And links to the Flash overview, Enhancements PPT, and the feedback survey

We will continue to add to this special section as the release date approaches. We encourage you to share this with your colleagues, consortia and accessing sites, so that they can learn more about EBSCOhost 2.0, which is scheduled to be released in July 2008.

eLibrary-Curriculum Edition — currently available as part of the TexShare Core Databases — provides selectively-indexed, full text-articles from the NEW YORK TIMES and the WALL STREET JOURNAL.

According the vendor, these publications have been “selectively-indexed” meaning that not every article is available, and not every parameter is necessarily searchable. For that, ProQuest says, a subscription to a ProQuest newspaper database is required.

To browse either of these publications on eLibrary, just type “New York Times” or “Wall Street Journal” in the “Publication” search box. Additional search parameters such as keyword, date, and author are also available.

Contact ProQuestTechnical Support at 800-521-0600 if you have any questions or comments about this database. Be sure to mention that you are part of the TexShare consortium.

For a complete list of URLs for TexShare core database URLs, see: http://www.texshare.edu/programs/academicdb/urllist.html.

Two databases bundled with ProQuest eLibrary Curriculum Edition — ProQuest Learning: Literature and History Study Center — can now be accessed with direct URLs. These databases can still be reached through the right-hand-side buttons on the eLibrary Curriculum main page.

ProQuest Learning: Literature delivers more than 180,000 searchable works of literature from medieval times to the present. Students can find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources organized into more than 3,000 Author Pages. ProQuest Learning: Literature also features 100+ searchable full-text literary journals and magazines for the latest in literary criticism.

IP-authenticated users can reach ProQuest Learning: Literature using this URL:
http://literature.proquestlearning.com

History Study Center offers valuable historical reference material that covers 14 centuries of history–from ancient to modern, old world to
new world. Explore the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the growth of Islam, the ideas of Enlightenment and Revolution, the effects of colonialism, the explosion of American pop culture, and more. It’s a unique reference tool that delivers a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary source material that meets the needs of both AP and mainstream courses in Social Studies.

IP-authenticated users can reach History Study Center using this URL:
http://historystudycenter.com

Contact ProQuestTechnical Support at 800-521-0600 to have with any questions or comments about these databases. Be sure to mention that you are part of the TexShare consortium.

For a complete list of URLs for TexShare core database URLs, see: http://www.texshare.edu/programs/academicdb/urllist.html.

Read the April 2008 issue of the eLibrary Curriculum Edition from ProQuest.

Topics in this issue include:

• eLibrary CE Updates & Usage Boosters
• Classroom Activities
• Video Podcast Contest Activity @ April - ProQuest’s Student Video Podcast Contest is easily incorporated into your classroom curriculum (lesson)
• eLibrary + Science = Rich, Hands-on Solution
• K-12 Website Updates
• Grants for Libraries @ Grant Wrangler
• Free Online Training Opportunities