In an entry earlier this week, you learned that access to the library's most popular electronic databases are easier than ever to find on our website. Simply put your mouse over the "Databases" link in the gray horizontal bar, then roll down to "Most Popular", and then click on the database you desire. Pretty cool! With that in mind, you might like to know how many subscriptions the Nashua Public Library has to magazines and newspapers through these databases. Quite frankly, the number is staggering!
Take for example the library's EBSCO database. The EBSCO database provides access to complete "full-text" articles in several hundred magazines, even, in some cases, magazines which the Library already has a print subscription. Here is a list of some of the more popular magazines that are included in the EBSCO database:
* Consumer Reports (Full text of all issues since 1991, with a 3 Month delay)
* Newsweek (Full text from Jan.1, 1990 to the present)
* U.S. News & World Report (Full text from May 7, 1990 to present)
* Time Magazine (Full text from May 7, 1990 to present)
* Rolling Stone (Full text from August 9,1990 to present, with a 1 Month delay)
* Fortune (Full text from January 27,1992 to present)
* National Geographic (Full text of all issues since 1995, with a 3 Month delay)
* PC World (Full text from January 1,1996 to present)
* Scientific American (Full text from January 1,1995 to present)
* Economist (Full text from July 7, 1990 to present)
* Men's Health (Full text from June 1, 1990 to present)
* Cosmopolitan (Full text from June 1, 1996 to present)
* Discover (Full text from June 1, 1993 to present)
* Sports Illustrated (Full text from September 1, 1992 to present)
* Runner's World (Full text from May 1, 1990 to present)
And trust me when I say, the list goes on.
Of course you might be asking, how do I look up articles from some of these magazines in EBSCO. The answer can be found in the following diagram. To print out the diagram by itself, just click on it.
So hopefully, I've wetted your appetite for the world of magazine articles accessible in the EBSCO database. To learn more about using the EBSCO database, sign up for our EBSCO computer class or just pick up the phone and give us a call at 589-4611. Soon you'll be able to instant message the reference desk with questions, but more about that in a future entry.
p.s. If you're wondering what EBSCO stands for, the answer is nothing. It's the name of the company that sells us the database.