Is there a Digital Age?

I was informed by the Centre for Senior about the workshop and took a morning off to attend the training workshop specially designed for the seniors from various associations and organisations.

If you miss it this morning, here is some information I recalled and you may like to use them for further exploration:


National Library Board's electronic information sources - training for seniors

Is there a Digital Age?


National Library Building, Level 5, Possibility room.

Program of the day:

09.00am Registration

09.15am Opening by Ms Tay Ai Cheng, Senior Director, Public Libraries Singapore

09.30am Services for Seniors by Public Libraries

10.00am Tea break

10.10am Demo on eResources (http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/index.aspx)

10.40am Hands-on for eResources

12.00nn Close

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I found the Mr Robin Dresel's briefing and hands-on session given at the workshop very useful and informative. It was an update for me on National Library Databases and E-Resources as I have not use them for a while.

(Mr Robin Dresel: Robin_DRESEL@nlb.gov.sg Associate II, Customer Relations Public Libraries Singapore Tel: 6842 8087 )

Most of the eResources are accessible via:

http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/

If you do not have sign up for an account, you can browse the first level and see what it available within each category. For example:

Search eResources
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Browse eJournals
Search Databases

Browse
By A-Z
By Type
By Subject

If you choose Browse > A-Z > All, you are able to browse all the eResources by tapping on the alphabet, like the one under "H" shown below:

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By A - Z
All A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Languages

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1.
Health and wellness resource center and alternative health module

Provides access to medical reference materials, including nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.

Available at all libraries and from home.


2.
Health reference center

This is a comprehensive encyclopedic database containing thousands of hyperlinked entries organized into four major categories: conditions and diseases, mental health, health and wellness, and body systems.

Available at all libraries and from home.


3.
History database center

Access Facts on File's history databases, Modern World History Online and Ancient and Medieval History Online, from a single search interface. Modern World History Online covers the people, places and events in the broad expanse of world history--from mid 15th century to the present. Ancient History and Culture explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia. Suitable for students aged 12 and above.

Available at all libraries and from home.


4.
Humanities full text

The most comprehensive resource available in its field, Humanities Full Text brings you full text plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. The database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more.

Limited to 4 concurrent accesses only. Available at all libraries and from home.

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Important points to note:

1. Not all eResources are available from home, you need to take note that only those items marked with a Globe logo is :

Available at All Libraries and from Home


2. If the items are marked with "A" in blue, it is only accessible from National Library Central and all other branches:

Available at All Libraries


3. If the items are marked with "S" in red, it is limited in terms of access, ie.,

Available at Selected Libraries: Access this database at selected library locations

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I think for those who like to read newspaper, the browsing "By Type" that offers comprehensive listing of newspapers from all over the world is the most attractive section:

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By Type
eBooks eDatabases eJournals eMagazines eNewspapers

All A-J K-T U-Z Other Languages


1.
Bloomberg professional service

This is a financial information network service that integrates data, news, analytics, multimedia reports, and electronic trading. The service is used by market professionals around the world, and is accessible via onsite Bloomberg terminals.

Available at Lee Kong Chian Reference Library only. Bloomberg is a stand alone station at LKCRL.


2.
China infobank

中国资讯行有限公司(China Infobank Limited)是香港一家专门收集、处理及传播中国商业信息的高科技企业，为世界各地各行各业的公司和研究机构提供经济新闻、商业报告、统计数据、科研资料等信息，资讯储存于16 个数据库中，目前拥有三百多万篇商业资料，为现存中文商业数据库之冠。数据库每日更新。 China Infobank comprises 15 databases that provide business information and other news about China. Types of information pertain to industry, economic, legal, health, government, company and biographical data. Contents are mainly in Chinese with some available in English.

Limited to 8 concurrent access only. Available at all libraries. 仅限于八个使用者同时上网。国家图书馆及属下分馆均提供此上网服务。


3.
Factiva.com

Use Factiva's research products to gain single click access to a deep archive of news and business information that provides a historical, global, and local perspective, which can help you uncover essential information on your prospects, partners or customers easily. 道琼斯和路透社共同拥有的商业新闻信息库 Factiva.com 提供世界级的全球新闻和商业信息。其中文内容来源于中国大陆，香港，台湾，马来西亚，新加坡等地的100多种中文报纸杂志以及行业必读公司报告。在功能上，Factiva.com提供了搜索、跟踪、公司快速查询、股市汇市查询、行业查询，并能根据自己的需要跟踪感兴趣的信息来源、公司、行业和新闻主题。

Available at all libraries. With unlimited archive access.


4.
Factiva.com

Use Factiva's research products to gain single click access to a deep archive of news and business information that provides a historical, global, and local perspective, which can help you uncover essential information on your prospects, partners or customers easily. 道琼斯和路透社共同拥有的商业新闻信息库 Factiva.com 提供世界级的全球新闻和商业信息。其中文内容来源于中国大陆，香港，台湾，马来西亚，新加坡等地的100多种中文报纸杂志以及行业必读公司报告。在功能上，Factiva.com提供了搜索、跟踪、公司快速查询、股市汇市查询、行业查询，并能根据自己的需要跟踪感兴趣的信息来源、公司、行业和新闻主题。

Available from home. With 30 days archive access.


5.
ISI emerging markets express

Provides comprehensive company information, news and country indicators from Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America.

Available at all libraries and from home.


6.
Library PressDisplay

Library PressDisplay provides full-colour digital replications of hundreds of newspapers from around the globe. It offers full content and interactive access to newspapers from over 60 countries in over 30 languages.

Available at all libraries and from home.


7.
Newsbank

Full-text content of local and regional newspapers, including the Straits Times and the Business Times. Each newspaper has its own distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. Paid advertisements are excluded.

The Straits Times, Business Times & Sunday Times are available at libraries only. International newspapers are available at libraries and from home.


8.
Nexis

Database provides authoritative news and business information. Publications include: Business monitor news, The Business Times(Singapore) and The Straits Times.

Available at all libraries and from home. The Straits Times and Business Times have 90 days of archive access.


9.
OnAsia

Consisting of tens of thousands of high-quality copyrighted images created by some of Asia's finest photojournalists and photographers, the OnAsia digital archive features a range of photographic essays, stock photographs and conceptual images that represent a unique visual description of Asia, offering online access to a comprehensive collection of historical, political, social, and cultural images.

Available at all libraries and from home.


10.
ProQuest newspapers complete

Contains six databases - ProQuest Newspapers, ProQuest Newsstand, Wall Street Journal, Canadian Newstand, Canadian Newstand Core and CBCA Current Events where one can search full text articles published in national, regional and international newspapers as well as newswires and magazines.

Available at all libraries and from home.

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I tried the "Library PressDisplay" and access some full-colour digital replications from other countries as well as Singapore, I can read Asian Wall Street Journal and New Paper online, the only drawback it the downloading time as full text with picture take some time to appear on screen.

If you like the eResources, just remember to register first as a member at http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/ and login anytime to learn more on your own.


Dexterine Ho