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Tv News
TVNews indexes Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content in a compressed format. All individual stories from a particular broadcast are indexed with a detailed synopsis. TVNews is updated daily, with stories appearing on an evening news broadcast generally being available for access the next morning.
The video for each story or documentary is available in WMV format as a progressive download, allowing viewing to begin before the total video file is transferred. Items range from under 30 seconds for short stories, to over an hour for selected documentaries.
Tv News is available via the Library page in the alphabetical list under T.

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Ebooks into Library catalogue
UB Library has begun implementing the Ebook Library’s EBL Ebook collection database.

Using EBL’s unmediated lending model, UB Library is in the process of loading over 72,000 catalogue records for ebooks into our online Library Catalogue (OPAC).

The unmediated lending model offered by EBL allows the Library to load these records without purchasing the ebooks up front.

When the link in an EBL ebook catalogue record is followed to access an ebook, the Library is charged a “loan” fee, which is a percentage of the purchase price of the ebook. Once the ebook is “loaned” a third time, an automatic purchase of the ebook is initiated with EBL.

The implementation of this database allows UB Library to substantially increase the variety of it’s collection without a huge upfront cost, only paying for titles that end up being used by patrons. The EBL library covers a wide range of subjects, from Science, through the Humanities to Business, and will be a valuable supplement to core texts required by staff and students of UB.

If staff come across an ebook that they feel the Library should own outright, they can contact Library Acquisitions in the usual way to arrange for a purchase, thus avoiding any loans fees.

Joanna Briggs Institute database access now available via Library databases. A resource for nursing and health students includes resources for Evidence-based research and best Practice information sheets, Systematic reviews and electronic journals and conference papers. Consumer health-care information is also available. UB's membership provides access to
JBI Library of Systematic Reviews
JBI Library of Evaluation Reports
JBI Library of Best Practice Information Sheets
JBI Online Journal Collection

New database Scopus™, is a abstract and indexing database, offering you access to 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers.
Scopus is a multidisciplinary navigational tool that contains records going back to 1966, offering newly-linked citations across the widest body of scientific abstracts available in one place.
Coverage includes scientific, technical, medical and social science literature.
Scopus will assist UB researchers to demonstrate the quality and impact of their own research by identifying citations to their own work in the 15,000 titles indexed in Scopus.
To create search alerts and regular updates when your works are cited you will need to register with Scopus by clicking on the "Register"
link on the top right hand corner of any page.

List of titles indexed in Scopus at http://www.scopus.com/scopus/source/browse.url Scopus also includes a new feature called Journal Analyzer.
The Scopus Journal Analyzer allows you to select up to 10 journals in a specific field. The results are uploaded into graphs, making it easy to see how journals are performing relative to each other. The data displayed can also be limited to a shorter time period than the default from 1996 to the present.
Information on Journal Analyzer found at http://info.scopus.com/journalanalyzer/

Preview Beta version of EBSCOhost Web 2.0
EBSCOhost databases will be updating in July to a new web 2.0 design.
Get a head start on how to use the new design, which will be fully implemented in July, by clicking on the Test Drive link on your EBSCOhost New Features page. (Access the New Features page from its link in the upper right corner of your EBSCOhost screen.)
Try this when using the EBSCO databases directly or via the database host shortcuts. The search screens have been designed to simplify the search interface.
The EBSCOhost 2.0 BETA will remain available on the New Features page until its final implementation in July