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As of July 1, the Gale/InfoTrac databases that have been provided to all state colleges and universities through the VIVA consortium will no longer be available.
We are pleased to announce that in their place will be 25 new EBSCOhost databases that cover similar areas and disciplines. We are excited about this VIVA purchase, which will provide access to more peer-reviewed journals plus significantly more coverage in the areas of business and education.
Which Gale/InfoTrac databases are going away, and what should I use instead?
If you refer to any of the Gale databases below in your syllabus, handouts or Blackboard, please make the appropriate change. Also, please note that links or bookmarks to full-text articles in these Gale/InfoTrac databases will not work after July 1.
| Gale database no longer available July 1 | Similar EBSCOhost database |
| Academic OneFile | Academic Search Complete |
| General OneFile | MasterFILE Premier |
| General Reference Center Gold | MasterFILE Premier |
| Business and Company Resource Center | Business Source Complete |
| Business Index ASAP | Business Source Complete |
| General BusinessFile ASAP | Business Source Complete |
| Computer Database/ASAP | Computers & Applied Sciences Complete |
| Health & Wellness Resource Center | Health Source: Consumer Edition |
| Health Reference Center Academic | Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition |
How will online journal coverage be affected?
The new EBSCOhost databases offer most of the same journals as the discontinued Gale/InfoTrac databases plus another 7,700 full-text journals, many of them peer-reviewed. If you are used to getting an online journal through one of the Gale/InfoTrac databases, check the Journal Finder (or ask us to check) to see if we have access through another resource. If an essential journal is no longer available, please let your librarian liaison know!
Are there other Gale databases that the library will continue to provide?
The library will still have access to the following Gale databases: Book Review Index, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Resource Center, MLA Bibliography, and the Shakespeare Collection.
What is EBSCOhost?
You are familiar with the EBSCOhost interface through the following databases that the library already offers: America: History & Life, Art Abstracts (which replaces Bibliography of the History of Art), CINAHL, Communication & Mass Media Complete, ERIC, Greenfile, Historical Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, Medline, Library Literature & Information Science, LISTA, Mental Measurements Yearbook, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, and SportDiscus.
What new EBSCOhost databases will be available?
Descriptions and links to all of the new resources below have been added to the Databases A-Z page and the subject-specific Research Guides.
Why is this change occurring?
VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia, is the consortium of nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Members include all of Virginia’s state-assisted colleges and universities, as well as 33 private, nonprofit institutions and the Library of Virginia. After careful consideration, VIVA decided to award a new contract for multidisciplinary and subject databases to EBSCOhost.
If you have any questions about access to or use of these new databases, please contact your librarian liaison or call the Information Desk at x2435.
