Databases

Select FirstSearch Per-Search Databases Discontinued by OCLC

The following OCLC FirstSearch Per-Search databases will be removed from GALILEO menus tomorrow morning:

  • Agricola
  • Alternative Press Index
  • EconLit
  • PsycFIRST

Public Libraries and a small number of academic libraries included the above databases in their OCLC FirstSearch Per-Search choices. Agricola will continue to be available for all GALILEO sites via EBSCOhost <http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbag>. In the coming year, OCLC will continue to remove certain databases from their Per-Search service. Announcements will be made to this news feed and to the GALILEO list when any removal impacts a GALILEO library.
Please see the following message from OCLC for further information concerning this change:
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In March, OCLC announced that it is transitioning from reselling eContent provided by publishers and other content providers as we increase our focus and investment on enhancing WorldCat and delivering new WorldCat platform services and Web-scale library services.


As part of this transition, per-search access to the following databases on the FirstSearch service will end on June 30, 2010:

  • AGRICOLA
  • Alternative Press Index
  • Alternative Press Index Archive
  • EconLit
  • PsycFIRST (available only via per-search)


You may continue to use your per-search searches to access the other databases offered through FirstSearch on a per-search basis.


Additional information about changes to OCLC’s content services is available in the Frequently Asked Questions about FirstSearch Database Transitions. http://www.oclc.org/us/en/firstsearch/content/questions/default.htm