Databases | News and Announcements

Select FirstSearch Per-Search Databases Discontinued by OCLC 1/1/11

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

  • Arts and Humanities Search
  • Business and Industry
  • Business Management Practices

Public Libraries and a small number of academic libraries included the above databases in their OCLC FirstSearch Per-Search choices.

Over the coming year, OCLC will continue to discontinue per-search access to databases and e-books provided by publishers and other vendors in order to focus on enhancing WorldCat and new WorldCat platform services. All databases available in the subscription FirstSearch base package will remain available to GALILEO subscribing institutions.

Here is a PDF from OCLC that shows database transitions:

http://www.oclc.org/services/brochures/214431usf_OCLC_FirstSearch_Database_Transition_List.pdf