Cost of New Content Sets in Print, Which Are Being Added in 2004 to the Reference Centers
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Washington State Library – Thomson Gale database offering - Update on 2005 Content Additions The purpose of this document is to inform the Washington Public Librarians of the many content additions that have occurred to the databases available through the Washington State Library – Thomson Gale WPLC offering. The products have new additional periodical content on almost a daily basis. Other uploads of content occur usually on a quarterly basis. As always, the very latest listing of all content contained within Gale databases is at the Database Title Lists at Gale.com. Literature Resource Center In 2005, new and updated content has continued to load to the Literature Resource Center (LRC) on a weekly basis, with many titles becoming available to online customers prior to corresponding print publication dates. More than 75 volumes from Gale's literature criticism titles have been added to the database since the year began, and an additional 35+ literature criticism volumes will be available to customers by the end of December. Nearly 200 newly commissioned Contemporary Authors Online entries have become available to customers already this year, in addition to regular loads of entries from the print series Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Authors, New Revisions, and another 250+ new entries will be loaded to LRC late in the year. Continuous updating of Contemporary Authors Online entries is ongoing, with more than 800 non-print entry updates available to online users to date and an additional 7000 updates expected before the end of the year. Such updates are varied and include everything from death updates to mention of new titles and awards associated with an author. New biographies from the Dictionary of Literary Biography have also been added this year, as well as plot summaries and criticism from the For Students product line. Volumes loaded to LRC in 2005: • Contemporary Authors: 228-234 (7 volumes) • Contemporary Authors, New Revisions: 134-141 (8 volumes) • Dictionary of Literary Biography: 310-312 (3 volumes) • Contemporary Literary Criticism Select: 198-209 (11 volumes) • Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism: 73-77 (5 volumes) • Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism: 148-156 (9 volumes) • Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism: 158-166 (9 volumes) • Shakespearean Criticism: 75-92 (18 volumes) • Drama Criticism: 25 (1 volume) • Poetry Criticism: 62-64 (3 volumes) • Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: 109-116 (8 volumes) • Children's Literature Review: 102-107 (6 volumes) • Drama for Students: 21 (1 volume) • Novels for Students: 21 (1 volume) • Poetry for Students: 22 (1 volume) • Short Stories for Students: 21 (1 volume) Biography Resource Center Biography Resource Center now makes available to its users more than 415,000 biographies on nearly 320,000 different people. (If the optional Marquis Who's Who module is added in, users have access to more than 1.4 million biographies.) The chart below illustrates only the new volumes or editions of titles added to the Biography Resource Center since January 2005. • 44 published volumes containing more than 63, 215 biographies New Titles, Editions, Notable Names or Volumes added in 2005 New entries written • Alexander C. Rutherford; appointed as the first specifically for Biography premier of Alberta, Canada Resource Center. • Emily VanCamp; star of Everwood (TV Series) • Mary Percy Jackson; named one of the 100 These biographies have Physicians of the Century in Alberta, Canada not previously appeared • Jasey-Jay Anderson; championship snowboarder in a Thomson Gale print • Ralph Goodale; Canada’s finance minister source • Hajim al-Hassani; elected speaker of Iraq's fledgling parliament in April of 2005 • Anthony D. Romero; executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) • Mark W. Felt (aka “DeepThroat”); Watergate informant • Vance Bjorn; a founder and chief technology officer of DigitalPersona Incorporated • Alton Tobey; American illustrator and muralist • Samuel Alderson; developed crash dummies for use in planes and cars • Benedict XVI; formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, New Pope • Priya Tendulkar; popular Indian actress • Reese Schonfeld; co-founded television's Cable News Network (CNN) • Taylor Hackford; director and producer • Michele Alliot-Marie; first woman to head a major political party in France • Ghazi al-Yawer; Iraq's official interim president • Paul Klebnikov; American Journalist • Alu Alkhanov; President of Chechnya • Dorothy Cheney; first American woman to win the Australian National Championships • Fay Wray; Canadian actress • Lloyd Robertson; Canadian TV news anchor • Simon Baker; Australian actor Authors and Artists for • Neal Adams; Cartoonist, writer, and animator. Young Adults • Karen Joy Fowler; author of short-story Vol 61-64 collections and novels • Susan Orlean; Journalist and writer • Tom Stoppard; multi-award-winning British playwright • Lynn Johnston; creator of the comic strip "For Better or for Worse" • Atom Egoyan; Egyptian born, Canadian filmmaker • Elizabeth Barrett Browning; poet • Beverly Cleary; author of children's literature • Garrison Keillor; host of public radio's popular A Prairie Home Companion • Penny Marshall; actress and major motion picture director • Willem de Kooning; Dutch born American painter, leader of the abstract expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s • Toni Morrison; novelist, Nobel laureate • J. J. Abrams; actor, director, writer Carroll’s Government Directories Q2: Contemporary Authors Vol 228-234 Contemporary Authors New Revision Vol 134-141 Contemporary Black • Dave Chappelle; actor and comedian Biography • Shirley Chisholm; African American politician Vol 48-50 • Rochelle Riley; journalist and author • Paul Adams; South African cricket player • Grant Fuhr; FHL Hall of Fame goaltender • Forest Whittaker; actor and producer • Eric Bibb; blues guitarist • Charleszetta “Mother” Waddles; Detroit mission founder • Ella Bully-Cummings; Detroit Police Chief • Lorraine Cole; women’s health advocate • Allyson Felix; track and field star • L. Douglass Wilder; Virginia’s fist black governor Contemporary • Daniel Bernard Roumain; African American Musicians violinist, composer, musician, performer, Vol 51-54 recording artist, educator, lecturer, and record company founder • Tina Turner; legendary singer of rock and roll • Kid Rock; part old school rap, part metal rock artist • Herb Alpert; Award winning trumpet player and composer • Dead Prez; rap group crafting challenging, left wing, and border-line revolutionary hip-hop • Breeders; alternative rock band • Iris DeMent; singer and songwriter • Jonah Jones; trumpeter, jazz musician • Vernon Reid; guitarist and founder of the group Living Colour • Ricardo Villalobos; DJ and producer of minimal techno • Jann Arden; Canadian songwriter • Hilary Duff; singer and actress • Lil Jon; rapper popularizing “crunk” sound • Gretchen Wilson; country singer • DJ Spooky; founder of the “illbient” sound • Holly Near; political folk music artist • Railroad Earth; respected jam band Contemporary • Kim Coles; Actress, comedienne, writer, and Theatre, Film & producer Television • Richard Vane; Producer and location manager (Rat Race; How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) Vol 61-64 • Meredith Scott Lynn; Actress, producer, and director. Big Hair Productions, founder • Steve Carell; Actor, writer, and producer • Lance Bass; Singer, recording artist, actor, voice performer, and producer • Larry King; Talk show host, actor, and writer • Leslie Marian Uggams; Singer, actress; theater performer • Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; Actresses, producers, singers, and businesspersons • James Dreyfus; actor • Patricia Hamilton; Actress, director, and educator • Crystal Bernard; Actress, singer, and songwriter • Terry Ingram; Director and actor • Malinda Williams; actress • James Horner; composer, musician, music director and composer • Willem Dafoe; actor and producer • Alley Mills; actress, director, and producer • Rip Torn; actor and director Debrett’s People of Today Q1 2005 Update: Q2 2005 Update: Encyclopedia of World • Hisaye Yamamoto; Japanese writer focused Biography, on the life and struggles of Japanese Supplement Vol. 25 Americans • Ninette de Valois; the mother of modern British ballet • Issey Miyake; fashion designer • Robert Bresson; French filmmaker • Tommy Thompson; Secretary of Health and Human Services—U.S. Government • Geoffrey de Havilland; acclaimed figure in the field of British aviation • Emilio Segre; Nobel Prize winning physicist • Peggy Bacon; American artist and writer History Behind the • Nwaz Sharif; Pakistani government official Headlines • Alassane Ouattara; Ivorian prime minister Vol 3-6 • Eric Robert Rudolph; bomber • Carlos Saul Menem; Argentine president (bios only) Newsmakers 2005 • Thaksin Shinawatra; (prime minister of Issue 2-4 Thailand) Teri Hatcher; (actress; Desperate Housewives) • • Brad Bird; (writer/director; The Incredibles, The Iron Giant) • Lou Anna K. Simon; (first female president of Michigan State University) • Stephen F. Cooper; (CEO of Krispy Kreme) • Zaha Hadid (architect) • Rose Marie Bravo (CEO of Burberry) • Ricardo Lagos (president of Chile) • Jake Gyllenhaal (actor) • John Galliano; fashion designer • Zach Braff; actor and director • Maria Sharapova; professional tennis player • Sophie Kinsella (author of the "Shopaholic" series) • Notable Sports Figures • Tony Hawk; skateboarder • Mia Hamm; soccer player • Pele; Brazilian soccer player • Amanda Beard; Swimmer (2004 Olympic Medalist) • Sergio Garcia; Spanish