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Item The Links to INSPIRE(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Shaw, Debora; La Barre, KathrynJay Conrad Levinson, the marketing guru who created the Marlboro Man, says, “A website is an island. Advertising is a bridge to that island.” Any public institution must choose carefully whether to build one or many bridges from its website. Moreover, a library, and by extension a library’s website, is “a good association for just about anybody,” A. Paula Wilson observes.Item Indiana Library Federation Publication Subscription Information(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Indiana LibrariesItem The Well-Read Librarian: Electronic Database Collection Development(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Priddis, MarissaItem Notes(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Indiana LibrariesItem Make LitFINDER Work for You!(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Corya, Marian; Dyer, DavidWhat do you do when a patron requests a copy of “I am a Mede and Persian” by Robert Frost and your only copy of his Collected Poems, Prose and Plays is checked out? Turn to LitFINDER! LitFINDER is a database with extensive literary content, divided into five modules: Poems, Stories, Essays, Speeches, and Plays. It is available as part of the INSPIRE package of databases and was recently acquired by Gale. This recent acquisition may result in changes in the database in the future.Item INSPIRE Talking Points(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Indiana Cooperative Library Services AuthorityINSPIRE is an innovative, high-tech service with 26 databases designed to meet the information needs of all the citizens of Indiana. Through INSPIRE, Indiana residents have access to 10,000 magazines, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other materials for research, school projects, business information, and lifelong learning. INSPIRE is used by students doing course assignments; business people planning for future developments in their companies; and citizens seeking information on government, health, finance, travel, and business and educational opportunities. INSPIRE is the foundation for a statewide information infrastructure for business and education for the 21st century.Item Indiana Libraries Submission Guidelines(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Indiana LibrariesItem Gold Rush! Gold Rush!(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Rogers, JeanThe special ed teacher looked harried. This was her first full year of teaching. She held only a provisional license, and, in addition to teaching and taking care of her family (a husband and two elementary-school children), she was taking classes two nights a week at a state university, 45 minutes away, to earn her certification.Item Indiana Libraries Seeks New Editor(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Indiana LibrariesItem INSPIRE in the New Millenium(H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Trace, HowardIn January of 2004, INSPIRE, the Indiana Virtual Library, celebrated six years of providing Hoosiers with library catalogs, web links, and thousands of full text magazines, newspapers, reference books, pamphlets, and encyclopedias. This article updates a previous article, “The Once and Future INSPIRE” by Mike Williams. Williams’ article describes INSPIRE development from initial meeting in 1996 through early 2000. Since 2000, INSPIRE has continued to grow and evolve to provide Hoosiers with an even wider range of information products.