Current (Jul 2011 – Jun 12) Statewide Database Package

The Basics

The AIRS (Acquisition of Information Resources Statewide) Statewide Database Package, a service of CLiC, the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Association of Libraries, and Amigos Library Services, makes content-rich databases accessible and affordable for libraries across the state.

What you need to be a part of the action:

IN FY11-12, the AIRS Committee negotiated with OCLC and EBSCO to provide selected databases covering general, business and K-12 information at a special Colorado statewide rate.

These have been difficult years for Colorado libraries, which continue to face increased use of resources and lower funding. Despite these challenges, the number of libraries participating in the AIRS database program continues to help sustain this collaborative purchase effort, along with subsidy funds from the State Library. Working together, libraries still find they save money over “going it alone.”

For the coming fiscal year (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2012), the databases that are part of the program have been nearly finalized, and details associated with contracts/financial projections/pricing are being settled.

Database Details for 2011-2012

Updated on April 22, 2011

WorldCat

Contains more than 62 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Includes holdings information from libraries across the world.

EBSCO Databases

Brief descriptions of these databases can be found on the Full EBSCO Database Descriptions page (PDF).

  • Academic Search Premier
  • Business Source Premier
  • Encyclopedia of Animals
  • Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia
  • MAS Ultra – School Edition
  • MasterFILE Premier
  • Middle Search Plus
  • Newspaper Source
  • Primary Search
  • Regional Business News
  • TOPICsearch
  • NEW – Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (FULL TEXT!)

Note:

The OCLC portion of the FY11-12 database package required a signed license agreement from individual libraries.  Negotiations are underway with OCLC for FY12-13.