connect icut ’s search engine Volume 12 , Issue 4

July 2013

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Promoting iCONN P.1

Professional Collection P.1

EBSCO Databases P.2

reQuest Changes P.2

Consumer Reports P.2

Gale Statistics P.2

iCONN Training P.2

T H E I C O N N T I M E S

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Promoting iCONN We depend greatly on libraries to promote awareness and use of iCONN throughout the

state. To facilitate this, we now have a number of informative promotional materials which can

be ordered in print or downloaded for local printing.

The 11 x 17 posters and bookmarks for kids

depicted to the right and below are new and can

be ordered online at

http://www.ebscohost.com/iconn. The

materials will be shipped directly to you in the

quantities you specify:

A new tri-fold brochure at http://bit.ly/11uNtpR

can be edited and printed locally with your

library information added:

The current iCONN bookmark depicted below can be

ordered via fax using the printed form at

http://bit.ly/yyVYth.

iCONN Radio Promotion Radio spot: http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/PublicServiceAnnouncements.aspx

This 60-second radio spot will run on 13 commercial FM radio stations in CT during priority

drive times from August 26 (when most schools start) through the week of November 18th. The

goal is to air the spot ten times per week on each station and to target each station for a week to

two weeks during the allotted time and to stagger the cities where the spot runs.

What else are we doing to promote iCONN? Updated “iCONN's Advantages Relative to Google/Bing/Yahoo/etc.” at

http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/iCONNsAdvantages.aspx and will be developing

a video to complement this.

Developing a streaming video on “How to Use iCONN OneSearch”

Developing a coaster (4-inch diameter) with the iCONN logo on one side and “Top 10

Reasons To Use iCONN.org” on the other side – as depicted at http://bit.ly/13ZEvSv. When

it’s ready, EBSCO will insert two into each order for posters and bookmarks.

iCONN is a service of

the Connecticut State

Library’s Division of

Library Development.

iCONN’s Professional

Collection for librarians has

been updated with EBSCO

resources at

http://bit.ly/QiqyuH. Sample titles include:

American Libraries

Booklist

College & Research

Libraries

Computers in Libraries

Library Journal

Library Technology

Reports

School Library Journal

Teacher Librarian

Young Adult Library

Services

Professional Collection

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The iCONN Times is a quarterly

publication of iCONN—

Connecticut’s re-search engine.

Find it on the site index at:

http://bit.ly/qLlmwu.

iCONN

786 South Main Street

Middletown, CT 06457

(860) 704-2220 or toll free

(888) 256-1222

Free iCONN Training

Using iCONN OneSearch

This 2-hour hands-on

training session will include

an overview of iCONN

OneSearch.

Thurs., Aug. 8, 2013

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Willimantic Lib. Svc. Ctr.

Register

@ http://bit.ly/12yVvLx

OR

Mon., Aug. 12, 2013

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Middletown Lib. Svc.. Ctr.

Register

@ http://bit.ly/13x4ROn

iCONN/EBSCO Resources

for Schools

This 2-hour hands-on

training session will focus

on individual EBSCO

databases that are most

relevant to school libraries.

Thurs., Aug. 8, 2013

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Willimantic Lib. Svc. Ctr.

Register

@ http://bit.ly/12mF7ww

OR

Mon., Aug. 12, 2013

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Middletown Lib. Svc. Ctr.

Register

@ http://bit.ly/12yWlbf

Changes to reQuest Defaults

To achieve better search results in reQuest,

we changed the default search from “All

Headings,” which is a keyword search, to

“Title.” We did this in combination with a

change in the default sort from “Relevancy”

to “Number of Titles.”

This change was made after viewing and

testing various combinations of searches using

reQuest’s Top 100 Search Terms.

Visit http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/EBSCOiCONNTraining.htm to register for

EBSCO onsite and webinar training on iCONN OneSearch (for all library types) and EBSCO

databases (for specific library types), and how to use EBSCO Admin to generate your library’s

usage statistics. All past webinars are archived (just click on the link for any past webinar).

Visit the following pages for many other online training resources for iCONN databases:

For public libraries and schools:

http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/OnlineTrainingPublicSchool.aspx

For academic libraries:

http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/OnlineTrainingAcademic.aspx

Getting Up-To-Speed on EBSCO Databases

Popular Magazines—Consumer Reports is back!

iCONN’s Popular Magazines

pages for public, academic, and

school audiences are accessible

from the iCONN landing pages,

classic menu pages, and through

individual links found in the

iCONN Sitemap at

http://bit.ly/12FDYXU.

Popular magazines including

Consumer Reports are available.

Cengage Gale Database Usage Statistics

Although access to Cengage Gale databases through iCONN expired on June 30, 2013, library

staff access to Gale Admin will remain active for all iCONN accounts and usage statistics and

report data will continue to be available for up to three years.