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Welcome to Cooperative Purchasing

Review news and trials by specific library type: Academic Library | Public Library | K12 Library

The Cooperative Purchasing Service is one of the cornerstone programs of WiLS and brings together academic, public, and school libraries in order to create large subscriber groups.  Utilizing our established relationships with vendors, we work to negotiate discounted pricing for our members.  Our Cooperative Purchasing Program also serves as a central point of contact for libraries when they encounter problems with subscriptions or have any requests for information.

While we do our best to keep up with changes in vendors and products, please contact us at coop@wils.wisc.edu if you have any questions regarding a vendor or product not listed on this site.

Coop News and Trials

Spring Cleaning from Centurion Technologies

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Academic Libraries
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Public Libraries
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K-12 Libraries

Centurion Technologieswww.centuriontech.com
Centurion Technologies, Inc.
512 Rudder Road, Fenton, MO 63026
Toll Free: 800-224-7977
Fax: 636-349-5431

Phil Simeone, Sales Manager;
psimeone@centuriontech.com
Office: 636-349-6100 ext. 110

News and Trials for K-12 Libraries

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K-12 Libraries

OverDrive School Download Library Subscribers
Did you know you can select loan periods for titles in your library beyond 7 days? Each school can dictate what they want their load periods by setting fixed periods or provide a dropdown for students either 7, 14 or 21 days. Contact Sara Gold at sgold@wils.wisc.edu for more information.

Trial of Issues & Controversies in American History
Start Date: 4/10/2012
Expiration Date: 5/20/2012
online.infobaselearning.com/Direct.aspx?aid=12058&pid=WE58
Username: ICAH
Password: teacher

News and Trials for Acadmic Libraries

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Academic Libraries

ABC-CLIO is offering discounts on their databases through the end of April.  Please email or call for pricing.

in fall Alexander Street Press will be introducing Gay and Lesbian Thought and Culture  and Classical Music in Video is now available.  Sign up here for a trial.

BioOne announces BioOne Mobile

News for All Libraries

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Academic Libraries
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Public Libraries
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K-12 Libraries

Through June 30, Gale Digital Collections is offering discounted pricing on National Geographic Archive 1888-1994

WiLS now offers PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO with an EBSCO, ProQuest or Ovid interface.  PsycTESTS is also available from Ovid.  Please email for a trial.

Librarian-Selected Apps for Early Literacy iPad Kits
Darien LIbrary—Librarian Selected Apps for Early Literacy iPad Kits

Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning

News from Euromonitor International and STAT!Ref

Library Type: 
Academic Libraries

Euromonitor

Euromonitor International will be holding webinars for interested faculty and library staff. Anyone who wants to join in can do so, it’s just an easier more efficient way to demonstrate and to acquaint people at various schools with the Euromonitor's Market Research Monitor system.

WEBINAR DATES AND TIMES
Wednesday 3/14 3:00-3:30pm
Tuesday 3/20 11:00-11:30am
Friday 3/23 9:30-10am

WEBINAR INSTUCTIONS
Step 1:
Click on the Link: DEMO ACCESS
Enter as a guest and type: “YOUR NAME – NAME OF INSTITUTION”  (Example: Ray Clark – Euromonitor International)

News for All Libraries

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Academic Libraries
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Public Libraries
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K-12 Libraries

Receive a 20% discount on all new CountryWatch subscriptions. 

Other News for Academic Libraries

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Academic Libraries

Other News:

News and Trials for K-12 and Public Libraries

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Public Libraries
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K-12 Libraries

fPowerKids Life Sciencerom Rosen Cybersmarts: www.rosenlearningcenter.com
PowerKids Life Science www.pklifescience.com
PowerKids Earth & Space Science www.pkearthandspace.com

Teen Cybersmarts
Trial valid from March 7-April 15
Username and Password: wipl

EBSCO Databases
Go to: trial.ebscohost.com
User Id: wilstrial
Password: trial

The following databases are available as part or this trial:

News from Alexander Street Press, Credo, EBSCO, InfoBase, OCLC-Elsevier, Oxford Press and Project Muse

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Academic Libraries

Alexander Street Press is providing free access to 5 award winning databases through February to celebrate Black History Month. Sign up HERE: alexanderstreet.com/blhistory

Credo introduces Literati, a collaborative research platform that supports research effectiveness and information literacy.

OCLC will be offering Elsevier SciVerse ScienceDirect through WorldCat Local

Group Renewals

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Academic Libraries

There are a lot of group renewals coming up in July, August, September and October.  Please find the list of upcoming group renewals below. Please send an email to Kirsten if you are interested in running a trial or getting pricing for any of the following databases. Please note that for some group databases, there are options to upgrade to full text.

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