That extensive German title may be intimidating but IBZ-Online (or for non-Germanophiles, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences-Online) is an index for scholarly research that no self-respecting European or American research library has been without for over a hundred years. Founded by Felix Dietrich in 1899, IBZ is also known as  The Dietrich  in Europe. Publications from 40 countries in more than 40 languages are covered. lBZ-Online provides access to citations for over two million journal articles. with some 120,000 entries from 6000 periodicals added each year

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Santa Clara UniversityScholar CommonsStaff publications, research, and presentations University Library4-1-2004IBZ-Online: Internationale Bibilographie derGeistes-und SozialwissenschaftlichenZeitschrigtenliteratur (Review)Elizabeth McKeigueSanta Clara University, emckeigue@gmail.comFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.scu.edu/libraryPart of the Library and Information Science CommonsThis Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the University Library at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Staffpublications, research, and presentations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contactrscroggin@scu.edu.Recommended CitationMcKeigue, E. “IBZ-Online: Internationale Bibilographie der Geistes-und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschrigtenliteratur.” (Review)Library Journal 1 April 2004.DDATABASE&DISC REVIEWSD EDITOR: CHERYL LaGUARDIA ELECTRONICALLY SPEAKING ... chemi. ts will delight in reading Michael Blake's incisive review. of two CambridgeSoft products. and scholars wi ll be cheered by Elizabeth McKeigue' review of ffiZ, which i ali ve, well, and finally online. And Chris Oka's look at a web-based course may foretell the future for adult-ba'ied teaming in the private sector. ml FOOD HANDLERS' SAFETY COURSE Health Media Lab (800-843-1 068; info@healthmedialab.com). www.hcallhmedialab.com Date reviewed: 3ni'Yt Price: egotiated by site. Founded in 199·+. Health Media Lab de-velops internctive health education courses for people of all ages. Its re~earch and de-velopment b supponed by private fund~ and grant1> from the National Institute~ of Health, including the National Cancer ln-Mitutc: National Hea.n. Lung & Blood ln-:.titute; National Institute of Child Health & Hutmm Development: and National In-stitute of Allergy and lnfectiou~ Disea~es. food Handlers' Safety Course (FHSC), based on the FDA Food Crx:le. is an inter-active web cour-e adminbtered by Health Media Lab\ online training partner, 360Trnini ng. This i:. the first comprehen-sive online cour,e designed to teach em-ployee), and new hire~ the ba,l,ics of forx:l safery and sanitation. including per-.onal hygiene, time/temperature control. food-borne illness. proper food preparation, and ~torage. If there was any doubt as to the importance of thi~ type of training. users need only read the introduction: "every year in the United States. an estimated 76 million people ... get 'ick bccau'e the) or ~omcone else allowed their food to be-come contaminated ... :· The advantage to FHSC i~ the online format: it' ;wai lnble 24 hours a day and requires no special hardware or '>Oftware to 111n the graphics and integrated audio except for the free software Micromedia Flash. Screen displays are ::.imple and intu-itive, wi th button loimi!ar to tho!>e on a recorder-player and accompanied by a control panel assistance box. The fir<.t thing a '>tudent sees on-screen are the introduction and the courl>e objectives: ·1o gain an understanding of the tenn 'Food-borne Il lness.' to learn what causes food-borne illnesses. and to learn how food-borne illness can be pre-vented through proper handling practice~:· Cheryl LaGuardia b the Head of Jn,trucuonal Service\ for the Harvard College Librury, author of Bemmmg a Libmr:.- Teacht•r (Ncal-Schumnn. 200<1). and w1nncr of the 1996 Louis Shore--of) x Pre'' Award for Excellence in Re\iewing 130 Next. key terms. :.uch as bacteria. clean-ing. cro~s-conlamination, danger tone, and food-borne illness, are introduced. Vi-sual learner'> will be able to read the text onscreen. and aural learner- wi ll appreci-ate the integrated audio reading. While some of information can be daunting. the creators have tried to make important points easy to remember. For example. the si' condition~ that help bacterial growth have a mnemonic: Fat Tom (food. acidity. time. temperature, oxygen, and moisture). By clicking on Play users can work through the course. On screen leflthcre is a link. "My Trtlining ... with personal ac-count inforn1ation including an Outl ine of the Course and a glos ary of key term . The List of Courses tab detai ls how many of the components of the cour~e have been P~scd, arc In Progress, or Not Yet Stancd. The only criticism is the amount of time it took each component to load. Computer-equipped with high-speed Internet acces~ shouldn't find thi!> an issue. The Bottom Line: Food Handlers· afcty Course is a well-organited, nicely self-paced online course. Recommended for public, academic. and '>pecial li braries serving populatiom that need this in. tn•c-tion.-Christine Oka, Research & lmtmc-tion Sl'cs .. Nonlwa.wern Unil~ Lihs .. Bos1011 rniJ laz.oNUNE: INTERNAnONALE BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER GEISTES·UND SOZIALWISS ENSCHAFTLICHEN ZEITSCHRIFTENLITERATUR K.G. Saur Verlag I host: Gemeinsamer Bibliothek.~verbundl (+49 (0)89 769 02-0; ~aur.info@thomson.com). www.saur.de Date reviewed: 3/6/()4 Price: Negotiated by site. That extensive German title may be intim-idating. but IBZ-Onlinc (or for non-LIBRARY JOURNAUAPRIL I, 2004 Gcm1anophilcs. International Bibliogra-phy of Periodical Literature in the Hu-manities and Social Sciences-Online) is an index for scholarly research that no self-respecting European or American re-search library has been without for over a hundred year~. Founded by Felix Dietrich in 1899. mz i' abo lnown <!!. 'lhe Diet-rich" in Europe. Publication\ from 40 coumrie" in more than 40 language~ are covered. lBZ-Online provides access to citation'> for over two million journal ani-des. with some 120,000 entrie.., from 6000 periodicals added each year. Contrary to its name. lBZ il. not fo-cused solely on the Humanities and Social Science)., nor does it cover solely Gern1a11 periodical title ... In fact, coverage touches on many scientific field\. such as biology. agriculture. ecology. medicine. mathemat-ics, statistics, eanh sciences. and technolo-gy. In addition. 51 percent of the pcrirx:li-cal~ indexed are published in Engli~h (37 percent are in Gemmn and the remaining in other languages). Searchable in either Engli~h or Ger-man. the online databa ·e prO\ ides an ea~y Quick search interface as well a..' an Ad-vanced 'earch mrxle. Librarian~ will ap-preciate the latter, which emulates most li-brary catalog environments. Howe\cr. one problem: the change to Englbh language docs not per<;iSt to each ~ub~cquent link. Each time you search again, the language revert~ back to German. lt quidJy be-comes tedious to click cominually the little Union Jack at the top of the creen. It's hoped this can be changed in ~ub~equent releases. As with mo~t library catalog~. the tirl.t search screen offers a "brow),t: by" function. Something to look out for: the search engine is unforgiving with punctua-tion and diacritics. If you browse by author "Guthke Karl." the resulting li-.t docs not display the name. You must '>earch for "Guthke, Karl'· (note the addition of a comma) to display this prominent -;chol-ar\ name. The 1\dvanced search mode is where most user:. will want to \tan. It's possible to build ~pccific Boolean searche~ by ~earching specific fields in the record\ (everything from all to ISS to publi'>her). Another great feature is the ability to limit a search by publication date and/or lan-guage of publication. The Bottom Line: IBZ offer'> much more coverage of European research than either EBSCO's Academic Search Premier or Taylor & Francis's Art!> and Humani-Lies. It cover" a world of ~cholarship that might be ea.;ily overlooked in American univer~ity and research l ibmric~. and IBZ-Online beats the IBZ CD-ROM product by a mi le, with its automatic monthly up-dates. l lighly recommended for univer~ity and academic re earch libmnes.-£/i;:a-bt'th McKeigue. ReJearch S1n .. \Videner Ltb .. Hun·artl Unil: r:1lD THE MERCK INDEX CambndgeSoft Corp. (800-3 15-7300; info@lcambridgesoft.com). themercklndex.cambridgcsoft.com Date reviewed: 2122104 Price: egotiated b) .,itc. When looking for chemical information on drugs. brological substance'>. or an un-J...nown. libmrians typrcally reach for The Mert-1.. Index, usually kept at the reference desk. CambridgeSoft Corpor..Hton now pro-vides a web ver~ion of thi<. wonderful source with added enhancements that make this electronic product wonh rnvcstiguting. The Merck Index contains detailed infom1ation on 10.250 chemical com-pound'>. 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