The Challenge:

600-700 databases. How do we organize and display these resources so that it provides effective access to the tools. Community of users ranges from Novice-Advanced Researchers.

Access Resources at Mason

The library website offers a few options for access

inPrimo Discovery tool that TRIES to search everything at once.

What it searches

Database Wizard and how we use it

Subjects Plus http://www.subjectsplus.com/ SubjectsPlus was developed from Pirate Source developed by the Joyner Library at East Carolina University. It became abandonware, and with permission, an expanded version of this original software was open sourced and renamed SubjectsPlus. Development was undertaken at the Ithaca College Library, and now the University of Miami Libraries. Many people have contributed to SP over the years. What Institutions Use it? http://subjectsplus.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sites_using_SubjectsPlus

History Resources: This is a mixed list of resources that contains some primary, secondary and tertiary sources. Articles & Databases : History http://infowiz.gmu.edu/dbs/subjects/hist
Primary Sources Articles & Databases : Primary Sources (Humanities & History) http://infowiz.gmu.edu/dbs/subjects/primary
Source Type: Articles & Databases : News & Newspapers http://infowiz.gmu.edu/dbs/subjects/news
Newspapers
- Government Documents
- Statistics/Data
- Atlases/Maps
- Disciplinary Content and Everything Else
- Compendex-Engineering 1884-Present
- MLA
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
A-Z

LibGuides (aka InfoGuides):

http://libguides.com/community.php?m=i&ref=libguides.com

Course Guides
Region/Period
- Primary Sources in American History: 1600s to 1820s (Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early Republic Eras) http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_colonial-1820s
- Primary Sources in American History: 1820s to 1880s (Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Eras) http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_1820s-1880s
- Primary Sources in American History: 1880s to 1930s (Gilded Age, Progressive Era, and Great Depression Eras) http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_1880s-1930s
- Primary Sources in American History: 1940s to Present (World War II, Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, and Recent Eras) http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_1940s-present
- Primary Sources in Asian History http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_asian
- Primary Sources in British History http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_british
- Primary Sources in Latin American History http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_latin_america
- Primary Sources in Middle Eastern and African History http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_mideast_africa
- Primary Sources in Russian, Former Soviet Union, and Eastern European History http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_russian
- Primary Sources in Western European History http://infoguides.gmu.edu/primary_western_europe

Environmental Scan

Emory

5 or 6 subdivisions for history
Subject but allows you to build collections yourself.

Yale

Yale is using Libguides as their hosting platform.
Many specialized guides that include very specialized resources however they have many specialized librarians. NYU
Essentially just an A-Z list.

Cornell