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Oct 24

Welcome Penworthy: New WiLS Cooperative Purchasing Vendor

We are pleased to welcome Penworthy to our vendor partners. Penworthy is a WI based company offering print books, STEAM materials and much more. If you are a WiLS Cooperative Purchasing Member, please check them out:

https://sprinkles.wils.org/services/cooperative-purchasing/penworthy/

And check out this offer on STEAM to GO materials

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Not a WiLS Cooperative Purchasing Member yet? Learn more here

Oct 7

Infobase Celebrates Healthy Habits Month

School is back in session and time to get into a healthy routine.

October is Healthy Habits month!

Why not offer our Health Reference Center database which features information about health, diseases and disorders and so much more.  The portal provides journal articles, videos and illustrations with information for everyone….men, women teens and seniors.  Check out the flyer and demo link below.  Trials and quote available upon request.

WiLS members get a 35% discount (offer expires 10/31/19). Contact your WiLS rep for trials or quotes today!

Learn more about the collection from this flyer or this video.

Aug 23

Social Explorer Demo Webinar – UPDATE

On September 9th, WiLS’ newest vendor partner, Social Explorer provided a free demo of their product. A link to the recorded session is below.

Social Explorer provides quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. The easy-to-use web interface lets users create maps and reports to illustrate, analyze, and understand demography and social change. Your social science instructors can develop academic activities that brings real-world data into the classroom.

Session Recording Link

Learn more about Social Explorer by reading this flyer. Contact Jeff Brunner () for trial and price quote information.

 

Jun 25

Omnigraphics, Inc. – New Discounts and Free Trials!

WiLS vendor-partner and WiLSWorld 2019 sponsor, Omnigraphics, Inc. has just implemented an exciting new discount structure for WiLS members. Here are the details:

  • 20% Discount: All Print Sourcebooks, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc
  • 30% Discount: All 1st year Online Databases (E-books included)
  • 40% Discount: All 2nd year Online Databases (E-books included)

But the excitement doesn’t stop there! Omnigraphics is offering free trials on two of their stellar resources: Health Reference Series Online and Teen Resource Center Online! Sign your institution up for a free trial by following this link. Don’t forget that Omnigraphics is an “order direct” vendor, so you can order your resources right from their website. You can find out more about Omnigraphics, including the discount code for WiLS members, on our site!

May 7

Nominations Accepted for the WiLS Board Through May 24th

Nominations are currently being accepted for four positions on the WiLS board.

Read more

Mar 8

Infobase is going MAD this March!

Infobase is offering WiLS members an assist this month with a great offer on Facts on File databases! The more you spend, the more you save:

One database is $999
Two databases $899 each
Three databases $799 each
Four databases $699 each
Five databases $599 each

Download this flyer to learn more about the products.

This is the kind of slam dunk deal that will make you a champion with your patrons!

As always, trials are available upon request. Contact Jeff Brunner () or Hayley Bloch () for more information.

 

Feb 20

Statista Demo Series

WiLS vendor partner Statista will be hosting a series of demonstrations of their fantastic statistics and facts portal. Join us on any of three dates to learn how this resource can benefit your patrons whatever type of library you may be. The three dates, including connection information, follow. We’d love to get a sense of who might be able to come, so please register for whichever session you’d like to attend! Read more

Jan 31

Unpaywall

WiLS has just learned about an open source resource that we want to share. Unpaywall is an open database of more that 24 million free scholarly articles. They harvest Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories, and make it easy to find, track, and use. There’s a Chrome browser extension and available integrations into a variety of link resolvers. Users of Dimensions, Web of Science and Scopus can already access the data through those platforms as well. Check in out!

Dec 20

Ring in 2019 with Gale Resources in this Promotional Offer Exclusively for WiLS Members!

Gale is offering an outstanding discount package for K12 Coop Members through February! Save up to 30% on new subscriptions. See https://www.galepages.com/wils_2018 for details.

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