Electronic Resources

Albertsons Library Collection News

Collection Strategy

With the successful adoption of the student library materials and subscription fees, Albertsons Library has the amazing opportunity to review our collections and find areas that need improvement and strategic growth. Heather Grevatt, Marlena Hooyboer, and Mary Aagard formed a working group to create collection development strategies that use multiple sources of data. The data includes:

• Choreo Insights library holdings and print retention commitments
• comparison to institutional and IPEDS peers
• reviewing the average age of the materials
• vendor packages and materials lists
• Voyager data; required course materials
• growth in academic programs and graduation rates across disciplines

The different sources of data will be packaged into subject areas for librarians and library liaisons to build collection lists for potential purchase and to identify areas of further development. This initiative is in addition to work we are doing with the Bronco Shop and \their textbook team to reduce textbook costs for students. The working group will share more to get feedback and to test the methodology. Albertsons Library is very excited about the opportunity to provide more current and relevant resources to our students.

As work is underway to create a strategic path for collection development, we are currently evaluating resources that may be beneficial to our campus community. If there are resources you would like to suggest, please complete the Purchase Request Form to submit the resource for consideration. The form can be used to submit purchase requests or quotes for books, e-books, physical media, streaming media, serials, or databases that the library does not own. Please see below for a list of new resources we added to our collections in fiscal 2024, as well as resources that will be cancelled due to low use. 

New Collections

At the end of fiscal year 2024, we were able to add several valuable resources to our collections:

• The New York Times Online: Get started browsing The New York Times today for international, national, business, and New York regional news as well as science, medicine, arts, sports, and lifestyle news. The New York Times is available to students, faculty, and staff with access provided by Albertsons Library. Activate your complimentary access by creating an account with your Boise State email address.
• Academic Video Online (AVON): Academic Video Online provides access to more than 80,000 video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, and thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners.
• ASM Alloy Center Online: Search the ASM Alloy Center across ASM property data, performance charts, and processing guidelines for metals and alloys. The ASM Alloy Center includes five content areas: alloy finder, coatings data, corrosion performance data, data sheets and diagrams, and materials property data. 
• ASM Technical Books: Discover practical guides and reference resources from experts in the field on a wide variety of subjects within materials science and engineering.
• Access World News 2024 Research Edition: Access World News by NewsBank was upgraded from the 2022 Research Edition to the 2024 Research Edition in April 2024. This upgrade brings with it almost 900 additional news sources, as well as almost 130 new full-color PDF image editions, including the Idaho Statesman and Idaho Press. 
• Asian Life in America: Series 3: 2018-today: Asian Life in America by NewsBank features the experience and impact of Asian Americans as reported by the news media. This is a comprehensive digital collection of primary resources and documents from and about Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage, including Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, South Asians, Vietnamese, and many others. Content is sourced from more than 18,962 American and global news sources.
• IEEE Wiley Semiconductors eBooks Collection: The Wiley Semiconductors eBooks Library focuses on key content areas that lead today's cutting-edge technologies and help set the standards for future advancements. Title List
• IEEE Packt 2024 Frontlist eBooks:  Stay informed about a wide variety of computer science and technology topics. This collection provides essential information and practical learning for computer programmers, IT professionals, and undergraduate and graduate students. Title List
• Elsevier Evidence-Based Selection eBook Package: Browse titles from 2019-2023 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Psychology, Neuroscience, Environmental Science, and Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences. View the titles list to see what is available in the Elsevier Evidence-Based Selection package: Title List

Cancellations

• ArtBibliographies Modern (ABM): The final day this database will be available is October 31, 2024. Browse the A-Z Database page to find more art-related resources. 
• ComAbstracts: The final day this database will be available is January 31, 2025. Browse the A-Z Database page to find more communication and media resources.