Consortium Pricing

One of the major benefits of BAISL membership is the tremendous cost-savings members are entitled to from the following vendors:

• Gale Cengage - producer of General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac), Opposing Viewpoints, and the Research Center suite of databases (U.S. History, World History, Biography, Health, Literature) and much more.
• JSTOR - a full-text archive of scanned scholarly journals, some dating back to the 19th century. These journals span several disciplines, including history, science, languages and the arts.
• Questia School - online books, newspaper and magazine articles and educational resources.
• Discovery Education Streaming - video-on-demand service with content from PBS, Discovery Channel, the BBC, and more.
• Proquest - offers a number of databases for the K-12 school library, including eLibrary, CultureGrams, and SIRS.
• Newsbank - provider of current and historical newspapers online.
• L4U - Library Automation System developed especially for K-12 schools (Windows and Mac compatible).

For more information about consortium deals, or current trials, contact Ann Lane, Consortium Committee chair.