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Time to Renew BCR Grove Group
Purchase; Free Trial Also Available
By James Speed Hensinger
BCR is offering a free trial as renewal time approaches for the BCR group purchase of
The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, The Grove Dictionary of Opera Online and the
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Online.
- The Grove Dictionary of Art Online provides Web access to the entire text of The
Dictionary of Art with quarterly updates. It features more than 45,000 signed
articles, 500,000-plus bibliographic citations and more than100,000 images of art
and antiques from the Bridgeman Art Library.
- The New Grove Dictionary of Opera Online contains all the content of the print
version plus 30 new articles on recently risen stars, new factual information and
direct links to nearly 300 images.
- The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences will be the largest single, reference source
published in the biological sciences. It is available for online subscription in a
preview format called "Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Sciences."
Pricing for all types of libraries is available this year and is particularly favorable for K-
12 schools and public libraries. The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Online is only $70
per year. But please note: the pricing model for these databases has changed
significantly. For information on pricing and the databases go to BCR's Web site
(www.bcr.org/), click on Reference Databases
and then again on Grove. To subscribe, complete the electronic form on the Web site.
BCR's Grove group subscription year runs July 1 to June 30.
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