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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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