Hi Mary,
I would, too, only HMW is a lot more expensive. The quote I got in Dec. was nearly $12,000 per year. Maybe the price has come down and we could get a consortium price break, but I still think it would be out of our price range given the current budget situation (and next year). But I did have a very quick meeting with one of their reps about a month ago, and I will touch base with her as to the current cost.
Mike
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From: owner-calmap@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-calmap@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Mary Larsgaard
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:27 PM
To: calmap@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [CALMAP:591] trial of new online-maps product; another online-maps product with which to compare AtoZmaps
I suggest before we make a yes/no decision
on AtoZ, we each try out Historic Map Works
Library Edition.
http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/hmw.shtml
http://trials.proquest.com/pqte/cust/requestTrial.do
I note I neglected to mention in a previous
email that Tracey's remarks about AtoZ.
The Perry-Castenada Web site would be
my first choice to send users to - not
AtoZ. Although AtoZ certainly does
have materials PC doesn't, for
my users' primary area of interest - California -
there are so many good for-free sites out there.
Mary
--Mary Lynette Larsgaard Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara 552 University Road Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010 USA mary@library.ucsb.edu http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu Webpage: http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu/~mary/ voice: 805/893-4049; 2779, reference desk fax: 805/893-8799
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