Database Providers

The UMKC Libraries Website links to a number of databases and other online resources. While much of the information on the World Wide Web is free, many database providers charge a subscription fee to access their databases. The subscriptions which allow UMKC students, faculty and staff to access databases are provided through the following:

University of Missouri Electronic Resources Initiative

The University of Missouri President's Innovation Fund supports the University of Missouri Library Directors Electronic Resources Initiative (UM Electronic Resources Initiative) for three years at a cost of almost one million dollars. The University of Missouri Electronic Resources Initiative required a match from each campus and the University of Missouri Library Systems Office. The leadership of the University of Missouri System and each of the four campuses are responsible for significantly improving information resources for teaching and research at the University of Missouri. The project supports system-level licensing of electronic resources such as full-text electronic journals, reference sources, and abstracting and indexing databases for the faculty, students, and staff of the four University of Missouri campuses, with remote access for authorized users. These electronic resources will be available by the end of January or early February 2005. More...

MERLIN Consortium

MERLIN is a cluster of Missouri academic libraries within the MOBIUS Library Consortium. The MERLIN Library Catalog includes the collections of the University of Missouri Columbia Libraries, University of Missouri Columbia Law Library, University of Missouri Kansas City Libraries, University of Missouri Kansas City Law Library, University of Missouri Rolla Library, and University of Missouri St. Louis Libraries.

For information about databases made available through MERLIN, visit http://merlin.missouri.edu/merlin/pages/dat_name.htm.

MOBIUS

MOBIUS, also known as Missouri Bibliographic Information User System, is a consortium of academic libraries with member colleges and universities in the state of Missouri. Fifty charter members began the project in July 1998 and other institutions have joined since then. With the addition of the Springfield-Green County Library in 2003, the consortium now includes public libraries as well.

MOBIUS has an active program of consortial licensing of electronic information resources such as electronic journals. New projects being planned or considered include cooperative collection development and cooperative storage. MOBIUS is supported by a combination of state appropriations and member fees.

Find out more about MOBIUS at http://mobius.missouri.edu/screens/about_mobius.html.

MOREnet

The Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet) provides Internet connectivity, access to Internet2, technical support, videoconferencing services and training to Missouri's K-12 schools, colleges and universities, public libraries, health care, state government and other affiliates.

Information about online resources made available by MOREnet can be found at http://www.more.net/online/index.html.

KC REACHE

KC REACHE is a non-profit, higher education consortium among KCPT-19 and nine accredited colleges and universities based in the greater Kansas City area. KC REACHE serves to promote awareness of and access to world-class distance learning opportunities in the Kansas City area.

More information about KC REACHE can be found at http://www.kcreache.org/index.php.

UMKC Subscription

UMKC University Libraries pay a subscription fee for access to these resources.

UMKC University Libraries works with other campus partners to pay for access to the following resources:

• EBM Reviews -- J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library (UM-Columbia) and the Mid-Missouri Area Health Education Center (UM Extension)
• Natural Standard -- School of Pharmacy
• Psychology Online -- Western Missouri Mental Health Center
• UpToDate -- Truman Medical Center

UMKC purchase

UMKC University Libraries has purchased this resource.

UMKC Law Subscription

The Leon E. Bloch Law Library pays a subscription fee for access to these resources.

The Law Library works with other campus partners to pay for access to the following resources:

• CCH Tax Research Network -- Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration
• Checkpoint -- Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration

UMKC Law Library and UMKC University Libraries

Access to these resources is paid for cooperatively by the Leon E. Bloch Library and the University Libraries.

The Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at UMKC

Access to these resources is paid for by the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration.

Free on the Web

Resources listed as being “free on the Web” are available at no cost to anyone who visits the Website.

For more information about database subscriptions, please contact Brenda Dingley, Interim Coordinator for Collection Development, at 816-235-2226.