Alma: Gale - World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean product change (April 2023)
- Product: Alma, SFX, 360 KB
- Product Version: all
- Relevant for Installation Type: all
The World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean product from Gale will be changed signficantly at the end of June 2023. There are collections being removed, and you may need to select new collections (depending on the subscriptions that your library has at the date of the change). Pay close attention to the changes listed below.
Collections To Be Retired/Removed (approx. 3 months after migration in June):
Although the migration of the product and all of the changes will take place near the end of June 2023, we will keep World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean active in Ex LIbris KBs for approximately 3 months following the change from Gale. Be advised that linking and access of records in the KBs may no longer work, depending on your library's subscriptions at the time of migration. These collections will be removed TBA
Alma/SFX:
| Alma Collection Name | Alma Collection ID | SFX Target ID | SFX Target Name |
| World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean Portal | 613810000000000335 | 3810000000000335 | WORLD_SCHOLAR_LATIN_AMERICA_AND_THE_CARIBBEAN_PORTAL |
360 KB:
| 360 KB Database Name | 360 KB Database Code |
| World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean Historical Archive | 5.Z |
| World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean Portal | J34 |
New/replacement collection for Primary Source Content
The primary source material from the former collection will be spun off into a new collection by itself. This collection has yet to be created in the KBs - we will update the table with the details once available. This new collection will not be available through Gale Research Complete or other Gale bundled products; it will be a separate subscription.
| New Collection Name | Alma Collection ID | 360 Database Code | SFX Target Name | SFX Target ID |
| Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century | 615410000000003188 | ADKIX | ARCHIVES_OF_LATIN_AMERICAN_AND_CARIBBEAN_HISTORY_SIXTEENTH_TO_TWENTIETH_CENTURY | 5410000000003188 |
The previous product (World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean) contained "Collections", and "Portals". The new product will only contain the "Collections" records. MARC will be available for this new product a few months following the launch of the product (approx. October 2023), at which time we will populate the collection with the records available.
Ebook Content
World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean contained some ebook titles. These will no longer be available in the new collection above.
- Gale Research Complete North America - 2 of the ebook titles have been added to this bundle's included ebooks
- Gale Access Program - 17 of the ebook titles have been added to this bundle's included ebooks
Other institutions not participating in these products/bundles may have to purchase these books separately.
Journal/Periodical Content
World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean contained some periodical titles and articles. These will no longer be available in the new collection above.
The periodical titles have access through the following collections.
| Gale Product Code | Collection Name | Alma Collection ID | 360 Database Code | SFX Target ID | SFX Target Name |
| AONE | Gale Academic OneFile | 611000000000001464 | IAO | 1000000000001464 | GALE_ACADEMIC_ONEFILE |
| ITOF | Gale General OneFile | 61111021039760000 | IOF | 111021039760000 | GALE_GENERAL_ONEFILE |
| IFME | Gale OneFile: Informe Academico | 61111021039533000 | INF | 111021039533000 | GALE_ONEFILE_INFORME_ACADEMICO |
| STND | Gale OneFile: News | 611000000000002642 | 3GN | 1000000000002642 | GALE_ONEFILE_NEWS |
Note: The periodical titles available in each collection above vary by topic, and all of the titles available in World Scholar are not available in all of these collections.
If you have questions about what products your library will have access to following the migration of World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean, please contact Gale Customer Support.
- Article last edited: 04-Jan-2024