University of Illinois at Chicago Library selects Serials Solutions’ Summon service for improved discovery - February 2, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library has selected the Summon service to provide improved discovery of the library’s vast collections – including more than 2.6 million volumes and 60,000 serial titles… Read More
Bielefeld University in Germany opts for EBSCO Discovery Service - February 2, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the Bielefeld University has chosen its EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Bielefeld selected EDS after an intense and detailed review of the service, determining that EBSCO Discovery Service provided the best content coverage plus the option to… Read More
OCLC and Elsevier in deal to provide full-text searching of SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books via WorldCat Local - February 1, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and STM publisher Elsevier have signed an agreement that will make the full text from Elsevier’s SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books available to users of OCLC’s WorldCat Local. The expanded partnership makes it possible for researchers… Read More
Credo Reference launches new solution ‘Literati by Credo’ to promote information literacy - January 27, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that their new solution 'Literati by Credo' is now available to libraries worldwide. Literati by Credo is a collaborative research platform that promotes research effectiveness and information literacy by combining Credo's content with innovative library-centric technology. Beyond… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon service continues its mission of returning researchers to the library - January 23, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, commemorates the anniversary of introducing the Summon service at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter meeting in 2009. In three years, the service has grown its unified index from 200 million items to more than 800… Read More
EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource set to be integrated into EBSCO’s overall discovery solution - January 23, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) will benefit from the formal merging of EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource into EBSCO’s overall discovery solution. The two resources, which are relied upon by thousands of universities and other institutions around… Read More
