Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and online reference library Credo Reference have extended their partnership allowing the reference content from Credo Reference to be discoverable within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Metadata from Credo General Reference, Credo Topic Pages and Publisher Collections will now be added to the EDS Base Index. The addition of this content will impact searchers using the EDS single search interface by providing reference content and overviews of top research topics within discovery.
Content from Credo General Reference which includes select, highly-regarded titles from more than 70 publishers, will be accessible through EDS. Nearly 10,000 Credo Topic Pages provide overview, background and connections to additional library resources - promoting information literacy as users begin their research process. The agreement also includes Credo Reference Publisher Collections which offer a growing list of subject-specific reference titles.
To further expand their search, EDS users will now be able to search the full text of these resources - delivering an extensive array of results alongside additional library resources. In addition, libraries will have the option to activate a Credo Reference widget in EDS that will provide quick access to Topic Pages as well as the rest of Credo's content.
Credo Reference joins a long list of platforms, publishers, and other content partners who are taking part in EDS to bring more visibility to scholarly content. These include: the British Library, Baker & Taylor, NewsBank, Readex, LexisNexis, Alexander Street Press, ArXiv, Oxford University Press, American Psychological Association, ABC-CLIO, ingentaconnect, Government Printing Office, JSTOR, ECONIS and Mergent. For mutual customers, Web of Science and H.W. Wilson are part of a growing list of information sources available to EBSCO Discovery Service users.
EBSCO Discovery Service creates a unified, customised index of an institution's information resources, and an easy, yet powerful means of accessing all of that content from a single search box. The EDS Base Index forms the foundation upon which each EDS subscribing library builds out its custom collection. Beginning with the Base Index, each institution extends the reach of EDS by adding appropriate resources including its catalog, institutional repositories, EBSCOhost and other databases, and additional content sources to which it subscribes.
The EDS Base Index is comprised of metadata from the world's foremost information providers. At present, the EDS Base Index represents content from approximately 20,000 providers in addition to metadata from another 70,000 book publishers.
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