Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, is introducing a Caribbean-focused collection of resources for academic, school and public library users. Caribbean Search is projected as a new multidisciplinary database that provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles pertinent to the countries and people of the Caribbean region.
Caribbean Search is stated to represent the largest full text resource available to users in the Caribbean region with over 730 Caribbean-focused scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, reports and reference books. The database is updated weekly and available on the EBSCOhost platform, which claims to be one of the most-used scholarly research platforms in institutions around the world. EBSCOhost is designed to enable alerting capabilities, information sharing and easy keyword searching. A relevancy ranking feature ensures that users will find the most relevant articles in one result list.
According to EBSCO, the company is dedicated to expanding its international coverage and has released a number of databases pertinent to other regions including: Fuente Academica Premier offering journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain; Australia and New Zealand Points of View Reference Centre, a database that provides information on current issues relevant to Australia and New Zealand; and Fonte Academica, a collection that offers scholarly journals from Brazil and Portugal.
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