Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and University Online Library in Russia have developed a new partnership. The new agreement allows content from University Online Library to be searched within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The deal will add e-book metadata from the University Online Library collection into the Base Index of EDS.
University Online Library is an electronic library that provides access to the most sought-after materials of leading publishers. The metadata content that will be added to EDS represents the largest Russian e-book collection available and comprises educational and scientific material specifically designed for students, graduate students, teachers and professionals.
University Online Library's comprehensive collection of e-books span many different subject areas including humanities, history, economics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, political science, economics, as well as masterpieces of Russian and world classics. Database resources include educational books, directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias, interactive tests, maps and lecture notes.
University Library Online is part of a growing list of publishers and other content partners that are taking part in EDS to bring more visibility to their content. Partners include the world's largest scholarly journal & book publishers including Elsevier, Wiley Blackwell, Springer Science & Business Media, Taylor & Francis Informa, Sage Publications, and thousands of others. Partners also include content providers, such as LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters (Web of Science), JSTOR, ARTstor, Credo Reference, World Book, ABC-CLIO, and many others.
The EDS Base Index represents content from about 20,000 providers (and growing), which accounts for more than 350,000 publications from the world's top publishers and information providers. However, because EDS is a custom solution, the complete index to materials for any given customer may be expanded greatly beyond the coverage referenced for the Base Index. In terms of depth of coverage for publications in the EBSCO Discovery Service Base Index, content extends back to the 15th century, and in some cases, even earlier. The inclusion of custom catalogues, repositories and other resources may certainly further extend the dates of archival coverage for a given institution.
