Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that Polytechnic of Namibia (Polytechnic) has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to improve access to information as well as increase the usage of library resources.
The Polytechnic was looking to make sure the service they chose would improve access to information for distance students since they often do not have a well-stocked library close by. With EDS, the library staff seeks to make it easier for users to find resources via a single search box. The library also chose EDS in order to increase the usage of online resources by all students.
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 catalogue, 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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