EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost users can now visualize altmetrics from Plum Analytics - June 24, 2016
EBSCO Information Services has announced that the overall research experience for users of EBSCO Discovery Service™ and EBSCOhost® databases is improving with the addition of altmetrics data from Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company. By integrating the Plum Print widget into these platforms, users will have a… Read More
1science and EBSCO Information Services collaboration to provide academic libraries a wider content of open access scholarly articles - May 4, 2016
1science, a provider of software tools and analytics to accelerate the transition to open access, and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have announced their partnership to provide academic libraries access to a vast number of openly accessible scholarly articles when performing a search… Read More
Ulrich’s comprehensive, objective bibliographic information to improve resource discovery - April 27, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced the incorporation of Ulrich’s™ periodical data into the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution and SFX® link resolver. Ulrich’s, ProQuest's leading source of authoritative bibliographic information, significantly enriches Primo discovery and SFX services. Ulrich's contains comprehensive information… Read More
ProQuest SIPX partners with OpenStax and OpenSUNY to boost access to Open Educational Resources - April 8, 2016
ProQuest has announced that as part of its continuing commitment to support Open Educational Resources (OER), it is making OER content more discoverable and visible to instructors through SIPX and Summon. OpenSUNY OER textbooks are now indexed and available in Summon, and soon the full catalogue… Read More
Gale content now discoverable via Google - March 1, 2016
Gale, a provider of library resources and part of Cengage Learning, has reached a major milestone in its quest to improve discoverability and researcher workflow, completing indexing work with Google. Researchers can now easily discover scholarly content from Gale and its partners on Google or Google… Read More
Innovative Interfaces unveils Encore Release 4.5, new features strengthen eBook, search, and knowledge capabilities - February 25, 2016
Innovative Interfaces, a provider of library automation software that empowers libraries globally, has unveiled Encore Release 4.5 with new capabilities to meet the changing requirements of today's libraries. Fully integrated with the Sierra Library Services Platform and Millennium ILS, the Encore Discovery Solution delivers a… Read More
Ex Libris integrates altmetrics into Summon® discovery service - February 11, 2016
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has integrated altmetrics into the Summon® discovery service to significantly enrich the user experience and improve content discovery. This new development, achieved through collaboration between ProQuest and Altmetric, enables researchers to explore the online shares, comments and discussion relating to individual… Read More
The Geological Society and ReadCube partner to enhance discoverability of scholarly journals and books - February 5, 2016
The Geological Society of London (GSL), a major international Earth science publisher, has announced a partnership with Boston-based publishing technology company ReadCube to index their scholarly journals and books with ReadCube's Discover service. Over 20,000 articles are now searchable across ReadCube's web,… Read More
UC Berkeley selects EBSCO Discovery Service™ - January 26, 2016
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has chosen its EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) to provide its users with the highest quality results from articles, e-books, the library catalogue, institutional repositories, and other sources. UC Berkeley is one… Read More
ProQuest announces integration of Summon® discovery service with the SIPX® course materials solution - January 20, 2016
ProQuest has introduced an integration of the Summon® discovery service with the SIPX® course materials solution that delivers libraries an innovative, cost-saving approach for the seamless sharing of library collections and open access content into course materials workflows. The sophisticated Summon-SIPX connection bolsters the relevance, visibility,… Read More
