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Information Today
April 2001
Peter Jacso |
Internet Insights - xrefer: An Xcellent British Dot-Com This free service masterfully integrates the best British ready-reference sources via cross-references and cross-links...   |
Information Today
December 17, 2001
Paula J. Hane |
xrefer Launches xreferplus Digital Reference Service for Libraries xreferplus is a giant online reference library that provides access to an aggregated and integrated collection of 100 reference books from 21 leading publishers, including Oxford University Press, Penguin, Grove, Houghton Mifflin, Columbia, and Macmillan... |
D-Lib
April 2002
Adam Hodgkin |
Integrated and Aggregated Reference Services: The Automation of Drudgery Few books are large enough to justify an annual subscription for online access. One way round this problem is to develop an aggregation service through which a collection of books can be given additional weight and visibility, sufficient to warrant active web distribution... |
Information Today
September 17, 2012
Barbara Quint |
Literary Scholarship and More From Oxford Authoritative sourcing is critical in humanities scholarship, and few institutions in the world are more respected than Oxford University. Now the Oxford University Press has launched a new service, Oxford Scholarly Editions Online. |
Information Today
October 2000 |
Fact City Partners with Houghton Mifflin to Offer Online Access to Combined Reference Information Houghton Mifflin will provide Fact City with the brand-new fourth edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography, Wall Street Words, and A Who's Who of Sports Champions... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2001
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Reference Reference encyclopedias, dictionaries and thesauri remain some of the most valuable tools that aid in the completion of student research projects. This article presents the electronic versions of many reference industry favorites... |
Information Today
November 11, 2010 |
Continuum Titles Join Oxford University Press Digital Reference Shelf As part of a new distribution partnership Continuum is making a critical selection of its high-quality scholarly reference titles available through the Digital Reference Shelf platform, providing students and scholars with a single online source. |
Information Today
May 16, 2013 |
Credo Releases 12 New Perpetual Access and Subscription Collections Libraries now have even more options for enhancing their Literati solution or Credo Online Reference Service with essential titles. |
Information Today
April 1, 2002 |
News Digest Oxford Puts Reference Works Online... Convera Introduces New Search and Retrieval Software... ProQuest Introduces ProQuest Reference Asia |
Information Today
July 12, 2010 |
Credo Reference Adds More Titles From SAGE Reference Now, all SAGE Reference titles published between 2000 and 2010 as well as all titles to be published in 2011 will be available through the Credo Reference platform. |
Information Today
April 22, 2010 |
Oxford University Press Launches New Online Resources Oxford University Press has released the online edition of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome |
Information Today
March 17, 2011 |
Credo Reference Expands M.E. Sharpe Content M.E. Sharpe publishes social sciences and humanities resources, including titles in economics, political science, management and public administration, history, and literature. |
Information Today
December 19, 2011 |
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf to Re-Launch in 2012 This will be the essential hub to all Oxford University Press reference content, re-launching with improved functionality and design. |
Information Today
September 8, 2008 |
Credo Reference Launches Improved Interface Credo Reference, the online reference library, has completely updated and enhanced its interface. |
Information Today
January 17, 2005
Barbara Quint |
Answers.com Turns GuruNet Free The digital reference service GuruNet Corp. has switched from a subscription fee business model to an advertiser revenue model with its launch of the free Answers.com service. |
Information Today
December 4, 2006 |
Weekly News Digest Ingenta Releases New Subscription Management Service... Wolters Kluwer Health Launches PubFusion 2.0... ProQuest Adds Oxford University Press Titles to Literature Online... |
Search Engine Watch
December 4, 2000
Danny Sullivan |
iWon Gets Factual iWon is trying a new tact of providing factual information directly within its search results... |
Information Today
October 6, 2003 |
NewsBreaks xrefer Launches Upgraded Service... FIZ CHEMIE Offers Subject-Specific Search Engines... EBSCO Acquires Cinahl... etc. |
Information Today
April 19, 2010 |
Credo Reference Adds Princeton University Press Titles These are the first Princeton University Press titles to be made available on the reference service. |
Information Today
June 28, 2010 |
Reference Universe now links to CQ Researcher and to CREDO Reference Reference Universe is an information service designed specifically to unlock a library's reference collection. |
Information Today
March 21, 2005 |
Weekly News Digest New partnerships: Nstein and Visual Analytics... McGraw Hill licenses reference titles... Onfolio, Inc. partners with Thompson ResearchSoft... |
Search Engine Watch
January 4, 2005
Chris Sherman |
The Best Online Reference Sites Looking for an answer to a specific question? Check out this list of the best reference sites of 2004, as compiled by the American Library Association. AskOxford.com... Cyberschoolbus... etc. |
Information Today
June 4, 2015 |
Credo Updates Its Collections Credo added content to its new Essentials Collections of curated, award-winning reference titles in subjects such as criminal justice, nursing, and psychology. |
Information Today
July 29, 2010 |
U.S. Public Libraries Can Provide High Schools with Free Credo Reference Access Recognizing the increasing burden on public libraries to support the research needs of students at local schools, Credo Reference will be made available to a library's local public high school(s). |
Information Today
November 5, 2009 |
Credo Reference to Launch SAGE Reference Publisher Collection Nearly 70 SAGE titles will now be available through the Credo Reference platform. SAGE is an international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. |
D-Lib
May 2000
Lawrence Rudner |
Who Is Going to Mine Digital Library Resources? And How? As use of the Internet grows as a research tool, patrons have become increasingly less dependent on librarians and other expert intermediaries. Examining the quality of on-line searches, the author argues that researchers and other internet users do not look for and hence do not find the best resources. |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2003
Mick O'Leary |
E-Book Scenarios Updated Almost 3 years ago in this column I made sweeping forecasts for the future of e-bookss). Some of them have occurred exactly as predicted, and stand as proof of my prescience and insight. As for others... well, let's not dwell on the past |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Out-Googling The Top Search Engine Online encyclopedias yield more specialized results. |
Information Today
June 16, 2003 |
News Digest Nstein Launches Nserver Version 3.0... Alacra to Distribute Global Insight's Content... xreferplus Gets MP3 Files |
Information Today
September 26, 2011 |
Summon Expands Content From Oxford University Press It is now indexing both the metadata and full text of Grove Art Online (available via Oxford Art Online), Grove Music Online (available via Oxford Music Online), and other reference works. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004 |
News Briefs - World Book Online Reference Center To make its Web content accessible to all students, World Book has announced changes to its subscription-based World Book Online Reference Center that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. |
Searcher
September 2004
Coffman & Arret |
To Chat Or Not to Chat --- Taking Yet Another Look at Virtual Reference, Part 2 Chat reference has not turned out to be the panacea many libraries hoped for. Our funds are too limited and our reference and basic library services far too important to squander money on services that don't work. |
Information Today
November 2004 |
Product News and Reviews Vivisimo Launches Clusty.com... ProQuest Adds Features to PCI, Expands Full-Text Coverage of The New York Times... ProQuest Adds Features to PCI, Expands Full-Text Coverage of The New York Times... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
World Book Student by World Book World Book has updated its Online Reference Center with new features and a new name. |
D-Lib
February 2003
Abby A. Goodrum |
Visual Resource Reference: Collaboration Between Digital Museums and Digital Libraries The question faced by libraries, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions in this world of visual information is how to respond to a growing public demand for 'round-the-clock' networked accessibility to multimedia, images and image collections. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2000
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Reference The following Web resources and CD-ROMs acquaint students with an abundance of information at the click of a mouse... |
D-Lib
February 2003
Janes & Silverstein |
Question Negotiation and the Technological Environment People seeking answers or providing them now have many more options for "question negotiation", in the broadest Tayloresque sense. Consulting an information professional continues to be one of those options. In fact, such professionals can now be much more accessible. |
Searcher
August 2004
Coffman & Arret |
To Chat Or Not to Chat --- Taking Another Look at Virtual Reference, Part 1 Add it all up and one can see that virtual reference built on chat technology is a pretty expensive proposition. |
Searcher
January 2003
Barbara Quint |
The Chain of Demand There are only three kinds of information -- good, fast, and cheap. And though the Internet and the Web can provide all three simultaneously, they do not always do so. |
Information Today
April 1, 2010 |
EBSCO Publishing Announces New How-To Databases for Public Library Patrons Libraries are busier than ever and patrons making legal decisions or looking to create or expand their small businesses need resources for their specific demands. |
Information Today
March 2001
Laverna Saunders |
Building the Virtual Reference Desk The distribution of electronic full text to users wherever they are has resulted in fewer transactions at the reference desk. Librarians, therfore, are eager to learn about using developments in digital reference services as a strategy for reaching patrons... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2003
Annamaria DiGiorgio |
Editors' Picks: Eleventh Edition Merriam-Webster Speaking Handheld Dictionary Franklin Electronics' Eleventh Edition Merriam-Webster Speaking Handheld Dictionary provides quick access to more than 200,000 words. |
D-Lib
February 2003
Jeffrey T. Penka |
The Technological Challenges of Digital Reference: An Overview This discussion of technological challenges associated with digital reference focuses on challenges libraries face in establishing and supporting an efficient, patron-focused digital reference service, based on library values. |
