Links to Royal Society Journals’ Full Text Now in 19th Century Masterfile

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Kristen

The Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy still in existence, having begun in the 17th century with the regular meetings of natural philosophers interested in promoting knowledge of the natural world through observation and experiment. Paratext is pleased to announce that more than 6,000 links to the full text of the Royal Society Journals are [...]

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Reference Universe a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2012

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Kristen

Paratext is honored to announce that Reference Universe has been chosen as one of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles of 2012. Reference Universe is one of the select few titles chosen out of the over 7,000 that were reviewed by CHOICE in 2011 to be recognized for their excellence in scholarship and the significance of [...]

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82 Additional Reference Titles from Wiley Now Linked via Reference Universe

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Kristen

Reference Universe customers subscribing to the Wiley Online Library will now find 82 new titles from this invaluable resource included in Reference Universe. The Wiley Online Library brings many of the quality resources Wiley-Blackwell has long been known for into an easy to use online platform. The award-winning reference content included in the Wiley Online [...]

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By Popular Request, Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online Now in Reference Universe

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Kristen

Paratext is pleased to announce that detailed metadata from Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online from Oxford University Press are now integrated into Reference Universe. Many current Reference Universe libraries tell us that these titles are among the most heavily used within their library. Their inclusion within Reference Universe ensures increased accessibility to some [...]

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Public Documents Masterfile Update: SuDoc Numbers, Ames and new ERIC records

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Kristen

Public Documents Masterfile customers will be happy to learn that Paratext has added SuDoc numbers, LC card numbers and Item Numbers to many of the citations included in the GPO Monthly Catalog Subject Indexes (1895-1976).  Due to this inclusion, all government documents included in this index from 1947-1976 will now be considerably easier to access [...]

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E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Kristen

Between her blog No Shelf Required and her book of the same name, Sue Polanka of Wright State University has been helping librarians understand the growing shift towards e-books and embrace the opportunities they present within traditional collection development activities. Her most recent contribution on the subject, E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries: Issues and [...]

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The Librarian-Controlled Reference Universe Administrative Module Now Available

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Kristen

The Reference Universe Administrative Module is now available!  In response to our most common request from users, the Administrative Module will greatly simplify the update process in Reference Universe. Reference Universe users can now: Immediately make additions/deletions to your Reference Universe profile as new titles are added to or weeded from your collection Keep up [...]

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1.2 Million Links to Historical Congressional Documents Now Online within Public Documents Masterfile

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Kristen

A deeper awareness of the political mechanisms and motivations of the United States government, particularly during its earliest days, is invaluable for accomplishing a greater understanding of the functions of democracy.  Public Documents Masterfileis designed to simplify the process of finding important government documents and thus help promote greater knowledge of how the United States [...]

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Integrating Reference Universe into your Library’s New Discovery Service

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Kristen

Your library may be considering (or have already acquired) a new ‘discovery service’ for your library to simplify searching and open up your content.  That’s good.  Wouldn’t it be better to also see your reference collection represented in these services with the kind of detail you now see within Reference Universe? Paratext is pleased to [...]

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ARTstor Content soon to be indexed within Paratext’s 19th Century Masterfile

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Kristen

Paratext announces that hundreds of thousands of citations from the ARTstor Digital Library will be indexed and integrated into Paratext’s 19th Century Masterfile database, allowing historians and scholars from many disciplines to expand their art history research. The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images in a [...]

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