82 Additional Reference Titles from Wiley Now Linked via Reference Universe

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 [...]

New Review of Reference Universe in CHOICE Magazine

This month’s issue of CHOICE includes a new review of Paratext’s Reference Universe service. CHOICE magazine is one of the most valuable and respected resources for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. More than 35,000 librarians, faculty, and key decision makers turn to CHOICE magazine [...]

New Wiley Titles to be Added to Reference Universe

AUSTIN, Texas (February 9, 2011)–Paratext announces that thousands of links to more than 125 major reference works on Wiley Online Library will be integrated into Paratext’s Reference Universe service. Wiley Online Library, launched last summer, is one of the world’s most extensive multidisciplinary collections of online resources, covering life, health, social and physical sciences, and [...]

Springer’s Major Reference Works now linked via Reference Universe

Paratext announces that thousands of links to more than 150 Major Reference Works from Springer will be integrated into Paratext’s Reference Universe service. Springer’s electronic and print Major Reference Works are the mainstay of specialist research, serving a broad spectrum of scientific, technical and medical disciplines, and routinely winning awards for their authoritative and detailed [...]

Finally, library patrons use Major Reference Works

Despite the plethora of ‘discovery layers’ available for libraries today,  many libraries are still unable to really maximize the use of their major reference works–authoritative subject encyclopedias–whether they are part of an e-book collection or sitting right on their library shelves. This is where Paratext’s Reference Widget is so vital.  Here are just a few [...]

Discovery Layers and Reference; CQ Researcher and CREDO now in Reference Universe

Reference Universe and ‘Discovery Layers’ As you may have gleaned by now, the new ‘discovery layers’ which are much discussed within our industry can currently only ‘discover’ what they have access to. There’s the challenge. For the record: the aggregated data in Reference Universe is only available here. Nevertheless, there is much that is compelling [...]

Video of Booklist Presentation Now Online

Eric Calaluca of Paratext, recently participated in a Booklist webinar about reference.  He discusses the many benefits of deploying Reference Universe, as well as its forthcoming compatibility with discovery layers. The video of the webinar is now available here: You can find Mr. Calaluca’s portion of the event at 54:44 minutes in.  Enjoy and let [...]

Booklist Reference Webinar

On next Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 1pm, Eric Calaluca, President of Paratext will be participating in the webinar “Power to the User: Interactive Online Reference Sources”, sponsored by Booklist.  Other participants include ABC-CLIO, World Book and Encyclopedia Britannica. The webinar will be guided by Sue Polanka, Head of Reference at Wright State University.  You [...]

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