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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
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
September 8, 2008 |
Credo Reference Launches Improved Interface Credo Reference, the online reference library, has completely updated and enhanced its interface. |
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
January 14, 2013 |
EBSCO Publishing Introduces Poetry & Short Story Reference Center EBSCO Publishing released a new library resource featuring a comprehensive digital collection of poetry and short stories available for use by students, teachers, and researchers. |
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. |
ONLINE
November 2000
Mick O'Leary |
Grading the Library Portals The ideal library portal will have the most thorough coverage possible in several areas of the library profession for all types of libraries... |
D-Lib
February 2003
R. David Lankes |
Current State of Digital Reference in Primary and Secondary Education This paper examines the domain of digital reference services for and by the primary and secondary education community. Data is provided to demonstrate the current understanding of education question types and education users in digital reference. |
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
June 16, 2003
Barbara Quint |
LSSI Sells Virtual Reference Operation to Tutor.com LSSI (Library Systems and Services, Inc.) has sold its Reference Division to Tutor.com, an online homework help and educational service. The acquisition includes LSSI's Virtual Reference ToolKit, Web Reference Services, and Integrated Reference Management System with RefTracker. |
Job Journal
July 1, 2007
Marty Nemko |
Quick Fix: My Favorite Website Access to reference information, a homework helper and more make this the one-stop website worth looking at. |
Information Today
February 14, 2011 |
Paratext's ReferenceUniverse to Add Links to Wiley Major Reference Works Launched last summer, the Wiley Online Library carries content published by Wiley-Blackwell, including Wiley-VCH. |
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. |
Information Today
June 17, 2010 |
ABC-CLIO eBooks Available Through Gale Virtual Reference Library "By adding these titles to Gale Virtual Reference Library, we are expanding our reach and are providing librarians, students, and researchers with greater access to our ebooks," says Tom Fitzgerald, ABC-CLIO's vice president of sales. |
Information Today
February 4, 2013 |
EBSCO Releases eBook Public Library Collection eBook Public Library Collection includes more than 25,000 general reference ebook titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature, and science and technology. |
ONLINE
May/Jun 2003
Mick O'Leary |
QuestionPoint Fortifies Libraries in Internet Age QuestionPoint puts the collective expertise of libraries around the world at the service of an individual reference question. It promises to help libraries regain "information market share" from the public Web. |
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
August 23, 2004
Barbara Quint |
OCLC Acquires 24/7 Reference Services Two of the nation's leading virtual reference services have merged. The Metropolitan Cooperative Library System has transferred the assets of its popular 24/7 Reference operation to OCLC, the world's largest library network. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Out-Googling The Top Search Engine Online encyclopedias yield more specialized results. |
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. |
Information Today
October 2000 |
brarydog.net Launches Web Portal for Students The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC) has announced the launch of brarydog, a gateway to the Web that's designed especially for students... |
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. |
Information Today
August 23, 2010 |
EBSCO Announces Caribbean Search Multidisciplinary Database This is a new multidisciplinary database for academic, school, and public library users that provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles pertinent to the countries and people of the Caribbean region |
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... |
Information Today
May 6, 2013 |
EBSCO Releases Social Work Reference Center Social Work Reference Center is a comprehensive reference tool that provides evidence-based information to social workers and other mental health professionals directly at the point-of-care. |
Information Today
May 9, 2013 |
Credo Titles Now Available Through GOBI3 Credo, a provider of information skills solutions -- in partnership with YBP Library Services, the academic division of Baker & Taylor -- made its titles available for purchase through GOBI 3, YBP's acquisition and collection management database. |
ONLINE
September 2001
Greg R. Notess |
On the Net, Ready-Reference Collections: Bartleby and xrefer Bartleby and xrefer offer free searchable access to full-text standard reference works with hundreds of thousands of individual entries... |
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. |
Search Engine Watch
March 22, 2005
Mary Ellen Bates |
Just the Facts, Please While the major search engines continue to dabble with shortcuts to reference sources, Wikipedia and Answers.com have quietly evolved into two of the most comprehensive online search resources for quick, free and reliable ready reference information. |
PC Magazine
February 17, 2004
Janet Rubenking |
Your Library Online With a library card and an internet connection, you can access a wealth of data from your public library. |
D-Lib
January 2000
David S. Carter |
The Internet Public Library ...The IPL has as its purpose to challenge and redefine the roles and significance of libraries in a distributed and digital world.... |
Information Today
September 25, 2006
Barbara Quint |
Answers.com Buttresses NYTimes.com Reference Content NYTimes.com has added a selection of sources from Answers.com. |
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... |
Information Today
June 10, 2002
Barbara Quint |
QuestionPoint Marks New Era in Virtual Reference QuestionPoint stems from an arrangement between the Library of Congress' Public Service Collections Directorate and OCLC to provide libraries with access to a growing collaborative network of reference librarians in the U.S. and around the world. |
Information Today
April 1, 2002 |
News Digest Oxford Puts Reference Works Online... Convera Introduces New Search and Retrieval Software... ProQuest Introduces ProQuest Reference Asia |
D-Lib
November 2001
John C. Matylonek |
Organizing Ready Reference and Administrative Information with the Reference Desk Manager As reference desk responsibilities become increasingly complex and communication becomes more problematic, a web database to collect and manage this non-academic, local information can be very useful... |
Searcher
May 2012
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Percentages The arrival of ebooks has left pbooks the last man standing when it comes to library collections. Now books are going the way of full-text journals and reference works. A library's primary collection is no longer primarily print. |
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. |
Information Today
March 15, 2010 |
Infobase Ebooks Now Available Through Gale Virtual Reference Library This allows libraries to provide access to popular ebooks from Facts On File and Ferguson Publishing along with more than 4,500 existing electronic reference titles, expanding the library's offerings while avoiding duplicated resources. |
D-Lib
December 2006
Manduca et al. |
Digital Library as Network and Community Center: A Successful Model for Contribution and Use Some key approaches that have been successful for the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College (SERC) in engaging geoscience educators, both as contributors and users in the Teach the Earth library. |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2004
Marydee Ojala |
A New Presidential Face at Thomson Gale: Gordon T. Macomber The new publishing entity's president discusses his views on investing in technology to create a common platform, moving from traditional print to online delivery of information, expanding the virtual library and more. |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2005 |
Ohio's Virtual Reference Service Receives $1.12M Approval The State Library Board of Ohio has approved $1.12 million in Library Services and Technology Act funds for year two of the state's innovative KnowItNow 24x7 virtual reference service. |
Information Today
April 12, 2010 |
Credo Reference Launches Topic Pages as `Librarian's Answer to Wikipedia' Libraries who have participated in the beta testing of Credo Topic Pages are giving it rave reviews. |
Information Today
October 4, 2010 |
Gale Announces Biography in Context Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced Biography in Context, a new online resource developed to meet the needs of today's internet-savvy researchers. |
Information Today
January 12, 2012 |
Credo Reference and Swets Announce New Partnership Under the agreement, Swets will incorporate Credo Reference with more than 1,500 reference works from more than 80 of the world's best reference publishers into the SwetsWise eBook catalog. |
Searcher
Nov/Dec 2003
Gary Price |
Webmastry What Google teaches us that has nothing to do with searching |
D-Lib
February 2009
Marcia A. Mardis |
Classroom Information Needs: Search Analysis from a Digital Library for Educators All too often, digital library developers create collections of resources in the absence of rigorous examinations of educator and learner needs. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 30, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Publisher Launches ELL Resource Center EBSCO Publishing has introduced its English Language Learner Reference Center, an informational database with enhanced technology for text-to-speech functionality. |
D-Lib
June 2003
Kenney et al. |
Google Meets eBay: What Academic Librarians Can Learn from Alternative Information Providers This paper presents the results of a modest study to compare and contrast its digital reference services with those of Google Answers. The study provided an opportunity for librarians to gain insights into how Google's approach to service development and delivery has made it so attractive. |
