Public Documents Masterfile

"We don't really know what's in our reference collections, print or electronic. Reference Universe makes the connection for us."
--Don Hartman, Associate Librarian, University at Albany.

 

Public Documents Masterfile

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Put more data in the hands of patrons when they are starting their research

  • Query all of your E-encyclopedias--Gale; Oxford: CREDO; Blackwell; CQ Researcher;
    Annual Reviews; Greenwood; Sage, Salem; Berkshire
    and more--in a single search.
  • Query your print encyclopedias at the index level, in the same search.
  • Get a solid rounding in the topic without navigating from database to database.
  • Save time and be better prepared to move on to peer-reviewed journals or monographs.

Reference Universe brings together links to all major and minor electronic reference works, as well as the complete indexes to your library's printed subject encyclopedias, compendia and handbooks. Reference Universe contains more than 25 million citations to nearly 40,000 electronic and print reference works.

Give your patrons the solid grounding they require, using your own reference collection!