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Reference Collection Analysis now Live
08 January 2016 by Paratext Editorial

News | Product Updates | Reference Universe | RU Product Updates

New Inventory and Analysis Tools for your Major Reference Works

Many library administrators are being pressed to inventory, relocate and/or weed their collection of Major Reference Works. But these expensive, non-circulating titles present a unique challenge. Where to start?

The Reference Universe Collection Analysis module is now online--an extension of Paratext’s Reference Universe Usage Platform. This new module allows you to:

• Assess the coverage of your e-Reference titles with that of your legacy print collection.
• Compare MRW holdings with peer and other institutions.
• Align your MRW collection more closely with the emerging areas of research at your institution.

Only Paratext can produce this utility, because only Reference Universe contains the depth of data.

• 12 years in the making--holdings and usage data in a single, cumulative source.
• The only comprehensive bibliography of Major Reference Works from 1975-2016.
• 35 million elements of unique metadata related to those titles.

Existing Reference Universe libraries receive this new module gratis. Others are encouraged to inquire with Paratext for trial access.