New Database: Reference Universe

Reference Universe Content

There are currently analytics (back of the book indexes, article titles for print; article links for e-books) to over 11,000 works now in your Reference Universe service. It will be updated quarterly, with the addition of approximately 300+ new titles each quarter. This includes both current publications from major and minor publishers, but also the completion of back-file titles from 1985-forward.

Maximizing Access and Linking

Many Reference Universe libraries find that the core value of reference universe, beyond peering deeply into their print reference works in a way your library catalog cannot, is the ability to link seamlessly from article and even index level citations in Reference Universe directly to the article in online e-book repositories like Gale's Virtual Reference Library, Oxford Reference Online, ABC-CLIO, Sage, Annual Reviews, Routledge and many others.

Based on our working extensively with Gale, this addition into our system will permit your library to link seamlessly from Reference Universe citations (anywhere you see an "E" in a blue circle) to the Gale article, bypassing their front end. This is a major enhancement that truly unifies your awareness and use of both e and print titles.

Accessing online content in Oxford Reference Online, ABC-CLIO, and other e-titles from Reference Universe does not require any additional information from you. Our system matches ISBNs from our records to your catalog to indicate which titles you own, and links to those repositories are embedded in Reference Universe citations.