+ Report: Thomson Wants to Get Rid of Gale (via IWR Blog)
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+ Briefs: New Chinese Language Databases Become Available via NetLibrary in Partnership with Airiti
NetLibrary is now offering subscription service to three Chinese-language databases from Airiti, Inc., a leading aggregator and distributor of Chinese language content. The new databases will provide libraries and their patrons with direct access to 338,000 full-text articles from leading Taiwanese and Chinese journals and a fully-searchable database of 12,000 images from the National Palace Museum in Taipei. “We are very pleased to make Airiti’s high-quality online databases available through NetLibrary,” said Chris Chang, President and CEO, Airiti, Inc. “NPM Online is the world’s most complete and feature-rich eContent offering for ancient Chinese art treasures, and our periodical services will provide hundreds of thousands of high quality journal articles to academic and public library users worldwide.”
Available databases include the Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services (TEPS), the Chinese Electronic Periodical Services (CEPS) and the
National Palace Museum (NPM) Online Database. Users will be able to link directly to the image database and periodical services from the
NetLibrary user interface, and will be able to search, browse and access content online.
