Wednesday, 16th September 2015

ProQuest Collaborates with Elsevier and Philosophers Information Center to Improve Discovery and Access of Dissertations

From ProQuest:

ProQuest is teaming with a variety of other information providers to improve ease of access to dissertations and theses by making them discoverable in context with other relevant content. The company’s massive database of graduate works is being indexed in such research tools as Ei Compendex, The Philosopher’s Index and others adding major new avenues of discovery. Users of these resources will benefit from a more comprehensive literature search from their existing discovery workflow, while dissertation authors benefit by having their work exposed to more researchers.

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