Empowering Libraries & Researchers in Slovenia. Eva Czegledi Michael Leuschner

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1 Empowering Libraries & Researchers in Slovenia Eva Czegledi Michael Leuschner

2 ProQuest in Slovenia Multidisciplinary research databases All Formats - ProQuest Central - ProQuest SciTech Collection - Dissertations

3 What is ProQuest Central? 160 subject areas Essential non journal content 30 databases Quality control 21,000 publications

4 More than just journals Books (print) Conference proceedings Working papers Abstracts Raw data (financial, demographic, etc.) Dissertations or theses Newspapers Reference materials (e.g. Wikipedia) E-books Book reviews Trade publications 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0% In addition to scholarly journals, what other information sources do you use in your research? Responses from over 700 business and social sciences researchers PQ Central has 160 subject areas, 30 databases, publications

5 Why ProQuest Central? Key Scholarly Journals Coverage of all disciplines with key scholarly titles in all fields - including local content Content for Scholarship & Research Researchers need more than just journals ProQuest has unique non-journal content The latest information first Pre-prints and dissertations often years before the article Resources for Teaching No restrictions on use in teaching

6 Primary publishers Key Scholarly Journals

7 More than journals. Content for Scholarship & Research

8 Global periodical coverage Journals from Slovenia:

9 ProQuest in Slovenia Multidisciplinary research databases. All Formats - ProQuest Central - ProQuest SciTech Collection - Dissertations

10 The ProQuest SciTech Collection State-of-the-State Over time, the ProQuest SciTech Collection has judiciously grown and expanded - 90M unique A&I records M full text documents - 20M deep indexed tables & figures 41,800 total titles covered (A&I/FT/Deep Indexed) Scholarly Journals; Trade Journals; Magazines; Technical Reports; Conference Proceedings; Patents; etc. 22% of titles contain Impact Factors 6,000+ Full Text titles 4,200+ ongoing Full Text titles 60% published in the US/UK 40% international coverage

11 ProQuest Science & Technology ProQuest SciTech Collection ProQuest Technology Collection ProQuest Natural Science Collection ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection ProQuest Agricultural Science Collection ProQuest Aquatic Science Collection ProQuest Computer Science Collection ProQuest Engineering Collection ProQuest Atmospheric Science Collection ProQuest Biological Science Collection ProQuest Materials Science Collection ProQuest Earth Science Collection ProQuest Environmental Science Collection

12 Dissertations & Thesis

13 ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A tried & trusted solution for dissertation discovery The database of record for graduate research (American Research Libraries) Official dissertations repository for the United States Library of Congress Collection includes the work by authors from more than 2,700 graduate schools and universities globally

14 The largest collection & most reliable dissertation & these database 1.7M available in PQDT Global in full text PDF 97% of US Dissertations 270,000 Canadian Dissertations & Theses 50,000 UK Theses Expanding coverage from Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Asia Pacific 3.8M total citations (A&I) Simple bibliographic citations available for dissertations dating from ,000 from UK 150,000 from China Dissertation records from over 30 countries

15 Why Publish with ProQuest? ProQuest provides thesis citations to all major subject indexes, expanding the reach of your university s research. Discoverable in more than 35 scholarly databases

16 Why should you have it? A must have for any university with with a focus on PHD students Find out if topic and approach has been previously studied. Identify if there is a strategic gap in the literature. Dissertations, being longer than journal articles cover topics more comprehensively (than journal articles). Source of current and up-to-date literature reviews (with extensive bibliographies) Source of methodological and theoretical approaches to topic of interest. Provide recommendations for future research. Source of more extensive data on tests and measurement instruments. For obscure or esoteric topics, there may be very little existing literature (journals and monographs) but there is likely to be one or several dissertations They serve as examples or guidance on expected thoroughness and writing styles.

17 ProQuest Ebook Central

18 ebooks - Wide Range of Quality Content 737K EBL & ebrary unique titles 603K titles available for DDA 1,200+ Imprints from 650+ Publishers Subscribe Pick & Choose Demand Driven Acquisition TOP SUBJECT AREA COVERAGE 30% 23% 19% 14% 14% Social Science Language & Literature Science Medicine Technology

19 Ebook Central Home Page

20 ebooks Collections for Subscription Collections for Subscription # of Titles Arts Business Education Health and Medicine History Law Literature & Language Religion and Philosophy Science and Technology Social Sciences Total Academic Complete Multi-disciplinary ebook collection titles covering all subject areas

21 Your unique ebooks experiences High Quantity & Quality Content for Subscriptions and for Purchase We support comparisons with other providers Most relaxed DRM No other aggregator has more user-friendly DRM rights Provide free Training & Consultation Training on setting up a tailored library profiles for purchasing ebooks Training for end users - searching and working with ebooks Consulting on top used and top sold ebooks list, per subject Publish your own content Utilize our functionality to publish your own content Free of charge for ebook customers

22 A SINGLE SEARCH BOX IS NOT ENOUGH Transforming Discovery with the Summon

23 Discovery Print + E

24 Some examples

25 Over 50,000 Topics Connects Users to Librarians 7 languages and more coming Automated Query Expansion

26 Summon - Pure Discovery Platform Search... Search... Unified Index Index Database s ? Our approach Another approach

27 Enabled by Unified Indexing in order to ensure content neutrality One Result List One Index Over 2.5 billion items from 10,000+ content providers and more than 90+ content types

28 Joining ProQuest

29 Constant Change has become the normality

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31 Thanks