News from Xrefer: Xrefer and Paratext Team Up for Library Reference Delivery

["Becky Fishman" <becky.fishman@xrefer.com>]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Xrefer and Paratext Team Up for Library Reference Delivery

Reference Universe to include links to Xreferplus
 
BOSTON, MA, and London, UK, June 22, 2005 - Xrefer, provider of online
reference services to libraries worldwide, and Paratext, the independent
publisher of online reference databases and library services, announced
today that the Xreferplus Ready-Reference service is now integrated with
Paratext's premium bibliographic database, Reference Universe.
 
"We're very pleased that Reference Universe users will now be able to link
to Xreferplus' online ready-reference collection,"  commented Chad Davine,
Xrefer's vice president of content and market development. "The
integration with Reference Universe will provide patrons at our
subscribing libraries with a convenient, single point of access to
Xreferplus along with other available electronic resources."
 
Reference Universe integrates article titles and indexes to over 6,500
encyclopedias and other references. In addition, each Reference Universe
query is automatically matched against the library's local print and
electronic reference holdings, facilitating research for patrons and
librarians who, up until now, had to separately research their local
printed collections and their full-text electronic reference databases.
 
Eric Calaluca, president and CEO of Paratext notes, "Xreferplus is a
dynamic, integrated online research tool, and the inclusion of core links
from Reference Universe to Xreferplus widens the scope and research value
of both resources for all library patrons."
 
To read this story online, please visit 
http://www.xrefer.com/news/index.jsp?m=2

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About Xrefer and Paratext:
 
Xrefer, with offices in London and Boston, has been offering completely
customizable reference collections for libraries since 1999. Its
Xreferplus Ready-Reference and Specialist Reference services combine
extensive content from multiple publishers with unique cross-referencing
technology, effortlessly delivering authoritative answers to over four
million researchers worldwide. Visit http://www.xrefer.com
 
Paratext, www.paratext.com, founded in 1993, with offices in Northern
Virginia and Austin, Texas publishes Reference Universe, Nineteenth
Century Masterfile, Public Documents Masterfile and other bibliographic
databases. These web-based reference services integrate disparate
information sources through federated searching providing seamless access
to millions of authoritative citations from thousands of primary and
secondary publications.

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