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  1. the atlantic

    Could you please create a database collection for The Atlantic in Alma?

    Provider: The Atlantic Monthly
    Title: The Atlantic
    URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/

    Thanks,
    Zhaneille Green
    Duke University Libraries

    15 votes
    4 comments  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →
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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The Atlantic is a magazine with an ISSN, and it is more suitably represented as a portfolio.

    There is one available for activation in Miscellaneous Ejournals, Collection ID: 61111016833201000 (Portfolio ID: 531000000000708627).

    If you could please add in a comment what is the use case of having this title represented as a database, that would be very helpful.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  2. Please add content from bookmetahub - open access content

    Hello,

    Please add to CZ or CDI the content that appears in:
    https://bookmetahub.scienceopen.com/search

    Here are the contact details:
    https://about.scienceopen.com/contact/

    Thanks,
    Dafna

    4 votes
    0 comments  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →
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  3. Add Essential Primary Sources (Schlager Digital Library)

    Please add to CDI:
    Name of Collection: Essential Primary Sources
    Platform: Schlager Digital Library
    URL: https://library.schlagergroup.com/
    Language: English

    Contact: https://www.schlagergroup.com/contact/

    13 votes
    2 comments  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →
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  4. Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) Press

    Please consider creating a Community Zone collection for Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) Press.

    BRIT Press: https://fwbg.org/research/brit-press/.
    Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas: https://journals.brit.org/jbrit.

    Institutional subscriptions for this journal are available. It could also be included in the “Single Journals” or “Miscellaneous Ejournals” CZ collections.

    1 vote
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  5. Medici.tv

    Medici.tv is an essential database for researchers in Music and Opera and Dance, and critical to many Humanities-based collections. The company offers marc records through OCLC worldshare collections, so they should be easy to obtain for adding to 360MARC, especially with metadata sharing agreements among discovery layer suppliers

    7 votes
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  6. New Database Request: Klassiki

    Please add a new database to the client center for Klassiki from Klassiki.

    The starting URL is https://klassiki.online/.

    Thank you.

    1 vote
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  7. New Database Request: a+t Online Library

    Please add a new database to the client center for a+t Online Library from a+t Architecture Publishers

    The starting URL is https://aplust.net/area-privada/biblioteca-digital/.

    Thank you.

    1 vote
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  8. Frost & Sullivan Growth Opportunity Analytics

    Please add a CDI collection with links in record for market research reports from Frost & Sullivan Growth Opportunity Analytics.

    This is a market research database that integrates seven perspectives into a complete, overall view of factors that impact every industry. Monitoring and analyzing Competitive Intensity, Customer Dynamics, Industry Convergence, Disruptive Technologies, Global Megatrends, New Business Models, and Emerging Markets provides an illuminating view toward future scenarios and visionary innovation.

    Description of resource: https://www.frost.com/analytics/

    1 vote
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  9. VitalSource (McGraw Hill and Pearson)

    We suggest adding to the KBs the following textbooks collections available through the VitalSource platform (https://www.vitalsource.com/it/): McGraw Hill Italia, Pearson Italia.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    2 votes
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  10. Ubidictionary

    We suggest adding to the KBs, as a collection, the reference titles available through the platform Ubidictionary https://www.gruppometa.it/it/ubi-dictionary/.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    2 votes
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  11. Zanichelli Biblioteca Digitale

    We suggest adding to the KBs the digital lending platform Zanichelli Prestito Digitale https://www.zanichelli.it/universita/biblioteca-digitale that offers academic textbooks in Italian.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    2 votes
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  12. Giappichelli

    Giappichelli https://www.giappichelli.it/ is an Italian publisher; we suggest adding to the KBs and CDI the following collections of interest: Giappichelli Riviste (ejournals) and Biblioteca Digitale Giappichelli (ebooks) https://biblioteca.giappichelli.it/.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    2 votes
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  13. Il Foro Italiano ForoPlus

    ForoPlus is a platform provided by Il Foro Italiano publishing company; we suggest adding to the KBs the collections available in the database (La Tribuna and Il Foro Italiano journals).
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    2 votes
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  14. "Roper Center for Public Opinion Research" https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/

    Roper Center has an Alma Community collection records with no portfolios. Roper has their own catalog, with study-level metadata that can be crosswalked into Dublin Core if not fullblown MARC.
    Roper regularly add new studies to their collection, so dynamic feeds into Alma Community would be a great idea.

    4 votes
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  15. Egea

    Egea https://www.egeaeditore.it/ is the publisher of Bocconi University, Milan.

    Please consider the addition of the ebooks collection Egea Digitabook: https://mybook.egeaonline.it/

    Valeria Valenti on behalf of the ITALE Association

    1 vote
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  16. Edra

    Edra is an Italian publisher https://www.edizioniedra.it.

    Please add to the KBs the collection Biblioteca digitale EDRA (ebooks) https://studenti33.it/.

    Valeria Valenti on behalf of the ITALE Association

    4 votes
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  17. My Desk24 (Il Sole 24 Ore)

    Il Sole 24 Ore is an Italian news company.
    We suggest adding to the KBs the digital platform My Desk 24 https://24oreprofessionale.ilsole24ore.com/prodotti/mydesk24/?refresh_ce=1; the platform contains primary and secondary legal resources and news.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    5 votes
    0 comments  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →
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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2025 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for his collection.

    If you can share a designated contact person with this provider, that would be much appreciated.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  18. Maggioli Editore

    Maggioli Editore (https://www.maggiolieditore.it/) is an Italian publisher and information provider; we suggest adding to the KBs and CDI the following collections of interest: Biblioteca Digitale (ebooks) https://bibliotecadigitale.maggioli.it/ and Periodici Maggioli (ejournals) https://periodicimaggioli.it/.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →
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  19. Wolters Kluwer Italia

    WKI https://www.wolterskluwer.com/it-it, part of Wolters Kluwer, is a publisher and information provider; IPSOA, CEDAM, UTET, Il Fisco are its relevant imprints.
    We suggest adding to the KBs the following collections of interest: Edicola Professionale (ejournals) https://edicolaprofessionale.com/, La mia biblioteca (ebooks) https://www.lamiabiblioteca.com/, One (primary sources and law reviews) https://shop.wki.it/one/.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    1 vote
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  20. ASTRID

    Collection provided by Fondazione Astrid (https://www.astrid-online.it/); it contains italian primary and secondary legal resources and the Astrid Rassegna journal (ISSN 2838-1662); please consider the addition of the collection to the KBs.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association.

    2 votes
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