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Weekly News Digest
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April 14, 2011 — In addition to this week's NewsBreak(s), the editors have compiled the Weekly News Digest, featuring stories from the week just past that you should know about. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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World Book Content Searchable Through EBSCO Discovery Service
A recent agreement between EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and World Book, Inc. will bring 12 reference tools into EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Metadata, including full-text searching, for World Book resources will be added to the EDS Base Index allowing the World Book content to better impact searching through the EDS single search interface.The 12 World Book titles include the following: World Book Kids, World Book Student, World Book Advanced, World Book Discoverer, World Book Online for Kids, World Book Online Info Finder, World Book Online Reference Center, Living Green, Early People, Inventions & Discoveries, as well as the French and Spanish language reference tools, L'Encyclopedie Decoverte and Enciclopedia Estudantil Hallazagos. World Book has long been committed to publishing award-winning encyclopedias, reference sources, and digital products for both children and adults. World Book, based in Chicago, is a Scott Fetzer company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. World Book joins a long list of publishers and other content partners who are taking part in EDS to bring more visibility to their content. Source: EBSCO Publishing
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Paula J. Hane
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