EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service Enhanced Expands General Content

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, U.S.A., June 21, 2006 – IEEE, the International Labour Organization, Multilingual Matters, Psycke Logo Press and the University of Nebraska at Omaha have recently added their content to EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service Enhanced (EJS).

EJS provides customers with a gateway to their subscribed journal content, including linking from EBSCOhost research databases. This will increase visibility and usage for publishers because their metadata will be readily available at the article and journal levels.

IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., is the world’s leading non-profit professional association for the advancement of technology. Through its global membership, the IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics, among others. 

The International Labour Organization promotes social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced and child labour and equality of treatment and opportunity. Its unique tripartite structure with workers and employers participating as equal partners with governments makes it particularly effective in working in these areas. The ILO is a specialized agency of the UN.

Multilingual Matters is an international independent publishing house with lists in the areas of bilingualism, second/foreign language learning, sociolinguistics, translation, interpreting and books for parents. Multilingual Matters also publishes peer-reviewed academic journals and a newsletter for parents, The Bilingual Family Newsletter. Recent innovations include the forthcoming Journal of Multicultural Discourses and Innovations in Language Learning and Teaching. Multilingual Matters publishes 40 books per year and 18 academic journals.

Psycke Logo Press publishes the Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, an international, interdisciplinary forum for the publication of original, peer-reviewed papers on psychosocial distress throughout society. The journalis of interest to a wide range of professionals in the humanities and in the behavioral, medical, psychological and social sciences.

Administrative Theory & Praxis is published by and with the support of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service and the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Administrative Theory & Praxis is a quarterly journal of dialogue in public administration theory that seeks to advance knowledge and stimulate new thought in public administration.

About EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service
EJS handles electronic journal access and management needs. EJS Enhanced offers extensive features that help with e-journal management tasks such as: tracking the registration status of e-journals, authentication assistance to facilitate both on-campus and remote access to e-journal content, automatic management of e-journal URLs and much more. EJS Enhanced serves as a consolidated gateway that allows users to search and link to (OpenURL supported) more than 13,600 journals and nearly 7.7 million articles. EBSCO provides durable URLs for every journal, table of contents and article in EJS Enhanced. No URL maintenance by the library is required.

If you are interested in learning more about the benefits of adding journal metadata to EJS, please contact Bragan Patterson (bpatterson@ebsco.com).

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services provides services for e-journal, e-package and print subscriptions, a suite of e-resource management tools, full-text and secondary databases and related services for all types of libraries and research organizations.

As the “e” agent of the industry, more than half of the subscriptions handled by EBSCO have an electronic component. EBSCO’s comprehensive solutions include proven systems to consolidate ordering, invoicing, claiming and renewals as well as assistance with licensing and registration requirements for our e-journal and e-package customers worldwide. EBSCO’s 32 Regional Offices, located in 20 countries around the world, serve customers in more than 200 countries and are staffed by information professionals who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas.

In its seventh decade of business, EBSCO upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers globally. These publisher relationships uniquely position us to streamline many aspects of the e-resource life cycle. EBSCO maintains a Dun & Bradstreet financial strength rating of 5A1, the highest awarded, which underscores the importance we place on providing outstanding, ethical service.