More Publishers Go Mobile
Posted by: Mary Ellen Quinn
Ths week, EBSCO Publishing and Alexander Street Press both announced that they are going mobile for patrons of subscribing libraries
EBSCO has released EBSCOhost Mobile, allowing people to search EBSCOhost databases using smartphones and other handheld devices. Features include search modes, full text limiting, and date ranges, plus limiting by peer-reviewed content or publication. Scrollable results lists have citations, Image Quick View, and access to full text articles. Users will be able to e-mail results and also search images.
Early in 2010, Alexander Street will release an iPhone application that will make their complete line of online streaming music collections accessible on an iPhone or iPod Touch. Eventually, everything on Music Online, including scores and full-text content, will be mobile. Mobile access to all Alexander Street video collections, including American History in Video and Theatre in Video, is also on tap for 2010.
