Custom UK


With full-text online information expected by users, Custom UK Online is the obvious choice. 
Select the newspapers, journals and reference content relevant to your users and gain easy, instant access to them through PowerSearch, the most sophisticated search engine on the market.   The Custom UK Online Package is a modular database made up of three components. Libraries can select one or more of the components, all of which can be cross-searched:
  • Custom UK Online Newspapers
  • Custom UK Online Journals
  • Custom UK Online Reference
Custom UK Online Newspapers – click here for title list  

Custom UK Online Newspapers offers an array of UK national and regional titles with all the key quality press, including the Financial Times, as well as tabloid titles, available for selection. Customisation of content is easy, with the option to alter your selection at no extra cost at any time. Both daily and Sunday editions are included for each title.   Backfiles go back as far as 1996 in many cases, and to 1985 for The Times. The database is updated daily and the full text content of the newspaper is included. Only images, advertising, syndicated and certain freelance articles, such as obituaries, are excluded for copyright reasons. Our user-friendly interface allows the novice user to perform a basic search without instruction and also allows for more complex advanced searching.
  Custom UK Online Journals – click here for title list  

You can ensure relevancy of content with this journal selection made by UK Public Librarians. The list covers in-demand general interest, professional, academic and trade journals. Examples are The Economist, Computer Weekly, Good Housekeeping, Journal of British Studies, New Scientist and The Bookseller. The list has recently been reviewed by existing public library customers with further relevant titles including The Spectator and The Grocer being added. Backfiles extend as far as 1983 and the database is updated daily with new editions being added as they are released, or in some cases, before they are published.

  Custom UK Online Reference - click here for title list  

Custom UK Online Reference delivers reference works as individual title databases that can be combined into customized collections for cross-title searching. The result is fluid access to an unrivalled reference collection with no checkout requirements, no turn-aways and multi-volume sets always available.   Included in this special offer of 100 books are popular titles such as:
  • Writers Directory
  • New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Science
  • International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers
  • Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography
  • Contemporary Fashion
All the titles have been carefully selected to ensure the library can address all the interests of its users. The 100 titles cover a variety of subjects such as business, history, art, film, natural world, geography, biography, medicine and multicultural studies. These are up-to-date, authoritative and offer a credible online reference library.  

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