New Content for Syndetic Solutions
 First announced last September, Bowker’s acquisition of Syndetic Solutions has continued to provide libraries and their patrons with the widest selection of enriched data content available.
Syndetic Solutions integrates essential data within the daily work flow of libraries, while improving the overall patron experience. As the only company exclusively dedicated to serving this need, Syndetics has the unique advantage of understanding the essential aspects of providing quality, specialty content.
For 2005, Syndetics will proudly offer the following new content:
- Award Winner and Finalist Information – June 2005
- Books in a Series Arranged in Reading Order – July 2005
- Searchable Fiction Content: Identify Similar Titles – September 2005
These selections join the already 4.2 million data elements already offered by Syndetics.
Current content includes:
- Cover Images: More than 1.3 million book cover images and 35,000 video/DVD covers, with over 11,000 new images added every week.
- Book Reviews: More than 540,000 reviews from recognized professional sources including Choice, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Horn Book and more.
- Tables of Contents (TOC’s): More than 600,000 tables of contents, with over 1,600 more added each week.
- Fiction and Biography Profiles: Detailed profiles for more than 92,000 biographical and fictional works.
- Series: More than 4,100 series listings in both juvenile and adult fiction, updated weekly.
- First Chapters and Excerpts: More than 60,000 first chapters, with 1,500 titles added every month.
- Annotations: 1.8 million summaries and annotations for fiction and non-fiction.
- Author notes: Approximately 100,000 author notes taken from the book jacket.
Interested in a trial? Contact marketing@bowker.com for more information.
|
