Access to New Online Review of Databases

Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Contact: 
Access Initiatives Department - asd@crl.edu

Note: The CCAdvisor is no longer published.  The Charleston Advisor continues and is published by Annual Review, Inc.  Access to the publication is through this link to the Ingenta platform, http://www.charlestonco.com.  The Charleston Advisor’s online journal and the entire backfile is included. CRL member IP's are added to Ingenta platform and access should be seamless.

CRL subsidized access to the online review service ccAdvisor for voting member libraries. ccAdvisor was a collaboration between Choice, publisher of Choice Reviews, and The Charleston Company, publisher of The Charleston Advisor (TCA).

ccAdvisor launched in September 2017 with nearly 300 reviews of online databases. Incorporating and updating selected product reviews originally published in TCA and with new content created for this service, ccAdvisor will focus on major electronic resources. As in TCA, reviews were commissioned from subject experts and are peer-reviewed. ccAdvisor was enhanced by new functionality, allowing users to search, filter, create lists, set alerts and build side-by-side comparison tables of related works. Reviews were continuously updated to cover product upgrades and revisions.

Used in tandem with eDesiderataccAdvisor intended to help CRL librariesinvest wisely by providing information and analysis. As of October 2, 2017 CRL voting member libraries had free access to ccAdvisor as a benefit of membership. Choice worked with CRL voting member libraries to facilitate sign-up for access. CRL also continues to support member access to TCA through the end of December 2017.