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Updates on: Cengage Learning, Elsevier

An agreement between ProQuest (www.il.proquest.com) and Gale (www.gale.com), a part of Cengage Learning (www.cengage.com; formerly Thomson Learning), will connect two digital research databases of early modern English books through cross-search technology. — Information Today

Elsevier’s Scopus announced that it has added new features to the abstract and citation database that are designed to further improve research productivity and support the researchers’ workflow. The new features include the ability to search for and browse through relevant content derived from cited references, additional and flexible clustering categories in the “Refine Results” feature, the inclusion of prepublished journal articles across all subject areas—said to be a first for any multidisciplinary abstract and citation database—and extension of the self-citation exclusion options within the Scopus Citation Tracker. — Information Today