Anticipate Collection Needs with Improved Intelligence
“For libraries supporting emerging academic programs or undergoing resource realignment, bird & nest offer a powerful means to inform evidence-based decisions.”
—Katina Magazine
bird® and the new companion application nest® refine database selection; improve curriculum support; and advance your library’s collection objectives.
Created and maintained by research librarians, bird® gives selectors, collection strategists, and other library leaders comprehensive analysis of 9,000+ commercial and Open Access resources, across 180 academic departments.
bird® search match each query with your own library’s database holdings, offering the spectrum of all available resources aligned with your collection.
bird® and nest® are the applications academic libraries have needed for years.
Eight Centuries: 1160-1960
Eight Centuries begin in 1999, and has grown to include more than 100 Million primary source links for nearly all academic historical disciplines. Major areas of coverage include Humanities and Social Sciences; Physical Sciences; Art Exhibitions; Legal History; Engineering; Government Documents; Psychology; Cartography and the History of Medicine.
“Eight Centuries is the most comprehensive research tool for 19th century studies. It should be the researcher's first stop to explore the literature .“ ***** (5 Stars)
— The Charleston Advisor
Reference Universe
The Comprehensive Guide to Specialized Encyclopedias
Reference Universe began in 2004, and has grown to include TOC and complete index data for over 75,000 E- and print subject encyclopedias. compendia, and scholarly handbooks.
Reference Universe offers a comprehensive view of the authoritative introductory articles in your own library collection—and elsewhere.
Reference Universe is unlike any library technology service available, offering researchers that vital ‘first stop’ before journal or monographic research.
“Two databases for identifying initial overview articles deserve particular emphasis, Reference Universe and Web of Science.
The easiest way is through Reference Universe....it provides much more extensive coverage than any other single source.”
—Oxford Guide to Library Research, 4th edition.
United States Masterfile: 1774-2025
Search across 15M+ historical and contemporary public and political documents, from the early days of the Continental Congress to daily government publications today.
U.S. Masterfile contains a vast array of United States government publications, all accessible via a single search application.
USM is updated daily.
“United States Masterfile is designed by people who know historical finding tools and how to bring them together in a seamless interface. “
— Documents Librarian, Johns Hopkins University