25 July 2019
ProQuest has announced the enrichment of its OASIS catalogue with bibliographic information from the Bowker Books In Print service. Bowker, a ProQuest affiliate, is a provider of bibliographic information.
The addition of Bowker’s bibliographic data to OASIS will give librarians higher quality search results, improved linking between formats, and more accurate and consistent data for publication date, author and more. The complete Books In Print service will continue to be offered as a separate subscription for librarians who enjoy its full features – only its metadata has been incorporated into OASIS.
Benefits of the Books In Print enrichment in OASIS include:
- the addition of 1.8 million Dewey and Library of Congress classifications
- 6.7 million new titles
- 12.7 million new or updated authors
- updates to 18 million book titles