Advanced BrowZineTM
Browsing journals and scanning articles is a leading way students and professors stay abreast of research trends in their field. With the decline of print, databases have become the primary way publishers deliver journals. But databases are designed for searching, not reading. To solve this common problem, the Zach S. Henderson Library now subscribes to BrowZineTM, a service that allows libraries to make their scholarly journal content available to patrons via mobile devices. BrowZineTM pulls content from different publishers and vendor interfaces and displays the PDFs of journal articles in a single interface. BrowZineTM works by uniting articles from databases into complete journals, then arranging them by subject on a library-branded newsstand. The result is a revolutionary new way to browse, read and monitor scholarly journals across disciplines.
Unlike DISCOVER, which also simplifies finding and accessing content from various vendors, BrowZineTM allows users to browse for content by title or subject instead of requiring them to search by keyword or other identifiers. Users can then save journals to a bookshelf or pin individual articles to a digital bulletin board. BrowZineTM notifies users when new issues of their saved journals are published and clearly explains what users have access to and what content is under embargo.
The BrowZineTM app is free and can be downloaded from the Apple App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon App Store. Once the app has been downloaded to the mobile device, a person can easily select a subscribing library of which he or she is a patron from a list. The users will then be asked to log in using their Georgia Southern username and password.
Currently, the app is available for iPads, iPhones, Android tablets, and Kindle Fire HD tablets, with applications for Android phones to follow soon. More information about how to download the BrowZineTM app and getting started is available here.
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