Discovery services
We work with industry partners to make it easy for authors, readers and librarians to access our content through discovery platforms and full-text indexing.
Maximise discovery
We recommend some best practices for discovering and using our content collections in your library.
- Set your collections up in discovery and knowledgebase services
- Add OpenURL and proxy server locations to your institutional account
- Activate Google Scholar library services
- Include eCases and eBooks in your OPACs (via MARC records).
For additional information or for assistance contact our Customer Support team via our support portal.
Library discovery services and knowledgebases
| eJournals | eCases | eBooks | Expert Briefings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proquest 360 Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Proquest Summon | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| EBSCO knowledge Base | Yes | Yes All eCases content |
Yes | Yes |
| EBSCO EDS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OCLC Knowledgebase | Yes | Yes All eCases content |
Yes | Yes |
| OCLC WorldCat Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ex Libris SFX | Yes | Yes All eCases content |
Yes | |
| Ex Libris Central Discovery Index (CDI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ex Libris Alma | Yes | Yes | Yes |
For additional information visit our customer support portal.
| Y/N/P | Recommendation | Paragrapgh | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y | Content Provider makes available to Discovery Service Providers core metadata and underlying fulltext/original content for complete offerings | 3.2.1.1 (1) | All proprietary Emerald content is available for indexing; some exceptions exist for third-party ebooks and ecases. |
| Y | Content Provider makes available to Discovery Service Providers, the core set of metadata elements (see 3.2.1.2) for each item submitted for indexing. | 3.2.1.1 (2) | |
| Y | Content Provider provides the content item and additional descriptive content for as much of their content as possible. | 3.2.1.1 (3) | |
| Y | Content Provider provides libraries, on request, with a statement of participation in the discovery services, including disclosure of coverage depth and content depth. | 3.2.2 | Central resource coming soon. |
| Y | Content Provider’s agreements with Discovery Service Providers do not include non-disclosure agreements. | 3.2.3 | |
| Y | The transfer of Content Provider’s data to Discovery Service Providers makes use of existing standards where applicable and uses one of the metadata encoding schemes listed in 3.3.3. | 3.2.4 | Emerald is using JATS for journals and ecases, and a DTD derived from NLM 3.0 for ebooks. MARC records are available for ebooks and ecases. KBART II upgrade for all products is underway (Q2-2017) |
We work with a number of providers and systems to make sure our content is easy to find and access.
- Web of Science
- Scopus
- INSPEC
- LexisNexis
- ERIC
- DTU
Emerald content is aggregated in the following services:
- ProQuest
- EBSCO
| eJournals | eCases | eBooks | Book series | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOIs deposited with CrossRef |
Yes Per article |
Yes Per case |
Yes Per title and per chapter |
|
| ISBNs | Yes Per title |
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| ISSN | Yes Per title |
Yes Per collection and per publication |
Yes Per series |
|
| KBART | Yes Per collection |
Yes Per collection |
Yes Per collection |
|
| MARC | Yes Per collection |
Yes Per collection |
| eJournals | eCases | eBooks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-per-view services, eg. DeepDyve | Yes | Yes Proprietary eCases content |
Yes |
| Scopus | Yes | ||
| PubMed (OA content is deposited in accordance with funder mandates) |
Yes | ||
Search engine indexing
|
Yes | Yes All eCases content |
Yes |
| Social media
|
Yes | Yes |
