ResearchNow Database from The Berkeley Electronic Press Among Library Journal's Best Reference Materials

["Sean O'Doherty" <sean@bepress.com>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ResearchNow Database from The Berkeley Electronic Press Among 
Library Journal's Best Reference Materials

BERKELEY, CA, APRIL 24, 2008 - The Berkeley Electronic Press is 
pleased to announce that its innovative ResearchNow product has 
been named to the "Best Reference" list in the current issue of 
the Library Journal.  The article says of ResearchNow, "This 
scholarly database just may be the face of the future in online 
publishing."

ResearchNow - available at <http://researchnow.bepress.com/> - is 
a database of scholarly information drawing its content from 
several primary sources:

- the roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press journals

- all working papers, preprints and other "grey literature" 
content from institutional repositories hosted by bepress that 
have opted for inclusion, as well as subject-matter repository 
materials from the bepress Legal Repository and COBRA: Collection 
of Biostatistics Research Archive.

Access is available in two versions.  ResearchNow Open Access 
provides quasi-open access to the roster of peer-reviewed, 
Berkeley Electronic Press journals, as well as completely 
unrestricted access to working papers, preprints and other "grey 
literature" from participating institutional and subject-matter 
repositories. ResearchNow Open Access is free to all readers. 
ResearchNow Full Access provides completely unrestricted access 
to the roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press 
journals, as well as all new journals launched during the 
subscription period at no additional charge. Also included is 
completely unrestricted access to working papers, preprints and 
other "grey literature" from participating institutional and 
subject-matter repositories. The ResearchNow Full Access option 
also includes an XML gateway to expose indexed content to 
federated search engines.  ResearchNow Full Access requires a 
subscription.

"We are honored to be recognized by the Library Journal in this 
manner," said Greg Tananbaum, President of The Berkeley 
Electronic Press.  "Like our five star rating for pricing from 
The Charleston Advisor, this validates ResearchNow as an 
important, accessible content source."

More than 150 institutions worldwide have subscribed to ResearchNow
Full Access since its launch in 2005.  Please contact
info@bepress.com for more details.

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