EUREKA.CC | eDesiderata

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Overview

The EUREKA.CC database provides access to more than 2,500 news and current event sources from North America, Latin America, and Europe. These sources range from large newspapers, such as Le Monde and Le Figaro, to small regional newspapers, as well as other formats such as newswires, specialized periodicals, and radio and television transcripts. A subscription includes all of the titles as a group, with pricing levels based on the number of simultaneous users.

Provider:

CEDROM-SNi

Posted:

Oct 27, 2011 4:26pm

Updated:

Sep 20, 2017 9:04am

Source

CRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Arts and Humanities

Resource Types:

News databases

Transcription

Major Languages:

English

French

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Content Details:


Geographic coverage	North America, Europe, Latin America
Chronological coverage	Primarily contemporary, some back files to the 1970s
Content types	Newspapers, wire services, specialized periodicals, web sites, etc.
Source formats	Born digital, microforms, paper (?)
Total titles	c. 2500
Total pages
Digital collection launch date
Update frequency
Collection ongoing	Y
Completion date	NA
Available supplements	NA

Specifications

Metadata:


MARC records available
Creator of MARC records
Structural metadata exposed anywhere?
Subject authorities used
Name authorities used

Technical Platform:


Browser compatibility
Authentication options
Archiving solution – master files
Archiving solution – derivative files
Availability in web discovery tools
Open URL target
Federated searching, z39.50
Local host option
Usage statistics

Interface Tools:


Full text displayed	Y
Page images	Y (for some)
Color images
Search full text	Y
Advanced search	Y
Search within results	Y
Limit results by dates and/or document types	Y
Display highlighted search terms	Y
Display snippet -- search term in context	N
Relevance sorting
Save searches	Y
Download PDF	Y
Download HTML	Y
Print page	Y
Print full document	Y
Export citations
Annotation tools
Cross-product searching	NA
ILL
Restrictions on use

Terms and Provider Details

Terms:


Subscription option	Y
Purchase option	N
Multiple year payments option	NA
Hosting charges	NA
List of purchasers available
Sample license available
MARC records purchase fee
Price tier basis

Provider:

CEDROM-SNi

Website:

http://www.cedrom-sni.com/en

Main Address:

825 Querbes Avenue

Bureau 200

Outremont, QC H2V 3X1

Canada

CRL Review

Collection Content:

The EUREKA.CC database provides access to more than 2,500 news and current event sources from North America, Latin America, and Europe. The following types of sources are included, indicating the number of titles reported as of September 2011:
   Newspapers 1121
   Website references   568
   Periodicals (specialized regional or trade titles) 233
   Websites 219
   Newswires 109
   Blogs 47
   Television transcripts (for individual broadcast shows, especially news) 45
   Press releases (daily series) 43
   Radio transcripts 9
   Databases 9
   Twitter feeds 9
    Web TV   2

Sources range in scale from large newspapers, such as Le Monde and Le Figaro, to small regional newspapers. Canadian regional content is especially strong, including reporting from aboriginal communities. Most of the web material is open access, but has the advantage of being cross-indexed here. About 30% of the web content is ingested and hosted by Eureka, while the remaining "website references" point out to material hosted elsewhere.

While approximately 50% of the titles include archived content dating only back to 2008, there are further back files for selected titles. The distributor indicates that a few titles date back to the 1970s, although a title browse lit indicates that the oldest content is for Le Monde diplomatique, dating to 1980. Archived content for Le Monde dates to 1987. Most of the content dating back to the 1980s is French language material, from France and from Canada. Le Figaro was added in 1996, and several Canadian new service sources in French and in English date back to around 2000.

Over 60 percent of the content is in English; French is the second-largest language represented, constituting around 20 percent of the titles. The Latin American content is one area of growth, particularly Brazil.

The Quebec-based distributor, CEDROM-SNi, specializes in distributing electronic information products to end-users as well as content management software to organizations. It contracts with various publishers, corporations, and government agencies to distribute their publications. In addition to text databases and news alert services, it distributes CD-ROM sets for selected titles.

Delivery:

The interface is simply laid out, with a few straightforward prompts for the user. Searches can be qualified by author and title as well as designations specific to newspaper articles-- the lead and sections. Full text is available for all the titles, and PDF page images for much of the content.There is a date browse option for viewing PDF facsimiles of full issues, which is very useful. The interface instructions are available in both English and French.

Local database administrators can create groupings of titles according to various criteria, such as region or type of publication, tailored to the interests of users.

Terms:

A subscription includes all of the titles as a group, with pricing levels based on the number of simultaneous users.

Strengths and Weaknesses:

The coverage by geographic region and type of source material is extremely broad, which can be an advantage for advanced researchers, but may be overwhelming or redundant for students. It is also potentially expensive to provide multiple session points for the major newspapers, but to have to pay for all the other titles as well. It will be very helpful to have data on the dates of back files available for the various titles.

Reviewers:

Center for Research Libraries

Virginia Kerr - Digital Program Manager

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

Additional Reviews in Other Sources:

Uziel, Lidia. "EUREKA.CC" The Charleston Review. April 2013. pp. 50-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.14.4.50 Accessed November 26, 2013.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	no	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	no	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	no	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	no	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	yes	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	yes	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time

The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

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