Repackagers / Consolidators

Scope

• There are a growing number of database utilities (DBUs) that are licensing data from other database vendors. Most just resell access to the individual databases, but some combine information from different databases into a single product.
• Some "consolidators" license just the content that they think they can sell the most of (think "top 40" or "Macinformation"). This is gradually changing because of the demands of the market.
• They resell this data at a lower rate than the large DBUs and multiple database vendors, such as Dialog, Gale Group, EBSCO, etc.

Major Consolidated Database vendors

• Electric Library
  • Has major use in public and academic libraries.
  • Besides journals and newspapers, EL includes reference books, transcripts from radio and television programs (largely non-fiction news-related and documentary programs), photographs, and maps.
  • EL is available for home use and a low price per month or year, but has far less content then the Infotrac/Ebsco/ProQuest databases you can get for free from your local public libraries.
  • http://wwws.elibrary.com/
• Northern Light
  • Claims that it has over 7,000 titles (journals, newspapers) and over 25 million full-text records.
  • Can be searched for free.
  • Cost per record for full-text access of a record is a relatively low $1.00 to $4.00 per document.
  • Now owned by divine (small "d") inc.
  • http://www.nlsearch.com

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