Building the German Digital Library Vascoda: Building the German Digital Library Vascoda:
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2005-02-02
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Abstract
vascoda (www.vascoda.de) is a new portal for scientific information – it is the nucleus of the
German digital library. vascoda is a central access point for interdisciplinary searches
ranging from humanities and social sciences to medical studies, engineering, and more.
Access to all types of documents is made possible: born-digital as well as digitised and
print materials can be obtained either free of charge or through pay-per-view options. The
service already includes full-texts, link-collections, databases, subject-specific search
engines and more.
More than forty German institutions – mostly libraries and other information specialists are
working together to offer users an actual one-stop-shop for all scientific information.
The first release of vascoda was realized through the co-operation of the network of subjectbased
Virtual Libraries sponsored by the DFG (German Research Society) as well as the
Information Alliance and the Electronic Journals Library sponsored by the BMBF (Federal
Ministry for Education and Research). Together, these institutions make it possible to
combine the search for information and the access to full-text documents. Some of the
journal articles and other documents can be accessed free of charge from anywhere in the
world, the licence information for Germany is provided by the Electronic Journals Library
and other partners.
In this paper, the services of vascoda and examples of how to find quality information for
different fields of study will be presented. In spring 2005, a number of new services will be
provided. This paper will also look into some of the future developments of vascoda.
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Digital Libraries, Portal, Information Services