What is Cambridge Core?
Cambridge Core is the new academic platform from Cambridge University Press bringing together over 30,000 ebooks and 360 journals for the first time
Cambridge Core is…..
• Informed by extensive market research
• Built with researcher and librarian needs at its centre
• Fast, intuitive and with a high performing search function
• Robust, stable and adaptable for future needs
• Fully responsive for all devices
Content available on Cambridge Core
All existing content from the following platforms:
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Librarian tools and
functionality: Reporting
• COUNTER4 reports available
• Report on usage for ebooks, journals, journal archive, Open Access and total platform usage
• Past 5 years of CJO and CBO usage available
• Access all of your reports in one convenient location
Librarian tools and
functionality: Accessibility
• Aims to meet level AA of Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines and Section 508 (in US)
• Alternative text for images and non- text elements plus skip links for
screen readers
• Clear and consistent navigation and page structure
• Resizable text and descriptive form labels
Librarian tools and functionality:
Turnaway reports and security
Turnaway reports
• Captured from launch
• Available via your administrator area
• Triggered by attempted access to content (clicking ‘get access’, attempted access to HTML page and recommend to librarian) Security
• More secure site with implementation of tools including CAPTCHA
Librarian tools and functionality : Enhancing discoverability
• Redirects from previous platforms will be in place indefinitely from launch to ensure
continued access
• Third party discovery: we have worked
closely with CrossRef and other third parties to update records with new URLs and ensure discoverability
• Updated KBART lists and MARC Records for your specific holdings are available to download in the account administrator area.
General lists of all publications are available without login in the ‘services for librarians’
area.
Extensive tools for researchers
• The RefME widget allows users to choose from over 7,500 citation styles
• Save search and bookmark content
• Bulk content actions- Export multiple PDFs, citations or view contents in new tabs
• Send to Dropbox, Google Drive an Kindle
• Introduction of chapter abstracts
Extensive tools for researchers- the new HTML Cambridge Core Reader
• Cambridge Core Reader will provide a distraction-free experience similar to PDF with enhanced HTML functionality
• Easy access to figures tables and charts
• Fully responsive to suit any screen size
• Improved links to references
• Easy navigation with improved linking to multimedia material
