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Access Platform Options

The databases are currently accessible via the two methods shown below. We will continue to evaluate ways to expand access to and utility of the databases as the technology develops. We will also strive to make sure that a path exists for our customers to upgrade without losing any previous investment.

1. InteLex Web Server
2. Extensible Markup Language
 

“Invaluable for any good research library”
--Choice Magazine

 

1. InteLex Web Server

InteLex can provide campus-wide access to any combination or all of its Past Masters databases via its web server. Click here to see a 6 minute demonstration of browsing and searching.

If a school desires campus-wide access and it does not have a full-text delivery system this can be a cost effective alternative or interim measure until such a system can be implemented locally.

All that is required are the Campus-wide site licenses to the desired databases and standard web browsers for the users. An Internet Protocol (IP) range is used to limit access to the campus in order to eliminate the need for a user name and password. An archive CD of the text of each licensed title is provided at no additional charge.

There is an annual web server access fee which varies according to the number of titles purchased and FTE. We have considered and continue to weigh alternative means of projecting server usage but we believe that there is a reasonable correlation and in the interest of simplicity we have elected to use this metric.

“The Bottom Line: Past Masters is an essential online resource for its target audience, upper-level undergraduates and scholarly researchers. Not only does it make key philosophical works accessible on users' desktops 24/7, but it also provides in-text citations and searchable text. In addition, a la carte database customization makes it financially accessible not only to large universities and research libraries but also to smaller academic institutions and medium to large public libraries, for which it is recommended highly." 
-- Christopher Holly, 
Reference/Instruction, 
DePaul Univ. Libs., Chicago, 
Library Journal Review 10/1/2000

 

2. Extensible Markup Language

All titles are available in XML file format. We use the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI Lite) Document Type Definition (DTD) to parse our databases. Schools which have the infrastructure to deliver the XML files on a campus-wide network can elect to mount these files on their local server.

There is no fee beyond the Campus-wide site license for each of the desired databases. We can File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or deliver these files on a CD-ROM. If databases are purchased which have yet to appear in XML, we will provide campus-wide access on our web server, to all databases for which the Campus-wide site license has been purchased, until all of the XML files have been sent. All purchases of campus-wide licenses to databases are monographic purchases of the XML, although most institutions opt to also pay a yearly access fee to use the InteLex web server

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--Choice Magazine


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