Paratext publishes bibliographic databases and technological services to the academic, public and special library markets. Paratext products are designed to help library patrons and staff discover more, as well as maximize the use of existing library holdings. 

Paratext recently announced the addition of more than 12-million Open URL and full-text links from its products, 19th Century Masterfile and Public Documents Masterfile, facilitated by Google Book Search and Google's News Archive Search.  This includes more than one-million links to documents in The New York Times Archive.

Paratext offers the following products below.  Pricing is posted by logging into the WALDO website.
 

• Reference Universe ... Your "invisible" reference collection is now visible!  No matter how well you know your reference collection, the wealth of information it contains remains largely hidden because your OPAC searches only titles or very limited subject headings. Moreover, your electronic reference works are themselves often lost to patrons within a vast list of electronic databases.
  
  Reference Universe is the new way to search print and e-reference simultaneously, and realize a return on the sizable investment you've made in your library's reference collection.  Reference Universe brings together links to all major and minor electronic reference works, as well as the complete indexes to your library's printed subject encyclopedias, compendia and handbooks.  Reference Universe contains more than 20 million citations to nearly 20,000 electronic and print reference works.
  
  Reference Universe queries focus on your library's local reference holdings.  Searchers instantly know which titles are held by your library.  Click right through to online articles in all major reference databases, as well as see your local titles at the back of the book index level in your library's OPAC.  With Reference Universe, your patrons will finally see and use your library's reference collection.
  
  Reference Universe now contains data for over 3,000 electronic subject encyclopedia, in addition to the contents and index data of over 15,000 print reference works already online.  Through the Reference Widget, these materials now receive dramatically greater visibility and use by library patrons.

Academic Library Case Studies

"Reference librarians have been talking about a product with this functionality for years. Reference Universe is a fabulous idea and a great implementation."
-- The Charleston Advisor
 

• 19th Century Masterfile ... The Great Index to the Great Century.  An essential database for advanced historical research, 19th Century Masterfile, provides a single resource for exploring pre-1930 literature, and linking to full text, where available.
  
  Through 19th Century Masterfile you can search every relevant index to the vast trove of English and foreign language materials published prior to 1930, expanding your understanding and making your research as comprehensive as possible.
  
  Students, scholars and historians no longer need to wade through countless printed indexes or scattered electronic files to explore historical literature. Launched in 1999 as "Poole's Plus," 19th Century Masterfile has now grown to include over 70 seminal as well as lesser known contemporary indexes to English-language publishing prior to 1930.  Content includes multi-title periodical indexes, book indexes, newspaper indexes, complete individual periodical indexes, US patents, Hansard's, US and UK historical government documents.
  
  "The enhanced access it offers to a huge body of historical information makes 19th Century Masterfile highly recommended for all academic and public libraries."  -- Library Journal
   

• Public Documents Masterfile ... the first stop for searching federal, state and international documents. For the first time ever, federated searching of pre-1976 government documents data in tandem with the post-1976 GPO files!
  
  Public Documents Masterfile provides electronic, single search access to the overwhelming majority of United States government publications from 1774 to date. Moreover, Public Documents Masterfile has expanded to become a cumulative source for locating, cataloging, and distributing information provided by government entities from around the world.
  
  Unlock the research value of your documents collection!
   

  -	Locate SuDoc numbers for pre 1976 GPO documents.
  -	Locate and download cataloging records for government documents from multiple sources.
  -	Link to your library OPAC to determine local holdings.
  -	Enable research utilizing non-GPO government documents.
  -	Promote broader multi-disciplinary use of government documents.
  -	Provide users electronic access to current and archival government documents.
  -	Employ the PDM widget on your home page or LibGuide to promote use of documents.
  -	Provide electronic access to pre-1976 GPO documents not included in your OPAC.

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