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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:04:55 -0500


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Index Theologicus:  A Fount of Information on Theology and Religious
Studies – Tübingen University Library and De Gruyter Announce
Cooperative Agreement

Berlin/Tübingen, 19 November 2012 – The academic publishing house De
Gruyter has signed a cooperative agreement making its entire
collection of journals in theology and religious studies available to
Tübingen University Library’s Index Theologicus. This comprehensive
database contains article information taken from more than 600
periodicals and from numerous Festschriften and conference
publications from all over the world.

“A database like this is not static; to flourish, its volume and
quality must grow constantly,” says Dr. Martin Fassnacht, director of
theological collections at Tübingen University Library. “In the past,
we were only able to index part of De Gruyter’s journals, so we are
delighted to receive this abundance of new material. The cooperation
allows our users to access complete articles online directly after
performing a search.”

The scholarly importance of the Index Theologicus is reflected by its
popularity, with over 10,000 individual searches each week. The
database features universal authority files (Gemeinsame Normdateien,
or GNDs), which assign individual numbers to each author, making it
significantly easier to find a specific publication.

“De Gruyter uses global abstracting and indexing services to guarantee
its authors large distribution and long-term content availability,”
says Dr. Anke Beck, Vice President of Humanities at De Gruyter. “The
data of the Index Theologicus are linked via the Südwestverbund (SWB)
to most state libraries in Germany and can be accessed
internationally, making this cooperation a cornerstone in our
strategic orientation.”

Contact
Ulrike Lippe
De Gruyter
Public Relations Manager
Telephone +49(0)30-260 05 153
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Contact
Dr. Martin Fassnacht
UB Tübingen
Director, Index Theologicus
Telephone +49(0)7071-29 74029
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De Gruyter: For more than 260 years the name De Gruyter has been
synonymous with high-quality academic publications. The independent
Berlin-based publishing group releases some 800 new titles each year
in the social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and law, and also
offers over 600 journals and an extensive range of digital media.
http://www.degruyter.com/

Index Theologicus: Created in 1975, the database contains information
and abstracts from nearly 500,000 articles. Now with monographs being
added to the collection, the database is set to become a comprehensive
bibliography for theology and religious studies. http://www.ixtheo.de/