#Browzine notifications free#

РІР‚СљBy making content available in an easy to view, browsable format, libraries are able to pull away the layers of technology between the user and content. The app is marketed to institutions as a way of simplifying the librarianРІР‚в„ўs task of keeping up to date with the latest published content via alerts, RSS feeds and other РІР‚Сљclumsy technologiesРІР‚Сњ.

The result is an intuitive way for users to browse journals by subject and discover new titles. Others have already become subscribers, including Loyola University Chicago, University of Minnesota and Johns Hopkins University.Р”В«rowZine includes an impressive list of journals, from Open Access publishers like BMC and PLoS, to supported publishers like Elsevier, Springer and SAGE.Р”В«rowZine aggregates individual articles from databases to create complete РІР‚ВjournalsРІР‚в„ў and organises them into a newsstand format, optimised for the iPad. BrowZine is sold to institutions and there are apparently 20 colleges currently testing the service. Once retrieved and saved, an article can be accessed without the need of an internet connection.

#Browzine notifications free#

The University of Florida is just one of many institutions trying out a new iPad app, free to students, that could make academic research a far less cumbersome experience.Р”В«rowZine, launched on iTunes in March 2012, lets its users browse, sort and save scholarly and peer-reviewed articles on the go. There seems to be a trend emerging amongst US academic libraries.