Alliance News and Updates

The Colorado Alliance is pleased to announce a new version of Gold Rush Decision Support (formerly Gold Rush Reports) which allows libraries to compare the journal content within databases.  Some of the features of the system include:

• The ability to compare one-to-one, one-to-many or many-to-many databases all in the same simple interface
• The results are supplied super fast in real time. 
• Comparative bar charts provide quick comparison of sets but users can drill down to specifics as needed
• Full results can be emailed on demand

Gold Rush Decision Support has many uses to help librarians make better decisions.  Some interesting use cases include:

• Compare databases to determine if a new product should be acquired or if something needs to be cancelled
• Since Gold Rush retains both full-text as well as indexed-only titles it is possible to compare indexing/abstracting databases (e.g. Scopus versus Web of Science)
• The system has title lists for JSTOR, Portico and other archiving projects.  Libraries can compare journal packages or even their own collections to make better decisions about storage or deselection

Contact goldrush@coalliance.org for a login or licensing information