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Walter de Gruyter GmbH making a public offer to buy all the shares of another company, Koninklijke Brill N.V. The companies are combining forces to strengthen their position in the academic publishing market, especially with the increasing shift to digital and open-access publishing. The new entity, named De Gruyter Brill, aims to become a leading academic publisher in the Humanities, offering a broader range of services.

In 2024, ELTE will subscribe to the following databases within the framework of the Electronic Information Service National Program (EISZ).

ELTE has been granted a 3-month trial access to the Books of Modern China (1840–1949) database on Shanghai Library's CNBKSY (Quan Guo Bao Kan Suo Yin) platform. The database contains over 120,000 books, which can be searched in full text.

The application effectively supports scholarly research by making search results of the library's EBSCO subscriptions quickly available anytime, anywhere through an easy-to-use interface. Users can read or listen the content they're looking for. They can view it in PDF- and HTML-formats, and they can download and read EBSCO eBooks wherever they are.

EBSCO has offered trial access to the SocINDEX with Full Text database, that is available on the EBSCOhost platform until the 31st of December 2023. SocINDEX is the authoritative bibliographic database for sociology research. The database offers indexed records from top sociology journals covering many related studies.

The database includes bibliographical data for 1,500,000 dissertations and theses, all of which are accessible in full text. The database and EBSCOhost, when connected to the ELTE internet network directly or through the use of VPN services, are accessible both on and off-campus.

EBSCO has offered trial access to the MLA International Bibliography with Full Text database, which offers an extensive collection of full-text journals in addition to bibliographic data. The test period lasts until 31 December 2023.

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) offered trial access to EISZ member institutions. The database can be tested by connected to the university's internet network until 17. 09. 2023. Remote access to the database is possible using a VPN service.

Free trial access to the databases of CNKI was opened until the end of September. CNKI is the most complete scientific platform in China. In addition to Chinese sources, it also covers international scientific content.