What does it mean that Ulrichs maintains a “vendor neutral” stance?
Serials information users rely on Ulrich’s to provide an unbiased approach to data collection and the widest possible breadth of information about serials and serials providers. For this reason Ulrich’s includes publications from all types of publishers, from large commercial entities and scholarly societies to independent publishers and not-for-profit publishers. In addition, Ulrich’s collects and reports electronic availability data from as many providers as possible, including aggregators and publishers, abstracting and indexing services, document suppliers, reprint services and others. It is not Ulrich’s policy to exclude a provider’s information from Ulrich’s records for competitive reasons. Similarly, Ulrichsweb.com is designed to work with a library’s link resolver, federated search tool or local catalog regardless of vendor or ILS system and includes many other linking options for mutual subscribers of key serials and e-resource services.
