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• Unlimited simultaneous users
• Convenient online account management service
• New and updated content added twice a year
• Support for outbound OpenURL linking from citations
• Article-level and book-level DOIs
• COUNTER usage statistics
• SUSHI service available for automatic harvesting of COUNTER usage statistics
• MARC records at volume level for all book titles
• Institutional logo displayed on interface
• Conforms to accessibility standards for most Level A (Priority 1) and AA (Priority 2) success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
• A toolkit of promotional materials available to help raise awareness and support usage

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Benefits for students and teachers

• Enhances research with cross-searchable access to a unique combination of global primary and secondary material, and includes visual sources to boost student engagement
• Draws out regional interconnectivity and differences through the innovative and internationally-authored articles in the Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages
• Brings the period to life with material culture object images, illuminated manuscript pages, and other artwork which deepen understanding and give substance to key themes
• Supports undergraduate study across disciplines which focus on the Medieval period, as a fully-indexed resource with a range of consolidated, searchable material
• Browse by content type including primary sources, the encyclopedia, eBooks, or the timeline, with the additional option to explore by period, place or topic; allowing users to navigate seamlessly to relevant content for their desired learning outcomes
• Explore related and recently viewed content with links on every content page, making it easy to connect relevant material across the platform
• View museum object images, maps and manuscripts in detail, while retaining high-resolution quality, using the powerful zoom and rotate functionality; and place the objects within their historical context using the supporting metadata – encouraging meaningful engagement with visual material
• Access the platform while on the go via desktop, tablet and mobile, using the intuitive, user-friendly interface
• Cite, share and print content from across the resource – ideal for research and group work
• Save books, chapters or other items to view later; organize saved items into folders; email and export citations; save searches and set up search alerts using the Personal Account feature