Paratext Editorial 9/30/26 Paratext Editorial 9/30/26

New Access Levels for bird

Paratext and Compendium Library Services announced an expanded three-level structure for bird®, a comprehensive guide to research databases.

These new levels—bird: CORE, bird: ADVANCED, and bird: COMPLETE—let libraries choose the discovery, local collection context, and comparative analysis that fit their needs.

Paratext Editorial 4/6/26 Paratext Editorial 4/6/26

New features now online with bird & nest

Paratext and our partners at Compendium are happy to announce new features now live within bird & nest. Learn more below…

Paratext Editorial 10/12/25 Paratext Editorial 10/12/25

First full review of bird & nest

Read the first scholarly review of bird with the nest holdings comparison analytics suite.

Paratext Editorial 9/8/25 Paratext Editorial 9/8/25

nest expands options for collection strategists

Collection strategists now have an even better version of nest.

Our partners at Compendium have deployed a new, enhanced version, expanding the scope of database holding reports now available through bird & nest.

nest now permits strategists and other administrators to create customized Library Groups for comparative analysis.

This new feature is transformative for library planning.

Paratext Editorial 7/23/25 Paratext Editorial 7/23/25

On dictionaries

A recent opinion piece in the Sunday New York Times, titled “Why Dictionaries Still Define Us,” drew our attention with its eloquent defense of dictionaries and its critical perspective on AI-generated text as a substitute for dictionaries. The article prompted us to reflect on the breadth and depth of the online dictionary titles we describe in bird.

Paratext Editorial 5/22/25 Paratext Editorial 5/22/25

Editors’ Finds…

The first ‘chirp’ of a new series— a sampling of databases which the bird editors have found compelling, unusual or unexpected.

Paratext Editorial 10/1/24 Paratext Editorial 10/1/24

Ever bird needs a nest

A year ago, Paratext launched bird: Base Inventory of Research Databases. But a few questions lingered….

Paratext Editorial 7/15/24 Paratext Editorial 7/15/24

The birds of Summer

bird helps selectors, public services librarians, collection analysts and advanced researchers stay current on all research databases.

When you use bird, you know what is out there--and save time spent wandering the web. Here is the latest on recent bird additions:

Paratext Editorial 5/1/24 Paratext Editorial 5/1/24

New functionality for bird

bird launched in February, but already there are additional new features and content additions. See more below.

Paratext Editorial 11/15/23 Paratext Editorial 11/15/23

bird wins Best New Product at Charleston Premiers

bird launched in February, but already there are additional new features and content additions.