Testimonials
What our users say:
2014 Review of MEMSO features by University users:
"We especially liked the following features:
- The ‘Help’.
- The good search functionality: phrase, keyword, year (range), book (like a title search).
- The ability to save whole books or just particular pages.
- The ability to have multiple documents open in multiple re-sizeable windows, allowing easy cross-reference and comparison between side-by-side documents.
- The option to change the display order: book (title, ascending, descending or date).
- That the results included metadata, reference numbers, etc.
- Tools: We found that the ability to look terms up in various tools (Wikipedia, OED, GoogleMaps, Dictionary.com, Dictionary of the Scots Language) up was a very useful feature.
- We also liked the social media integration.
- We liked having the option of email notification when new books were added.
- The option to view as a pdf of the whole book, or load in the viewer with a toolbar.
- The pdfs were of excellent quality, with Table-of-Contents, and good search functionality."
‘The searching power of the resource you have created is quite remarkable and the work I have done is considerably better for using it. ’
‘This is an invaluable resource with regard to staff research as well as Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching. It will make it much easier for Undergraduate to develop dissertation topics and will provide Graduates with an essential database.’
‘I love the ability to view the published Calendars of State Papers side-by-side with the manuscript images. The use of AJAX and other newer scripting tricks on the site make it so fast and responsive. Kudos to you!’
‘I do want to tell you that I think you are doing an incredibly wonderful thing here.’
‘You would not believe the amount of time that your products have saved me recently. The ability to check up a source with a few mouse clicks, rather than having to take a train into town to go to the library, is wonderful. Irish Rail has experienced a sudden drop in profits as a result.’
‘I really do value and enjoy the site, and intend to shove ever more of my students onto it. I've noticed that the interface keeps getting better.’
‘This is a very good resource. Having searchable PDF texts of these documents should make them much easier for undergraduates (and staff) to use in their research.’
‘An excellent resource for students and researchers.’
‘I've found this invaluable for my research, and it will be equally useful for dissertations.’
‘This is an invaluable resource with regard to staff research as well as Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching. It will make it much easier for Undergraduate to develop dissertation topics and will provide Graduates with an essential database.’
‘This is an excellent resource for research and teaching. In terms of chronological range, it will be useful for medievalists and well as early modernists. It also covers a wide area range, with key works for students of English, Irish, Scottish and early American societies.’
‘It already boasts an impressive range of resources. Perhaps the most noteworthy feature is TannerRitchie's desire to extend their range in response to subscribers' needs/preferences. This will make an already outstanding resource even more effective as their data base expands.’
‘The resource will be used by staff and students across the Arts Faculty.’