Due to the budget cuts the PSU Library will sustain in the upcoming fiscal year, the Library's subscription to Multi-Search will not be renewed when it expires on June 24, 2009. Multi-Search is the tool that allows simultaneous queries across selected research databases.

We know that our users appreciate having the capability to perform these types of multiple-database searches, so we are working hard to replace Multi-Search. Multi-Search will be replaced with our own in-house system called "PSU Synergy." The first phase of PSU Synergy is almost completed, and will be ready for beta-testing by June 24. At first, PSU Synergy will not be as fully functional a system as Multi-Search, but our in-house development of Synergy and the addition of more database connections to the new system will continue throughout 2009.

We hope you'll find the beta version of PSU Synergy to be a valuable searching tool, even as we continue to build a better system for the future!