Welcome

This is a pilot subject-based cross-repository search tool for resource discovery in engineering. It has been created to investigate practical management and maintenance issues, and is not a fully-supported service. However, it is freely available for use and will be supported on a best effort basis after the end of the project in May 2007.

Use the top navigation menu to Search the pilot service, obtain basic help information, etc.

PerX is a JISC-funded project, which is based at the Institute for Computer Based Learning at Heriot-Watt University. More details are available at the PerX Project Website.

Latest News

• 28th March 2007 - PerX Setup and Maintenance Report now available.
• 27th October 2006 - Article about PerX Project in Research Information.
• 19th October 2006 - PerX Poster Presentation [MS Powerpoint file 450KB] at Open Scholarship 2006 Conference.
• 17th July 2006 - PerX Questionnaire and Focus Group Results now available.
• 25th June 2006 - The PerX Project - not just for engineers (text of a paper for E-MmITS newsletter)
• 12th April 2006 - Give us your feedback and win £100 Amazon vouchers!
• 14th March 2006 - PerX Pilot subject-based cross-repository search tool available.
• 8th March 2006 - Perx Advocacy material - 'Marketing with Metadata' available.
• 10th November 2005 - PerX Listing of Engineering Repository Sources and Landscape Analysis available.