Custom Research Information Service (CRIS)
Get the information you need, when you need it.
What is CRIS?
CRIS is an information research service that provides research assistance on scientific, technical and business topics. CRIS offers a variety of services ranging from citation verification to comprehensive literature retrieval and analysis. With access to electronic resources in all fields, CRIS can provide in-depth reviews on technical topics, companies and industries; corporate intelligence; summary reports on the results of database searches and on document contents. The level and type of service provided is determined through consultation with you. CRIS guarantees complete client confidentiality.
CRIS operates in cooperation with the UC CEAS Library. The CRIS librarian is Suellen Fortine. She is funded by the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) through a personal services contract. The College pays her fee for faculty using CRIS services, within specified limits. Faculty may contact Ted Baldwin for further information.
CRIS services may be requested by phone, or e-mail:
phone: (513) 677-1366
e-mail: crisinfo.sf@gmail.com
CRIS is a fee-based information service. Charges for services vary according to the level and type of service provided. The Fee Schedule gives more detailed information.
FEE SCHEDULE [Top]
UC Faculty Rates:
Standard Rate ……………………….............$55 per hour
Rush Rate ………………………....………........$75 per hour
Non-UC Rates:
Standard Rate ……………………………………$65 per hour
Rush Rate ………………………………………..…$85 per hour
SUELLEN FORTINE [Top]
Suellen Fortine is the owner and primary researcher of Custom Research Information Services (CRIS), a fee-based information service providing customized research assistance on scientific, technical and business topics. CRIS offers a variety of services ranging from citation verification to comprehensive literature retrieval and analysis. The CRIS service is used by U.C. faculty members doing grants research and other types of academic research, and by other professionals and businesses in the Cincinnati area.
Suellen has a B.A. in Economics from Denison University and an M.L.S. from the University of Texas at Austin. She has over 25 years of professional library experience in a variety of settings, including the past 15 years as head of CRIS. She previously held the positions of business librarian at the University of Texas at Austin and medical librarian at Good Samaritan Hospital Library here in Cincinnati.
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