Last week we shut down our service for one hour to migrate the site to a more powerful server. We are already seeing the benefits of this  much needed improvement.  Book searches are now a lot faster than they were before. We have given it a further boost by improving the code that powers the site. To add icing to the cake we have improved the caching mechanism that makes some searches a lot faster than before. Speed is not the only improvement, results are now more relevant and accurate.

Deadlinedue generates Harvard References for books and web pages by aggregating data from several different sources. Data from all the sources are analyzed to and determine which result is the best match the criteria you specified (book title , ISBN or web link). Then we look at the ‘good ones’ again to find out if they contain the full set of information required to generate a Harvard Reference. If both conditions are fulfilled we generate the result and display it for you. Since users often enter just part of the title instead of a full title, there is more work for us!

One of our datasources happen to be the Library Of Congress . However this source was being used only about 25% of the time for title searches and only about 10% of the time for ISBN searches. We have improved our code so that the LOC data can now be utilized for each and every search. However that does not mean all the results you see originate from this source. Sometimes the other data providers may have more relevant or more detailed results and when that happens we use the best possible data set.

On Wednesday the 20th of May, we will be performing scheduled maintenance on deadlinedue.com . Part of that maintenance is to switch the server on which the site is presently hosted on. We have a new feature planned for release but our server at present does not have the required capacity to cope with the increased demand on processor, memory, storage and bandwidth.
Thus as 4:00 am GMT on the 19th, we will be switching over to a new server that is ‘part of the cloud’. We expect the site to be offline for approximately 1 hour during the migration but hope to bring it back up sooner.

For most students, completing a research paper or thesis on time can be a daunting task, filled with stress and headaches. The citation process can be especially grueling. But for students who use the Harvard Referencing system, the process just got easier. Our newly launched service at DeadlineDue.com,  now automatically generates Harvard References in just seconds. It’s ideal for teachers and professional researchers too, DeadlineDue.com is a virtual lifesaver for anyone who wants a hassle-free way to quickly, and accurately build their reference or works cited page, and deliver their research paper on time.

The Harvard Referencing System, also known as the author-date system is a citation system widely used at colleges and universities around the world, primarily in the sciences, and by scholarly and professional organizations. The system ensures that students, teachers and researchers credit the proper source when using the words and ideas of others in reports, essays and research papers. For most, completely and accurately citing all sources can be time consuming. Additionally, many students have difficulty remembering the correct formatting for the Harvard Referencing System. DeadlineDue eliminates the need to type out the entire citation, or remember the formatting, making the referencing process fast, easy and error proof.

To generate a Harvard Reference using DeadlineDue.com, users simply visit our home page and enter the book title or ISBN number. Once the information is entered, the system returns the author, publishing date, title, publisher, and other information formatted according to Harvard Referencing standards, which can then be copied and pasted into the report. In the event a title is entered, and there is more than one edition, the program will deliver results for all editions.

Our service is free and no signup is needed.

May this new year bring you peace and prosperity. We wish you all the very best and hope that you will be able to meet all your deadlines on time.

(We might even be able to help you meet some of your deadlines very soon.)