1 Informatio Medicata, Budapest November 2005

2 Who will you meet at our stand?  Andrey Kovatchev, Senior Account Manager  Pamela Täubert, Product Sales Manager

3 Agenda: 1. Introducing Scopus 2. How can Scopus help you with your research in medical sciences

4 Focusedwebinformation Academiclibrarysources 14,200 titles + 4,000 publishers STM & Social Social sciences sciences World’s Largest Abstracts Database What is Scopus?

5 Scopus coverage  5,900 titles in Medicine and Life Sciences  2,500 titles in Biological, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences  Abstracts since 1966  References since 1996

6 Scopus features  Scientific websearch integration through 200 million scientific websites  Full-text links with only ONE click through linkresolver integration  Citation analysis & Library integration features

7 Geographical spread of content Europe, Middle East & Africa North America Asia & Pacific South America

8 How do we select content?  Content Selection Committee  10 subject librarians  20 scientists  Determine most important sources, publication types, subject areas  Help prioritize submissions for new content

9 What makes Scopus different? Built by users, for users

10 How we have developed Scopus  Evidence-based development: Built with users, for users  300 scientists & information specialists  20 Development Partners  16 rounds of concept & user-tests  Researchers & librarians heavily involved  Testing period ensures customer needs are met

11 What can it do for you as a librarian?  Smart way to get the most out of full text resource investments  You can give your users a tool that will help them:  Find more relevant results  See results in context  Find the unexpected  Save time  Get fast & easy access to entitled full text

12 What can it do for you as a user?  Quickly & easily find information relevant to you  Cross-disciplinary connections  Time saving  Increased productivity - gives you focus  Intuitive & modeled to match your cognitive patterns  Empowers you to skip, not miss information

13 Any Questions?  Scopus is easy to implement and comes as a complete service package  For more information about Scopus at your institution, please visit