Royal Society of Chemistry RSC Journals and Databases CALIS 2nd Imported Database User Training Week, Dalian 11 May 2004 Dr Mike Hannant Key Account Manager Royal Society of Chemistry Cambridge, UK Rui Zhou Representative Royal Society of Chemistry China

Agenda l The Royal Society of Chemistry l RSC Publications – facts and figures l RSC Journals licensed through CALIS l Access via RSC server l RSC Journals Archive ( )

Royal Society of Chemistry l Learned and Professional Society l Founded in 1841 l Objectives Advancement of the science of chemistry and its applications Maintenance of high standards of competence and integrity among practising chemists Dissemination of information

Membership l Members: 45,000 members - 36,000 British Isles - 9,000 International Including 300 in China l Employees: 260 Sites: Cambridge London

Royal Society of Chemistry Education Parliamentary Affairs Scientific Affairs Conferences Professional and Membership Affairs Library Publishing

Publishing Products and Services l Journals l Reviews l Current-awareness serials l Databases l Books l Wallcharts l Journal Archive l E-only products and services

RSC Primary Journals l Submissions Over papers received in 2003 Submissions increasing each year 80% of papers from outside the UK

Chinese Submissions

RSC Primary Journals l Reviewing 6000 Active referees worldwide High standards maintained Rejection rate >50% >70% for some journals

Speed of publication Around the world in 80 days with RSC journals

Agreement with CALIS

Participation l Institution must purchase at least 3 RSC journals at the full price; and l Maintain those subscriptions during the present agreement (to Dec 2005). l Other print subscriptions can be purchased at a deeply discounted rate.

Present CALIS agreement l 14 Primary Journals ( to date) l 6 Review Journals (1997 – to date) l 6 Current awareness databases (all available content)

Core Journals: Primary l The Analyst l Chemical Communications l Dalton Transactions l Faraday Discussions l Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry l Journal of Materials Chemistry l New Journal of Chemistry l Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry* l Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics * Formerly Perkin 1 and 2

Core Journals: Reviews l Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry, Sections A, B & C l Chemical Society Reviews l Issues in Environmental Science & Technology l Natural Product Reports

Newer Journals l Green Chemistry (1999) l Journal of Environmental Monitoring (1999) l Lab on a Chip (2001) l Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2002)

Electronic-only journals

Databases/current awareness l Analytical Abstracts (1980 – to date) l Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions (2002 – to date) l Chemical Hazards in Industry (1981 – to date) l Laboratory Hazards Bulletin (1981 – to date) l Methods in Organic Synthesis (2000 – to date) l Natural Product Updated (2000 – to date)

Access via RSC server

Online Access l Articles available in HTML and PDF l Graphical Abstracts available l Searching by title/author/journal…… l Electronic Supplementary Information available and free l Free alerts (

Reference linking l RSC journals l CrossRef l CAS (links to free abstracts) l Document delivery through RSC LIC l Coming soon….. OpenURL linking Links to other doc del suppliers

* formerly Perkin 1 and 2 RSC Journals Archive ( )

Journal Archive l All RSC Journal material ,000 articles 1.2 million pages Complete gigabytes of electronic material

Journal Archive l Home page for each journal l Text content fully indexed and searchable l Contents lists for volume/issue l All front matter, back matter, adverts, etc. scanned l PDF pages l XML headers l XML abstracts 1965 onwards l References linked 1990 onwards

Digitisation challenges Loose-leaf unpaginated table pullouts Small fonts

Digitisation challenges – Spinning discs Observations on the circular polarisation of light by transmission through fluids H. B. Leeson. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Chemical Society, , II, 26 (referenced on p39)

Summary l CALIS members now can have access to the high quality RSC journals and databases online via the CALIS online system or direct from RSC l Negotiations covering CALIS member access to the RSC Journals Archive are underway

Thanks l Thank you to CALIS for inviting me….. l Thanks to Rui Zhou for translating….. l Thank you for listening! l User training – Library Room 213, 20:00 – 21:00 l Any questions?