1. CSA Overview 2005 Bibliostar Stuart Cooper - scooper@csa.com Anna Merlo – Cenfor International Srl amerlo@cenfor.it 17 th March 2005

2. 2 Agenda  Company  CSA Illumina  CSA databases  Partner databases  Full Text  CSA Illumina – live demonstration  Federated Search engine – NEW!  Package

3. 3 Company  Privately owned and part of Cambridge Information Group  Bowker now a sister company  Media independent secondary publisher  Previously Cambridge Scientific Abstracts – now CSA  30+ years old  50+ databases  10 offices world-wide

4. 4 CSA Illumina  Major New Service  Redesign – more robust  10 million+ logons this year – built for future  Not just an IDS 7.0  Transitioned successfully 01/10/04 – 31/01/05 – now fully operational  More intuitive  Links, cited refs  Unlimited access – sitewide  IP & UN/PW control

5. 5 CSA Illumina Features and Enhancements  Easier to use "Quick Search"  Improved navigation  ADA and SENDA compliance  Elimination of frames  Improved integration of help files  Online tutorials  New custom default options  Multi-language interface options  Interdisciplinary presentation of resources (optional)  Search Tools including Combined Search  Dynamic de-duplication of records with show/hide duplicates option  Hyper-linked descriptor terms for quick execution of new search queries  New library administration module  QuikBib bibliography creator

6. 6 CSA Databases  4 principle areas  Arts & Humanities  Natural Sciences  Technology  Social Sciences

7. 7 CSA Databases  Publisher of 50+ databases including  Aerospace Database  Aqualine  ArtBibliographies Modern  ASFA  Civil Engineering Abstracts  Ecology Abstracts and Pollution Abstracts  Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abs  METADEX  Microbiology Abstracts  LLBA  Sociological Abstracts  LISA  PAIS – now owned by CSA!!  And many more……………………………………

8. 8 CSA Partner Databases Including……  AgeLine  ATLA Religion  BHA  BHI  EconLit  GeoRef  IMID  Index Islamicus  IBSS  NTIS  MLA  Polymer Library (RAPRA)  Philospher’s Index  PsycINFO  PsycARTICLES  PsycBOOKS coming 2005  RILM  Weldasearch  Zoological Record Plus

9. 9 CSA Databases/Full Text EXCLUSIVE  SAGE Full Text Collections  Sociology  Criminology  Communications  Politics  Education  Psychology  Nursing & Healthcare  Management  Materials  Urban Studies  A&I database + Full Text  Full back file (30yrs) EXCLUSIVE  BioOne  Partnership – scientific societies, non-commercial publishers, libraries & academe  Aggregation of 70 peer-reviewed journals from 55 publishers – ISI ranked  Bioscience, Biology, Botany, Ecology & Environmental Sciences  DOI’s assigned to all journals  Content doubled in 4 years – 90% titles exclusive  A&I database + Full Text  Back file 1998

10. 10 CSA - SAGE NEW ANNOUNCEMENT  SAGE Collections – any combination  Minimum 2 collections  Minimum 6 institutions  Huge discounts  “SAGE Plus” – ALL other SAGE journals at discounted prices based upon number of collections taken  Possible through CILEA, CASPUR or just ITALY!  More from Helen Crook…………………

11. 11 CSA Illumina – Full Text Links American Fisheries Society AIAA Online Meeting Papers American Meteorological Society ASM Handbooks BioOne Blackwell Synergy Ingenta Select (formerly CatchWord) EBSCOhost EJS ERIC Full-text FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online (OCLC) Geological Society of America HighWire Press Ingenta JSTOR Kluwer National Sea Grant Library (No Subscription Required) nature publishing group Oxford University Press Project Muse PsycARTICLES ScienceDirect SpringerLink SwetsWise (formerly SwetsnetNavigator) Wiley InterScience Your Local Web Server

12. 12 CSA Illumina  Demonstration………

13. 13 CSA - Federated Search engine  Uses MuseGlobal Technology – ranked No 1 for last two years  What is it - A search mechanism that gives searchers a single point of access to information from any number or type of content source and delivers organized, contextually relevant results that the searcher can use.  Search CSA Illumina databases and other databases simultaneously!!  Integrated results  Single-sign-on authentication & authorization  Links directly to the native source for full-text

14. 14 CSA - Federated Search engine (2)  Fast & simple  Implementation takes weeks not months  CSA Illumina User Interface  Familiar look & feel  Google-like functionality  Easy Set-Up  Simplified workflow  Simplified administration & maintenance  Low cost/Low risk

15. 15 CSA - Federated Search engine (3)  Search 8 Z39.50 sources simultaneously  Limited number of records can be integrated (150-300) – not in single list  Heavily dependent on Z39.50 search protocol  Search unlimited sources simultaneously  All records can be integrated from all sources in a single list  Multiple search protocols supported Metalib versus Muse

28. 28 CSA Offers…..  CSA Illumina platform  Federated Search platform  In-house edited databases  Key databases from other sources  Full Text  Links – OPAC, OpenURL, SFX etc  Manage the collected data  Assure your long-term investment in data and platform choice  Consortium pricing models Tutto cio' che si chiede ad un information provider!