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Agenda ScienceDirect – Brief Background – Using Advanced/Expert search – New features – eBooks – Usage
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Niels Bohr Physics Louis Pasteur (Chemistry) Alexander Fleming Medicine Albert Einstein Physics George F. Smoot Physics Roger D. Kornberg Chemistry Craig C Mello Medicine John C. Mather Physics Nobel Prize winners published with Elsevier The Publishing House of Elzevir was first established in 1580 by Lowys Elzevir Jacobus George Robbers established the modern Elsevier Company in 1880 Long Heritage of Publishing Leading Books The publication of “Gray’s Anatomy” in 1858 was a landmark for the study of the human anatomy and in many ways for the whole of medicine The publication of the book, edited by Sir Alexander Fleming, about a revolutionary new antibiotic, “Penicillin: Its Practical Application” in 1946` Galileo published his “Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intoro a due nuoue scienze” — his last work — with Elzevir despite being banned by the Inquisition and is recognized as the first important work of modern physics Elsevier has a long heritage of publishing renowned works by leading authors and prize winners
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Elsevier has a global reach, working with leading institutions and researchers to meet their different content needs …serving over 30 million scientists, students, health and information professionals More than 7,000 employees working at 77 offices in 24 countries… Global partner… …to leading institutions Elsevier understands and meets the content needs of leading academic, government and commercial institutions
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Share of Articles Elsevier articles are the most used and most cited resources driving leading research Elsevier Wiley - Blackwell Springer WK T&F Learned Societies University press Others Elsevier Wiley - Blackwell Springer WK T&F Learned Societies University press Others Elsevier’s journals are the world’s largest resource… Share of Citations … and are the most used and cited by the scientific community Contribution to Research
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~4,000 by 2008 Content on ScienceDirect today ~4 million articles 163 titles 51 titles 7 series ~4.7 million articles 2000 journals Handbooks Reference Works Book Series 1995 - present Backfiles pre 1995 eBooks
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All journals are available on ScienceDirect from volume 1, issue 1 The Lancet – vol 1, no. 1 - 1823.
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Number of articles published by Iranian institutions since 1993 31.4% of articles published by Iranian institutions are published in Elsevier journals. Source: Scopus
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Journals on ScienceDirect Over 2000 Journals New journals – Urban & Fisher journals (37 titles in agricultural, biology, biochemistry, medicine and Science and Technology). – Masson journals (120 titles in health science) – China Collection (20 titles in 2006 rising to 70 by 2009)
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Benefits of e-books on ScienceDirect – Same familiar platform with integrated book and journal searching – Fair use policy (no Digital Rights Management) – No more lost or damaged copies, saving shelf space – Multimedia possibilities – Linking and searching between volumes and between other content types
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ScienceDirect Content – Online Books Reference Works/ Encyclopedia Handbooks (NEW) 51 Titles 7 series 164 volumes Book Series 7 packages 163 titles
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Elsevier Book Series New volumes published regularly. Focus on ‘Advances in’ or ‘Progress in’ etc. Series ISSN, volume ISBNs. Peer-reviewed, often highly cited. 163 Series now available in 7 packages: - Business, Management & Economics - Chemistry - Life Sciences - Methods in Enzymology - Methods in Enzymology Backfiles from 1955 - Psychology - Social Sciences
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Best selling Book Series Life Sciences International Review of Cytology Progress in Brain Research Advances in Cancer Research Chemistry Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry Advances in Quantum Chemistry Social Sciences Studies in Law, Politics and Society Psychology of Learning & Motivation Research in the Sociology of Work Methods in Enzymology
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Elsevier Reference Works 51 now available on Science Direct. Subscription option and upfront Payment option**. Available individually, no minimum purchase. Multi-title discount. ** Upfront Payment Option: You pay an upfront fee which is higher than the annual subscription fee but the years thereafter the customer only pays between 5%-8% annual fee (taken from the Upfront fee).
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International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioural Sciences Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology Treatise on Geochemistry Encyclopedia of Energy Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences Encyclopedia of Genetics Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II Comprehensive Clinical Psychology Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition Best selling Reference Works
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Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - launched Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics Encyclopedia of Gerontology Encyclopedia of Stress Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III Encyclopedia of Archeology Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science Evolution of the Nervous Systems Updates: – Encyclopedia of Material Science and Technology – Comprehensive srtuctural intergity – Treatise on Geochemistry
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Elsevier Handbooks series Launched 7 series in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Economics in 2005. Chapters by commissioning & invitation only. Validated, refereed and edited by authoritative editors Highly cited. Usually long life cycle – up to 15 years. Subscription option and upfront Payment option.
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Best selling Handbook series Elsevier Economics handbook (56 volumes): "… No one can keep up with the literature, so we have come to recognize these volumes as immensely valuable. They are on almost everyone's shelves…. The Handbook has become the first reference for anyone who wants to learn [of game theoretic results] outside their own area.” Handbooks of Neurology
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Are part of an ongoing series. 7 series available Volume one to current issue Commissioning and invitation only 15 year life cycle Regularly updated as research work is cutting edge. Subject packages available: Chemistry, Life Science, Business/Econ, Social Sciences, Psychology Other individual titles available including Methods in Enzymology A compendium of definitive summaries, references and glossaries that act as an introduction to a subject area E.g. Encyclopaedias or Comprehensive Reference Works Available Books on ScienceDirect Book SeriesReference WorksHandbooks Books on ScienceDirect Nearly all of Elsevier’s academic book titles are included like: Academic and professional reference books, Text reference books, Closed Handbook Series, Closed Book Series and Monographs eBooks (new for 2007!)
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Wide range of subject areas – Large number of titles Covering 18 subject areas and over 4100 titles Subject Area# of Books Agricultural and Biological Sciences~201 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ~265 Chemical Engineering~348 Chemistry~304 Computer Science~585 Earth and Planetary Sciences~247 Energy~38 Engineering~931 Environmental Science~113 Subject Area# of Books Immunology and Microbiology~114 Material Sciences~186 Mathematics~205 Medicine and Dentistry~80 Neuroscience~120 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science ~74 Physics and Astronomy~112 Psychology~193 Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine ~19
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Academic Press Butterworth-Heinemann (business, technology) Syngress and Digital Press (computing) Elsevier Science Gulf Professional Publishing (petroleum / petrochemical processing) Morgan Kaufmann (computer science) Newnes (electrical / electronic engineering) North-Holland (mathematics) Pergamon eBooks: Renowned Imprints… by superior authors Elsevier eBooksMajor Publisher Elsevier eBooksMajor Publisher Elsevier eBooksMajor Publisher Elsevier offers better eBooks with leading imprints and authors No. of documents published per author No. of citations per author Average author H-index Publish More Cited More Higher H-index Elsevier authors Elsevier authors are Elsevier authors have
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License policies One-time payment option Perpetual access as long as they have a SDOL license Post-termination rights: Continued access and or tapes, like journals
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Purchase Options 1) eBook Complete Backlist Collection and / or Frontlist Collection Backlist Collection (1995-2006) Frontlist Collection (2007, 2008) 2) eBook Subject Collections (18 of the 24 existing SD subject classifications) Backlist Collection (1995-2006) i.e. ‘Chemistry’ Backlist Collection Frontlist Collection (2007, 2008) i.e. ‘Chemistry’ Frontlist Collection
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For more info : http://info.sciencedirect.com/books
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ScienceDirect Content - Journals
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Overall ScienceDirect Usage 53 M 86 M 140 M 85 M 10 million regular users 36 full-text downloaded every second of a regular working day. 270 M
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Number of full text requests in 2004 and 2005 in Iran Country20042005Growth United States50,111,79460,273,17920.28% United Kingdom20,279,40723,517,93915.97% Japan14,201,60417,430,56922.74% France10,924,20213,093,67719.86% Korea10,684,73711,925,23611.61% China7,002,80610,311,83147.25% Canada7,681,62810,050,00030.83% Australia6,450,3728,759,77235.80% Brazil6,167,9217,189,75316.57% India5,051,4046,252,15523.77% Thailand5,074,9585,983,24417.90% Spain4,831,1175,944,52223.05% Germany5,251,0805,937,53113.07% Netherlands5,059,8895,794,97714.53% Turkey4,600,9315,291,03815.00% Islamic Republic of Iran2,825,6834,519,99559.96% Taiwan2,401,4514,274,57978.00% Sweden3,048,5503,520,23515.47% Switzerland3,036,4703,380,15211.32% Italy2,330,5602,967,22227.32% Iran ranks: -16 out of 96 countries -2 nd in terms of growth.
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Represents browsing / searching Represents browsing Represents external linking Most common user sessions - where do users start to find articles? From Journal homepage (mainly via library website); then: - Recent or past issue. 35% From ScienceDirect Homepage; then: -Quick/advanced search or - Journal list/journal issue 18% ScienceDirect article (via external link ) 32%
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Overview productivity gain TaskCurrent SD Revamped SD Gain Browse to all content in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 clicks1 click80% Browse to the articles in press of FEBS Letters 4 clicks2 clicks50% Browse through 2 issues of The Lancet6 clicks3 clicks50% Author search “Murray”5 clicks2 clicks60% Re-run a search4 clicks1 click75% Accessing alerts page3 clicks1 click67%
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Facts ScienceDirect – did you know that … – ScienceDirect contains over 8.8 Million peer reviewed articles in over 2,000 peer reviewed journals – 11 million researchers worldwide have access to ScienceDirect. – At peak hours almost 5,000 researchers are online simultaneously. – 36 full text downloads every second during an average working day – Since the launch over 1 billion articles have been downloaded from ScienceDirect
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FAST Implementation ScienceDirect has implemented the highly acclaimed FAST Enterprise Search Platform. – This new search engine, which is powerful, quick and flexible, was recently voted ‘Top Search and Retrieval Technology’ in Information Today’s first People’s Choice Awards.
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Search Engine FAST Command language and syntax will change: The connector AND is automatically inserted between terms Multiple wildcards may be used in the same word Accents will be recognized FAST has it’s own dictionaries that offers alternatives to possible typos If less than 20 results are found, the system offers alternative spellings
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Spell Checker Quick Search Results Search Form 18 Articles Found
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Synonyms and Alternative Spellings English and American spellings – behaviour and behavior, flavour and flavor, colour and color Plurals – horse and horses, woman and women, case and cases Synonyms – Aspirin will also search acetylsalicylic acid
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55 Additional Clinics Titles Added
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Graphical Abstracts Standalone
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Search Results Page -- Today
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Redesigned results – refine search
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Redesigned results – article preview
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Article Page -- Today
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Redesign on the Article Page
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Reference Preview within the Article -- Today
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Redesign Reference Preview Within the Article - Mouse-over on the references within the HTML article will display a preview of the reference including links
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Quick Search: Word Wheel
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PDF downloader
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Downloading a PDF from Search Results … one, by one, by one…
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PDF Downloader
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PDF downloader Custom Naming Download Progress Download Summary & PPV Option
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PDF downloader on the Article Page VIEW PDF DOWNLOAD PDF
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ScienceDirect Demonstration
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Find journal/book of interest option1
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Find journals/books of interest. Option 2
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Find an article
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Find an article-full text
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Advanced Search
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Advanced Search: wild cards + connector
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Example: Advanced Search: wild cards + connector
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Advanced search
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Saving a Search
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Tips on how to search Hea*t: Finds both heart and heat {heart attack} : Find exact search Heart pre/2 attack: Find articles with 2,1 or 0 words between heart THEN attack hea?t Finds heart, but not heat ‘’’’heart attack’’’’: Find single, plurals Heart w/2 attack: Find articles with 2,1 or o words between heart attack or attack heart
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Search tips: Exact search
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Search tips: double quotes
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Search tips: Pre/n finds articles where the first term precedes the second term within a stated number of words
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Expert search
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Interlink with Scopus
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Find article of interest
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Relationships with CrossRef
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Usage Stats Web-based, accessible with Admin ID http://usagereports.elsevier.com http://usagereports.elsevier.com Can be used to calculate the most important costs/usage indicators like CPA ( Cost per Article) CPR ( Cost per Researcher) The most detailed Usage Reports of any full-text platform available Provides valuable insights into users behaviour ` Easy export options ( HTML or Excel), Graphic reports
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Usage Stats
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