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Lunch Discussion Library Resources
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Deadline is Approaching! Does W&L want to commit to another three years of Web of Science? Deadline is June 15
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Topics of Discussion Web of Science and Scopus comparison What are our options? What is the best way to spend $25,000?
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Basic Comparison Web of Science Scopus 2008 Price $25,472 + 4% annual increase $7,600 + 5.5% annual increase Items Indexed Books Journal Articles Websites (Conference proceedings and patents require extra product) Books Journal Articles Conference Proceedings Websites Patents Coverage (15-25% overlap) 6,462 active journal titles 145 book series 13,000 active journal titles 125 book series Archive 1990-present (backfile required for material available from 1900) 1966-present (no backfile required) Total Records ± 38 million ± 29 million
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Features Web of ScienceScopus Pro Indexed MEDLINE Coverage (full) Ref Management Software Compatibility EndNote Reference Manager ProCite EndNote Reference Manager ProCite RefWorks WebBridge Cited Ref Search Alerts Search Cited Reference Table of Contents Search Cited Reference Table of Contents
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Features (cont’d) Web of ScienceScopus Personal Account Saved Searches Author’s Cited Refs (full) (1996-present) Author Identifier no Results Analysis no Non-Science no (all titles from Social Science Citation Index)
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Options Keep both Web of Science and Scopus Keep only one –If we keep Scopus, spend the extra $25,000 on: Interdisciplinary (science) e-journal package/backfile Individual journal subscriptions Interdisciplinary (science) book collection Other suggestions?
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Other Ideas?
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