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CSA Overview 2004 Villa Umbra Stuart Cooper - scooper@csa.com Anna Merlo – Cenfor International Srl amerlo@cenfor.it 19 th November 2004
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2 Agenda Company CSA Illumina – live demo CSA databases Partner databases Full Text RefWorks Package
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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
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4 CSA Illumina Major New Service Redesign – more robust 10 million+ logons this year – built for future Not just an IDS 7.0 Transition 01/10/04 – 31/01/05 More intuitive Links, cited refs Unlimited access – sitewide IP & UN/PW control
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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
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6 CSA Databases 4 principle areas Arts & Humanities Natural Sciences Technology Social Sciences
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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 And many more……………………………………
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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
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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
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10 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
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11 RefWorks New Interface Designed to simplify user experience Make better use of screen space Drop-downs – easier navigation More intuitive – easier import/export Will allow for user customization in the future Based off User Feedback Updated Tutorial Release Date: August 5 th 2004
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12 Current RefWorks Interface
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13 New Interface Drop Downs
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14 Tools within New Interface
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15 Future Features “My RefWorks” – end-user customization RefShare; web posting capability Adding images; pdf’s, graphics Added integration with data products: Indicate which references are already in RefWorks (CSA, Elsevier, OCLC etc) Cited by info Cited References More like this searching from within RefWorks
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16 CSA Offers….. CSA Illumina 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
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