1. AccessScience@ McGraw-Hill ICOLC Meeting Vancouver, B.C. September 21-22, 2000

2. Basic Information AccessScience includes the Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, its corresponding annual yearbooks, McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and over 2,100 scientific biographies. This database is updated daily with articles from Science News, and with their science editors’ selected websites.

3. Updates Usage Statistics – daily, weekly, and monthly -- now available at http://www.accessscience.com/sam- bin/stats-admin.cgi?T=I Hundreds of new illustrations available; McGraw-Hill converting 600-700/month “Worth the wait” and “invaluable” per 9/1/00 review in Library Journal

4. AccessScience Participation Just over 3 million FTE’s participating so far, including libraries in Canada and Australia 2,800 subscribing institutions Over 20 million people have access as result of SOLINET offer A wide number of subscribers from academic libraries, two year colleges, public libraries, grades 6-12 Seeking greater high school participation

5. Participation by Library Type Weighted FTE Totals through 9/1/00 (U.S. only) Total – 2,727,792 Academic Institutions – 1,478,590 (54%) Two-Year Colleges – 210,775 (8%) Public Libraries – 808,699 (30%) High School (9-12) – 185,226 (6.5%) Junior High (6-8) – 44,502 (1.5%)

6. Order Information Deadline for orders is the 15 th of the month for access beginning the 1 st of the following month Pricing through June 30, 2001 is $0.20/FTE, plus SOLINET service fee Depending on institution size, this is 50-75% lower than the direct McGraw-Hill subscription price.

7. Order Information McGraw-Hill’s procedures mandate a signed License Agreement from the subscribing libraries before access to the database is provided. License Agreement revisions can be made; contractual language changes and revisions usually completed within one week. Please fax or mail all orders, subscriber and license agreements to Carol Dellios, Contract Administrator, SOLINET (FAX: 404-892-7879).

8. Subscription Rates by Type of Library Academic libraries at 100% of their FTEs Two year colleges at 50% of their FTEs School media centers by weighted numbers of students (e.g., 75% of enrolled students in grades 9-12; 25% for grades 6-8). Public libraries by 5% of the population within specified ranges. This is not available to special libraries.

9. Other AccessScience Info Thirty day trials are available immediately by accessing the McGraw- Hill website at www.AccessScience.com. AccessScience is accessible by IP address(es) or User ID and Password.

10. SOLINET Contact Information Carol Dellios, Contract Administrator carol_dellios@solinet.net phone: 800-999-8558, extension 4850 fax: 404-892-7879 website: www.solinet.net (go to the Library Products & Services section)