Prestigious institutions in the trial of 500 electronic books available on ScienceDirect participation
Elsevier, leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM), today announced that more than 900 research libraries and businesses around the world participate in the process of eBooks on ScienceDirect. The trial will allow participating institutes with preliminary access to 500 of 4000 scientific and technical books, which will be launched on ScienceDirect in the third quarter of 2007. Our goal is to expand the range of eBooks available and therefore welcome the opportunity to test a new e-book program ScienceDirect Jonchre said Laurent, Head of Acquisitions, lUniversit of Rennes 1.We decided to take the process to develop a policy for eBooks because our electronic resources and ever since our decision a few years ago, first to adopt this strategy, our students
love it! The tracks are offered, very much in tune with our needs for teaching and research and will greatly enhance student learning in this institution, said Robyn Benjamin, Associate Librarian University of Western Sydney, Australia. The eBooks program represents a significant extension of the reference works, handbooks and book series already in ScienceDirect.To start the program will consist of high-quality selected titles published from 1995 to present. The books cover a wide range of scientific disciplines, even within the renowned Pergamon and fingerprints Academic Press published. After the launch, approximately 50 newly published titles to the list of eBooks on ScienceDirect will be added every month, offering researchers unparalleled integration and linking between the
latest book online and log information.The eBooks program will help librarians maximize their productivity in a credible research users are already familiar with researchers said Joep Verheggen, Director, ScienceDirect. Researchers will be able to find all relevant information in books and magazines, but the focus of research and save time. ---------------------------- Article adapted by Medical News Today from
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