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THE EDUSERV CHEST DATA MESSENGER
15th April 2005 URL:<http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/>
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a) New Scientist Agreement - Athens Implemented
b) News & Highlights from EBSCO Publishing
c) WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey
d) Eduserv Foundation Symposium 27th April 2005
e) Latest Data Wishes
a) New Scientist Agreement - Athens Implemented
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Chest has an Agreement with Reed Business Information (RBI) for the supply of the New Scientist Archive Online, providing online access to this popular science journal, a continually expanding library of news and analysis and facts and figures, covering life sciences, physics, earth & environmental sciences and maths and technology.
Until recently, access has been by IP Address Range, pending implementation by RBI of the Athens Access Management System.
Athens has now been fully implemented by RBI and is available to sites. Athens Administrators at institutions already signed to the Agreement will be contacted by Athens in the near future to confirm access. New sites signing to the deal will have immediate access to the Archive via Athens.
30 day free trials are available with trial access by IP Address Range.
The cost of whole site access is only £300 pa for FE and £1300 pa for HE. Quarterly prorated charging applies in this current first of three years of the Agreement.
Full details can be found at <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/datasets/new-scientist/>
b) News & Highlights from EBSCO Publishing
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The following is taken from the EBSCO newsletter where it may be of interest to those sites already subscribing to, or considering subscribing to the EBSCO databases which are part of the Agreement between EBSCO and Eduserv Chest.
New Content:
New Yorker - EBSCO has recently licensed full text for this popular periodical. Customers of Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier, will soon have access to full text of this publication dating from January 2004 forward.
Vanity Fair - Much the same as the New Yorker (above), customers of Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier, will soon have access to full text of this publication.
WWD: Women's Wear Daily - We are excited to answer the many requests to provide full text for this publication. WWD: Women's Wear Daily is now available in full text on Business Source Premier.
Gartner G2 Market Research Reports - EBSCO has licensed more than 450 Gartner G2 Market Research Reports which are now loaded into Business Source Premier. As of today, more than 250 are currently available in the database, with others entering the products as we receive data from the publisher.
SWOT Analyses - EBSCO has received many requests for additional SWOT Analyses. In response, we have added hundreds more of these important reports to Business Source Premier. As of today there are over 2,000 available, with several dozen to be added in the coming months.
The San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Times - As of the end of April, these newspapers will be available in full text in Newspaper Source (one of databases in the selection for FE colleges). This database already includes full-text of The USA Today, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, The Times (London), and selected full-text coverage of hundreds of newspapers, newswires and transcripts from around the world.
Psychology PDF Backfiles in Academic Search Premier -- We are in the process of creating expanded PDF backfiles for numerous psychology journals in Academic Search Premier. For example, we have begun digitizing the Journal of Clinical Psychology back to 1945. Academic Search Premier is the #1 source of linked full-text for PsycINFO. Soon, many of the top journals in psychology will have PDF archives available back to their first published issue via Academic Search Premier. Recently, EBSCO completed and loaded the PDF backfiles for Annual Review of Psychology (back to 1950), European Journal of Social Psychology (back to 1971), Journal of Analytical Psychology (back to 1955), Journal of Personality (back to 1945), Psychological Science (back to 1990), etc. In addition to complete backfiles available to the first published issue, EBSCO has created PDF backfiles to 1975 for other major psychology journals, including but not limited to British Journal of Psychology, International Journal of Psychology, Journal of General Psychology, Journal of Genetic Psychology, Journal of Personality Assessment, Journal of Psychology, Journal of Social Psychology, Multivariate Behavioral Research, and Teaching of Psychology.
New Database:
PsycEXTRA (soon to be part of a Chest agreement with APA - EBSCO will be one of the Service Providers for PsycINFO, PsycBOOKS and PsycEXTRA as well as PsycARTICLES) - Produced by the American Psychological Association and made available via EBSCOhost, this database is the perfect complement to PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES as no overlap exists between the databases. PsycEXTRA is a full text database of "grey" literature covering areas of psychology and related disciplines.
Software:
EBSCO has teams of developers and a software advisory council in place in an effort to continue to enhance the features and functionality of EBSCOhost and other existing interfaces, as well as to develop new interfaces to further heighten the research experience for end-users. The following are some examples of items that have already been incorporated, and some to look forward to in the coming months:
Searchable Cited References - Now available as part of selected EBSCOhost databases, including Business Source Premier and Academic Search Premier, Searchable Cited References provide a powerful means for extending research by allowing users to locate additional information related to an article of interest. This functionality lets users link directly from a particular article to other articles cited in the bibliography of the original article. It also allows users to link directly from a particular article to other articles in a given database that cite the original article. The basic principal associated with this type of linking considers that if a particular article is of interest to a researcher, then the articles cited by that same article, or that cite the article, are often of value as well.
Seamless Links to Full Text - A breakthrough in linking technology soon to be released by EBSCO will further enhance the power of EBSCO SmartLinks. SmartLinks currently enable users of EBSCOhost citation-only databases (e.g. PsycINFO) to link from search results to the corresponding full text records in other EBSCOhost databases or e-journals to which the library subscribes. When the new technology is released, rather than linking from a result to the appropriate full text when available, the PDF will show up as part of the result list - with no need for an extra step to locate the full text. This will make databases such as PsycINFO, Inspec, EconLit, etc. appear as true full text databases!
Dedicated interface for Business Source Premier - EBSCO Publishing will be making available a new business-specific interface for use with appropriate Business Source databases. This optional new interface will provide business researchers with the highly-refined tools that they need in order to conduct sophisticated searches for the business content that they require. Through the use of the new business-specific interface, the full text business content of Business Source Premier can be located and retrieved more quickly and with greater precision than ever before. An array of sophisticated features will be available with the new business-specific interface that enables users to exert a high level of control over the development of their search strategies. For example, since the content of the Business Source databases is comprised of a wide variety of sources including Academic Journals, SWOT Analyses, Trade Publications, Industry Profiles, Company Profiles, Market Research Reports, and Product Reviews, the new interface will allow users to easily refine their searches to extract only the content from their preferred source-types. The new business-specific interface will also feature easy access to search options for Company, Industry, Author, Subject, and Publication lists all from the Basic Search Screen. In addition, users will be able to enjoy direct access to specialized search screens for browsing Company Profiles, Industry Profiles, Country Reports, and Market Research Reports. The new interface will soon be made available to applicable Business Source customers at no additional charge above and beyond their current subscription costs. In addition, the Business Source line of databases will continue to be available through the EBSCOhost interface in order to provide users with the greatest range of search options available. Subscribing universities will have the option of searching appropriate Business Source databases via both EBSCOhost and the new business-specific interface.
To activate new interfaces where appropriate, or to learn more about how to utilize some of the EBSCOhost features outlined in this email, contact EBSCO's customer support online at: <http://case.support.epnet.com>.
c) WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey
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The Agreement between Eduserv Chest and OCLC-PICA for subscription to WebDewey or Abridged WebDewey has just started its second year (1st March). These products are the online versions of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, devised by library pioneer Melvil Dewey in the 1870s and owned by OCLC since 1988, providing a dynamic structure for the organization of library collections. The DDC is the world's most widely used library classification system.
The Dewey web site - <http://www.oclc.org/dewey/about/default.htm> - gives information about the benefits and features of DCC:
Benefits:
* Provides a logical system for organizing every item in your library's unique collection
* Offer library users familiarity and consistency of a time-honored classification system used in 200,000 libraries worldwide
* Integrate updates to the DDC almost as soon as they happen through quarterly, electronic updates to WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey
Features:
* Classification standards are available in print and Web formats, and full and abridged editions
* The DDC provides meaningful notation in universally recognized Arabic numerals, well-defined categories and hierarchies, and a rich network of relationships among topics
* Teaching tools help librarians, library science students and library users use the DDC efficiently
* Selected ongoing changes to the DDC are posted to the Dewey Web site regularly
Information about the Agreement, including licences, is available on the Chest web site at <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/datasets/webdewey/> . Annual pricing is as follows:
WebDewey:
Single user licence: £185.00
2-9 user licence: £360.00
10+ user licence: £540.00
Abridged WebDewey:
Single user licence: £50.00
2-9 user licence: £108.00
10+ user licence: £150.00
d) Eduserv Foundation Symposium 27th April 2005
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We have a few places remaining at the Eduserv Foundation e-learning symposium on the 27th April. This is to be held at One Birdcage Walk, London SW1
The symposium will bring together teaching and learning staff, researchers and managers from higher and further education in a group of seminars addressing the collaborative development and distributed reuse of e-learning resources.
Delegates can choose from eight seminars. Each focuses on a particular area and will provide a forum for discussion. Seminar outcomes will be summarised in the closing plenary session.
There is no charge for the event but delegates are asked to book. The deadline for booking is Friday 22nd April 2005. The booking form and further details of the event is available at <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/symposium>
e) Latest Data Wishes
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The following is a list of the latest Data Wishes to appear on the Eduserv Chest web site. If you would like to add your wish please go to http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/future-agreements/wishform.html or to view the complete Data Wishlist go to <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/future-agreements/wishes/data.html>
Croner Guides
http://www.croner.co.uk
8 Wishes to Date
SPIE
http://spiedl.org/
2 Wishes to Date
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