Blackwell Synergy, the online journals platform from Blackwell
Publishing, will soon be relaunched with a brand new design. This
redesign provides easier navigation, faster loading times, and improved
access to tools for researchers. In addition, the new website will meet
the latest accessibility standards (ADA section 508 and W3C's WAI-AA).
The main visible changes are the moving of the major functions to the
left-hand menu, the grouping together of tools at each level of the
website, tabs being replaced by left-menu listings and a cleaner look
and feel.
To preview the new site and to see what's new, what's changing, and
what's moving visit: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/synergyredesign/
In addition to redesigning the website we are continuously working to
improve the usability and features of Blackwell Synergy. New features
added in the last year include RSS newsfeeds, citation alerts, top read
articles and top cited articles.
The new Blackwell Synergy still includes all the essential benefits for
researchers, librarians and journal authors including:
- Strong journal branding at all levels
- The facility to add library names and logos to every page
- Extensive linking both within and outside Blackwell Synergy, forward
and back with reference links and citing article links
- Flexible alerting services: tables of contents, OnlineEarly and
OnlineAccepted articles, citation alerts, research alerts by topic,
author or search term, and all alerts available as email or RSS
newsfeeds
- Industry-standard COUNTER-compliant reporting for librarians and
societies
The new design has been developed with feedback from users and is being
made available to a limited number of librarians and other users for
final review before it is released to everybody in mid-January 2007.
If you have any questions or feedback about the new site, please contact
me directly.
Best wishes,
Emily Gillingham
Library Marketing and Communications Manager
Blackwell Publishing
Tel: +44 1865 476425
Fax: +44 1865 471425
Email: [log in to unmask]
For online journals, visit http://www.blackwell-synergy.com
For more information, visit
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/librarians
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