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CHEST DATA NEWS * CHEST DATA NEWS * CHEST DATA NEWS * CHEST DATA NEWS * C
H The CHEST DATA MESSENGER No 146 H
E - bringing you news, updates & other snippets E
S w/e 1 October 1999 URL: http://www.chest.ac.uk/ S
T DATA NEWS * CHEST DATA NEWS * CHEST DATA NEWS * CHEST DATA NEWS * CHEST
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This issue is being sent to:
* CHEST HE and FE Site and Data Contacts
* CHEST (Ireland) Site Contacts
* CHEST Associated Site Contacts
* chest-news: register yourself on chest-news to ensure you keep up
to date with all that's going on.
* lis-link
* lis-sitereps
Contents:
1. ESDU data
2. ISI Web of Science Agreement
3. Grove Dictionaries of Art and Opera Online
4. Revised Encyclopaedia Britannica Offer
5. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Agreement
6. SciFinder(R) Scholar
7. Croner Guides
8. Third party agents
9. Biography Resource Centre from the Gale Group
10. Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
11. NetFirst (reminder)
Please note: Nikki Green will be out of the office from 29/9/99 until
7/10/99. Urgent queries should be addressed to either Heather Franklin
[log in to unmask] or Emma Thompson [log in to unmask]
during this period.
1. ESDU data
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CHEST is pleased to announce details of the forthcoming agreement with
ESDU for ESDU Engineering Validated Data. The period of agreement is 1st
November 1999 to 31st October 2004.
The agreement will be for UK Institution wide access to all available ESDU
data via the web, with ATHENS authentication.
Pricing, for UK Institutions only:
(i) 5 Annual payments of £4,950; or
(ii) Single payment of £22,275; or
(iii) Single payment of £14,107.50 (for 3 years) + 2 payments of
£4,702.50
Full details, including Site Licence Forms, will be available on the CHEST
web site in the next 2 weeks.
2. ISI Web of Science Agreement
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An "Addendum form" has now been added to the CHEST ISI Web of
Science Web pages. This form allows Licensed Institutions to
add JCR (either or both Editions) and/or the Linkage Service
to their existing Licence.
The form can be located at:
http://www.chest.ac.uk/datasets/isi-wos/contents.html
Please note: further information about the Linkage service, the
technical specifications and availablility, can be obtained by
contacting ISI, email [log in to unmask]
If you wish to order either of these services you need to send
TWO signed original Addendum forms to CHEST. These must be
authorised by the Licensee who signed the original Licence
(Schedule 4).
3. Grove Dictionaries of Art and Opera Online
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The trial period for Grove Dictionaries of Art and Opera Online comes to
an end at the end of September. Institutions wishing to sign up to the 5
year agreement with Macmillan for access to either or both of these
Dictionaries Online may download the licence form from the CHEST web pages
at http://www.chest.ac.uk/datasets/grove/contents.html and return directly
to Macmillan at the address on the licence.
Subscription pricing for access is:
Grove Art Grove Opera Both
Annual
payments £950.00 £225.00 £995.00
5 year
'up-front' £4,275.00 £1,012.00 £4,477.00
payment
4. Revised Encyclopaedia Britannica Offer
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CHEST and Encyclopaedia Britannica are pleased to announce
further reductions in the pricing available under the
Encyclopaedia Britannica Offer for CD purchases.
Price per individual purchase if Institution does have
Online subscription
Edition Single User £29
Britannica CD Multimedia £44
Britannica CD DVD £59
Price per individual purchase if Institution does NOT have
Online subscription
Edition Single User £39
Britannica CD Multimedia £59
Britannica CD DVD £69
1. All prices are shown inclusive of VAT.
2. These offers are only available till 31st December 1999.
Further details can be found at:
http://www.chest.ac.uk/datasets/eb/contents.html
5. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Agreement
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The message below was recently sent to Institutions licensed
for the above agreement. The response rate to this message has
been disappointing and therefore it is being sent again.
CHEST strongly urges that you ensure that your Institution does
reply as your responses are crucial in determining renewal
negotiations.
"The Above agreement has some 15 months left to run. CHEST
seeks to know whether sites wish to renew licenses for this
agreement. The rights granted under the current agreement are:
"Subject to agreed adequate controls and any reasonable
administrative cost that may apply, RSC will permit licensed
sites to continue to access and download the data as provided
by the Service Provider. However, no further updates will be
provided. In the event that the Agreement IS renewed then
those sites which choose NOT to be licensed under the renewed
Agreement will cease to have access to the data but will have
the right to continued use of any data which may have been
downloaded to their institution."
Please indicate your wish for the agreement to be renewed (or
not as the case may be) to [log in to unmask] with the
subject line of RSC renewal."
6. SciFinder(R) Scholar
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CHEST is pleased to inform sites that the Web pages for the
CHEST/CAS SciFinder(R) Scholar one year trial Agreement are
available.
URL: http://www.chest.ac.uk/datasets/scifinder/contents.html
This agreement is for the provision of SciFinder(R) Scholar
and the related SciFinder Substructure Search Module (SSM)
from Chemical Abstracts Service Division.
It has been negotiated by CHEST on behalf of JISC. The initial
period will be for a one year pilot licence which CHEST hopes
to extend for a longer period thereafter. During the pilot
year CHEST will be assessing sites' use of SciFinder and how
any extension might better fit their needs.
In this Agreement, within the special offer year, Higher
Education Institutions within the UK CHEST Community and Third
Level Colleges in Ireland [CHEST(Ireland)] (see
http://www.chest.ac.uk/sites/index.html) will be able to have
trial access to the above mentioned service for an initial 30
day period. Details of the 30 day trial and subscription are
available from the URL above.
7. Croner Guides
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Expressions of interest are sought from institutions regarding Croner
Publications Information Packages. We believe these may be widely used
within the FE Sector via CD-Rom and would also be of interest to many HE
institutions. Subject coverage includes:
Company Law
Tax and Finance
Premises, Security and Purchasing
Trade and Export
Transport
Education Management
Employment Law and Human Resources
Environmental Management and Control of Hazardous Substances
Health and Safety
Management and Commercial
Health Management
Hospitality and Catering
Charities
Care Homes
Croner have a web site at http://www.croner.net where the full catalogue
can be viewed.
In order for CHEST to decide whether an agreement is worth pursuing please
would you complete the following questionnaire:
Do you subscribe to any Croner Titles?......
If so which.................................
.................................
.................................
Which Media do you take Print/CD/Web........
Do you network any CD Titles?...............
What price do you pay? (in confidence)......
Please e-mail the above form to [log in to unmask] with the subject
line Croner.
Many thanks for your time.
8. Third party agents
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CHEST does not deal with agents in the collection of any money which
becomes due from Licenseed Sites. This message is to remind sites that to
qualify for CHEST agreements at CHEST negotiated prices the instructions
on how to participate must be followed by the institution. Orders from
third party agents are not recognised either by CHEST or service providers
and can not be processed.
9. Biography Resource Centre
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The Gale Group have offered CHEST sites a free trial of The Biography
Resource Centre from 1st Oct to 30th Nov 1999. CHEST would welcome
comments on the value of the product to the community.
The Gale Group have provided the following description of the product:
The Biography Resource Centre [BRC] is a comprehensive online biographical
reference database designed to meet the needs of public and academic
library users who need information active in literature, science,
multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sport,
government, history, arts and current events.
The BRC, the first product to result from the The Gale Group merger,
combines the most frequently consulted Galke biographical databases with
full text periodicals from the former IAC. More than 142,000 full text
biographiers, 1500 full text periodical articles, portraits,
bibliographies and links to Web sites and your library's holdings ensure
that BRC will be one of the most heaviliy used sources in the library.
Whether your users want to learn about the lives and accomplishments of
past and present noteworthy figures for their own personal benefit, or as
a starting point for more in-depth research on a particular event, country
or era, the information presented in BRC makes it the first source to turn
to for:
Narrative biographies - extensive biographical profiles that provide an
in-depth look at the featured individuals life and accomplishments.
Tips on biographical research - helpful information on how you can
obtain the most effective biographical research results.
Full text magazine and newspaper articles - selected articles that
amplify and update the narrative biographies and who's who entries and
provide information on individuals not yet profiled in the BRC
database. Peson of the week - individuals currently in the news are
featured each week on the welcome page, as well as interviews with
current newsmakers. Also contains links to related biographies and
periodical articles within the BRC.
Access can be obtained from http://galenet.gale.com The username is
"44chest" and the password is "valor".
Your feedback on the product and service would be greatly appreciated.
Comments should be addressed to Nikki Green <[log in to unmask]> with
a cc to Peter Reardon, Director of Sales, The Gale Group email
- <[log in to unmask]> with the subject line of BRC
10. Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
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CHEST has received a "wish" for Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
avaialble at http://www.aasianst.org
The supplier offers a substantial discount for consortia of 15
institutions or greater. If there is sufficient interest in this product
then CHEST may try to reach an agreement with the supplier but if the
interest falls short CHEST will put all interested institutions in touch
in order that they might collectively obtain the discount. Please
complete the following questionnaire and return to Nikki Green
[log in to unmask] with the subject line Asian Studies.
Do you currently subscribe?
Would you be interested in a CHEST/Consortia deal?
How much do you currently pay? (in confidence)
11. NetFirst (reminder)
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CHEST has been asked to remind institutions that the current contract for
NetFirst expires on 31st December 1999.
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