Apologies if you have already seen this Data Messenger. We have had a few problems sending them recently. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE CHEST DATA MESSENGER 24th August 2001 URL:<http://www.chest.ac.uk/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please note: EduServ, including the CHEST office, will be closed Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August, and also Tuesday 28th August. CONTENTS -------- a) BIOSIS Previews Update b) Call for expressions of interest in PsycARTICLES c) Additional Training Service for UK Education d) Latest Data Wishes a) BIOSIS Previews Update ------------------------- CHEST has now received the pricing for provision of the backfile (1969-1984) for BIOSIS Previews from Datastar. The annual cost will be £1,000 and will be in addition to the service provision fee for the main file (1985 - present). Please remember that payment of an additional data fee is also required for sites wishing to access the backfile. ISI has also provided new information. The annual service provision fee from ISI includes the backfile. Sites wanting to sign with ISI may choose which file depth they want, the service provision fee is the same in either case. They also say: "Sites that are signed up for publisher links in WoS will get publisher links in BP too, when they are added (in version 2). There is no charge for inter-product linking. Version 2 (should be released before the end of this year or early next year) will have links to publisher full text. Sites who have paid for links in WoS will not have to pay again to have them in BP, however, sites that have not selected links in WoS will have to pay the one-off fee if they want to have links in BP (and WoS)." The form to complete is the Addendum Form (.rtf file) for the addition of additional products to your existing Licence for ISI Web of Science. Please send two completed Addendum Forms to CHEST. EDINA will be mounting the backfile, and while they are assessing the cost, they hope to be able to offer access to current subscribers without charging an additional access fee. If your site is a current subscriber and wishes to access the back data please send an email message requesting this to <[log in to unmask]> and copy the message to <[log in to unmask]> All pricing information is available at <http://www.chest.ac.uk/datasets/biosis/service-providers.html> b) Call for expressions of interest in PsycARTICLES --------------------------------------------------- CHEST is currently in negotiation with American Psychological Association for the provision of PsycARTICLES. We are seeking a multi-year agreement at a discounted rate. PsycARTICLES is an online database containing more than 25,000 searchable full-text articles from 42 journals published by APA and allied organisations from 1988 to the present, with earlier years in production. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialised basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. In order to proceed further with negotiations CHEST needs to ascertain how many institutions and NHS sites would be interested in an agreement for this product, which appears on our wishlist <http://www.chest.ac.uk/general/datawishes.html>. Please complete the following questionnaire and return by e-mail to Allen McCarrol <[log in to unmask]> with the subject line of PsycARTICLES. 1. I would be interested in principle in an agreement for PsycARTICLES. Y/N 2. I would be interested in a 3 year* agreement / 5 year* agreement * delete as applicable c) Additional Training Service for UK Education ----------------------------------------------- The following is a message sent out by MIMAS: Each new academic year traditionally commences with training programs within institutions, helping users to make the most of the resources provided. In order to alleviate the impact of this 'training load' on the service, JISC and ISI have agreed the creation of a dedicated WoS Training Service, to be run on its own server. This will help quantify the load and assist the JISC, MAU and MIMAS in capacity planning. The service will be made available in September – a detailed announcement will be made once the formal amendment to the agreement negotiated by EduServ (CHEST) has been signed - and remain until 31st December 2001. The service is intended for on-campus training purposes only and will support up to 200 concurrent users in total. d)Latest Data Wishes -------------------- The following is a list of the latest Data Wishes to appear on the CHEST web site. If you would like to add your wish please go to <http://www.chest.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wishes> or to view the complete Data Wishlist go to <http://www.chest.ac.uk/general/datawishes.html> Britannica online - Online Encyclopaedia - <http://www.britannica.co.uk> ********* END OF CHEST DATA MESSENGER: (24th August 2001) ************