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THE EDUSERV CHEST DATA MESSENGER
9th January 2006 URL:http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/
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a) Call for expressions of interest in the ENDS Report
b) LibWeb/LibWeb Global special offer reminder
c) Call for Expressions of interest in e-journal Collections from Maney Publishing
d) McGraw-Hill Products
e) APA Posts Thesaurus Update and 2005 Terms
f) Closure of chest-wos list at JISCMail
g) Latest Data Wishes
a) Call for expressions of interest in the ENDS Report
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Launched in 1978, the ENDS Report is published monthly by Environmental Data Services Ltd (ENDS). It is the leading journal for environmental policy and business in the UK. The report has been significantly enhanced during the last few months and may shortly be available on a site wide basis with Athens authentication. Changes have included giving the ENDS Report a fresh and contemporary look and which has allowed some structural improvements including:
* An expanded contents listing making it easier to find relevant content.
* News is now split into sections labelled Corporate, Supply Chain, Waste & Resources, Energy & Climate and Pollution & Clean-up.
* Reports on government policy and legislation appear in an easier-to-navigate Policy Briefing section.
* Improved searching of previously published material on <http://www.endsreport.com/>.
In October 2005, additional resources were added to the subscription, with a new weekly email newsletter, ENDS Report Bulletin, offering a succinct round-up of policy and legislation developments. The improved service aims to make it easier to keep on top of the ever-growing mountains of information that environmental professionals in business, consultancy and public bodies need.
The ENDS Report is of interest to a wide range of readers so please circulate this message to your colleagues in Sciences, Environmental Science, Geography, Law, Engineering and Health.
Eduserv Chest would like to hear from sites who would be interested in a site licence offering access to this resource. The annual site licence is anticipated to be £1000 +VAT.
If you have an existing subscription with ENDS, then please contact them at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> to discuss the advantages this new service may offer. More details of the ENDS Report are available from the supplier's web site <http://www.endsreport.com/>.
Apply for a free trial by sending an email message to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
If you are interested in this proposal then please submit this form <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/cgi-bin/eoi.cgi?lnk=983> by January 27th 2006.
b) LibWeb/LibWeb Global special offer reminder
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Need help with bibliographic searches? Keep up to date with a subscription to LibWeb or LibWeb Global. These resources are updated daily, enabling a library to keep up with changes such as current pricing and availability. Eduserv Chest and Nielsen Bookdata have agreed to offer universities and colleges the opportunity to access either LibWeb or LibWeb Global to the end of the current period of agreement (31st July 2006) for £600 + VAT, representing considerable savings on the normal Chest licence price. This gives access to up to 5 users at each site. Access for additional users is £50 per user if licensed at the same time. The offer is open to any university or college not currently subscribing to either of these resources.
LibWeb is a bibliographic search tool for English-language books published in the UK and internationally. With over 3.9 million searchable book records and extended data including over 140,000 book jacket images, LibWeb is an ideal resource to assist with bibliographic searches.
Interested universities and colleges should contact <mailto:[log in to unmask]> for licences.
c) Call for Expressions of interest in e-journal Collections from Maney Publishing
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Maney Publishing, founded in 1900, is an independent publisher of renowned academic journals in a variety of disciplines. Please circulate this message widely to your colleagues in science, technology, health and humanities.
Maney would like to offer online access to their current and archived full text research journals under an Eduserv Chest agreement. In addition 11 titles from Multi Science Publishing are included. All journals are hosted on the ingentaconnect platform. It is intended that the journals will be offered in subject specific collections. However, it is possible that the collections could be further sub divided. Follow the links to see the lists of journals.
Final prices have yet to be confirmed but they will not be more than those shown below in the first year of any agreement. An annual price increase of 3.5% is anticipated.
More information about these journals can be found on the supplier's web site <http://www.maney.co.uk/>
Free 30 day trials are available; please contact <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Material Science and Technology Collection HE £4895 FE £1758
31 Journals <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/general/mst.rtf>
Health Collection HE £1343 FE £537
10 Journals <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/general/health.rtf>
History & Humanities Collection HE £1500 FE £483
29 Journals <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/general/hh.rtf>
Botanical/Environment Collection HE £262 FE £105
2 Journals <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/general/botanical.rtf>
Full Collection HE £7,394 FE £2,808
72 Journals <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/general/fc.rtf>
The journals are authenticated using Athens. Usage statistics are COUNTER compliant. NB Prices exclude VAT.
If there is sufficient interest and it suits interested sites then subscriptions could start early in 2006. Please indicate the date that would suit you on the submission form below.
Please submit the following form <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/cgi-bin/eoi.cgi?lnk=1014> and give an indication of the collections which are of interest to you. Please reply by 31st January.
d) McGraw-Hill Products
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Chest is currently negotiating with McGraw Hill for the following resources: AccessScience, AccessMedicne and Digital Engineering Library. As these resources cover a range of disciplines please circulate this message as widely as possible; thank you.
AccessSceince:
Contains full text and illustrations of McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology 9th Edition.
8,500 Encyclopaedia and Research Update articles, the latest scientific advancements
2,000 biographies from Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Plus dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 14,000 illustrations plus animations and 65,000+ hyperlinked cross-references.
Learning Tools for Students and the Classroom:
Includes: Study guides, Visual Learning Modules, Feature Articles celebrating major historical events, such as Einstein's "Miracle Year"; Essay topics and study guides and Weekly Q&A - Experts answer questions submitted by reader
Proposed Chest Pricing: - unlimited site licence based on JISC banding
Small Site (bands e-j) $1,400 approx £700
Medium Sites (bands c-d) $2,000 approx £1200
Large Sites bands (a-b) $2,750 approx £1562
For full details please visit: <http://www.AccessScience.com>
To access a free trial please e-mail <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the name of the resource you wish to trial as the subject matter.
AccessMedicine:
An innovative online resource providing instant answers to clinical questions from trusted resources, updated daily with the latest medical advances and knowledge by recognised physicians.
The clinical and educational Library allows users to narrow down a search by resource, topic or browse the A-Z index for complete text and illustrations of the leading clinical and LANGE educational resources with content updates exclusive to AccessMedicine. Included within the libraries: Harrison's Online, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, Fitzpatrick's Colour Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, William's Obstetrics and over 25 LANGE titles.
The Educational Library also includes a USMLE self-assessment with 3,800 USMLE-formatted questions, answers and explanations including references back to AccessMedicine for further reading; Customise exams, retake exams and track performance plus Board-simulated testing interface.
Full details can be accessed from: <http://www.AccessMedicine.com>
To access a free trial please e-mail <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the name of the resource you wish to trial as the subject matter.
Digital Engineering Library:
A dynamic online service that combines McGraw-Hill's editorial skills with the timeliness and functionality of the internet.
This database offers 150+ McGraw-Hill titles including; Mark's standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook; Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, Industrial Engineering Handbook; Land Development Handbook; Materials Handbook; Moving the Earth; Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers; Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers; Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers as well as late-breaking news from Engineering News Record.
The database is structured around 12 major areas of engineering: Aerospace, Bio, Civil, Communications, Construction and Architectural, Electrical, Engineering Mathematics and Science, Environmental, Industrial, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Each of the 12 practice areas breaks down into 500 topics - allowing users to quickly "drill down" to their exact information needs. Clicking on a topic presents a listing of every chapter within that topic. Each chapter is listed along with relevant metadata such as author, original source and chapter length.
Pricing for unlimited site licence - based on JISC Banding:
Small (bands e-j) $1,800 approx £1022
Medium (bands c-d) $3,000 approx £1705
Large (bands a-b) $5,500 approx £3125
Full details can be seen at: <http://www.DigitalEngineeringLibrary.com>
To access a free trial please e-mail <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the name of the resource you wish to trial as the subject matter.
e) APA Posts Thesaurus Update and 2005 Terms
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This may be of interest to those sites who have subscribed to the Eduserv Chest/PsycINFO agreement. We have been informed that the comprehensive update of 2005 changes to the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms has been posted on the APA website. Please go to
<http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/products/thesaurus.html> for complete information, or go directly to the full list at
<http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/products/thesaurus_full_list.pdf>.
This year's update includes more than 200 changes. These changes include new postable and nonpostable ("used for") terms, hierarchy changes, terms status changes, scope note additions, and term deletions. To ensure comprehensive search results, all new terms were mapped back to nearly 16,000 PsycINFO records from the past 10 years.
If you have any questions regarding the Thesaurus or would like to suggest terms to be included, please contact Lisa Gallagher Tuleya, <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
Full details of the Eduserv Chest/PsycINFO agreement can be found at <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/datasets/apa/>
f) Closure of chest-wos list at JISCMail
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The chest-wos list at JISCMail has been closed. The list which replaces this for the Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education is mimas-wok. The archive files from chest-wos will be moved to the archive area of mimas-wok so users can refer to earlier messages if necessary. To join the mimas-wok list go to <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=mimas-wok&A=1> and complete the form.
g) 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>
British Standards Online
<http://www.bsi-global.com/index.xalter>
39 Wishes to Date
International Index to the Performing Arts
<http://iipaft.chadwyck.com/public?XXrequest=/home>
8 Wishes to Date
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