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Journal Article Share Share of Journal Articles Published (2006) Our Scientific Disciplines (2006) Others 25% Elsevier Environmental Sciences Earth Sciences Life sciences Social Sciences Maths & Computer Science Springer Wiley-Blackwell Physics Materials Science & Engineering APS IEEE AIP ACS Taylor & Francis Wolters Kluwer Chemistry & Chemical Engineering ~1 million English language research articles published globally in 2006 250,000+ English language research articles published with Elsevier in 2006
All journals are available on ScienceDirect from volume 1, issue 1 Content on ScienceDirect today Books on ScienceDirect ebooks ~6,000 by 2008 Handbooks Are part of an ongoing series. ~4 million articles 7 series available Volume one to current issue Commissioning and invitation only 15 year life cycle ~4.3 million articles Book Series Regularly updated as research work is cutting edge. Subject packages available: Chemistry, Life Science, Business/Econ, Social Sciences, Psychology Other individual titles available including Methods in Enzymology Handbooks Reference Works Reference Works Book Series A compendium of definitive summaries, references and glossaries that act as an introduction to a subject area 1995 - present E.g. Encyclopaedias or Comprehensive Reference Works Backfiles pre 1995 7 series 62 titles ebooks (new in 2007!) 163 titles Nearly all of Elsevier s academic book titles are included like: Academic and professional reference books, Text reference books, Closed Handbook Series, Closed Book Series and Monographs 2000 journals The Lancet vol 1, no. 1-1823.
Why did libraries purchase books on ScienceDirect? What factors influenced the purchase of Books on ScienceDirect* : - Simultaneous user access - Content Quality - Ease of use -Linking -Costs -Storage - Unrestricted downloads * 2006 Results from research with 5 university libraries worldwide conducted by an external agency
Benefits of ebooks on ScienceDirect Counter Compliant Same familiar platform with integrated book and journal searching Fair use policy (no Digital Rights Management) No more lost or damaged copies, saving shelf space Multimedia possibilities Linking and searching between volumes and between other content types Usage reports for the different content
Online books are used significantly more than print books Study conducted by Atos consulting which analyzed the usage of online books using historical data from 300 academic libraries showed: The average online book series book on ScienceDirect is used 6 times more than the average Sconul* print book and 26 times more than the average ARL print book The average online handbook on ScienceDirect is used 34 times more than the average Sconul* print book and more than 155 times more than the average ARL print book ScienceDirect book series and handbooks are used much more frequently than print ** ARL loans per ARL loans per 0,2 volume 2000-2005 0,2 volume 2000-2005 SCONUL loans per SCONUL loans per volume 2004-2005 volume 2004-2005 SD bookseries SD bookseries 2006 (per volume) 2006 (per volume) SD handbooks SD handbooks 2006 2006 (Accesses/loans per book per year) 0,9 0,9 5,2 5,2 31,0 31,0 0,0 5,0 10,0 15,0 20,0 25,0 30,0 35,0 0,0 5,0 10,0 15,0 20,0 25,0 30,0 35,0 *(SCONUL) Society of College, National and University Libraries **(ARL) Association of Research Libraries
ebooks offered in 18 subject areas 3,630 Titles in ebooks collection 1995-2006 Agricultural and Biological Sciences ~ 186 books Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ~ 248 books Chemical Engineering ~ 315 books Chemistry ~ 270 books Computer Science ~ 466 books Earth and Planetary Sciences ~ 215 books Energy ~ 32 books Engineering ~ 834 books Environmental Science ~ 89 books Immunology and Microbiology ~ 109 books Material Sciences ~ 171 books Mathematics ~ 180 books Medicine and Dentistry ~ 65 books Neuroscience ~ 101 books Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sc. ~ 63 books Physics and Astronomy ~ 90 books Psychology ~ 178 books Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine ~ 18 books
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