Elsevier Extends ScienceDirect ArticleChoice to...

AMSTERDAM, April 24 /PRNewswire/ --

    - Flexible Access to Full-Text Articles on the Leading STM Information - 
ScienceDirect - Without Annual Subscription



    Following the successful launch of ScienceDirect ArticleChoice to the
corporate market in 2005 and government market in August 2006, Elsevier, a
leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information, is
now offering the same flexible access option to academic customers.



    ScienceDirect ArticleChoice allows a customer to access journal, handbook
and book series articles that are outside their current portfolio. Articles
can be purchased in bundles (100, 200, and 500), and are available as
required. IP access ensures that articles can be downloaded multiple times
within 24 hours at no additional cost.



    As Marten Stavenga, Global Business Development Manager explains: "Many
small university and college libraries cover multiple subject areas and have
difficulty acquiring all the information they need at a price they can
afford. We feel that ScienceDirect ArticleChoice will offer them the flexible
access and pricing options that they need."



    The unique flexibility of the product is echoed by Andrea Schweikert,
Global Accounts Director Elsevier: "Librarians will have more control over
their budgets. They pay upfront for a bundle of full-text articles at a
discounted price. In addition, they no longer have to rely on inter library
loans because their users will have immediate access to all full-text
articles on ScienceDirect right when they need it. ScienceDirect
ArticleChoice is a low risk offer for everyone who wishes to extend access to
full-text articles without having to expand his/her journal portfolio."



    For more information, please visit:
http://info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/individual/articlechoice/ or contact
[e-mail]



About Elsevier

    Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
Medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the
global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70
Offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such
as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult (
http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.



    Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of
Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing
emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker
symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).



About ScienceDirect

    Over a quarter of the world's full text scientific, technical and medical
(STM) articles - managed by renowned editors, written by respected authors
and read by researchers from around the globe - are available in one place:
ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com).



    Elsevier's extensive and unique full-text collection covers authoritative
titles from the core scientific literature including high impact factor
titles such as THE LANCET, Cell and Tetrahedron. Over eight million articles
are available online, including Articles in Press which offer rapid access to
recently accepted manuscripts. The critical mass of information available on
ScienceDirect is unsurpassed. Coverage includes over 2,000 journals published
by Elsevier and dynamic linking to journals from approximately 2,000 STM
publishers through CrossRef. An expanding program of online major reference
works, handbooks, book series and e-Books in all fields of science seamlessly
interlinks with primary research referenced in journal articles.



    
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    Elsevier
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