Elsevier Announces Major Expansion to Books Pro...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, November 9 /PRNewswire/ --     Elsevier today announced
the anticipated launch of 4,000 scientific and
technical books online in 2007. The program represents a major expansion to
the reference works, handbooks and book series already available on
ScienceDirect. At launch, the expanded program will comprise high quality
selected eBooks titles published from 1995 to the present day. Approximately
50 titles will be added to the eBooks list on ScienceDirect each month
following the launch, offering researcher's unparalleled integration and
linking between the latest online book and journal information.



    "The success of Elsevier's reference works, handbooks and book series on
ScienceDirect proves that librarians and researchers see huge advantages in
the availability of electronic book and journal content, fully linked and
cross-searchable from one platform," said Joep Verheggen, Director
ScienceDirect. "Our customers want ready, easy, electronic access to quality
content, to answer demand from their user communities and address their
growing concerns about declining shelf space. The addition of these eBooks is
a milestone in Elsevier's delivery of premier scientific literature online."



    Elsevier's award winning book titles including imprints such as Pergamon
and Academic Press are widely consulted due to their quality and in-depth
coverage of a broad range of scientific disciplines.



    Key bestsellers that will be made available online for the first time
include:



    Principles of Tissue Engineering, from Robert Lanza, Robert Langer, and
Joseph Vacanti; Handbook of Forensic Psychology, from William O'Donohue, and
Eric R. Levensky; and Marine Mammals from Annalisa Berta, and James L. 
Sumich. The ScienceDirect books program 
(http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/books) will render these and many other 
authoritative titles fully searchable and linked not only with referenced 
book series, handbooks, and reference works but also the world's largest 
repository of full-text journal content. This development offers researchers
a significantly broader perspective of their field of study, from a single 
industry leading interface.



For more information, please visit www.info.sciencedirect.com/books

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 (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 seven-and a half
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
2000 journals published by Elsevier and dynamic linking to journals from
approximately 350 STM publishers through CrossRef. An expanding program of
online major reference works, handbooks and book series in all fields of
science seamlessly interlinks with primary research referenced in journal
articles.



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).



    
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