Elsevier Expands ScienceDirect College Edition

AMSTERDAM, November 26 /PRNewswire/ --

    - Now College Students Will Have Access to Peer-Reviewed Content Going 
Back to 1995



    Elsevier, a leading scientific and healthcare publisher announced today 
that their license for two- and four-year colleges, ScienceDirect College 
Edition, will be expanded to include content going back to 1995 at no 
additional cost to the customer. The expansion, which will take effect 
January 2008, means colleges will have access to more content of 
high-quality journals and reference works to enhance teaching and learning.



    Before the content expansion colleges had access to 4 years of content.
With the expansion, students and faculty will be able to access content from
1995 to present day which means access to almost two million full-text
articles across 1,850 journals.



    "We decided all customers should have access to the same content years -
regardless of when they started, enabling them to access quality information
covering more than a decade of science," explains Andrea Schweikert,
Director, Global Accounts. "The expansion is all about the relationship we've
worked so hard to develop with our customers."



    "The decision to expand content back to 1995 enhances access for current
colleges, makes the offer even more compelling for new colleges and
demonstrates Elsevier's commitment to meeting the needs of this specific
market segment," explains Rochelle Gore, Director of Sales, Global Accounts
North America.



    According to Dorit Lange, Head of Marketing Global Accounts, the response
to the news that the content will be expanded has been overwhelmingly
positive. "Several library directors have sent us emails applauding the
decision to expand the content."



For more information visit http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/colleges.

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.



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, MD Consult, Scopus, bibliographic databases, and online
reference works.



    Elsevier is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, 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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