Scopus to Expand Arts & Humanities Coverage

AMSTERDAM, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --     Elsevier announced today that its 
flagship product Scopus, the world's
largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, will be
nearly doubling its Arts & Humanities (A&H) titles. Access to the new
journals will be available to Scopus users in April 2009. Currently the
Scopus database contains 1,600 titles in A&H and related fields.



    Many countries will be better represented as a result of these added
titles and researchers will have enhanced access to international A&H
content. Journal subjects include literature and literary theory (30% of new
titles), general arts and humanities (22%), history (17%), visual/performing
arts (16%), among others.



    "Nearly doubling the Arts & Humanities titles will help make Scopus an
even more comprehensive resource for our users," said Niels Weertman,
Director Scopus and Scirus. "We are excited that Scopus is the most holistic
cross-disciplinary database with the broadest coverage in Science,
Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences and soon also in the Arts & Humanities.



    "This broader coverage will be well received by the librarian and
research community," said Flora Grabowska, Science Librarian at Vassar
College in New York. "The number of citing records within reference lists and
the completeness of the references in Scopus will help bring research in this
area to the next level."



About Scopus

    Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources
with smart tools to track analyze and visualize research. Scopus was designed
and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from over 15,000 peer-reviewed
journals from 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information
about the articles covered, but also directly integrates Web and patent
searches. Direct links to full-text articles, library resources and other
applications like reference management software, make Scopus quicker, easier
and more comprehensive to use than any other literature research tool. For
more information about Scopus please visit http://www.info.scopus.com.



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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