Public release date: 21-Feb-2007
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-02/e-gal022107.php
Contact: Ylann Schemm
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Elsevier
Greek Academic Libraries expand agreement with Elsevier
The world's first E-Only consortia expands Elsevier portfolio for books on
ScienceDirect and Referex Engineering
Amsterdam, 21 February 2007 -- Elsevier announces the signing of a
2-year agreement with the Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (HEAL
Link), a consortium of 57 Greek educational and research institutions
expanding their Elsevier access to books on ScienceDirect and
Engineering Village's reference database, Referex Engineering. The
current agreement expands the existing 2005 agreement which provided
HEAL Link members with full access to Scopus, ScienceDirect's eight
million full-text articles and Elsevier's three million article
Backfiles collection.
HEAL Link chose to expand researchers' access to include the
ScienceDirect E-books collection plus over 400 full-text professional
reference titles from Referex Engineering. Each delivers leading
content and state-of-the-art functionality. ScienceDirect has recently
announced a 4,000 title expansion for 2007 complementing its fully
linked and cross-searchable electronic books and journals platform.
"As part of our strategy to provide our researchers with quality
electronic resources I am pleased we have negotiated this deal with
Elsevier as it further extends our portfolio of electronic materials,"
stated Professor Vassilios J. Papazoglou, Chairman of the HEAL-Link
Consortium. "The addition of the ScienceDirect and Engineering
electronic books collections� provides our researchers with great
added value. Moreover, this is another great example of success in an
agreement as all parties � HEAL-Link, Elsevier, and Swets Information
Services, the agent who has undertaken the Consortium�s financial
administration � benefit."
"It is a continuing honor to provide the HEAL-Link libraries, one of
the world's first e-only consortia, with expanded access to a wide
range of Elsevier's key services and projects. We believe strongly
that ScienceDirect, the Backfiles collection, Scopus and Engineering
Village contribute significantly to the researcher' experience� not to
mention productivity," noted Frank Vrancken Peeters, Managing
Director, Academic & Government, Elsevier Science & Technology.
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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 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. For more information on ScienceDirect e-books:
www.info.sciencedirect.com/books
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.
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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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