Books on ScienceDirect Presented By: Menno Nijssen Date: June 27 th 2007

2 Presentation Overview  Current Book products available on ScienceDirect  Handbooks, Book Series, Reference Works  Forthcoming eBooks

3 A broader perspective on ScienceDirect  Offers over 8 million full text articles  Contains more than a quarter of the world’s scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed articles  Over 300 million article downloads per year Users get a broad and deep perspective, all from one single easy- to-use interface, linking quickly and easily to and from:  Book content  Journal articles  Reference work entries  Other publishers' platforms via CrossRef

4 Current Books on ScienceDirect Elsevier Reference WorksElsevier Book SeriesElsevier Handbooks IESBS Ency. of Materials; Science & Technology Ency. of Energy Treatise on Geochemistry Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry Ency. of Physical Sciences & Technology Ency. of Analytical Science Ency. of Condensed Matter Physics Ency. of Language & Linguistics Life Sciences Methods in Enzymology International Review of Cytology Progress in Brain Research Advances in Cancer Research Chemistry Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry Advances in Quantum Chemistry Handbooks in Economics series, 21 sub-series Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science, Handbook of Numerical Analysis, Handbook of Statistics, Handbooks on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Handbook of Magnetic Materials, Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry

5 Books on ScienceDirect Elsevier Reference Works IESBS Ency. of Materials; Science & Technology Ency. of Energy Treatise on Geochemistry Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry Ency. of Physical Sciences & Technology Ency. of Analytical Science Ency. of Condensed Matter Physics Ency. of Language & Linguistics  Reference works (58 titles)  Available in various subject areas  Sold per title  One-time or subscription payment option  Post-termination rights:  Continued Access policy similar to journals at ScienceDirect ( solely one-time payment option),  or electronic tape  or 80% discount on the print  New titles  Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III  Ency of Quaternary Science  Evolution of Nervous system  Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II  Ency of Gerontology

6 Books on ScienceDirect Elsevier Book Series Life Sciences Methods in Enzymology International Review of Cytology Progress in Brain Research Advances in Cancer Research Chemistry Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry Advances in Quantum Chemistry  Book Series (>150 series)  5 subject packages available:  Chemistry, Life Science, Business/Econ, Social Sciences &Psychology  Subscription option  Sold per discounted packages or per title (if publication schedule allows)  100 titles available individually as Pick and Choose including Methods in Enzymology  Methods in Enzymology backfile for all volumes also available  Price includes all new volumes coming out annually per series  Post-termination rights:  Continued Access policy similar to journals at ScienceDirect  or electronic tape

7 Books on ScienceDirect Elsevier Handbooks Handbooks in Economics series, 21 sub-series Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science, Handbook of Numerical Analysis, Handbook of Statistics, Handbooks on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Handbook of Magnetic Materials, Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry  Handbooks  Available in various subject areas  Sold per Series: 7 series available  Upfront and / or subscription payment option  Post-termination rights:  Electronic tape  or 80% discount on the print

8 New on ScienceDirect: eBooks

9 eBooks imprints on ScienceDirect  Academic Press  Butterworth-Heinemann (business, technology)  Syngress & Digital Press (computing)  Elsevier Science  Gulf Professional Publishing (petroleum/petrochemical processing)  Morgan Kaufmann (computer science)  Newnes (electrical/electronic engineering)  North-Holland (mathematics)  Pergamon

10 Business model eBooks Collection 2007eBooks Collection 2008 eBooks Collection  Collections:  Complete eBooks Collection vs. Subject Collections (18)  Collection and Frontlist Collections

11 Quality content – Award winning titles Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2005: Robert Aumann – Handbooks in Economics Series Choice Outstanding Academic Titles Awards Encyclopedia of Energy Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences Library Journal Best Reference 2005 Encyclopedia of Geology Library Journal Best Reference (previous years) Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences Encyclopedia of Cancer Choice Outstanding Academic Titles Award Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition Winner of Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award Treatise of Geochemistry

12 Quality content - Award winning titles Outstanding Reference Source from ALA's Reference & User Services Assoc. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Commended Title in the Mental Health category by the BMA Encyclopedia of Stress Highly Commended title in Basic and Clinical Sciences from the BMA Encyclopedia of Virology Highly Commended title in the Basic and Clinical Sciences from the BMA Encyclopedia of Immunology Library Journal Best Reference Sources Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences Winner of the Best Reference Award 2004, American Society for Engineering Education, Eng Librarian's Division Comprehensive Structural Integrity Honorable Mention in ALA Dartmouth Medal Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences

13 18 Subject Areas – 3,630 titles in eBooks Collection  Agricultural and Biological Sciences ~ 186 books  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology~ 248 books  Chemical Engineering~ 315 books  Chemistry~ 270 books  Computer Science~ 466 books  Earth and Planetary Sciences~ 215 books  Energy~ 32 books  Engineering~ 834 books  Environmental Science~ 89 books  Immunology and Microbiology~ 109 books  Material Sciences ~ 171 books  Mathematics~ 180 books  Medicine and Dentistry ~ 65 books  Neuroscience ~ 101 books  Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sc.~ 63 books  Physics and Astronomy~ 90 books  Psychology~ 178 books  Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine ~ 18 books

14 eBooks on ScienceDirect  eBooks launch–PDF only; no abstracts.  XML/HTML going forward in Authors being asked to include chapter abstracts for new titles. Keep in mind: All PDFs can be searched with “Full text search”

15 eBooks launch timeline 9 th of May ‘07 Aug/Sept ‘07 Sept / Oct ’07 Dec ‘07 Introduction trial : ~ 500 books or Subject collection trials: - Physical Science and engineering – 25 books - Life Sciences – 25 books - Chemistry – 25 books Commercial launch: eBooks Collection Introduction trial Subject collection trials continue Launch eBooks Collection 2007

16 ScienceDirect eBooks expansion summary  3,630 titles in Collection (1995 – 2006) in September 2007  500+ newly published titles added per year from September 2007  What’s In eBooks:  Monographs  Academic Reference  Professional Reference  Stand alone Handbooks  Closed Series  What’s not in (just yet)?  Atlases, Dictionaries,Textbooks

17 New ScienceDirect Informative site books: May 2007 Features: - Subject area pages plus book title pages - Pricing will be available for all titles and collections - Top 10 books in each area - Collateral, s and banners to help you promote to your users

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