1. PCI Training May 2003 Charlotte Longhurst, Training Manager

2. Facts about PCI There are lots of facts you need to know about PCI
But what is important?

3. PCI is …
BIG
Broad
Deep
Serendipity

4. BIG
An index to 4,000+ periodicals in the Humanities and Social Sciences on the Web and CD-ROM
13 million+ citations - that’s a LOT!
It’s taken over a decade to produce so far and it’s still growing (22 CD-ROMs to date!)
It’s been one of the most successful Chadwyck-Healey brand products
Some libraries use it to catalogue their holdings
1 million entries are added each year
Thousands of scholars depend on PCI for their research
It will grow to encompass at least 5,000 journals and 20 million individual articles
Overview of the International SBU’s three responsibilities: C-H publishing
We want to differentiate more the Index Product from the full text Product – the value of the Index has been lost and we need to concentrate on building the value of the index as a navigation tool to the Humanities
It is the only resource of its kind – no real competition – Pooles Index – only 19th Century

5. B R O A D 37 different subject classifications:
Agriculture
Ancient Civilisations
Anthropology/Ethnology
Applied Arts
Archaeology
Architecture
Area Studies - Africa
Area Studies - Asia
Area Studies - Australasia
Area Studies - Europe
Area Studies - Middle East
Black Studies
Business/Management
Economics
Education
Fine Arts
Folklore
Geography
History (General)
History (The Americas)
Humanities (General)
Jewish Studies
Law
Library/Information Science
Linguistics/Philology
Literature
Music
Performing Arts
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Religion/Theology
Social Affairs
Social Sciences (General)
Sociology
Women's Studies
Overview of the International SBU’s three responsibilities: C-H publishing
We want to differentiate more the Index Product from the full text Product – the value of the Index has been lost and we need to concentrate on building the value of the index as a navigation tool to the Humanities
It is the only resource of its kind – no real competition – Pooles Index – only 19th Century
Also article-level linking from PCI to JSTOR

6. DEEP!
1770 – 1995
The coverage of a journal can go from the very first issue right up to the 1990’s and some start as early as 1770
You can find citations from journals that were printed before the French Revolution or the founding of the United States
We aim for complete runs of journals up to the 1990’s and look to you for assistance in sourcing original journal issues that are hard to find
Overview of the International SBU’s three responsibilities: C-H publishing
We want to differentiate more the Index Product from the full text Product – the value of the Index has been lost and we need to concentrate on building the value of the index as a navigation tool to the Humanities
It is the only resource of its kind – no real competition – Pooles Index – only 19th Century

7. SERENDIPITY *
* the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident
The broad subject coverage and the depth of the contents means you can often find references that take you in completely new directions
Overview of the International SBU’s three responsibilities: C-H publishing
We want to differentiate more the Index Product from the full text Product – the value of the Index has been lost and we need to concentrate on building the value of the index as a navigation tool to the Humanities
It is the only resource of its kind – no real competition – Pooles Index – only 19th Century

8. What’s even better than a great index?
An index that links through to the full text articles?
Overview of the International SBU’s three responsibilities: C-H publishing
We want to differentiate more the Index Product from the full text Product – the value of the Index has been lost and we need to concentrate on building the value of the index as a navigation tool to the Humanities
It is the only resource of its kind – no real competition – Pooles Index – only 19th Century

9. PCI Full Text
What is it?
Digitised backfiles of a growing number of titles which are currently indexed in PCI
Currently 204 Full Text titles and growing
How can you buy it?
On subscription - including the full (PCI) index
Outright purchase for permanent online access in PCI FT collections 1 & 2
Full PCI Index and FT £10,200
New Full Text with relevent Index records: £6,250
No longer Image only – ASCI text policy – agreed policy on all historical periodicals to have same PRODUCTION STANDARDS – APRIL ONWARDS PCI WILL HAVE SAME SPECIFICATION AS APS AND ABI ARCHIVE.
Programme to go back and create ASCI for the rest.

10. Sales Support Tools Sales Development: Sarah Allen
Customer services: Laura Van der Klugt
Technical support:
Search Assistance:
query or feedback to the webmaster link on each product

11. Questions ?