1. Integrated Content: Bibliographic Tools as a Means of Access Chinese Libraries in the 21st Century Mark Garlinghouse November 5, 1999 mark.garlinghouse@isinet.com

2. Introduction Impact of electronic environment Publishers, vendors, agents adopt new roles to better serve library and user community Extend value of content –integrate –link (internally and externally)

3. Serving the User Core value of electronic environment lies in three distinct benefits for the user –Speed of retrieval of information –Ability to move from content source to content source, regardless of format, according to user’s research needs –Ability to do this at the desktop Environment demands integrated content and access

4. ISI Web of Science  Wide acceptance –2.5 million users worldwide Multidisciplinary in scope –Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index Provides breadth and depth of coverage –8,500+ journal titles –Back file data extending to 1945 Cited reference searching

5. Citation Indexes Value of capturing cited references: Trace development of key concepts or methodologies both forward and backward in time No need for use of controlled vocabulary or complex thesaurus structures when searching Natural link between bibliographic identification of material and access to material

6. ISI Links Launched 1998 Internet, intranet options Agreements with 15 publishers, aggregators Linkages represent 60% of all available electronic content covered by the Web of Science .

7. Types of Links From:To: 1. CitationFull length article 2. CitationSynthetic methods Organic compounds 3. CitationProtein sequences DNA sequences Patents

8. Challenges in Linking Technology Issues –PDF, SGML, HTML Access Issues –Authentication (IP, user id and password) Legacy Data –Correlating fielded data Need for Standards –Unique identifiers (Dublin Core, PURL, DOI, SICI)

9. What’s Next? Transition period Linking reaches full potential in 3-5 years Users require many forms of content and they require tools that will connect them with that content. Users will determine what’s next….

10. Thank you for your time. Any questions? Mark Garlinghouse ISI mark.garlinghouse@isinet.com