Informatio Medicata Budapest 09 10 November 2005 1

Informatio Medicata, Budapest 09 -10 November 2005 1

Who will you meet at our stand? § Andrey Kovatchev, Senior Account Manager (a. kovatchev@elsevier. com) § Pamela Täubert, Product Sales Manager (p. taubert@elsevier. com) 2

Agenda: 1. Introducing Scopus 2. How can Scopus help you with your research in medical sciences 3

What is Scopus? Focused web information 14, 200 titles STM & Social World’s sciences Largest Abstracts Database Academic library sources 4 + 4, 000 publishers

Scopus coverage § 5, 900 titles in Medicine and Life Sciences § 2, 500 titles in Biological, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences § Abstracts since 1966 § References since 1996 5

Scopus features § Scientific websearch integration through 200 million scientific websites § Full-text links with only ONE click through linkresolver integration § Citation analysis & Library integration features 6

Geographical spread of content North America Europe, Middle East & Africa Asia & Pacific 7 South America

How do we select content? § Content Selection Committee § 10 subject librarians § 20 scientists § Determine most important sources, publication types, subject areas § Help prioritize submissions for new content 8

What makes Scopus different? Built by users, for users 9

How we have developed Scopus § Evidence-based development: Built with users, for users § 300 scientists & information specialists § 20 Development Partners § 16 rounds of concept & user-tests § Researchers & librarians heavily involved § Testing period ensures customer needs are met 10

What can it do for you as a librarian? § Smart way to get the most out of full text resource investments § You can give your users a tool that will help them: § § § 11 Find more relevant results See results in context Find the unexpected Save time Get fast & easy access to entitled full text

What can it do for you as a user? § § § Quickly & easily find information relevant to you Cross-disciplinary connections Time saving Increased productivity - gives you focus Intuitive & modeled to match your cognitive patterns § Empowers you to skip, not miss information 12

Any Questions? § Scopus is easy to implement and comes as a complete service package § For more information about Scopus at your institution, please visit www. info. scopus. com 13