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Admin Tool Helps Librarians Manage ScienceDirect and Scopus
Since its launch in October 2005, over 1,450 Elsevier ScienceDirect and Scopus administrators have logged onto the innovative Admin Tool site - freely available to Elsevier customers. The most used functions have been searching for user profiles, setting up external linking options, and viewing account IP addresses and transactional history.
But those aren’t all the functions the Admin Tool offers. This site, which makes life easier for librarians by enabling them to manage and customize ScienceDirect and Scopus to suit their needs, also allows users to:
- Place branding - an institutional logo or text - on the ScienceDirect or Scopus interface
- Monitor ScienceDirect or Scopus usage per institutional department or group
- View an Entitlement Report, listing subscribed ScienceDirect titles at a particular library
- Manage user logins and create remote access passwords for ScienceDirect and Scopus
- Turn on and off transactional access, credit card purchases and document delivery for ScienceDirect
- Access ScienceDirect e-holdings and usage reports as well as content coverage reports
Why is this dynamic Web-based tool becoming increasingly popular with ScienceDirect and Scopus administrators? While working with librarians to help them maximize their efficiency by using the Admin Tool, I’ve observed it’s a great resource for librarians. This tool gives product administrators the ability to manage ScienceDirect or Scopus settings on their own at any time. It gives libraries more control and saves them valuable time.
Also, the Admin Tool helps libraries increase their visibility. I recently helped a librarian use the tool to set up her library’s branding on ScienceDirect. She was happy to get the branding in place, so her library users receive a visual reminder that ScienceDirect is available to them thanks to their institute. And she was happy to learn she can modify the branding easily in the future.
If you too would like to use the Admin Tool to set up library branding on ScienceDirect or Scopus, just follow these steps:
1. Log on at the Admin Tool site
2. Select ScienceDirect or Scopus
3. Click on “Institutional Logo or Text”
4. Set up your library logo and descriptive text as you want them to appear on ScienceDirect or Scopus
Every ScienceDirect and Scopus administrator has access to the Admin Tool. If you need assistance with the tool or getting access to it, send a note to your Account Development Manager or admintool@elsevier.com. 
Request Admin Tool access: www.info.sciencedirect.com/adminsignup
Access the Admin Tool: www.info.admintool.elsevier.com
Structure Searching Takes You Further with Beilstein and Scopus
Boundaries between published text and chemical structure databases are disappearing, for the benefit of Elsevier customers. Now you can conveniently locate and display chemical compounds and reactions from within Scopus, the world's largest abstract and indexing database, by accessing the Beilstein database on DiscoveryGate or via MDL CrossFire Commander. This capability bridges the gap between textual data in Scopus and structure information in the Beilstein database for the over 500,000 records common to both, making the search for relevant information quick and comprehensive.
When looking at Scopus search results, you can now extend your search to the Beilstein database simply by clicking to view a summary of compounds or reactions found in Beilstein. You can then easily access further detailed information from Beilstein, which can contain data extracted from many articles — all corresponding to the same chemical compound or reaction.
To see an interactive video of how Scopus links to Beilstein, click on the Scopus link at
www.mdl.com/videos
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