Elsevier Library Connect Newsletter: Much more arts & humanities coverage on Scopus is coming

Volume 7 • Number 1
January 2009
ISSN: 1549-3725
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Theme: Performance & Planning

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features

Much more arts & humanities coverage on Scopus is coming How we’re laying the foundation for a culture of assessment at our university libraries Here’s an update on Elsevier’s ROI study looking at academic libraries New online community Innovation Explorers seeks librarian members The Norwegian paradox: A revealing case study about research policy and numbers Swimming against the current: Academic performance and planning in an era of rapid technological change Hiroyuki Tomizawa talks about using Scopus data to drive OECD’s innovation strategy Visualizing research performance: Bringing strategic insight to research management

center of attention

Library assessment from a fresh perspective Three tips to help us, as we all transform into Next Gen librarians

community connections

James Weyhenmeyer, PhD, senior vice provost for research at the State University of New York, talks about academic research funding Funding intelligence tool: Launching soon to provide a better grip on the funding landscape ticTOCs makes it easy to keep up with STM journal content

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Case study: Ideas4Science.com demonstrated that info pros and researchers see value in an online community approach to exchanging ideas ScienceDirect College Edition gains content and flexibility

on the road

Taking innovation to greater heights in Chinese higher education Nordic library directors assess impact of investments in knowledge and research Librarians and academics discuss STM journal and book publishing

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TrainingDesk Flash Ask UCD: What are some tips for planning usability activities so they are most effective? Want research summaries by experts? Look to SciTopics ScienceDirect now offers Elsevier Doyma medical collection in Spanish Upcoming Events 2008 Library Connect Editorial Team

New edition of popular LC pamphlet now available
The third edition of “Ways to Use Journal Articles Published by Elsevier: A Practical Guide” is hot off the press. Mailed with this newsletter issue, the updated pamphlet is available online at www.elsevier.com/libraryconnect.

Much more arts & humanities coverage on Scopus is coming

Scopus In April 2009, arts and humanities (A&H) journals on Scopus are almost doubling. Currently the 16,000 peer-reviewed journals on Scopus contain 1,600 titles in A&H and related fields.

The A&H expansion will mean Scopus offers better representation of more countries and gives researchers enhanced access to international A&H content. Journal subjects to be covered include literature and literary theory (30% of the new titles), general arts and humanities (22%), history (17%) and visual/performing arts (16%), among others.

Adding close to 1,600 journals to Scopus is a real accomplishment, as often a single A&H title is owned by a small publisher. This type of scenario is quite different from that encountered with dealing with STM journals which are often owned by large publishers and available in sizable collections. To get all the A&H content together, Elsevier has had to contact thousands of journal publishers.

Already Scopus is the most comprehensive cross-disciplinary database with the broadest coverage in science, technology, medicine and social sciences. Soon it’ll offer the same breadth for the arts and humanities.