CSA Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

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CSACambridge Scientific Abstracts

• 5th October, 2005
• Reykjavik

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SEMINAR OVERVIEW

• Company Presentation
• CSA databases
• Full Text
• SAGE
• PsycArticles
• PsycBooks
• BioOne
• GeoScienceWorld
• Questions

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Who is CSA?

• Scientific publishers of bibliographic databases
  in science and technology since 1971
• Online only databases
• 65 proprietary databases 30 3rd party
• Privately owned company
• Offices in USA (head office in Washington DC),
  UK, Netherlands, France, Finland, Japan, China,
  Australia

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Benefits of a CSA Subscription

• Site wide access and unlimited simultaneous usage
• Availability for remote users
• Access is IP address protected
• Perpetual storage rights to the data
• Links to OPAC holdings, Full-text, ILL DD
• Online Usage Reports
• Web Resources Database   
• Recent References Databases  
• References CITED REFERENCES

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Seamless Linking offers

• Direct link from your own library Web-Site
• Reverse linking back from articles bibliography
• Direct linking to cited references
• Simple management of full-text
• High Reliability

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Full-Text Linking

• Academic Press
• IDEAL
• Catchword
• Kluwer Online
• LINK Springer
• National Sea Grant Library
• OCLC

• ScienceDirect
• Ingenta
• Blackwells Synergy
• SwetsWise
• HighWire Press
• EBSCO Online
• And many more

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4 Subject Areas

• Arts Humanities
• Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Technology

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Arts Humanities

• ArtBibliographies Modern
• DAAI Design and Applied Arts Index
• BHA Bibliography of the History of Arts New!
• LLBA Linguistics and Language Behaviour
  Abstracts
• LISA Library and Information Science Abstracts
• ATLA Religion Database
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
• BHI British Humanities Index New!
• MLA International Bibliography New!
• The Philosopher's Index New!
• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

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New Databases Arts Humanities

• MLA International Bibliography
• Published by the Modern Language Association
• MLA is a subject index for books and articles
  published on modern languages, literatures,
  folklore, and linguistics.
• It includes more than 4,000 periodicals and 1,000
  book publishers.
• Very international coverage records also in
  Swedish, Norwegian, German, Russian.
• Philosophers Index
• A bibliographic database with informative,
  author-written abstracts covering scholarly
  research in all areas of Philosophy.
• Covers over 5,000 journals and book chapters,
  from more than 40 countries.

• BHA Bibliography of the History of Arts
• Western art history from the fourth century
  onwards, with a primary focus on traditional art
  media, as well as in-depth coverage of
  archaeology and architecture.
• Contains 650,000 records, with 24,000 records
  added per year.
• Covers journals, books, catalogues,
  dissertations, conference papers and other media.
  
• It has both French and English index terms and
  abstracts.
• International in both coverage and scope.

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Natural Sciences

• BioOne full-text BioOne Abstracts Indexes
• Ecology Abstracts
• Genetics Abstracts
• Microbiology Abstracts
• AGRICOLA
• GeoRef GeoScienceWorld (full-text) New!
• International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
• MEDLINE
• Meteorological Geoastrophysical Abstracts
• Science and Technology Digest
• Water Resources Abstracts
• Zoological Record Plus (1978-Current)

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ASFA Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

• ASFA 1 Biological Sciences and Living
  Resources
• ASFA 2 Ocean Technology, Policy and
  Non-Living Resources
• ASFA 3 Aquatic Pollution and Environmental
  Quality
• ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts
• ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts

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Biological Sciences Database

• ASFA 1 Biological Sciences and Living
  Resources
• ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts
• ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts
• Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology
  Abstracts
• Algology, Mycology and Protozoology Abstract
• Animal Behavior Abstracts
• Bacteriology Abstracts
• BioEngineering Abstracts
• Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts
• Chemoreception Abstracts
• CSA Neurosciences Abstracts
• Ecology Abstracts

• Entomology Abstracts
• Genetics Abstracts
• Health and Safety Science Abstracts
• Human Genome Abstracts
• Immunology Abstracts
• Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts
• Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
  Abstracts
• Nucleic Acids Abstracts
• Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts
• Toxicology Abstracts
• Virology and AIDS Abstracts

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Environmental Sciences Pollution Abstracts

• Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology
  Abstracts
• ASFA 3 Aquatic Pollution and Environmental
  Quality
• Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
• Ecology Abstracts
• EIS Digests of Environmental Impact
  Statements
• Environmental Engineering Abstracts
• Health and Safety Science Abstracts
• Human Population Natural Resource
  Management
• Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts
  (Microbiology A)
• Pollution Abstracts
• Risk Abstracts
• Sustainability Science Abstracts
• Toxicology Abstracts
• Water Resources Abstracts

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Technology

• BioEngineering Abstracts
• Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
• Computer Abstracts International Database
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
• Environmental Engineering
• Information Technology Case Studies (full-text)
• Mechanical Transportation Engineering
  Abstracts
• NTIS
• Paperbase/PIRA
• Polymer Library (previously Rapra Abstracts)
• Science and Technology Digest

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CSA Technology Research Database

• CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX (8
  files)
• Aluminum Industry Abstracts
• Ceramics Abstracts / World Ceramics Abstracts
• Copper Database Center
• Corrosion Abstracts
• Engineered Materials Abstracts
• Materials Business File
• METADEX
• WELDASEARCH
• CSA High Technology Research Database with
  Aerospace (4 files)
• CSA Aerospace High Technology Database
• Computer Information Systems Abstracts
• Electronics Communications Abstracts
• Solid State Superconductivity Abstracts
• CSA Engineering Research Database (5 files)
• ANTE Abstracts in New Technologies
  Engineering
• CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts

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Social Sciences

• AgeLine
• ASSIA Applied Social Sciences Index and
  Abstracts
• ATLA Religion Database
• Communication Abstracts New!
• Criminal Justice Abstracts New!
• CSA Sociological Abstracts Social Sciences
  Database
• EconLit
• ERIC
• IBSS International Bibliography of the Social
  Sciences
• IMID Institute of Management International
  Database
• Index Islamicus New!
• PAIS and PAIS Archive (International Affairs)
  New!
• PsycInfo, PsycArticles, and PsycBOOKS New!

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New Databases Social Sciences

• PAIS International
• Main focus on Public Affairs in an international
  perspective .
• Other subjects covered Child labour, Citizen
  militia, Free Speech, Globalization, Internet,
  Political Correctness, Virtual reality etc.
• Covers journals, books, non-US government
  documents, as well as publications of public and
  private agencies.
• Includes more than 1,200 journals and 535,000
  records.
• PAIS Archives
• PAIS Archive, a retrospective database
  supplementing PAIS International.
• The oldest records (archives)
  are from 1915.
• Total number of articles
  about 1,233,000.

• Index Islamicus
• The database indexes literature on Islam, the
  Middle East and the Muslim World.
• It does not only write only about the Middle East
  but also about Asia and Africa and Muslin
  minorities elsewhere.
• It includes more than 2,000 journals, conference
  proceedings, monographs, book reviews and
  multi-authored works.
• More than 292,000 records and it is updated with
  about 12,000 records a year.
• Backfiles up to 1906!

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PsycARTICLES

• Provides full-text articles from 48 journals
  published by the American Psychological
  Association (APA).
• Coverage starts with 1985.
• More than 41,000 articles as of January 2005
• Linking to CSA databases PsycInfo and PsycBooks.
• Updated weekly.

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PsycBOOKS

• Another APA database, but instead of journal
  articles, it includes books and chapters of APA
  published books.
• Includes about 750 titles, including 100
  out-of-print books from 1950 2002.
• The database offers 120 archival resources in
  psychology, and the exclusive electronic release
  of the APA/Oxford University press Encyclopedia
  of Psychology.

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SAGE Full-text journals

• Communication Studies
• 17 journals, 5,000 full-text articles and up to
  23 years of backfiles
• Criminology
• 21 journals, 5,000 full-text articles and up to
  23 years of backfiles
• Education NEW
• 23 journals, 7,000 full-text articles and up to
  36 years of backfiles
• Political Sciences
• 23 journals, 9,000 full-text articles and up to
  23 years of backfiles
• Sociology
• 31 journals, 12,000 full-text articles and 23
  yrs backfiles

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SAGE Full-text journals

• Management Organisation Studies NEW
• 36 journals, 10,000 full-text articles and up to
  57 years of backfiles
• Material Science NEW
• 15 journals, 5,300 full-text articles and up to
  10 years of backfiles
• Nursing Health Studies NEW
• 23 journals, 6,000 full-text articles and up to
  23 years of backfiles
• Psychology NEW
• 31 journals, 18,000 full-text articles and up to
  35 years of backfiles
• Urban Studies NEW
• 24 journals, 6,000 full-text articles and 23 yrs
  backfiles

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SAGE Features

• All articles are full text
• No current year embargo
• Complete back-files c. 20 years
• Articles include illustrations, graphics, charts
  and photographs
• Links from cited references to other SAGE Full
  text articles
• Hypertext links from CSA databases

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More SAGE Features

• Table of contents
• Possible to browse through journals, article per
  article
• Alerts to new articles in subject area
• New Journal Alerts
• Integration with RefWorks

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BioOne

• Database of high-quality peer reviewed journals
  representing wide cross section of biological
  sciences
• Bibliographic database BioOne Abstracts Indexes
  produced by CSA, complimentary on top of BioOne
• In 2005, the database contains 82 full-text
  journals from 55 publishers

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BioOne subject areas

• Bioscience,
• Biology,
• Botany,
• Ecology,
• Entomology,
• Environmental Sciences,
• Evolution,
• Genetics,
• Mammals

• Microbiology,
• Ornithology,
• Paleontology,
• Parasitology,
• Reproduction,
• Reptiles,
• Veterinary Science Zoology

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GeoScienceWorld Millenium Edition

• GSW includes linking between cited references and
  articles within the GSW family, e.g GeoRef
• GSW provides access to scientifically
  peer-reviewed full-text articles from 30
  high-impact geoscience publications.
• In addition to full-text articles the database
  includes pictures, photos, monographs, maps and
  datasets.

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GSW Journals
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Scholar Universe Author
Profiles!!!

• Something completely new, something unique that
  nobody else offers!!
• Author Profiles provide biographical background
  and verified publication histories for authors
  published within your CSA Illumina databases.
• Profiles include updated contact information,
  author research interests, link to e-mail and
  professional homepages and authors educational
  background.
• Also include verified lists of author
  publications and co-authors.

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Author Profiles

• Author Profiles includes today over 900,000
  profiles within Scholar Universe.
• It will first be free of charge on top of all CSA
  Social Sciences databases!
• In 2006 Author profiles will also be added on top
  of databases in natural Sciences and Technology.

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Digital Objects!!

• In 2006 CSA will also add digital objects into
  CSA propietary databases in the Arts and Natural
  Sciences area, such as ArtBibliographies Modern,
  DAAI, ASFA and Biological Sciences.
• Digital objects include images, photos, graphs,
  calculations, tables, chemical compounds
• Later in 2006 more subject areas will be added,
  e.g. Technology.

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THANK YOU!

• For free trials, please contact
• Laura Karves
• Account Manager
• lkarves_at_csa.com
• 358 9 441 824