In addition to its existing service, ScienceDirect, which covers all scientific disciplines, the Elsevier Science Direct portfolio will feature a number of product lines tailored for individual fields of study, including PhysicsDirect, BioMedDirect, Ei EngineeringDirect, and PharmaDirect OnSite. These highly specialized service offerings will enable customers to select the product that best suits an institution s research and budget requirements. Through the Elsevier Science Direct portfolio, we have set out to create targeted solutions which meet the various research requirements of any institution. If your eyes are glazing over with this barrage of titles, it really just means that customers can choose how much content they want and how they want it delivered. They are designed to provide enhanced search capabilities and include open linking to allow seamless access to the full-text articles.
Users can choose databases and the length of the backfiles.
ScienceDirect Web Editions is the entry-level electronic service for print customers. It s designed as an online current-awareness service for the latest journal issues. Content is being expanded as well. In December, Elsevier Science announced it would expand the collection of journal backfiles offered on ScienceDirect. The archives, currently dating from 1995, would be extended in some cases as far back as the first volume published.