AMSTERDAM, September 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Newest Online Content to Allow for the Most Comprehensive STM Research
and Cross-Referenced Linking Capabilities

Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM)
information, today announced the availability of more than 4,000 eBooks on
ScienceDirect. eBooks on ScienceDirect comprise high-quality selected titles
published from 1995 to the present. These include scientific and technical
books spanning 18 subject areas, as well as books from renowned imprints
including Pergamon and Academic Press. The launch is a major expansion to the
reference works, handbooks and book series already available on
ScienceDirect.

The eBooks on ScienceDirect program will, for the first time, make
virtually all of Elsevier's Science and Technology academic publication
catalogue of books fully searchable. eBooks will be linked not only with
other referenced book series, handbooks and reference works, but also the
world's largest repository of full-text journal content. This development
offers researchers a significantly broader perspective of their field of
study, from a single industry leading interface.

"eBooks on ScienceDirect allows researchers to search and retrieve all
relevant information published in books and journals on one easy-to-use
platform, ensuring results in a broad range of information within various
trusted sources," said Joep Verheggen, Director, ScienceDirect, "Acquiring
eBooks on ScienceDirect enables librarians to use their institutions' budgets
wisely and to best serve users by providing simultaneous access and quality
information in a credible, familiar environment."

The launch of eBooks reflects ScienceDirect's ongoing commitment to
developing new content for users. eBooks will be included within the existing
ScienceDirect platform, eliminating the need for users to learn a new
interface. The 2,000 Book Series and Handbooks volumes and more than 55
titles of reference works already on ScienceDirect will be linked to eBooks
and the "Cited By" feature. This will allow users to cross-reference
citations with existing books, journals on ScienceDirect and on abstracts and
citations within the Scopus database.

"eBooks on ScienceDirect is an integral part of University Libraries'
strategy to broaden access to scholarly materials through the investment in
and provision of online content," said James Bierman, Engineering Librarian
at the University of Oklahoma.

ScienceDirect plans to add approximately 700 newly published titles each
year. To review the list of titles available, or to inquire about signing up
for eBooks on ScienceDirect, please visit www.info.sciencedirect.com/books.

About ScienceDirect

Over a quarter of the world's full text scientific, technical and medical
(STM) articles - managed by renowned editors, written by respected authors
and read by researchers from around the globe - are available in one place:
ScienceDirect.

Elsevier's extensive and unique full-text collection covers authoritative
titles from the core scientific literature including high impact factor
titles such as THE LANCET, Cell and Tetrahedron. Over eight million articles
are available online, including Articles in Press which offer rapid access to
recently accepted manuscripts. The critical mass of information available on
ScienceDirect is unsurpassed. Coverage includes over 2,000 journals published
by Elsevier and dynamic linking to journals from approximately 2,000 STM
publishers through CrossRef. An expanding program of online major reference
works, handbooks, book series and eBooks in all fields of science seamlessly
interlinks with primary research referenced in journal articles.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the
global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70
offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such
as ScienceDirect, MD Consult, Scopus, bibliographic databases, and online
reference works.

Elsevier is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a
world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science
and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier
provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with
increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's
ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK
and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

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