"With the launch
of OnlineBooks, Wiley is pleased to be the first STM publisher
to deliver to the desktops of its customers a fully searchable
and browseable database that integrates the complete content
of its scientific, technical, and medical books with that of
its online journals and reference works," said Mr. St. John
Vice President and General Manager. "Wiley InterScience
OnlineBooks significantly enhances search capabilities,
enabling millions of scientists, researchers, academics, and
professionals world wide to access the body of scientific
literature they need for their work, as soon as it is
available, wherever, whenever, and in whatever format they
want
it."
 Fully searchable and
integrated online content
Unlike
traditional e-books, OnlineBooks offers full searchable and
integrated online content. "Delivering specific content
together with snapshot chapter summaries, OnlineBooks is
another Wiley InterScience building-block helping to make
research all the more seamless and time efficient for our
customers," said Mr St. John. "OnlineBooks is also designed to
deliver significant value to librarians, who traditionally
purchased these works in their print form," said Mr St. John.
Rather than purchasing multiple print copies for their
holdings, a license will provide for unlimited on-line access
by authorised users. In addition, comprehensive usage figures
will assist librarians in future collection management
decisions. "This equates to a means of containing costs while,
at the same time, being able to provide a richer source of
quality research material at their staff and students'
fingertips."
The database
will integrate the content of Wiley InterScience journals and
reference works with more than 200 of Wiley's scientific,
technical, and medical titles by the end of 2002. It will be
segmented into three main subject collections, each of which
will be further divided into three smaller collections:
Chemistry: organic & biochemistry, polymers, material
science & industrial chemistry, analytical chemistry; Life
and Medical Sciences: medicine, clinical trials &
pharmacology, molecular biology; Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications: communications technology; wireless, and
electrical engineering.
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Unlimited access to
search and browse
Access will be
licensed on an annual basis to one or more of these
collections and will be available on a permanently for an
ongoing maintenance fee. Subscriptions will include unlimited
access to search and browse content, integrated with Wiley
InterScience journals and reference works. The innovative
licensing model provides for unlimited concurrent usage by
users at a licensed institution. Individual book titles will
not initially be available.
Wiley
InterScience, Wiley's online content service, was launched in
the fall of 1997 to respond to the demand for important,
reliable, and timely scientific, technical, medical and
professional information. Since January 7, 1999, more than 300
journals in full text dating back to January 1997, as well as
the full range of services available from Wiley InterScience,
are accessible to subscribers and their authorised users.
Beginning in the year 2000, Wiley InterScience is also the
online platform for major reference works, most recently
including the Current Protocols Online laboratory manuals
series and Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.
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