CSA OverviewCSA Overview

2005 Bibliostar2005 BibliostarStuart Cooper - Stuart Cooper - scooper@csa.comscooper@csa.com

Anna MerloAnna Merlo – Cenfor International Srl – Cenfor International Srl

amerlo@cenfor.itamerlo@cenfor.it

1717thth March 2005 March 2005

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AgendaAgendaCompany

CSA Illumina

CSA databases

Partner databases

Full Text

CSA Illumina – live demonstration

Federated Search engine – NEW!

Package

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CompanyCompanyPrivately owned and part of Cambridge Information Group

Bowker now a sister company

Media independent secondary publisher

Previously Cambridge Scientific Abstracts – now CSA

30+ years old

50+ databases

10 offices world-wide

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CSA IlluminaCSA Illumina

Major New Service Redesign – more robust

10 million+ logons this year – built for future

Not just an IDS 7.0 Transitioned successfully 01/10/04 – 31/01/05 – now fully

operational More intuitive Links, cited refs Unlimited access – sitewide IP & UN/PW control

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CSA IlluminaCSA IlluminaFeatures and Enhancements Easier to use "Quick Search" Improved navigation ADA and SENDA compliance Elimination of frames Improved integration of help files Online tutorials New custom default options Multi-language interface options Interdisciplinary presentation of

resources (optional)

Search Tools including Combined Search

Dynamic de-duplication of records with show/hide duplicates option

Hyper-linked descriptor terms for quick execution of new search queries

New library administration module

QuikBib bibliography creator

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CSA DatabasesCSA Databases

4 principle areas

Arts & Humanities Natural Sciences Technology Social Sciences

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CSA DatabasesCSA Databases Publisher of 50+ databases including

Aerospace Database Aqualine ArtBibliographies Modern ASFA Civil Engineering Abstracts Ecology Abstracts and Pollution Abstracts Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abs METADEX Microbiology Abstracts LLBA Sociological Abstracts LISA PAIS – now owned by CSA!!

And many more……………………………………

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CSA Partner DatabasesCSA Partner Databases

Including…… AgeLine ATLA Religion BHA BHI EconLit GeoRef IMID Index Islamicus IBSS NTIS

MLA Polymer Library

(RAPRA) Philospher’s Index PsycINFO PsycARTICLES PsycBOOKS coming

2005 RILM Weldasearch Zoological Record Plus

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CSA CSA Databases/Full TextDatabases/Full Text

EXCLUSIVE SAGE Full Text Collections

Sociology Criminology Communications Politics Education Psychology Nursing & Healthcare Management Materials Urban Studies

A&I database + Full Text Full back file (30yrs)

EXCLUSIVE BioOne

Partnership – scientific societies, non-commercial publishers, libraries & academe

Aggregation of 70 peer-reviewed journals from 55 publishers – ISI ranked

Bioscience, Biology, Botany, Ecology & Environmental Sciences

DOI’s assigned to all journals Content doubled in 4 years – 90% titles

exclusive A&I database + Full Text Back file 1998

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CSA CSA - - SAGESAGE

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT SAGE Collections – any combination Minimum 2 collections Minimum 6 institutions Huge discounts “SAGE Plus” – ALL other SAGE journals at discounted prices based

upon number of collections taken Possible through CILEA, CASPUR or just ITALY!

More from Helen Crook…………………

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CSA IlluminaCSA Illumina – – Full Text LinksFull Text Links

• American Fisheries Society• AIAA Online Meeting Papers• American Meteorological Society• ASM Handbooks• BioOne• Blackwell Synergy• Ingenta Select (formerly

CatchWord)• EBSCOhost EJS• ERIC Full-text• FirstSearch Electronic Collections

Online (OCLC)• Geological Society of America• HighWire Press

• Ingenta• JSTOR• Kluwer• National Sea Grant Library (No Subscription Required)• nature publishing group• Oxford University Press• Project Muse• PsycARTICLES• ScienceDirect• SpringerLink• SwetsWise (formerly SwetsnetNavigator)• Wiley InterScience• Your Local Web Server

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CSA IlluminaCSA Illumina

Demonstration………

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CSA - CSA - Federated Search engineFederated Search engine

Uses MuseGlobal Technology – ranked No 1 for last two years What is it - A search mechanism that gives searchers a single

point of access to information from any number or type of content source and delivers organized, contextually relevant results that the searcher can use.

Search CSA Illumina databases and other databases simultaneously!!

Integrated results Single-sign-on authentication & authorization Links directly to the native source for full-text

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CSA - CSA - Federated Search engine (2)Federated Search engine (2)

Fast & simple Implementation takes weeks not months CSA Illumina User Interface

Familiar look & feel Google-like functionality

Easy Set-Up Simplified workflow Simplified administration & maintenance

Low cost/Low risk

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CSA - CSA - Federated Search engine (3)Federated Search engine (3)

Search 8 Z39.50 sources simultaneously

Limited number of records can be integrated (150-300) – not in single list

Heavily dependent on Z39.50 search protocol

Search unlimited sources simultaneously

All records can be integrated from all sources in a single list

Multiple search protocols supported

Metalib versus Muse

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CSA Offers…..CSA Offers….. CSA Illumina platform Federated Search platform In-house edited databases Key databases from other sources Full Text Links – OPAC, OpenURL, SFX etc Manage the collected data Assure your long-term investment in data and platform choice Consortium pricing models

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