| New Features in Faculty of 1000
Full-text linking options
F1000 users now have three options with which to obtain the full-text for an evaluated article in Faculty of 1000:
- Linking to a document delivery service via SFX. If you want more information about SFX go to http://www.sfxit.com/
- Using the document delivery link from Infotrieve (or contact us about specifying an alternate supplier)
- Configuring a library's own system, so that when one of their users clicks from Faculty of 1000 through to PubMed, we can ensure that links to the libraries holdings appear.
To find out more about how to enable or disable any of the above options. please contact us info@facultyof1000.com
"Stored searches" now available: Create your own sections!
Registered F1000 users are now able to store their own searches, such as "xenopus AND embryogenesis" or "CD25 cells", and receive regular updates of interesting relevant papers recently selected by Faculty members by adding these searches to their "My F1000" page, which will also be included in their e-mail alerts.
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References lists for BioMed Central articles are now OpenURL linked
OpenURL is a system for allowing institutions to customize the links that are seen by their users when viewing bibliographic content online.
Recently BioMed Central introduced OpenURL-compatible linking on the Faculty of 1000 site. This proved so popular with institutions that we have now extended BioMed Central's OpenURL support to include article reference lists.
OpenURL links are available both for articles on the BioMed Central site
And on our other journal sites, such as Genome Biology
If your institution operates an OpenURL-compatible link server (such as SFX or LinkFinder Plus) and you would like BioMed Central to activate OpenURL linking for your users, please contact institutions@biomedcentral.com
If your institution already has OpenURL configured for Faculty of 1000, you will find that the links on fulltext articles are automatically activated.
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Product Starter Packs
BioMed Central has recently produced Starter Packs for all new subscribers of any product and service from BioMed Central. Each starter pack includes the following sections:
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How to start with your product
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How to use BioMed Central
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A full list of useful contacts at BioMed Central
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A product map of BioMed Central
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Information sheet for librarians
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Pricing details
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Information on how to promote your BioMed Central subscriptions
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Order form for promotional material
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Free trial order form for BioMed Central products
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Subscription order form for BioMed Central products
Please contact institutions@biomedcentral.com to request a free starter pack.
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| Thirty eight members and counting!
Since January, 38 institutions have now become institutional members of BioMed Central! By joining us, these institutions are actively supporting open access, and helping to effect change in the way that research is published and disseminated. Why not join us?
Find out more about the BioMed Central Membership Program and take a look at the list of current members.
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Current Opinion Journals available through BioMed Central search platform
4 new titles have been added to BioMed Central’s online portfolio:
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Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs
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Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development
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Current Opinion in Molecular Therapeutics
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IDrugs: the Investigational Drugs Journal
For product information and free trial registration please visit our information page or contact your sales representative.
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Product Focus - Genome Biology
 Genome Biology is an essential journal for all biologists in the post-genomic era. It was recently described by Nature as, "an excellent guide to the overwhelming onslaught of genomic and proteomic data and will flourish if the current trend continues"
Like all journals published by BioMed Central all research articles in Genome Biology are free to access. However, Genome Biology also contains a variety of commentaries, reviews and opinion pieces one of which was recently profiled in The New York Times.
If your institution does not already subscribe then why not take advantage of the 30-day free trial. We can provide full user stats after your trial to let you know how many of your users visited the website.
A print version of Genome Biology is also available.
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SPARC come out in support of BioMed Central
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) have agreed to support BioMed Central's efforts to develop its sustainable business model to ensure long-term open access to biological and medical research. In return, BioMed Central is publicly committing itself to maintaining an open access publishing policy through the launch of an Open Access Charter.
The charter commits BioMed Central to permanently maintaining its open access publishing policy, retrospectively and prospectively, in all eventualities, including any future changes in ownership.
If a change of ownership should be considered, an independent Board of Trustees will be asked to judge and advise whether sufficient guarantees to continue a policy of unconditional open access for research articles are being offered and agreed by any prospective new owner. BioMed Central will not enter into a change of ownership agreement unless the Board of Trustees accepts these guarantees.
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Journal of Biology - order free print copy
Journal of Biology is a new high-impact open-access journal that publishes research articles of exceptional interest.
The journal is edited by Martin Raff and an internationally renowned editorial board. It aims to publish outstanding research articles from all areas of biology and make them immediately accessible to all, free of charge.
To access the first issue go to http://jbiol.com, here you can also sign up for your own print issue. Please alert your researchers to this new journal launch which provides a home for exceptional biological research with all the benefits of open access.
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Institutional Gateway Page
BioMed Central has created a new gateway page for institutions. Here member/subscribing institutions will find details of their level of access and links to all of BioMed Central’s sites, allowing users to browse our complete portfolio of online products; and access individual sites from this one web address (controlled by IP recognition).
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Arthritis Research name change
Arthritis Research is changing its name to Arthritis Research & Therapywith effect from January 2003.
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Editors-
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Peter Lipski and Ravinder Maini
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Formats:
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Online & Print
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Volume No:
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3 (6 issues per year)
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1465-9905 (print)
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1465-9913 (online)
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Register for 30-day Free Trials
We are delighted to offer institutions free 30-day trials of all BioMed Central online products, as we appreciate that this is helpful when evaluating new products with a view to subscribing to them.
To benefit from a free online trial of one or more of our products, please complete the request form.
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Introductory Offer -
Proteins: from Sequence to Structure by Petsko and Ringe - taken from their forthcoming Primer, Protein Structure and Function. This text is ideal for students of macromolecular structure and function or bioinformatics.
Institutional subscriptions are now available to purchase. For pricing and subscription information visit the website
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| Cool Sites
Visual Net's version of PubMed - Demo version of a searchable map of PubMed, is this the future of database searching?
Citebase Search - Open archive search engine that allows you to search across a variety of archives (including BioMed Central)
Researchville - a meta search engine that collects results from lots of different search tools
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Institutional product pricing published on our website
BioMed Central now publishes its institutional online and print pricing for each product on its Library Information Pages.
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| BioMed Central 2003 Catalogue – coming soon
Our full product catalogue for 2003 will soon be ready. If you would like us to mail you your copy e-mail your request to institutions@
biomedcentral.com indicating whether you want it sent by e-mail or snail-mail.
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| New Current Report Journals
2 new journals are to be published in the Current Report Series:
Current Hematology Reports is due out this Fall. There will be 2-3 issues this year and 6 issues per year thereafter.
Current Hepatitis Reports is due out in February 2003. There will be 6 issues per year.
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Conference Attendance
BioMed Central will be at the forthcoming exhibitions and conferences. Please contact us for an appointment or just drop by our booth if you are also planning to attend any of these events. We look forward to meeting you!
IFLA, Glasgow, UK
Visit BioMed Central atSTAND 210 between 18-21st August.
EAHIL, Cologne, Germany
Visit BioMed Central at STAND 19 between 16-21st September.
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