ScienceDirect , Dr. Chris Kladopoulos' Blog on Bigsight
October, 2011
Clinical psychologist and researcher Chris Kladopolous made a number of important scientific discoveries long before gaining access to the ScienceDirect website with more than 11,000 books and 2,500 peer-reviewed journals. The company’s full-text scientific database contains nearly 10 million articles/chapters, with half a million added annually. Chris Kladopolous and other scientists and researchers can access articles from ScienceDirect from 2011 as well as those dating back more than 180 years. The website, www.sciencedirect.com, offers a sophisticated search engine and multiple document downloading.
ScienceDirect is owned by Elsevier B.V., which is headquartered in Amsterdam and is the largest medical, technical, and scientific information provider in the world. ScienceDirect offers new methods of presenting data and utilizing semantic technologies, such as NextBio, to enhance information with additional content sources. Authors also add value by including datasets and audio and video files, advancing their research beyond a simple print format. ScienceDirect also supplies the TOP25 Hottest Articles to keep visitors aware of the current trends and provides an alerting service to inform users as the list changes.
ScienceDirect’s journal portfolio includes Elsevier’s Masson French Medical titles, the Doyma Spanish Medical Collection, New Scientist, Cell Press, and PsycARTICLES. The portfolio also lists a number of clinics and seminars. The Backfiles program allows users to name specific titles from 1995 onward for purchase on a title-by-title basis. A subscription also entitles users to access four years of back files. Elsevier often owns the rights of journals from Volume 1, Issue 1. Registered users can browse the journals by subject, including the subsets physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
Registering with ScienceDirect enables researchers and other professionals to receive topic, search, and volume/issue alerts; email articles to colleagues; set display preferences; and Quick Link favorite websites, pages, or titles. The website recalls up to 100 recent actions and provides immediate access to cutting-edge research. ScienceDirect also offers direct links through PubMed and searching via the Compendex database. This technology provides a 21st century approach to advancing the field of clinical science.
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