IngentaConnect 2.5: new functionality, new publishers, new Google Scholar links

[Kirsty Meddings <kirsty.meddings@ingenta.com>]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to advise you about a few changes you will see on 
IngentaConnect from today, let you know about our latest work 
with GoogleScholar (and how it benefits you), and inform you of 
the latest publishers who will be adding content to the service 
in the near future.

Firstly, the latest release of IngentaConnect incorporates a number of
features driven by feedback from our users:

* Increased support for citation managers, with additional download formats
  BibTeX and RDF now being offered alongside previously available
  EndNote,ProCite and plain text.
* New social software interoperability enabling users to bookmark citations
  to del.icio.us, FURL, CiteULike, Connotea and Bidsonomy with
  just one click.
* Newly-architected page layouts to standardize display of user-interactive
  options, and to increase visibility of tools at article-level
  (the site's entry point for most users), thereby increasing
  efficiency and usability.

The new pages have been designed to present our tools/options 
more consistently, by consolidating these in the right-hand 
navigation menu. The tools are now presented as expandable menu 
options, with headings of: Print, Subscription options, Article 
access options, Export option, Linking options, Alerting options, 
Bookmarking options. To read more about the rationale behind 
these changes, please see this posting on our blog: 
http://allmyeye.blogspot.com/2006/09/refining-article-page.html

In addition to these user-driven developments, you will soon 
notice discreet advertising on some pages of the site; we have 
introduced this to enable our publisher partners to explore 
alternative revenue streams for scholarly content. To view the 
full press release about these changes, please visit: 
http://www.ingenta.com/corporate/company/news/trade/ic_2_5.htm

As ever, we welcome your feedback about IngentaConnect -- please 
contact us at help@ingentaconnect.com if you would like to 
comment on these changes.

Secondly, we are working closely with Google Scholar at the 
moment to provide them with library holdings data, which will 
enable them to link your users to your subscriptions on 
IngentaConnect, even if you don't have a link resolver. Google 
Scholar will recognise users within the IP ranges you have 
registered with us, and add a prominent "Full 
Text@IngentaConnect" link to records from subscribed content. 
This will link your users to appropriate copies of articles and, 
we hope, save some of the frustration and costs of linking to 
unsubscribed content. We are pleased to be the first service 
Google have chosen to work with on this project. To read our full 
Google Scholar press release, please visit: 
http://www.ingenta.com/corporate/company/news/trade/google_library_links.htm

Thirdly, we are very pleased to let you know that the following 
publishers have recently signed to begin hosting their content 
with IngentaConnect:

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Cambridge Medical Publications
Civic Research Institute
Inderscience Publishers
Mammal Research Institute
Norwegian University of Technology and Science
Oxford Economic Forecasting
Oxford International Review
Philosophia Africana
University of Iowa

In addition, Brill Academic Publishers have re-signed for a further 3
years' e-publishing via IngentaConnect. The full press release of this
announcement can be viewed at:
http://www.ingenta.com/corporate/company/news/trade/new_pubs_sep06.htm

Please do not hesitate to contact us via help@ingentaconnect.com if you
have any queries or feedback.

With best wishes,

Kirsty Meddings
Product Development Manager
IngentaConnect
Phone: +44 (0)1865 397800
Direct: +44 (0)1865 397838

http://www.ingentaconnect.com
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