Elsevier’s Clinical Databases

and ejournals

Mike Tadman

Sales Manager, Institutional Market

Agenda

• Elsevier Health Sciences Division

• Web Editions

• ejournals on Science Direct

• Clinical databases

Elsevier Health Sciences Division

• Responsible for all institutional electronic sales to hospitals

• Responsible for “Consult” sales to HE

• ejournals (Lancet etc) on Science Direct, MD Consult, First Consult, Nursing Index, EMBASE, Clinical Pharmacology

• NHS Framework Agreement

Web Editions

• Complimentary e-access to Elsevier print journals

• Accessed via www.sciencedirect.com

• No further activations taken

• Service to be cancelled 31st Mar 2008

• Most of NHS to have no online access to Elsevier’s journals

Alternatives

• Some Welsh libraries have Science Direct

• NHS Wales has national access to 13 Elsevier titles

• Purchase e-access from Elsevier Health Sciences

ejournals on Science Direct

• Available to all NHS customers

• 2000+ titles available as ‘electronic for existing print’, or e-only.

• Accessed via www.sciencedirect.com as custom packages

• Available via ATHENS, back files available at additional cost

• Cost related to print cost, size of Trust, renewal of print subscriptions

• Flexible licensing and fast turn around of orders, managed from UK.

• Proposed discounted pricing for those titles that form part of the NHS FA

ejournals on Science Direct

Clinical Databases

Flagship product providing 50 journals, 34 Clinics of North America, 120 medical reference books, patient info, drug database

EBM database providing practical, clinically actionable information for diagnosis and treatment

New nursing abstract & indexing database, from EMBASE

Renowned provider of current and comprehensive drug information

Summary

• Single point of contact within Elsevier for all Welsh hospitals

• Web Editions users please contact me for alternatives

• NHS libraries - please contact me to learn more about Elsevier ejournals on Science Direct.

Mike Tadman

Sales Manager

Elsevier Health Sciences

Tel: 01327 860692

Mob: 07887 540789

Email: m.tadman@elsevier.com