IngentaConnect 2.5: new functionality, new publishers, new Google Scholar links Kirsty Meddings 25 Sep 2006 13:37 UTC
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 IngentaConnect: the home of scholarly research