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Roadmap to ProQuest III KONFERENCJA BIBLIOTEKI POLITECHNIKI ŁÓDZKIEJ 25 th June 2008

Roadmap to ProQuest III KONFERENCJA BIBLIOTEKI POLITECHNIKI ŁÓDZKIEJ 25 th June 2008 Stephen Hawthorne. ProQuest: our brands. 125+ billion pages of scholarly information. Customers. Universities & Colleges Research Institutions Public Libraries National & Royal Libraries

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Roadmap to ProQuest III KONFERENCJA BIBLIOTEKI POLITECHNIKI ŁÓDZKIEJ 25 th June 2008

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  1. Roadmap to ProQuest III KONFERENCJA BIBLIOTEKI POLITECHNIKI ŁÓDZKIEJ 25th June 2008 Stephen Hawthorne

  2. ProQuest: our brands 125+ billion pages of scholarly information

  3. Customers • Universities & Colleges • Research Institutions • Public Libraries • National & Royal Libraries • Government Institutions • Hospitals • Corporates • Museums

  4. Problem: unable to find scientific information in a timely and reliable manner Solution: provide a reliable navigation service Example: Sociological Abstracts, ASFA, METADEX, Engineering Research, Design and Applied Arts Index

  5. Information Discovery reduces search time through more precise & accurate results teaches essential research skills assists discovery

  6. Example: Sociological Abstracts (SocAbs) Scope: Tracks international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Sources: Journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Coverage: 1952 - current Update: monthly, with approximately 30,000 records added per year Size: over 836,445 records as of May 2008 Special: Cited Reference Linking, Controlled Vocabulary

  7. Other Illumina Products

  8. We cannot search this Abstract and title – the basic indexing This can be very difficult to search… We don’t want to search this We probably don’t want to search this We cannot search this We cannot search this

  9. First major development in abstracting & indexing since citation searching (1970’s) • Figures and tables represent the distilled essence of research – the closest thing to raw datasets – but invisible • Identification of tables and figures (images, charts, maps, etc.) found within a scholarly article • Extraction and indexing of data surrounding the table or figure to provide indexing for each image • 2 million records from 1,881 scholarly journals • 3.5 million records by the end of the year

  10. Clear sharp images + mouseover information = quick overview

  11. Links to Full-Text Object Thumbnails Article Descriptors Object Descriptors

  12. Problem: a large number of scientific information is not accessible in full text affordably and effectively Solution: database that aggregates a critical amount of the information Examples: ProQuest Central, ABI/Inform, ProQuest Dissertations

  13. 15000 other sources

  14. ProQuest Content • 9,000 publishers • 11,000+ journal titles (8,000+ in full text) • 4,000 international titles • 1,250+ newspapers • 1,000,000+ full text dissertations • 44,000+ Company Records (Hoover’s) • 3,000+ Industry Reports (Snapshots) • 160+ disciplines

  15. Newspapers Business and Finance Health and Medical Technology Social Science and General Reference ProQuest Central Content

  16. ProQuest Central Subjects

  17. ProQuest Central vs. competition

  18. The Latest in Full-Text Content? Breakdown of our closest competitor’s content More than One Year Embargo (40%) Less Than One Year Embargo (5%) Current Full Text (55%) 45% of active, full-text content is NOT the latest issue

  19. More Current Full Text with ProQuest ProQuest Central: Full-Text Content More than One Year Embargo (19%) Less Than One Year Embargo (5%) Current Full Text (76%) 76% of ProQuest’s active, full-text content IS in the latest issue

  20. Problem: Important social science, arts and humanities information is not available in digital format Solution: digitisation + database creation Examples: Literature Online, Periodicals Archive Online, Early English Books Online

  21. ProQuest Historical Newspapers • New York Times (1851-2004) • Wall Street Journal (1889-1990) • Washington Post (1877-1991) • Christian Science Monitor (1908-1994) • Los Angeles Times (1881-1986) • Chicago Tribune (1849-1986) • Atlanta Constitution (1868-1939) • Boston Globe (1872- 1924) • Chicago Defender (1909-1975) • Hartford Courant (1764-1984) • The New York Tribune (1900-1910) • The Guardian (1821-2003) • The Observer (1791-2003)

  22. History of The Observer (1791- 2003) The oldest Sunday newspaper in the world • Covered Mozart’s and Marie Antoinette’s death • In 1800s came to stand for freedom of the press and serious coverage of politics and literature • Took principled stand against the British invasion of the Suez in 1956

  23. History of the Guardian (1821-2003) • First edition published 5 May 1821 in Manchester (includes short notice of Napoleon’s death) • Became daily in 1855 with abolition of Stamp Duty on newspapers • 2001 praised at British Press Awards for coverage of 11th September: “bold, simple and courageous.

  24. Questions or Suggestions? Contact Details: Stephen Hawthorne Phone: +44 7788 753399 Stephen.hawthorne@proquest.co.uk

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