FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ENGINEERING INFORMATION RELEASES ENHANCED ChemVillage™
Technology Upgrade Offers Significant User Enhancements
HOBOKEN, N.J. 18 June 2004 - Elsevier Engineering Information (www.ei.org) announces the latest release of the ChemVillage™ discovery platform, enhancing the way users access chemistry content. With focus on applied chemistry research, ChemVillage™ offers access to high quality text-based resources including bibliographic databases Beilstein Abstracts® and Chimica®, and the leading business news source covering the global chemicals industry, Chemical Business NewsBase®.
This latest release enhances the research process through significant upgrades to the platform's underlying technology. The FAST search engine has been implemented to deliver standard bearing search and retrieval speeds. Intuitive functional enhancements include multiple database searching with user controlled de-duplication, personalized searches and extensive full-text linking options. Unlimited email alerting offers all users the ability to receive weekly updates on record additions in their area of interest. All upgrades enhance researcher driven discovery with tools designed to simplify chemistry research.
"Chemists, researchers and industry professionals require sensible means to access chemistry related research" explains Bryan Vickery, Engineering Information's Vice President of Chemistry Publishing. "The major technological upgrades to ChemVillage provide users with a far more robust environment to conduct their research - Speeding discovery and improving the entire information gathering process."
About Elsevier Engineering Information
Elsevier Engineering Information is a leading provider of information solutions and discovery tools that meet the needs of the engineering and applied physical science communities. Elsevier Engineering Information publishes six bibliographic databases including Compendex®, Chimica®, Chemical Business NewsBase and PaperChem®, and provides the online discovery platforms Engineering Village 2™ (www.engineeringvillage2.org) and ChemVillage™ (www.chemvillage.org).
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier's 6,800 employees in 86 offices worldwide publish more than 1,800 journals and 2,200 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.news.scopus.com/), bibliographic databases, online reference works and subject specific portals.
Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global company headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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