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Winter Release ScienceDirect & Scopus
Saturday, December 1, 2012

The next release for ScienceDirect and Scopus is scheduled for Saturday, December 1 and will focus on infrastructure improvements. We are not expecting significant downtime, though some products may experience minor disruptions. The Hub and RSS feeds for ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable during the times specified at the end of this message.

An update that we are particularly excited to announce is internet browser support to include Google Chrome for PC and now support Google Chrome, Safari and Firefox for Mac. We also will continue to support Firefox and IE 7, 8, and 9 for PC; however, with this release, we will cease to support IE6 for Scopus.

Though complete support for iOS and Android browsers has not been added, bugs have been fixed there as well and the...

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ScienceDirect and Scopus Blackberry mobile apps discontinued

The BlackBerry mobile applications for ScienceDirect and Scopus have been discontinued due to low usage and insufficient users to make maintenance viable.

The apps are no longer available for download for new users. From now on, support or updates will not be provided for the BlackBerry apps. The current users who have the app installed on their BlackBerry will be able to continue using the app until it is no longer functional, this is subject to future technology changes.

The ScienceDirect and Scopus mobile apps are available for download on iPhone, iPad and Android phone.

Summer 2012 Release

SciVerse will be presenting a number of enhancements after Sunday, August 26, when the new release will take effect. Read through our blog entries to see what improvements you can expect to experience product by product.

Improved User Experience

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ScienceDirect: Efficient and effortless access to relevant information thanks to a new design for journal article and book chapter pages as well as improved user experience for e.g. RSS feeds, image search, and many other features and functionality

Take A Look at What We Are Planning…
Saturday, March 17, 2012

The SciVerse team is planning some upgrades and fixes in the coming weeks.  Take a quick scan through some of the plans below for SciVerse ScienceDirect, Scopus, Applications & Hub to learn more.

SciVerse ScienceDirect

Responding to Your Feedback

Our upcoming changes will focus specifically on responding to customer feedback, especially those addressing article rendering issues and performance. In addition, several enhancements are planned for resolving access and entitlement issues.

In order to optimize your PDF downloading experience,your network may require a configuration change, please click here to learn more.

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SciVerse Release information
Saturday, January 7, 2012

SciVerse presents exciting new features on January 7th, 2012. Read through our blog entries below to learn more about each product!

  • Hub: dropping its 'beta', SciVerse Hub is now open to researchers worldwide
  • ScienceDirect: enriched new article and easy ordering of MARC21 records through the Admin Tool
  • Scopus: new, one-click graphical analysis of your search results...

Postponed: SciVerse scheduled outage now early 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Important notice emailed to SciVerse customers on 8 December 2011

Some of you have expressed concerns to us about the timing of our upcoming outage (originally scheduled for this Saturday, 10 December 2011) and its impact on end-of-year research, exams, and other activities. As a result, the Elsevier team has decided to postpone our scheduled maintenance until early 2012; we will notify you ahead of this with further details regarding timing and duration.

If you have any further feedback or questions, please direct them to us at SciVerse@elsevier.com, and a member of the...

SciVerse Release Summary
Friday, September 9, 2011

Your search, your way

Through September 2011, Elsevier launched several important enhancements to its SciVerse platform that expand your search options, speed up your research and boost efficiency.

More to discover

• In SciVerse ScienceDirect, users may see up to three related PDF articles based on topic relevance to the PDF article they download.
• In SciVerse Scopus, searching the references will now find web site addresses (URLs).

Easier to use

• SciVerse Hub users will appreciate the easier and more powerful tabbed approach to advanced searching.
• SciVerse Scopus users will benefit from an expandable advanced search box, an...