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Upgrades to ScienceDirect
Friday, April 12, 2013

Upgrades to ScienceDirect this weekend:

  1. Response times for ScienceDirect have improved through a new rapid article rendering process so that you can begin reading HTML articles before the entire article load is complete. Save time and read more!
  2. Integration of the MathJax display engine improves rendering of mathematical equations and content in HTML:
  • Symbols and equations are seamlessly integrated into the surrounding text;
  • Equations are easily magnified for a closer look of scripts, primes and hats;
  • Works with MathML, the W3C standard for mathematics on the web, to enable copy-and-paste of equations into other programs;
  • Mathematics are beautifully...
sciencedirect, upgrades

Articles-in-Press added to ScienceDirect journal alerts
Friday, December 21, 2012

ScienceDirect has added a new section to the journal alerts (formerly known as volume/issue alerts) to offer subscribers the earliest possible notification of new research. While alert subscribers already benefit from receiving a notification when a new volume of a book or a new issue of a journal becomes available on ScienceDirect, a section to offer Articles-in-Press (AiP) has been added to the alert.

AiPs are articles which have been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication, but not yet officially published as part of a formal journal issue. The inclusion of AiPs within the alert offers of a title’s new publications in a single convenient package.

More information on how to subscribe is available from the...

journal, sciencedirect

Athens Now OpenAthens
Monday, December 3, 2012

As of 1 December 2012, the Athens login option is no longer available.  Going forward you will be able to log in either through the OpenAthens Federation or the UK Access Management Federation. Please see the screenshots below to see how you can locate those federation logins on ScienceDirect/Scopus.

Depending on which federation your institution is in, there may or may not be further changes:

  • If your institution is in the UK Access Management Federation, you will likely be prompted to enter your institutional username/password, and not your old Athens username/password. Furthermore, if you want to avoid losing the personal profile you created on ScienceDirect/Scopus with your old Athens...
Athens, OpenAthens, UK Federation

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...

Release

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.

More free content on ScienceDirect

We are offering both subscribing and non-subscribing users access to more free content item types on ScienceDirect.

Some customers have written to us recently asking why certain information (e.g. errata, announcements) must be purchased when they feel it should be available for free. Well, we’d like to say “yes, we agree”.

Rectifying this situation, front matter of all book types is now freely available. In addition, the following journal item types are available to all users, regardless of their subscription:

  • Advertisements
  • Announcements
  • Calendars
  • Contents Lists
  • Editorial Board Listings
  • Publisher’s Notes...
content, sciencedirect

Institutional Login FAQ

Shibboleth FAQ

If you received an email, our records show that you have a Scopus or ScienceDirect user account created by logging in with an institutional username/password. We will be making some changes to how we support this type of institutional login which requires the migration of your user account from one system to another.

In order to make sure your personalized features, alerts, saved searches and lists, are not lost while we perform that migration, we provided a personalized link in the email and ask that you log in using that link.

FAQ

Are all users affected?

  • Are all users affected?
    No, not all accounts are affected, only registered users who have opted to utilize certain...
Shibboleth, Single Sign-on

ScienceDirect release

On Saturday, August 25, we released on ScienceDirect the following enhancements:

Redesign of article page now complete

  • The HTML article page redesign that began in January is now complete. You may recall from the January 2012 release the newly redesigned left and middle panes. The final phase of this redesign introduced the third pane which provides users with enhanced access to– domain-specific and contextual – information. As a result, the redesigned article page devotes more of the space to the article itself providing, a more readable, user-friendly HTML version, improved navigation and enables additional - domain-specific - functionality and content.

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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

Upcoming Webinars for Life Sciences Researchers!

Hello ScienceDirect users!

Are you interested in solutions which bring you the data you want, the way you want it?

As part of our expanding webinar program, all researchers are invited to join our FREE webinar for users of ScienceDirect. Join us for one of our two available sessions, where we will focus on getting the most out of ScienceDirect for users in the life sciences.

In just 30 minutes, plus time for questions, our ScienceDirect experts will review 30 applications relevant for users in life science related areas, outline how you may locate applications and easily incorporate them into your workflow.

For more information and to register:

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