ScienceDirect Government Edition

When you're tackling big problems you need access to current, comprehensive information. ScienceDirect Government Edition gives you affordable, online access to more than a quarter of the world's scientific, technical, economic and medical literature. Now you can improve productivity, increase research output and stay up to date all on one easy-to-use platform.

The ScienceDirect Government Edition is an access-based license option, especially developed for government organizations such as research institutions, policy-making bodies, or public health agencies with up to 100 users. The Government Edition provides breadth and depth by offering more than 1,600 journals from the Elsevier ScienceDirect collection with a competitive pricing model tailored to the budgets of smaller government organizations.

Currently government organizations in Europe, Asia Pacific Region, South Africa and Israel with limited print subscriptions qualify for ScienceDirect Government Edition. Eligibility is subject to a review of prior (3 year) subscription history. Potential users of ScienceDirect include primary and secondary researchers, policymakers, information specialists, consultants, project managers and librarians.

Benefits

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The Government Edition provides breadth and depth by offering more than 1,600 journals from the Elsevier ScienceDirect collection with a competitive pricing model tailored to the budgets of small government organizations. This helps you to

Improve Researcher & Policy Maker Productivity

• Quickly access the information you need on one, easy-to-use online platform saving valuable time. With concurrent, 24/7, institution-wide and remote access, more users will benefit.

Increase Research & Policy Output

• Tap into the knowledge and expertise of authors from around the world to validate and substantiate your research or policy making. With access to quality, peer reviewed journals you can ensure that the decisions you make are in the best interest of your constitutents.

Help Researchers & Policy Makers to stay up-to-date

• Access the breadth and depth of information you need to keep abreast of your field. Make sure you don’t research what others have already published.

Reduce Administrative Costs

• Save time and money administering document delivery, inter-library loans and title lists.

Content coverage

The Government Edition offers more than 1,600 journals from the ScienceDirect collection in...

Social Sciences & Humanities

• Arts and Humanities
• Business, Management and Accounting
• Decision Sciences
• Economics, Econometrics and Finance
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Energy
• Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mathematics
• Physics and Astronomy

Life Sciences

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

• Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Environmental Science
• Immunology and Microbiology
• Neuroscience

Health Sciences

• Medicine and Dentistry
• Nursing and Health Professions
• Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
• Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine

Subscribers to ScienceDirect Government Edition pay an annual fee for full-text electronic access to more than 1,600 journals published by Elsevier since 1995, excluding archiving rights, Cell Press journals, third-party titles, transferred titles, titles prior to 1995 and a few society titles.

You can augment your collection with:

• Additional print subscriptions.
• Electronic Backfile subject collections prior to 1995 (no archiving rights).
• Transactional and Pay-per-View, to access articles outside your collection.

How is pricing calculated?

Pricing is based on the number of users and the anticipated downloads per user...

Pricing is based on the number of users and the anticipated number of articles each user will download in a year. Yearly usage trends and the number of users are assessed and the price level adjusted accordingly if necessary.

Multi-year licenses are also available.

For more information and to discuss available buying options:

Europe, Israel and S. Africa
+31 20 485 3767
Email: Global Sales Office contact form

North America
1 888 383 6500
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Asia
+65 6349 0222
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