[Asis-l] IEEE Opens Universal Access to Its 850,000-Article Database on a Pay-Per-View Basis

[j.platt at ieee.org]

Contact:  John Platt,
     (732) 981-3449, j.platt at ieee.org


IEEE OPENS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ITS 850,000-
ARTICLE DATABASE ON A PAY-PER-VIEW BASIS


PISCATAWAY, NJ, Dec. 9, 2002 -- A new offering by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) allows anyone to view, download
and print technical articles from its 850,000-document online archive on a
pay-per-view basis.  This service, which gives researchers the ability to
read full-text technical papers from IEEE periodicals and conference
proceedings back to 1988, broadens access to IEEE's online information
product line.
     This offering provides articles through IEEE Xplore (R), an
easy-to-use electronic delivery platform located at
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.  IEEE Xplore allows anyone to browse tables of
contents of IEEE publications.  IEEE members and subscribers can search for
and read abstracts.  One-time article purchases cost US$13 per article for
IEEE members and US$35 per article for nonmembers.  This service enhances
existing IEEE subscriptions for those who do not have access to the
complete collection.
     The ability to access individual articles on IEEE's database
complements Ask*IEEE, a service that allows researchers to find and
purchase virtually any publicly available document from thousands of
sources.  Ask*IEEE is available at http://www.ieee.org/services/askieee.
     In January, IEEE will add more than 85,000 technical papers from
select IEEE journals and conference proceedings dating back to 1950 to the
articles currently available in IEEE Xplore. These archive documents will
also be available for purchase on a pay-per-view basis.
     For more information on IEEE's online collections, contact:  Customer
Service, IEEE, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ. 08854.  Phone:
(800) 678-4333 in the U.S. and (732) 981-0060 elsewhere.  Or visit:
http://www.ieee.org/onlinepubs.

About IEEE Online Collections

     IEEE's online collections give corporate, academic and governmental
institutions access to IEEE's publication database through a range of
information-based products, including:
     * The IEEE/IEE Electronic Library, a comprehensive subscription
collection offering more than 850,000 documents from the IEEE and the
Institution of Electrical Engineers back to 1950.
     * The IEEE All-Society Periodicals Package, a collection of the 120
IEEE journals, magazines, transactions and letters published by IEEE's 37
technical societies.
     * The IEEE Proceedings Order Plans, a flexible way to obtain IEEE
conference proceedings.
     * The IEEE Information Technology Library, a specialized collection of
over 500 IT periodicals and proceedings.  It will be introduced in January.
     * IEEE Biomedical Engineering Library, a compilation of up to 40,000
IEEE articles and papers on biotechnology and biomedicine from IEEE
periodicals, conference proceedings and standards.  It will be available in
April 2003.
     For more information on IEEE online collections, visit:
http://www.ieee.org/onlinepubs.

About the IEEE

     The IEEE has more than 375,000 members in approximately 150 countries.
Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on areas
ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to biomedicine,
electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE produces nearly 30
percent of the world's literature in electrical and electronics engineering
and computer science.  This nonprofit organization also sponsors or
cosponsors more than 300 technical conferences each year.  Additional
information about the IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org.

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John R. Platt
IEEE Business Communications Manager
445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Phone: +1 732 981 3449     Email: j.platt at ieee.org
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