[Asis-l] IEEE Xplore Upgrade Provides New Tools for Researchers

[j.platt at ieee.org]

(Cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.)


IEEE Xplore Upgrade Provides New Tools for Researchers

Access to IEEE Standards, Publications, and Bibliographies Enhanced in IEEE
Xplore 2.1

21 July 2005 -- Piscataway, NJ -- IEEE today released several new research
options for its IEEE Xplore online delivery platform.

IEEE Xplore is the online delivery system which powers IEEE online
subscriptions for organizations and individuals, including collections like
the IEEE/IEE Electronic Library. It contains more than 1,100,000 documents
from IEEE journals, magazines, transactions, and conferences, all active
IEEE standards, and journals and conference proceedings from Europe's
Institution for Electrical Engineers (IEE).

"This release of IEEE Xplore 2.1 incorporates feedback that we have
received from users since the launch of IEEE Xplore 2.0," said Barbara H.
Lange, IEEE Publications Product Line Management and Business Development.
"The new features enhance the bibliographic information both for
individuals and institutional subscribers."

New features available through IEEE Xplore 2.1 include:

* The metadata of all current book titles from Wiley-IEEE Press and
Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press are now available to all users as an
optional search criteria. Books located through this search may be
purchased through a link to the John Wiley and Sons web site.

* The display of bibliographic information has been enhanced on various
pages throughout the site. The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and part
numbers (identifies periodicals issues and conference proceedings volumes
that have multiple parts) are now displayed on all tables of contents,
search results, Abstracts, and AbstractPlus pages.

* Individual IEEE Standards are now available for purchase and immediate
download directly through IEEE Xplore.

* A new, downloadable OPAC list of journal and conference details contains
the start date, end date, ISBN and ISSN for all titles, and will be updated
regularly.

For full information on these and other features of IEEE Xplore, visit:
<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/guide/g_oview_notes.jsp>


About IEEE Online Collections

      IEEE online collections provide corporate, academic and governmental
institutions with 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 1,100,000 documents from the IEEE and the Institution of
Electrical Engineers since 1950.

* The IEEE All-Society Periodicals Package, a collection of the 120 IEEE
journals, magazines, transactions and letters published by IEEE's 39
technical societies.

* The IEEE Proceedings Order Plans, a flexible way to obtain IEEE
conference proceedings.

* IEEE Enterprise, which provides desktop access to articles and papers
from IEEE magazines, journals, transactions and conference proceedings, at
three price levels.

For more information on IEEE online collections, visit:
www.ieee.org/onlinepubs.


About the IEEE:

IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the world's
largest technical professional society with more than 360,000 members in
approximately 170 countries. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading
authority on areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications
to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE produces
30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics
engineering and computer science fields, has more than 1.1 million
technology documents online, and has developed more than 900 active
industry standards. The organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than
300 international technical conferences each year. Additional information
is available at 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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