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New IBSS online tutorialsFour short tutorials about how to use IBSS on the EBSCOhost platform are now available. Click here to link to the tutorials on basic searching; advanced searching; viewing and using results; and using the IBSS online thesaurus. [Ends] IBSS boosts coverage of French social science journalsThe International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) and the Bibliothèque de Sciences Po in Paris (Sciences Po) have launched a joint project to incorporate into IBSS French journal article records compiled at Sciences Po. Inclusion of this data will greatly enhance IBSS’s international coverage, bringing to the service material from around 400 additional French language journals. Most of this material is from the field of political science, though much of it also has considerable relevance for IBSS’s other core disciplines of economics, sociology and anthropology. The project was first proposed in 2002 by the Library Directors of LSE and Sciences Po, and was conceived in the spirit of increasing cooperation between the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where IBSS is based, and Sciences Po. In particular, the project aims to support the goal of the Nereus consortium, of which both institutions are members, to create integrated access to the content-rich resources of key economics libraries, academic publications and e-resources in Europe and abroad. “I am delighted that two of Europe's leading social science institutions have been able to collaborate in this way” said Jean Sykes, Librarian and Director of IT Services at LSE and Director of IBSS. “The inclusion of material from Sciences Po will greatly enhance IBSS's coverage and will benefit the international social sciences community as a whole”. Michel Gardette, Director of Sciences Po Library, commented that “Sciences Po is particularly pleased that the excellent work of our library staff, who index and abstract articles from journals in our Library collection, will in future reach a wider audience through IBSS”. Most of the material indexed at Sciences Po is in French and the majority of records include a French language abstract written by librarians at Sciences Po. IBSS will add an English title translation and English keywords to all records, thus making them both accessible to an English language user base and fully cross-searchable with the material indexed in-house by IBSS. The first records from Sciences Po entered IBSS Online in October 2005 and by the end of 2005 approximately 3,000 records will have been incorporated. IBSS has historic connections with both Sciences Po and LSE. From its inception in 1951 until 1989 IBSS was compiled at Sciences Po in Paris. In 1989 IBSS moved to the British Library of Political and Economic Science at LSE. By 1993 the new IBSS office had indexed some 600,000 new records, bringing the total in the database to about 1.4 million records dating back to 1951. It was at this stage that the first steps were taken towards making the data available in electronic formats. Today IBSS Online includes over two million records dating back to 1951 and each year some 100,000 new records are added. [Ends] Further informationRebecca
Ursell, IBSS Manager Notes for editorsLibrary of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Founded in 1896, the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science responds to around 5,000 visits from students and staff each day. In addition, it provides a specialist national and international research collection, serving over 12,000 registered external users. The Library collects material on a worldwide basis, in all major European languages. The extensive collections range from a European Documentation Centre to 90,000 historical pamphlets, with over 95% of Library stock available on open access. 50 km of shelving house over four million items including 31,000 past and present journal titles. The Library subscribes to approximately 15,000 e-journals, just part of its electronic information provision. Bibliothèque de Sciences Po Paris (Sciences Po)Created in 1872, the Sciences Po Library is the main working tool for students and academic staff and has been so from the beginning. The Library is also open to a large number of readers from outside the institution (presently about 20% of the 9,000 card holders). For more than sixty years it has made available one of the richest collections of books and periodicals in the field of social sciences in Europe. Today the Library offers its readers access to more than 900,000 printed volumes, 650,000 of which are books, 11,000 titles of French and foreign serials (4,000 current subscriptions); 30 online databases providing access to the full text of more than 700 electronic serials; 18,000 press clipping files as well as 180,000 serial articles indexed and abstracted in its online database (approximately 9,500 articles are added each year). The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)IBSS is an important online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. It includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. IBSS focuses mainly on the four core social science disciplines - anthropology, economics, politics and sociology – but it also covers a number of interdisciplinary subjects, such as development studies, human geography and environment, and gender studies. IBSS is especially strong on international material with 25 per cent of references in languages other than English. Over 2,600 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books included each year. IBSS is produced by the Library at LSE and is available free of charge to UK HE/FE institutions, ESRC recognised research institutes and government departments as a result of funding by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). NereusNereus is an international network of excellence of leading European economics information providers and brokers. It will serve to gather and build on expertise in information and knowledge provision methods and services of value to the researcher in Europe and abroad. Nereus aims to make first-rate academic information accessible to the global academic community, irrespective of the information source's location, type or format. Nereus currently has 14 members which are all leading economics universities in Europe. Example of an IBSS record showing Sciences Po data:
UK Academic Institutions to Access IBSS via OvidOvid to host bibliographic database, IBSS, on its popular SilverPlatter and Ovid Gateway platforms London (May 9, 2005) — Ovid Technologies and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) today announced that Ovid has won the contract to be the exclusive provider of IBSS to the UK Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) community beginning the summer of 2005. The UK user community - UK HE/FE institutions, recognised research institutes and government departments - will continue to benefit from access to IBSS free of charge as a result of funding by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Each institution will be able to choose whether to offer their users access to IBSS via the SilverPlatter or the Ovid Gateway interfaces provided by Ovid, an internationally recognised leader of electronic medical, scientific, and academic research information solutions. The decision to offer IBSS via Ovid comes in response to feedback from IBSS users about their online research needs. Users will benefit from advanced features to support both novice and expert users, as well as integration with other Ovid and SilverPlatter information resources available at each institution, many of which will be complementary to IBSS. “IBSS users will be able to take advantage of SilverPlatter’s and Ovid Gateway’s unique range of precision search functionality,” said Rossella Proscia, Ovid Executive Director, Academic. “In addition, institutions using our universal link resolver, Ovid LinkSolver, will benefit from links to hundreds of full text journals from publishers and subscription services, library catalogues and other local resources, regardless of their platform selection.” “We are delighted that Ovid’s state-of-the-art interfaces will fulfill our users’ needs for flexible full text linking, alerting services and advanced searching options,” notes Jean Sykes, Librarian and Director of Information Services at LSE and Director of IBSS. “With its unique international and historic coverage, IBSS is ideally placed to support the changing research needs of the UK’s social scientists and to underpin the work of the ESRC. Ovid’s expertise will help ensure that IBSS’s online presence continues to develop and to provide a high quality range of value added services.” IBSS is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research and includes over two million bibliographic references dating back to 1951. IBSS is produced by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and focuses mainly on the four core social science subjects of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology. IBSS regularly indexes 2,500 journals with abstracts provided for over 60% of all current journal articles. Ovid’s linking solutions provide a one-click access to relevant articles that may be available electronically, or to order them via document delivery. In addition, Ovid provides 99.9% guaranteed uptime, as well as regular maintenance and software enhancements. About OvidOvid (www.ovid.com) is an information solutions provider focused on offering the combination of content, tools and services that makes research smarter, faster and more effective. Ovid energises the thinking of researchers and clinicians by developing the individualised experience each customer needs. We support Ovid Online and SilverPlatter Online customers, and provide a local solution for customers requiring offline access. Ovid is used by the world’s leading colleges and universities; medical schools; academic research libraries and library consortia; hospitals and healthcare systems; pharmaceutical, engineering and biotechnology companies; HMOs and clinical practices. Ovid is an operating company of Wolters Kluwer Health (WKHealth), a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading multinational publisher and information services company with annual sales (2004) of €3.3 billion and approximately 18,400 employees worldwide. About IBSSThe International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (www.ibss.ac.uk) is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS is produced by the London School of Economics and Political Science and focuses mainly on the four core social science subjects of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology. It also covers a wide range of related subjects, such as development studies, environmental studies and media and communication, which reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the social sciences today. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles, reviews, books and selected chapters dating back to 1951. Over 2,500 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. What sets IBSS apart is its extensive coverage of international material with over 50% of journals covered published outside the US or UK and with 25% of references in languages other than English. Ends Back to the top |
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