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AccessScience@ McGraw-Hill. ICOLC Meeting Vancouver, B.C. September 21-22, 2000. Basic Information.
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AccessScience@ McGraw-Hill ICOLC Meeting Vancouver, B.C. September 21-22, 2000
Basic Information • AccessScience includes the Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, its corresponding annual yearbooks, McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and over 2,100 scientific biographies. • This database is updated daily with articles from Science News, and with their science editors’ selected websites.
Updates • Usage Statistics – daily, weekly, and monthly -- now available at http://www.accessscience.com/sam-bin/stats-admin.cgi?T=I • Hundreds of new illustrations available; McGraw-Hill converting 600-700/month • “Worth the wait” and “invaluable” per 9/1/00 review in Library Journal
AccessScience Participation • Just over 3 million FTE’s participating so far, including libraries in Canada and Australia • 2,800 subscribing institutions • Over 20 million people have access as result of SOLINET offer • A wide number of subscribers from academic libraries, two year colleges, public libraries, grades 6-12 • Seeking greater high school participation
Participation by Library TypeWeighted FTE Totals through 9/1/00 (U.S. only) • Total – 2,727,792 • Academic Institutions – 1,478,590 (54%) • Two-Year Colleges – 210,775 (8%) • Public Libraries – 808,699 (30%) • High School (9-12) – 185,226 (6.5%) • Junior High (6-8) – 44,502 (1.5%)
Order Information • Deadline for orders is the 15th of the month for access beginning the 1st of the following month • Pricing through June 30, 2001 is $0.20/FTE, plus SOLINET service fee • Depending on institution size, this is 50-75% lower than the direct McGraw-Hill subscription price.
Order Information • McGraw-Hill’s procedures mandate a signed License Agreement from the subscribing libraries before access to the database is provided. • License Agreement revisions can be made; contractual language changes and revisions usually completed within one week. • Please fax or mail all orders, subscriber and license agreements to Carol Dellios, Contract Administrator, SOLINET (FAX: 404-892-7879).
Subscription Rates by Type of Library • Academic libraries at 100% of their FTEs • Two year colleges at 50% of their FTEs • School media centers by weighted numbers of students (e.g., 75% of enrolled students in grades 9-12; 25% for grades 6-8). • Public libraries by 5% of the population within specified ranges. • This is not available to special libraries.
Other AccessScience Info • Thirty day trials are available immediately by accessing the McGraw-Hill website at www.AccessScience.com. • AccessScience is accessible by IP address(es) or User ID and Password.
SOLINET Contact Information • Carol Dellios, Contract Administrator • carol_dellios@solinet.net • phone: 800-999-8558, extension 4850 • fax: 404-892-7879 • website: www.solinet.net (go to the Library Products & Services section)