KING SAUD UNIVERSITY ACQUIRES ISI WEB OF KNOWLEDGE
Thomson Scientific signs agreement with oldest, largest university in Saudi Arabia
Philadelphia, PA USA-London UK - August 22, 2005 —
Today, Thomson Scientific announced that King Saud University has subscribed to ISI Web of KnowledgeSM — the integrated, Web-based platform designed to support all levels of scientific and scholarly research within academic, corporate, government or non-profit environments.ISI Web of Knowledge facilitates discovery by offering seamless navigation to high-quality, multidisciplinary journal, patent, and Web content; evaluation tools; and bibliographic management products. ISI Web of Knowledge combines this high-quality, evaluated content with the technologically-advanced tools necessary to analyze and manage the information.
“We’re pleased to begin our partnership with Saudi Arabia’s first and largest institute of higher education, King Saud University,” said Keith MacGregor, executive vice president of Academic & Government Markets at Thomson Scientific. “We look forward to providing this esteemed, research-focused university with the information solutions its researchers need to do their jobs quickly and efficiently.”
About ISI Web of Knowledge
ISI Web of Knowledge facilitates discovery by offering seamless navigation
to the highest quality content, evaluation tools, and bibliographic management
products. ISI Web of Knowledge is the multidisciplinary information
solution that supports research conducted at academic, corporate, government,
and not-for-profit organizations worldwide. From a single point of entry, ISI
Web of Knowledge integrates journal literature from Web of Science®
and Current Contents Connect® with patent data (Derwent Innovations
IndexSM), proceedings information (ISI ProceedingsSM), life
sciences literature (BIOSIS Previews®), analytical and evaluation tools
(Essential Science IndicatorsSM and Journal Citation
Reports®), bibliographic management resources (EndNote®, ProCite®,
Reference Manager®), and evaluated Web content. In addition, ISI Web
of Knowledge hosts vital content from CABI Publishing, INSPEC, MEDLINE,
PsycINFO, and the Food Science and Technology Abstracts™.
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