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Electronic Resources Available Through PERI

Electronic Resources Available Through PERI. Objectives. To get an overview of the PERI programme To increase familiarity with selected PERI resources To gain experience which may help with future acquisitions and resource use. Demonstration and trial.

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Electronic Resources Available Through PERI

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  1. Electronic Resources Available Through PERI

  2. Objectives • To get an overview of the PERI programme • To increase familiarity with selected PERI resources • To gain experience which may help with future acquisitions and resource use

  3. Demonstration and trial • Quick overview of all resources available • Detailed presentation of selected packages—outline content and demonstrations • Hands-on sessions—detailed experience with the selected packages • Will present and do hands-on exercises two packages at a time

  4. Access to PERI resources • CCs, research community and INASP identify resource requirements • INASP negotiates access to as many required resources as possible • Cost of resources is related to the GDP of the country (98% discounts!)

  5. Licenses etc • Nearly all of the resources are available on a country-wide licence basis • i.e. available to all educational, research or non-profit environments within the country • BUT each institution within the country needs to register itself • Allows you to get institute specific usage stats • Details for each resource given at http://www.inasp.info/peri/resources.html

  6. Types of resource available through PERI • Current awareness services • abstracts, bibliographic databases, ToCs, current awareness gateways • Full-text online journals and databases • Listing of free online resources Full details of all resources at www.inasp.info/peri/resources.html

  7. Current awareness resources available through PERI…

  8. PERI current awareness • African Journals OnLine (AJOL) • TOCs and abstracts of 120+ African journals • British Library—Inside Web • discovery/bibliographic tool enabling searching of Table of Contents of 20,000 leading research journals • CAB and CAB-Health • available online and as CD-ROM, through Silverplatter

  9. PERI current awareness cont… • EBSCO • Includes over 7,000 journals in the following databases:Academic Search Premier, Business Source, Premier, Health Source Plus MasterFILE • Ovid technologies (SilverPlatter) • indexing & abstracting databases:Pascal SciTech, Pascal Biomed, MEDLINE+, FRANCIS 

  10. Online full-text journals and databases available through PERI

  11. PERI full-text (1) • AJOL • print copies available from INASP • Academic Press (IDEAL) • 300+ Core full text scientific, technical and medical journals • now only available via OCLC to previous PERI subscribers • Blackwell Publishers (Synergy) • 600+ science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities journals

  12. PERI full-text (2) • The Cochrane Library • critical reviews, abstracts and trials • Database of Systematic Reviews; Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness; Controlled Trials Register and Health Technology Assessments; Economic Evaluation Database • EBSCO Host • 4 databases of journals and ERIC and Medline bibliographic databases containing 7000+ journals (including 6000+ full text)

  13. PERI full-text (3) • Gale (Thomson Learning) • Academic ASAP research database (1200 titles); Health and Wellness Resource Centre • Institute of Physics Publishing • 36 physics and related discipline journals • MCB/Emerald • world’s widest range of LIS journals

  14. PERI full text (4) • Oxford University Press • 120 titles in science, technology, medicine, humanities and social sciences • Royal Society Journals Online • biological and physical sciences, including Philosophical Transactions • Springer • over 400 titles in the LINK service

  15. Summary • PERI programme contains a range of resources and packages • A range of content and subject coverage – but often some overlap

  16. These resources have • Core common functionality • searchable • browseable • information updates (TOC by email, time based searches) • Different user interfaces, details and functions • Worth spending some time with system familiarisation prior to information seeking

  17. Thank youAny questions?

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