FW: PRESS RELEASE - August 25th - SwetsWise Online Content signs additional publishers

[Damian Leslie <dleslie@nl.swets.com>]

The following notice was released by Swets this morning. I thought it may
be of interest to list-serv members.

Yours,

Damian


SwetsWise Online Content signs additional publishers

Swets Information Services announced today that they have recently
succeeded in signing six new publishers to SwetsWise Online Content.
SwetsWise is the web-based, modular service for the procurement, access
and management of subscriptions and online information. Containing the
most extensive collection of e-journals currently available, with over
18.5 million searchable references and links to full-text articles,
SwetsWise has become the electronic gateway of choice among libraries and
information centres around the world.

The six new publishers that have joined SwetsWise Online Content are:

* ASTM - the American Society for Testing and Materials (6 titles) ASTM
International is one of the world's largest development and delivery
systems for international voluntary consensus standards--accepted around
the globe--for materials products, systems, and services.  ASTM
International publishes the Annual Book of ASTM Standards, journals, and
other technical publications that are written by leading experts in
industries ranging from steel and petroleum to building constructions,
plastics, textiles and the environment. www.astm.org

* BINDT - the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (1 title)
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is the branch of engineering concerned with
all methods of detecting and evaluating flaws in materials and structures.
The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing is the focal point of
non-destructive testing in the UK and in addition is increasingly taking
on a global perspective. The Institute publishes a monthly Journal:
Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, which was
launched in 1994, replacing the former British Journal of Non-Destructive
Testing and incorporating in quarterly European issues, the former
European Journal of Non-Destructive Testing. www.bindt.org

* Edinburgh University Press (1 title) 
Edinburgh University Press is a forward-looking, independent university
press and the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in
the world. Founded over fifty years ago, the Press became a wholly owned
subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh in 1992. Books and journals
published by the Press bear the imprimatur of one of Britain's oldest and
most distinguished centres of learning and enjoy the highest academic
standards through the scholarly appraisal of the Press Committee. The
Press has a reputation for publishing books and journals of an enviably
high quality - in content and production - in the humanities and social
sciences. As of August 2004 the Press has Charitable Status, charity
number SC 035813. www.eup.ed.ac.uk

* RILEM Publications (1 title)
RILEM Publications S.A.R.L. is the publishing company of RILEM, the
International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials,
Systems and Structures. Materials and Structures, the flag-ship
publication of RILEM, provides a unique international and
interdisciplinary forum for new and unpublished research on the
performance of construction materials. Among the leaders in its field, the
Journal is dedicated to the publication of high-quality papers on the
fundamental properties of building materials, their characterization and
processing techniques, modeling, standardization of test methods, and the
application of research results in building and civil engineering. Always
at the leading edge of research, Materials and Structures also publishes
comprehensive reports prepared by the technical committees of RILEM.
www.rilem.net

* Veetech Ltd. (1 title)
Veetech Ltd publishes the International Journal of Ventilation. This
Journal is published quarterly and was�established by a group with
previous experience in�producing building ventilation related information
for governments and international bodies.�Topics vary from in-depth
theoretical studies to case study and demonstration projects. First
published in June 2002 this Journal has now�attracted a broad spectrum of
interest groups with subscribers in over 30 countries. Its ethos is to
publish up-to-date peer reviewed papers with a turnaround time of no more
than 6 months. www.ijovent.org.uk

* Woodhead Publishing Ltd. (5 titles)
Woodhead Publishing Limited is an independent international publishing
company publishing in the areas of Food Science, Technology & Nutrition,
Materials Engineering, Welding and Metallurgy, Textile Technology,
Environmental Management and Finance, Commodities and Investment. They
currently publish a number of peer-reviewed journals including titles
covering such areas of applied science and technology as Welding, Bionics,
Crashworthiness, Offshore Structures and Textiles Technology.
www.woodheadpublishing.com

Journals from all of the above publishers are now available via SwetsWise
Online Content. More information about SwetsWise can be found at
www.swetswise.com

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