Wiley News Release: Wiley Announces Major Redesign of Online Reference Works Interface

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Wiley Announces Major Redesign of Online Reference Works 
Interface

Hoboken, N.J., July 26, 2006 -- Global publisher John Wiley & 
Sons, Inc., today announced a major redesign for new and select 
backlist reference works on Wiley InterScience 
(www.interscience.wiley.com/reference), the company's online 
publishing platform. As part of an ongoing effort to aid 
researchers and professionals by providing more efficient search 
capabilities and new options, the redesign is the first step of a 
new initiative to upgrade the company's online reference works 
over the next two years.

Offering a more user-friendly interface, the redesign features 
improved functionality including:

Expanded Article Display Options: All articles are now displayed 
in a full-screen HTML view; readership levels (Introductory, 
Intermediate, and Advanced) are prominently displayed next to 
article titles for select reference works

Enhanced Search Capabilities: Search terms are now highlighted 
within an article; advanced search screen now offers checkboxes 
for article type, such as standard article, keynote article, and 
protocol

Easier Subject Browsing: Browse by title is more intuitive with 
the addition of a "tree" design that lists all articles in the 
selected topic and a "Collapse All" link that enables a quick 
reset

Features currently offered for designated online reference works, 
such as HTML and PDF article formats, Pay-Per-View (which allows 
individuals without a subscription to purchase reference work 
articles for $25) and ArticleSelect (which is a token-based 
service that provides access to articles in non-subscribed 
reference works to licensed Wiley InterScience customers), will 
still be available under the redesign.

Launching in conjunction with the interface redesign is 
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences 
(www.interscience.wiley.com/mrw/els), the first online major 
reference to be published under the new redesign. Originally 
launched online and in a 20-volume print set in 2001 by Nature 
Publishing Group, this resource spans the entire spectrum of life 
science research. Since acquiring the resource in 2004, Wiley has 
added and updated articles, as well as gradually incorporated all 
the material from Encyclopedia of the Human Genome. Encyclopedia 
of Life Sciences now features nearly 4,000 specially commissioned 
and peer-reviewed articles written by more than 5,000 scientists. 
Focusing on the molecular and cellular life sciences, the 
reference includes biochemistry methods and techniques, material 
on applied science, biographies, and general interest articles on 
ethics and the history of science.

Other upcoming online reference works that will be published 
under the new redesign include Materials Science and Technology, 
Handbook of Vibrational Spectroscopy, Encyclopedia of Analytical 
Chemistry, Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Encyclopedia of 
Actuarial Science, Wiley Handbook of Current and Emerging Drug 
Therapies, Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular 
Medicine, Fiesers' Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley 
Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, Wiley 
Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials, and Encyclopedia of 
Environmetrics.

All key online reference works currently available on Wiley 
InterScience will also be upgraded to the new design over the 
next nine months, starting with the relaunch of Encyclopedia of 
Statistical Sciences in September 2006. Other key titles included 
in the retroactive redesign are Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of 
Chemical Technology, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial 
Chemistry, Current Protocols, Encyclopedia of Inorganic 
Chemistry, and Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and 
Bioinformatics.

For more information, please visit Wiley InterScience at 
www.interscience.wiley.com/reference.


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conjunction with Wiley's Bicentennial, Wiley InterScience will be 
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