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THOMSON SCIENTIFIC • Thomson Scientific • Web of Knowledge September 29, 2005 • ICOLC Conference

AGENDA q Web of Knowledge Advantages q Innovation q Consortia Relationships q Questions 2

Overview The Web of Knowledge remains the premier integrated information solution for scholarly discovery and quality information Web of Knowledge Advantages • Wo. K is the only solution that combines quality, depth, diversity and enhanced functionality • Thomson combines premium content with smart discovery • Exceeds user expectations: For the last 3 years –nearly 90% of our customers rate their satisfaction as high to very high • WOK Usage continues rapid growth Innovation & Results Compared with Others • Web of Knowledge innovations are informed by close collaboration with our customers • Resulting in ongoing, user-defined, iterative development • Web of Knowledge quality, tools and power is unmatched and unavailable elsewhere • Preferred solution for consortia worldwide 3

Web of Knowledge Advantages The Web of Knowledge will continue to be the simplest and most powerful scholarly research solution, providing an integrated environment…* High Quality Multidisciplinary Powerful Search Scholarly Content Intuitive Analysis Tools *“The Web of Science demonstrates the ideal combination of power of use and ease of use. ” --Peter Jaczo, ONLINE, November 2004 4

The Web of Knowledge Platform The Web of Knowledge is anchored by Thomson Scientific premium core content, complemented by carefully selected partner content, and supported by powerful tools ISI Web of Knowledge Selected Partner Content: Thomson Scientific Premium Content • INSPEC • Psyc. INFO • CAB Abstracts Bibliographic Resources: • Food Science & Technology Abstracts Journal Literature: • Web of Science (SCI, SSCI, AHCI) • Current Contents Connect • BIOSIS • Zoological Record Patents: • Derwent Innovations Index Conferences/Proceedings: • ISI Proceedings • MEDLINE Bibliographic Tools • End. Note • Reference Manager • Pro. Cite • Ref. Viz Analytic Resources • Journal Citation Reports • Essential Science Indicators • Custom Research Services 5

Web of Knowledge Advantages High Quality Multidisciplinary Scholarly Content Web of Science is the core of Web of Knowledge Quality Extremely thorough, detailed journal evaluation and selection processes for every journal. Depth Sciences – to 1900, A Century of Science Social Sciences – to 1956 Arts & Humanities – to 1975 Unique Data Selection, Cover-to-Cover Indexing, Diversity, Depth, Author Cited References for over 100 years. Diversity Coverage of the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanitiesover 250 disciplines 6

Web of Knowledge Advantages High Quality Multidisciplinary Scholarly Content The Web of Science - the Trusted Resource for revealing the World’s Scholarly Archive Leading STM Publisher Archives Springer, Wiley, Elsevier, etc Not for Profit, Scholarly and Academic Press Publications Open Archives, Open Access Journals Full Text Aggregators JSTOR, Highwire, etc 7

Web of Knowledge Advantages The Web of Knowledge platform has broad coverage and deep backfiles Journals Technical & Serials Reports Web of Science BIOSIS Previews Inspec Derwent Innovations Index Psyc. INFO ISI Proceedings Conference Proceedings Dissertations Books ALL DISCIPLINES -- Science, Social Science, Arts & Humanities Life Sciences Physics, Electr Eng, Computing 12 Million+ Inventions – Chem-Biochem, Engineering, Electronics Psychology & Psychiatry ALL DISCIPLINES -- Science, Social Science, Arts & Humanities Zoological Record Zoology – Taxonomy, Biodiversity CAB Abstracts Agriculture & Applied Life Sciences Food Science & Technology Abstr MEDLINE Patents Food Science & Technology Clinical Medicine 1900 1969 1898 1966 1880 1990 1970 1910 1969 1950 8

Web of Knowledge Advantages High Quality Multidisciplinary Scholarly Content Web of Knowledge is the only solution that ensures quality results across disciplines 9

Web of Knowledge Advantages Powerful Search Smart Discovery: The Web of Knowledge combines ease of use with unparalleled search power • Premium Content is critical, but content alone is not enough to drive discovery in today’s digital environment • The strength of the ISI Web of Knowledge lies not only with the information it contains, but quite simply with the way it works – A common, easy-to-use interface modeled on the Web of Science is extended to all bibliographic databases. – Yet, for our Partners, the unique controlled-indexing strengths of each database is maintained. Ease of Use + Search Power = Smart Discovery 10

Web of Knowledge Advantages Powerful Search Consistent Indexing Empowers Unique Search Features in Web of Science • Only Resource that Fully Utilizes ALL the Key Citation Relationships! – Cited Reference – Citing Reference – Co-Citation • Most Current, Deepest, and Most Consistent Navigation • Valuable Cited Reference Search For Full Citation Tracking • Citation-based Related Records Reveal Research Pathways • Integrated Citation Pathways for Richer Discovery – Across Databases: e. g. BIOSIS Times Cited to Web of Science – Article Citation to Journal Impact: Web of Science to Journal Citation Reports – Institutional Impact to Article Citation: Essential Science Indicators to Web of Science 11

Web of Knowledge Advantages Powerful Search Superior ease of use for both Information professionals and researchers For the information professional… For the researcher… • Advanced search capabilities • Familiar & intuitive interface • Best-in-class cited reference searching • Backward and forward citation navigation across 105 years of scholarship across 105 years of content • Single user interface across multiple essential research databases • Quick search • One-click search and linking • Custom links, Open. URL, XML Gateway • Refine within result set • Comprehensive usage reports • Simultaneous searches across all databases with consolidated result sets • Dedicated support and account • Powerful and dependable research tools management staff • Customized training 12

Web of Knowledge Advantages Intuitive Analysis Tools The Web of Knowledge toolkit allows users to analyze, assess, measure, and publish Current Web of Knowledge Research Toolkit Standard Tools Analyze Other Available Tools Personalization Bibliographic Management Onfolio Alerting Additional Tools in Development Ref. Viz Chemical Structure, Patent Additional Task-based Tools for Authors (In Development): • Intuitive integration with Bibliographic Managers • Publication List Management • Enhanced Author Search 13

Web of Knowledge Advantages Intuitive Analysis Tools Analyze tool reveals research trends. Einstein’s 1935 paper is being cited more frequently today than at any time in its 70 year history At research institutions throughout the World 14

Web of Knowledge Advantages Bibliographic Management Tools Research. Soft software suite supports the entire research cycle • End. Note®, Reference Manager® and Pro. Cite®: Literature Search Manage references and producing bibliographies • Write. Note®: Web-based bibliography tool • Sci. PROOFTM—Unique proofing tool checks MS Office documents for correct scientific and chemical notation Publication & Report Experiment & Data Collection and more • Ref. Viz. TM: Text analysis and visualization software that reveals trends and associations in references Research & Analysis • Onfolio. TM: New Web information manager to read RSS feeds, collect and organize online content and publish to e-mail, blogs and Web sites 15

Web of Knowledge Advantages Authoritative Tools Unique Metrics and Indicators fully integrated in to ISI Web of Knowledge based on citation relationships designed for: administrators, information professionals, and publishing authors ESI – Essential Science Indicators JCR – Journal Citation Reports Which researchers are in the top 1% in agricultural research? What is the impact factor of this journal? How does my institution compare with XX Univ? What are the hot journals in Chemistry? What are the hot papers in chemistry? What are the top 5 journals in immunology based on impact factor? Is my paper in the top 10% of articles published in 1995 in cell biology? How is XXX publishers journals trending based on impact in the last 5 yeas? What are the newly emerging disciplines in Clinical Medicine? 16

Web of Knowledge Advantages Customized Services Web of Knowledge includes powerful customized services Customer Need: Web of Knowledge Solutions: • Supporting Federated Search – XML Gateway Customized Integration – Open. URL inbound/outbound • Comprehensive resource linking service Custom Research Customer Support Institutional Research Management • Custom Analytic reports and Datasets offered by our skilled team of expert bibliometricians – • Customer Advocate group • COUNTER-Compliant Usage Reporting • “ 360 o Journal Use” Project 17

Innovation User-Integrated Development Thomson Scientific takes customer feedback seriously • Focus on the User: – Incorporates the user (researcher or information professional) in every development and design decision • Multiple Touch Points Ensure Global Customer Satisfaction: – Strategic Advisory Board of information scientists, library administrators, and researchers – Ongoing review programs with major customers / consortia – “Feedback loops” in context of Web of Science use – User Panels: In-depth quarterly reviews with dozens of researchers from around the world, working with and commenting on proposed developments – Pilot Projects: 5 -10 institutions “partner” with TS for a particular development initiative – On-Site usage studies and user integration in every development decision 18

Innovation Recent and Upcoming Enhancements Q 1 2005 • Current Contents Connect Enhanced • MEDLINE Q 2 2005 Q 3 2005 Upcoming (In Plans) • JCR Web 4. 0 • Publication year search and sort • Enhanced Author Search • Redesigned cited reference lookup pages • RSS Alerts • INSPEC archive • Century of Science • Sort entire result set by Times Cited • Full text links from summary page • Enhanced set combination results • Search within results set • User selectable number of records per page • One click search from full record and controlled vocabulary • Full journal title on cited reference look-up • Open Access links • Export, email, print, and save from summary list and full record • Set combinations and reference sets in Cross. Search • Improved crossproduct navigation • Publication list management • 360 o Journal Use Reports • Web Citation Index • End. Note/Web of Knowledge seamless integration • Enhanced ESI • Analyze by country / territory • Set combination in query • Links entitlement report 19

Web of Knowledge is Unmatched Elsewhere No other resource offers the level of selectivity and editorial quality found within Web of Science journal content Unavailable Elsewhere Access to such a diverse, deep, influential collection with navigable cited reference links across 105+ years 20

Consortia Relationships Web of Knowledge is the only premium solution You Have a Choice Suggested Consortia Evaluation Criteria Breadth and Depth of Coverage Integration with other database content Quality and Completeness Enhanced Tools Citation Searching Power and Ease of Interface 21

Consortia Relationships Web of Knowledge From the Reviewers Standpoint • Peter’s Digital Reference Shelf “ What makes Web of Knowledge stand out from the crowd is the synergy though the most powerful system of cited references that links millions of scholarly papers. . ” “Searching for cited and citing references may be too involved for many potential users, depending on software issues. The enhanced software of WOS shows that the process can be made easy and instantly rewarding” • Charleston Advisor “ For a citation index , it is of particular importance that the longest chronological scope possible be available” “ Most graduate students and faculty, will have considerable experience with WOS before arriving at their subsequent university, and will expect to find it and have its full capabilities present • D Lib Magazine …. “ it is important for all researchers to note that until Google gives a full account of that it is indexing and how oftern that index is updated, it cannot be considered a true scholarly resource 22

Consortia Relationships Web of Knowledge For Consortia • Close to 90 % of our customers buy our databases through consortia • We partner with over 200 consortia world wide – over 70 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa • The average business relationships with key consortia have been in place for over a decade • The average consortia has acquired back to 1975 – 40% have back to 1945 • 70% of our consortia agreements are for 3 -5 years at significantly reduced renewal increases • We provide individual customers with a choice of database resources to leverage consortia purchasing power across the entire Web of Knowledge solution 23

Consortia Relationships Web of Knowledge For Consortia • Consistency Case : BIOSIS integration case ( pricing and access ) • Innovation Case - Tiered Pricing ( one of the first vendors ) • Responsiveness Case - Unlimited access • Partnership Case - FECYT ( regional consortia to national) • Partnership Case - JISC ( central to individual funded ) 24

Web of Knowledge Advantages What Our Customers Say The Web of Knowledge is preferred by novice and expert researchers worldwide “I love the sheer power of the search capabilities” Student, Brazil “By far my favorite tool for doing a literature review. ” Medical Student, USA “I ordinarily use Web of Science and, “Easy to use and a wide choice of journals, ” to my opinion, this is the one of the Information Specialist, The Netherlands best databases in the world. ” Researcher, Czech Republic “Other tools have no such relevance as ISI, and they cannot provide the graph of the search “The ability to mark the articles results. That's why I like ISI so much. ” and return to a list of them is amazing. ” Student, China Educator, Japan “It's absolutely essential for all my research awareness today. Not only do I know the active areas of research, using ISI Web of Science, I also know who are the expert scientists in the field and I also get their contact addresses. This is excellent for me!” Neurobiologist, Sweden “It provides up-to-date information in very convenient fashion. I like the categories, and find it easy to use. ” Information Specialist, UK 25

Conclusion The Web of Knowledge remains the premier integrated information solution for scholarly discovery and quality information Web of Knowledge Advantages • Wo. K is the only solution that combines quality, depth, diversity and enhanced functionality • Thomson combines premium content with smart discovery • Exceeds user expectations: For the last 3 years –nearly 90% of our customers rate their satisfaction as high to very high • WOK Usage continues rapid growth Innovation & Results Compared with Others • Web of Knowledge innovations are informed by close collaboration with our customers • Resulting in ongoing, user-defined, iterative development • Web of Knowledge quality, tools and power is unmatched and unavailable elsewhere • Preferred solution for consortia worldwide 26

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