Elsevier Launches the Legacy Collection of eBooks on ScienceDirect

Elsevier Launches the Legacy Collection of eBooks on ScienceDirect PR Newswire AMSTERDAM, September 19, 2012 AMSTERDAM, September 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ScienceDirect's eBook content will be greatly enhanced with the addition of thousands of digitized foundational book titles across seven key scientific disciplines Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, today announces digitizing its Legacy Collection in seven disciplines, expanding its content on ScienceDirect. With the addition of the Legacy Collection to ScienceDirect, highly relevant, scientific thbooks from the mid-20 century to the present will be accessible online as early as December 2012. "Modern scientific research builds upon what was discovered before," said Suzanne BeDell, Managing Director, Science and Technology Books at Elsevier. "Researchers, faculty, and librarians alike will be able to efficiently access valuable foundational book content that appears in data searches in a digital format." Librarians at academic, corporate, and government research institutions now have the option to rapidly expand their book collections and researchers can access additional context for existing material, complementing current content across a rich range of sources. Usage patterns for existing deep backlist books on ScienceDirect provide ample evidence that researchers continue to use books published before 2000 in their work. George A.